How will a common man take on an established systemic evil like dowry? Without preaching, ‘Ponman’ makes a hell of a case for how a social message can […]
This could have been a fun equivalent of a page-turner, but the non-linear narration and the stabs at rootedness keep playing spoilsport. The rest of this review may
The film’s success is in blending teen angst into the glossy format of a ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’. Ibrahim Ali Khan makes a not-bad debut, while Khushi Kapoor
Like ‘The Great Indian Kitchen’, this film shows us a patriarchal way of functioning we’ve always been aware of, but the girl’s POV makes the situations fresh and
This Kannada feature is not exactly a coming-of-age movie. It’s more like a bunch of X-rays that lay bare the workings of a mind grappling with the aftermath
Sumanth Bhat’s ‘Mithya’ is a superb series of insights into the mind of a troubled boy Read More
The film can be seen as a companion piece to ‘Luck By Chance’. It follows a bunch of ordinary folks whose lives revolve around cinema. They make movies,
A father searches for his kidnapped daughter. But along with this race-against-time thriller, we also get a psychological arc about a certain kind of man. It all comes
Girish Kohli’s ‘Crazxy’ is a tight, tense thriller anchored by a superb Sohum Shah Read More
This is a morality tale about the price of success, told with tons of humour and emotion. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll leave on a high. The rest
This Gen-Z love story does better with the “com” portions than the “rom” portions, which needed to dig deeper. But overall, it keeps you smiling. The rest of
Vicky Kaushal and Akshaye Khanna play a hero-villain pair made in heaven. But despite some nice touches, the “mass”-flavour film stays at an arm’s length. The rest of
The director’s second film stars Achyuth Kumar, Dileesh Pothan. It is the first Kannada feature to be selected for the Berlin Film Festival, and it contains many of
The actors are good together, but the screenplay keeps playing spoilsport. What could have been a deeply resonant romance ends up being a shallow test of your patience.The
