There are some clever plot points. But these aren’t consistently integrated into the writing, and the film eventually turns into a numbing stretch of action. The rest of […]
AR Murugadoss’s ‘Madharaasi’, with Sivakarthikeyan, is a generic, overlong action movie Read More
Anjali Sivaraman plays a girl who is “different” from those around her, and the film doesn’t judge her or feel sorry for her or even explain her. We
The film, however, is not about the protagonist’s condition. It is about his dream. It is a warm underdog fantasy woven around a bunch of likeable characters. The
The film is a rom-com about the culture clash between a Punjabi man and a Malayali woman. It might have been better off trying to tell its own
The film uses mental illness as a blueprint for its screenplay, but two-and-a-half hours of free-association and absurdism is a lot to handle. The rest of this review
This is not your usual “superhero saves the world” story. Instead, amidst the action set pieces, we dive into what it means to be a superhero. And that
The story is about a man who gets a heart transplant and visits the family of the donor. Almost everything clicks in this movie, with overlength being the
The stars are fine, the stunts are fine, the globetrotting is fine, the spy stuff is fine, the twists are fine – but the film’s big enemy is
Ayan Mukerji’s ‘War 2’ (Hrithik Roshan, NTR Jr) is flabby but also kinda fun and watchable Read More
Rajinikanth gets to play a dignified character in an action-drama that (mostly) hits the right notes. This is a star movie that respects the star, and does not
Though the central characters are teenagers, this lightly melancholic story is not your average “teen movie”. It’s about three sets of fathers and sons in “those innocent days”.
Ankur Singla’s ‘Ghich Pich’ is a wonderful slice of life about three boys in Chandigarh Read More
This remake of Mari Selvaraj’s ‘Pariyerum Perumal’ makes some interesting changes in tone and treatment. There’s a love story, a gender angle. All of this makes the film
The cleanly written film is about a Chosen One. It is also a story about brothers, and a spy thriller. But these various strands don’t merge satisfactorily. The
