Sunny Deol plays Father India. Varun Dhawan plays the Army. Diljit Dosanjh plays the Air Force. Ahan Shetty plays the Navy. They unite during the 1971 Indo-Pak war […]
Anurag Singh’s ‘Border 2’ is a solid, satisfying old-school war film Read More
A terrific Sobhita Dhulipala plays a true-crime journalist who begins to track a serial killer. What works better than the genre parts of the film is the subtext,
Sharan Koppisetty’s ‘Cheekatilo’ is a solid serial-killer drama, narrated with empathy Read More
A dysfunctional family of three men fight it out in a WWE-inspired story that has action and comedy and mass elements and just enough drama to hold it
Adhvaith Nayar’s ‘Chatha Pacha’ is a rousing, joyous action-drama Read More
A Brit-raised Indian spy returns to his homeland for a mission, and all kinds of mayhem breaks out. There are some big laughs, but the jokes get repetitive
Jiiva plays a panchayat head who has to be a proper politician when a wedding and a death threaten to erupt into trouble. The film’s strength is its
Karthi plays the sort of double role that was popular in the MGR days. One character is corrupt, and the other one becomes his conscience-cum-alter ego. The result
At a time our ‘mass’ heroes are going over the top displaying their machoism, Chiranjeevi gamely takes on a role with more comedy than action. The film is
Sivakarthikeyan and Ravi Mohan battle it out in Tamil Nadu when the Centre imposes Hindi as the official language. But despite a lot of research, ‘Parasakthi’ never becomes
Sudha Kongara’s ‘Parasakthi’ is a frantic, underwhelming political drama Read More
If you are a believer, the film says that God will appear and help us out of our troubles. Or you could say that true reflection is what
Ankit Sakhiya’s ‘Laalo – Krishna Sada Sahaayate’ is an earnest, simplistic morality tale Read More
Prabhas has fun in a role that’s not serious. But the whole film should have been that way. Instead, things turn sentimental and tedious. That’s the short take.
Maruthi’s ‘The RajaSaab’ has some goofy gags that (sadly) give way to tiresome sentiment Read More
The film has a fantastic star cast, with Shiva Rajkumar, Upendra, and Raj B Shetty. The story is super-different, and there’s some genuine out-of-the-box thinking. But the writing
Arjun Janya’s ‘45’ is a collection of good ideas that just don’t come together. Read More
The story of the martyr Arun Khetarpal, the youngest recipient of the Param Vir Chakra, is told in a non-linear style. The film doesn’t quite deliver the emotional
Sriram Raghavan’s ‘Ikkis’ is an anti-war drama that’s different but also distant Read More
