“Mulk” is a powerful expose on bigotry and deep-rooted Islamophobia!
Quite early in Anubhav Sinha’s Mulk, we see a celebration happening in a Muslim household. It is the lead protagonist…
“Karwaan”… A breezy road film that gets way too lazy on the way!
There are stories that sink in a with an organic vibe of lethargy. You can soak in their flavours like…
“Fanney Khan”… Listless music and sketchy characters mar this well-meaning family fare!
Debutant filmmaker Atul Manjrekar’s Fanney Khan is the official adaption of a Belgian film titled Everybody’s Famous! Both films chronicle an…
“Dhadak”… All gloss and no beating heart!
They say films are not about stories. And rightfully so, there is no dearth of star-crossed romances in Indian cinema….
“Soorma”… Inspiring story, uninspired making!
An Indian sports biopic. That is one genre definition which gives me jitters. To the point that I wouldn’t know…
“Lootera”… An unfinished painting in motion!
Lootera. A title that would otherwise have belonged to an off-kitler heist comedy from the ‘90s is now fondly associated…
“Sanju” … Ranbir Kapoor is extraordinary in an otherwise hollow hagiography!
Like several of Hindi language biopics, Sanju begins with a preposterous disclaimer. It comfortably washes its hands off the biopic…
“Race 3” strips the franchise off its sizzle, energy and oomph…
For starters, I find Race an apology of a franchise which smartly conceals its tack quotient with oodles of glamour….
“Chalte Chalte”… Happily, practically ever after!
Fifteen years back, on the 13th of June, released Aziz Mirza’s romantic drama Chalte Chalte – a film that proves for the…
“Veere Di Wedding”… Girls, Uninterrupted!
Have we seen a film in the recent past which has been as big a victim of vicious attack by…