The film is an easy watch, but it asks some difficult questions about making a relationship work. But there is no preaching, and there is no overt messaging. […]
The film can’t decide whether to be a hero-oriented action drama or an ensemble comedy. The latter portions work far better than the former. The rest of the
The film has interesting characters and plot points. But they don’t come together as well as you’d hope. The rest of this review contains spoilers. The opening shot
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The film does not have a single highlight, and the big budget does not translate into an interesting story or involving characters. The rest of this review contains
The film is structured as a series of reveals that make you rethink what you think you know. The ideas are fantastic at a conceptual level, but something
Using a generic “revenge template”, the people in front of and behind the camera orchestrate one hell of a violent show. The film says that violence begets violence,
The film is totally nuts, in a good way. It’s what you get when a bunch of clever cinephiles get together and say: “Let’s have some fun.” Aashiq
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The village-based protagonist does not wear a blouse. Is that such a sin? That’s the issue raised by this powerful drama, which premiered at the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival
This kid-friendly film is not a thrill-filled action-adventure, as the premise might suggest. And that’s a relief in these frantic times. But after a while, the adult in
The points that Vetri Maaran makes are sickle-sharp. But these points do not come together coherently in a cinematic form, because the film is extraordinarily dialogue-heavy. Taken together,
From ‘Pushpa – 2’ on screens to ‘Heeramandi’ on Netflix, the biggest successes seem to indicate a return to desi flavours in terms of filmmaking. There was a
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The makers do not try to duplicate the prose, and the situations are not exoticised. The lovely words are complemented by lovely, unfussy imagery that makes us feel
