“Anandi Gopal”… A dignified portrait of an unusual family in the 1800s!
It is nineteenth-century British India and a moderate Hindu family from Kalyan, Maharashtra is discussing an alliance for their 9-year-old…
“Total Dhamaal” offers nothing, not even guilty pleasure…
It is with a wondrous glint in my eyes that I look at the prototypical small-town or rural film lover….
The matchless mystique of Khayyam’s music!
There is endless chatter about living legends from all fields of art. Then I wonder whether we talk enough about…
“Gully Boy”… A musical ode to Mumbai ghettos and reluctant dreamers!
They say Zoya Akhtar’s films are about the pertinent pains of the rich and high flying. What a lot of…
“Kumbalangi Nights”… A sharply observed film that marks a sublime directorial debut!
The opening sequence of first-time director Madhu C Narayanan’s Kumbalangi Nights is set in a boys’ hostel. You see a…
“Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga” says a self-conscious yet warm hello to change!
“Why would anyone like a story like this?”, quips Balbir Chaudhary (Anil Kapoor) upon hearing the plot of the play…
“Mary Queen of Scots” might be forcefully woke but is refreshing in parts!
Director Josie Rourke’s Mary Queen of Scots presents to us the curious case of making a period film in the…
“Manikarnika”… A nationalistic spectacle that is more Baahubali and less Rani Laxmi Bai…
“Rani kidhar hai…” “Tumhari tadap mein… TADAP (loud)” “SHUT UP…… (loud)” Dialogue writer Prasoon Joshi’s rhyme game in Manikarnika is…
“Thackeray”… An exquisitely photographed biopic that chooses to play safe!
What do you make out of a biopic film that is designed simply to reassert the public image of its…
“Destroyer”… A slow-burn thriller anchored by a sensational Nicole Kidman!
There is an isolated scene towards the end of Destroyer where the protagonist Erin (Nicole Kidman) has a heart-to-heart chat…