“In any case, we have to ascend the routes that we descend,” declares Sameera (Mamta Mohandas) in writer-director Venu’s Carbon. They are…

Let’s face it. Mainstream Hindi cinema is not used to pure genre pieces unless they happen to bear the routine…

List making is generally hard and it is tougher when it comes to reducing the tally to a total of…

2017 began on a dull note for Malayalam cinema with a spate of releases being stalled owing to a strike…

2017’s Bollywood films manage the impossible. Because 7 out 10 films on the list are made by directors who are…

2017 was an eye-opening year for Bollywood’s leading men. This was a year when tried-and-test recipes turned out stale. Certain…

Ranking. That was quite a task when it came to compiling the list of 2017’s finest female actors. With each…

Well, I will be honest and confess how eagerly I was awaiting Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmavati to arrive in 2017. Not because of…

Subtle, loud, hilarious, vengeful, conniving, adorable, street-smart – men in 2017’s Bollywood films flaunted myriad shades. Some ably supported their…

Small roles – sometimes even the minuscule ones – have often been scene stealers in films that are filled with superstars….