Movie review

‘Chup’: Clever Serial Killer Story That’s Born Out of Some Serious Conceit 

‘Chup’: Clever Serial Killer Story That’s Born Out of Some Serious Conceit

The movie has interesting exchanges about cinema and film criticism, and the ethics of film criticism as well as its…

September 23, 2022

Diljit Liya: Why ‘Jogi’ is a Film with Heart and Humanity

The movie evokes a deep sadness about a tragedy that has been ignored, a crime that has gone unpunished and…

September 17, 2022

‘Brahmastra’: A Laser & Lighting Spectacle in Search of a Story

The film is Ayan Mukerji’s third in 13 years. Officially it cost Rs 410 crores and was five years in…

September 9, 2022

Something is rotten in the world of ‘Cuttputlli’

The film stars Akshay Kumar tracking down a serial killer. Its highlights are Rakul Preet Singh’s cuteness, and a creepy…

September 2, 2022

Aamir Khan’s ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ is Nice, but it’s an Also-ran to Tom Hanks’ ‘Forrest Gump’

Aamir Khan plays Laal Singh with his archetypal screen godliness. That gives ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ a heart and the film…

August 12, 2022

Bollywood’s Future is Female, Darlings 

The new Alia Bhatt-starrer, which lays bare domestic violence, shows how the Hindi film industry will benefit from women actors,…

August 6, 2022

Three Women, and Three Idiots

Janhvi Kapoor shines in ‘Good Luck Jerry,’ a film that has all the chops of a caper movie

July 31, 2022

Enter RK’s Alternate Universe

Rajat Kapoor’s new film toys with our mind, and is that rare sort of Bollywood movie that makes us think

July 31, 2022

‘Shamshera’: An Underwhelming Film Held Together by Sanjay Dutt and a Few Angry Crows

It is a Bollywood movie that is desperately trying to be like box-office busters from the south

July 23, 2022

RGV’s ‘Ladki’ is B-grade Gold

The film packs a punch, and Pooja Bhalekar has the making of a cult star

July 22, 2022