Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda are very good in this young-adult story about a musician and a writer facing relationship issues. The rest of this review may contain […]
Mohit Suri’s ‘Saiyaara’ is an elegant, rock-solid romantic melodrama Read More
The first hour is charming and very inventively staged. It helps that the genre is rarely seen with an older couple. But the woke messaging makes the latter
Rudra and Mithila Palkar play a couple whose love story is like the movies, and yet, a lot like life outside the movies. The result is an easy-breezy
This is the story of a writer who confronts not just his characters, but also his own biases and prejudices. The inventively made film doesn’t preach, but it
AR Raghavendra’s ‘Mayakoothu’ is a clever mix of storytelling, philosophy, and politics Read More
The film is about a number of characters in a number of relationship conflicts. Some are treated seriously, some are treated comically, and there’s definitely a vision –
Shiva, Grace Antony, and Mithul Ryan play an urban family that, like the title says, learns to fly away. The sweet, gentle, musical feel of the film makes
Ram’s ‘Paranthu Po’ is a beautiful, kind, funny road movie about the ups and downs of life Read More
The readily identifiable story is about moving out of rented houses and buying a home. And despite the many issues faced by the family, the director ensures that
The film had its world premiere at the New York Indian Film Festival. On the surface, it’s a genteel Agatha Christie-type murder mystery set in a small town.
Aamir Khan plays a basketball coach who is asked to train a team of special-needs people. Everything is very broad and generic, but the feel-good factor holds it
The story is about an evil, rich man who recruits a beggar for a job, and the film wants to be a fable with a moral about haves
It’s a great idea to examine what a child means to its parents, and to shape this dramatic idea into an investigative thriller. But the result doesn’t add
The story gets going when a baby gets “stolen”, but along with the investigative thriller, we get a superb micro-portrait of the rich and the poor. The rest
