Talvar Director: Meghna Gulzar Starring: Irrfan Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma, Neeraj Kabi, Tabu Rating: 3.5/5 “The Aarushi case has been battering our rawest nerve endings for almost three years now. First it riveted the nation with successive sensational discoveries:
Spoiler Alert: Read this piece at your own risk if you intend to watch the movie and haven’t yet managed to. I must acknowledge at the outset that I thoroughly enjoyed watching the Hindi remake of Jeethu Joseph’s Drishyam.
Masaan Director: Neeraj Ghaywan Starring: Richa Chadda, Vicky Kaushal, Sanjay Mishra, Shweta Tripathi Rating: 4/5 The English title of Neeraj Ghaywan’s directorial debut is key to understanding the central theme of the story, and its ambiguous ending. As titles go, Fly Away Solo
If you are a fan of James Wan, the Malaysia-born director of Saw, Dead Silence, Insidious, The Conjuring and Furious 7, chances are that you are smitten and/or horrified by the freakish Billy the Puppet, or the scene in Dead Silence where innumerable dolls
Aditya Vikram Sengupta’s Asha Jaoar Majhe is an inexplicable film. While it lacks any dialogue (save for the slogans from a political rally, which arches over the desolate spirit of the film), it is not in the mould of conventional silent films. It is embedded
Bajrangi Bhaijaan Director: Kabir Khan Starring: Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Harshaali Malhotra, Sharat Saxena Rating: 2/5 The first cheers—not counting the obligatory applause and whistling at Bhai’s first appearance on screen, of course—only came near the end
Like art and literature, cinema is a reflection of life and society. It’s little wonder, then, that Bollywood films over the years have reflected the state of our politics. The Indian view of Pakistan has changed over the years since
In the open nocturnal summer terraces that would run into each other across the many terraces of close-knit neighbourhoods in the small-town mohallas of western UP, surrounded by mango orchards, peepal and neem trees and water pumps, and in the
“Hum apne ghar mein khoobsurat parde lagwayenge aur main yeh jaanne ki koshish nahin karoonga ki is parde ki doosri taraf duniya mein kya ho raha hai. Hamare khoobsurat ghar ke baahar log marte hain to marte rahein! Smuggleron
If Bollywood had its own chic version of Marx lurking behind all the glitz, he would have climbed a roof by now and proclaimed in a loud shrill voice that the spectre of feminism is haunting his abode. The Indian