MOVIE REVIEWS
Catch in-depth, incisive movie reviews — from forgotten classics to the latest — across languages. Indies to blockbusters and everything in between.
From playing boy-next-door to embodying larger-than-life onscreen characters, Ranveer has scaled dizzying heights in a…
‘Badi haveliyon mein bade raaz hote hain’, says Binodini when she dresses up the fiery…
Over the course of the past decade, Indian cinema has indelibly morphed into a novel beast. Despite still being distinguishable, the line separating ‘mainstream’ from…
The Darbhanga-born filmmaker has carved a niche for himself in contemporary Bollywood since he first…
There aren’t many actors who have trudged their way through Bollywood’s ranks and achieved mainstream…
Director Shoojit Sircar’s fifth collaboration with writer Juhi Chaturvedi Gulabo Sitabo begins with an ode to a traditional Lakhnavi…
Mothers. Like them or loathe them, we all have them, and in some respects, we…
Director Kundan Shah’s Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro, an exceptionally entertaining satire, is a near perfect…
Back in 2012, I started a film blog, looking to address my burgeoning love for…
(Updated: May 25, 2020) In his 50-year illustrious career, Yash Chopra gave us some of…
Legendary filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak, perhaps India’s finest exponent of melodrama, once remarked in defense of…
Emma Stone shines in her breakthrough role in Easy A, a breezy, delightful story of a…
Currently showing on Netflix India, you can either love or hate this film. But you…
There are movies that rely heavily on technical aspects such as visual effects with the…
Let’s face it. Forty year anniversaries aren’t as popular as twenty-five or fifty. But for a 1980…
