Siddharth Koul and Ankit Wali’s ‘Batt Koch’ is an intimate portrait of a Kashmiri Pandit family
A family in Jammu City plans a trip to Kashmir. It is not easy for a number of reasons. What we see here isn’t something dramatic, but the […]
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Anurag Kashyap’s ‘Bandar’ is a brilliant examination of a former star being stuck in one cage after another
Bobby Deol is fantastic in the role of a lifetime as a has-been movie star. His life is down in the dumps. And things get worse when he
Suresh Triveni’s ‘Maa Behen’ wants to combine female empowerment and fun, and the result is middling
Madhuri Dixit plays the head of a family. She has two daughters, played by Triptii Dimri and Dharna Durga. And they get into a crazy situation with their
Paul George’s ‘Kattalan’ is an exhausting series of stylised images pretending to be a movie
Two gangs of ivory poachers are at war. Who will win? This stylised and violent film wants us to care about the outcome, but all we are left
Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari’s ‘System’, on Prime Video, is a decent friendship drama and an undercooked courtroom drama
Jyotika (as a stenographer) and Sonakshi Sinha (as a lawyer) play unlikely friends who become partners in solving cases (or rather, they’re courtroom partners who become unlikely friends).
Mudassar Aziz’s ‘Pati Patni Aur Woh Do’ doesn’t even try to be much of a comedy
Ayushmann Khurrana is in good form as a forest officer who’s suspected of having an affair. The women around him are Wamiqa Gabbi, Rakul Preet Singh, and Sara
Mudassar Aziz’s ‘Pati Patni Aur Woh Do’ doesn’t even try to be much of a comedy Read More
Aditya Kripalani’s ‘Main Actor Nahin Hoon’: An engaging deep-dive into the mechanics of acting
Quick take: Chitrangada Satarupa plays a serious actor, and Nawazuddin Siddiqui plays a retired banker who wants to see what acting is all about. Over a series of
Priyadarshan’s ‘Bhooth Bangla’ had potential, but ends up with some bad comedy and marginally better horror
Akshay Kumar inherits a haunted mansion and he has to make things right if his sister is to get married. The comedy is downright terrible, but the horror
Shaneil Deo’s ‘Dacoit’ could have used more emotion, but it’s a solid action drama
Adivi Sesh and Mrunal Thakur play dysfunctional lovers. When the film opens, he is in prison and she has gotten on with her life. When he breaks out
Shaneil Deo’s ‘Dacoit’ could have used more emotion, but it’s a solid action drama Read More
Vishal Bhardwaj’s ‘O’Romeo’ is a love/revenge story with fascinating elements that never quite come together
Shahid Kapoor plays a killer. Tripti Dimri approaches him to get some men killed. He falls for her, but the men she is after are no ordinary “bad
Jeejivisha Kale’s ‘Tighee’ is a moving, beautifully made Marathi drama about a dying mother and her two daughters
A working woman from Mumbai goes to Pune to be with her mother, who has a terminal illness. There, she meets her resentful sister, who’s become the caregiver.
Suresh Triveni’s ‘Subedaar’, on Prime Video, is a well-made desi Western that could have used better writing
The review below may contain some spoilers… There’s a quiet, rhythmic efficiency with which Suresh Triveni approaches his masala movie about a former soldier (Arjun Maurya, played by Anil Kapoor)