One thing we could have used is some more energy in the staging. Still, the film proves that Vivek Athreya is one of the most unique voices out […]
The impressive thing is that a number of messages about assimilation and discrimination are put across without making it seem like a Message Movie. There are hardly any
The buildup to the climax is simply extraordinary. This is one of the best passages of cinema I have seen in recent times. There’s a remarkable “short story”
The film stars Soori and Anna Ben. Again, the ‘story’ is but an excuse to mount a wonderful set of characters and geographies and troubling traditions. To the
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,
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
For Vikram, who plays Thangalaan, the film is a triumph. But how can a single performance save a movie? ‘Thangalaan’ places so much on Vikram’s shoulders that it
The minor comic bits are okay. But the major part of the narrative struggles to maintain a tone that can make the characters seem convincing even as the
This is a blunt movie. Barring a few scenes, the delicacy we associate with Halitha’s work is missing. Minmini opens in a boarding school in Ooty. A teacher
The budget limitation is sometimes a spoilsport, but at every point, you can see the effort of trying something new. Despite the over-emphasis at times, the film works.
The film is an impressionistic series of scenes that showcase the restlessness, the powerlessness, the confusion of an unprivileged man in a changing city. In Ram Gopal Varma’s
The broad arc of the story is very generic: a drama of betrayal and revenge. But what makes the film feel fresh is the emphasis on family and
