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Namrata Rao’s ‘Angry Young Men’, on Prime Video, is an easy watch, a nostalgic look at the Salim-Javed story, but there’s not much real insight

The best parts are the ones where they talk about their process… It’s interesting to know that Salim usually came up with the storylines, Javed’s strength was dialogue, […]

Namrata Rao’s ‘Angry Young Men’, on Prime Video, is an easy watch, a nostalgic look at the Salim-Javed story, but there’s not much real insight Read More

Amar Kaushik’s entertaining ‘Stree 2’ gives us exactly what we go in for: a silly ghost story with more laughs than scares

The chief pleasure of the ‘Stree’ films is watching Rajkummar Rao, Aparshakti Khurana, Pankaj Tripathi, and the delightful Abhishek Banerjee. Whoever thought of throwing in these four together

Amar Kaushik’s entertaining ‘Stree 2’ gives us exactly what we go in for: a silly ghost story with more laughs than scares Read More

Kabir Khan’s ‘Chandu Champion’ has an alarmingly generic start, but slowly picks up steam to become a moving story about a memorable man

The film stars Kartik Aaryan and Vijay Raaz. The two actors click well, and they steer us through this journey of India’s first Paralympic gold medalist.   Chandu

Kabir Khan’s ‘Chandu Champion’ has an alarmingly generic start, but slowly picks up steam to become a moving story about a memorable man Read More

Tushar Hiranandani’s ‘Srikanth’ downplays the struggles of a visually impaired achiever and gives us a relentlessly upbeat, simplistic feel-good tale

The film stars a terrific Rajkummar Rao, along with Jyotika, Alaya F, Sharad Kelkar. The narrative clicks only in the last stretch, when we get to see shades

Tushar Hiranandani’s ‘Srikanth’ downplays the struggles of a visually impaired achiever and gives us a relentlessly upbeat, simplistic feel-good tale Read More

Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Heeramandi’ is top-notch entertainment: a genteel mix of deceit, intrigue, the fight for freedom, and the fight for love

The Netflix series stars Manisha Koirala, Sonakshi Sinha, Aditi Rao Hydari, among many, many others. The eight-episode format allows Bhansali to be more patient with his material, and

Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Heeramandi’ is top-notch entertainment: a genteel mix of deceit, intrigue, the fight for freedom, and the fight for love Read More

Amit Sharma’s ‘Maidaan’ is a sports melodrama/biopic that needed more consistent and engaging writing, but it has its moments

The film stars Ajay Devgn, Priyamani, Gajraj Rao. It chronicles a great phase of Indian football, and its pluses get you through the bits that don’t work.  

Amit Sharma’s ‘Maidaan’ is a sports melodrama/biopic that needed more consistent and engaging writing, but it has its moments Read More

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