From ‘Pushpa – 2’ on screens to ‘Heeramandi’ on Netflix, the biggest successes seem to indicate a return to desi flavours in terms of filmmaking. There was a […]
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The makers do not try to duplicate the prose, and the situations are not exoticised. The lovely words are complemented by lovely, unfussy imagery that makes us feel
Once the Fahadh character moves out to make way for a new set of villains, the film’s energy drops. The last hour appears interminable. The new villains are
On paper, the action-adventure story has a superb emotional core, but on screen, the film feels like disconnected scenes cut and put together. Everything lacks that little extra
This is a man who identifies as a Communist, a man who decides he will make films on his own terms… And Chanchal Chowdhury plays him brilliantly. Mrinal
Naslen K Gafoor plays an underdog whose superpower is that he is a hacker, and his funny and serious journey through revenge and repentance makes for another small
On the one hand, we seem to have a “mainstream” entertainer. At the other end of the spectrum, we have something out of sci-fi. The fun of watching
At first, ‘Pallotty’ may look like a simple nostalgia exercise. But slowly, the film becomes deeper. It doesn’t milk situations for emotion and sentimentality. Jithin Raj had the
Kartik Aaryan, Vidya Balan, and Madhuri Dixit deliver the goods. But the film needed much better writing. There’s the potential for a solid silly-horror movie in the opening
Anees Bazmee’s ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3’ has a good closing stretch but it’s a slog to get there Read More
Jayam Ravi plays a ‘Rules Ramanujam’, always bringing up legal points and trying to do the right thing. After a point, this mega-serial level of superficial drama becomes
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This handsomely mounted film keeps surprising us. And it’s a big help that this world – this world of finance – is new and has seldom been explored
For a while, the star appearances and action scenes keep things afloat. But after a point, the parallels between this story and the ‘Ramayana’ become too much. The
