January 10, 2022
Movie Review: Pushpa – The Rise
Undeniably, Pushpa – The Rise is an absolute cracker of a mainstream blockbuster – one that makers set out to make. Everything about Pushpa is larger than life.
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January 8, 2022
Movie Review: Satyameva Jayate 2
In many ways, SMJ2 is actually a masterclass. As the end credits rolled, believe you me, I actually watched it till the end, I was buzzing with multitudes of ideas… maybe a listicle since that’s the cool thing to do, on what not to do while making a movie
January 2, 2022
Movie Review: Meenakshi Sundareshwar
There is something incredibly likable about Sanya Malhotra. She does possess the power to pull off a scene on her own, if not the whole film. Where Meenakshi Sundareshwar goes completely wrong is the conflict build-up and the way it is addressed
December 20, 2021
Movie Review: Bunty Aur Babli 2
There is an unremarkable song ‘Dhikchik Dhikchik’ early in the film where Rani Mukerjis’s Vimmi and Saif Ali Khan’s Rakesh are seen putting up an unremarkable performance at a regular neighbourhood event. That acts as a clue to whatever is about to follow.
July 25, 2021
Movie Review: Hungama 2
In his attempt to expose the lie spread by the story’s female lead, the male protagonist attempts to record their…
July 9, 2021
Movie Review: Haseen Dillruba
Most of Rishu’s character is believable. We all know the type of guy who falls in love with every girl he meets. Throwback to Saif Ali Khan from Dil Chahta Hai, and Aamir Khan’s dialogue “Tera koi bharosa nahi. Aaj Pooja, kal koi dooja”!
June 20, 2021
Movie Review: Sherni
Roughly two and half years ago, around November 2018, forest officials in Maharashtra with help from a private hunter had managed to kill a tigress named Avni after mounting a massive hunt. Amit Masurkar must have certainly had this incident playing in his mind when he decided to make Sherni. So Avni or T1 becomes T12, the hunter Asghar Ali Khan becomes Pintu bhaiya.
June 16, 2021
Movie Review: Dictionary
Director Bratya Basu may have sought inspiration from Savita Bhabhi too when he thought of his protagonist Smita Sanyal in Dictionary. Will it manage to create as much discussion as Savita Bhabhi did? Probably not. It most certainly is not aiming to do so.
February 28, 2021
Movie Review: The Girl on the Train (2021)
Back in childhood, I lived in the small city of Guwahati. Away from the madness of maximum city Mumbai, Guwahati…
August 24, 2018
Movie Review: Anil Sharma’s Genius
Over the last few years, Bollywood has taken massive strides towards telling tales that more real and grounded, increasingly detaching…
August 24, 2018
Movie Review: Mudassar Aziz’s Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi
In one of the film’s hilarious scenes – and there are quite a few actually – the lovable Usman Afridi…
August 15, 2018
Gold Movie Review: Fiction over reality
The story of Gold starts with the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Our protagonist Tapan Das is the narrator. Das is the…
July 20, 2018
Movie Review: Shashank Khaitan’s Dhadak
If you have been a Sridevi fan, it is natural that you would find your eyes train on Janhvi Kapoor…
April 14, 2018
Movie Review: Shoojit Sircar’s October
For most part of his career so far, Varun Dhawan has chosen to be the quintessential Bollywood hero, save one…
March 30, 2018
Movie Review: Baaghi 2
What happens when our Bollywood hero runs through an army of rogues, all armed with heavy artillery, spraying bullets at…