Sikandar Review | Salman Khan Unites People on Eid by Making Them Unanimously Laugh at His Film

Towards the very end of the movie, Sikandar, Salman Khan’s character, says “I don’t care” twice during an emotional scene. I felt that he was breaking the fourth wall and speaking to all those people who still think he will deliver. Looking at the quality of most of the recent Salman Khan movies, including the… Continue reading Sikandar Review | Salman Khan Unites People on Eid by Making Them Unanimously Laugh at His Film

Be Happy Review | Another ABCD With Same Mediocrity but Smaller Budget

Directed by Remo D’Souza, the man behind the ABCD movies, Be Happy, the new Amazon Prime Video film is an ultra generic dance+ motivation drama that almost felt like something Remo D’Souza developed from a scrapped fourth installment of his dance franchise. With the predictability and template structure of the story making things extremely cliched,… Continue reading Be Happy Review | Another ABCD With Same Mediocrity but Smaller Budget

The Diplomat Review | This One Tries to Be In John’s Body of Work Rather Than Using His Body to Work

Even though the tone of the latest John Abraham starrer, The Diplomat, has that gallery-pleasing dialogue bazi element in it, it sort of feels fresh because it is taking an effort to walk away from the deafening patriotic tones we are seeing nowadays. The Diplomat, written by Ritesh Shah and directed by Shivam Nair, is… Continue reading The Diplomat Review | This One Tries to Be In John’s Body of Work Rather Than Using His Body to Work

Crazxy Review | A Mixed-Bag Single-Character Thriller That Is Racy and Preachy

Crazxy, the latest Hindi film starring Sohum Shah and directed by Girish Kohli, has aspirations to be a well-crafted single-character thriller. In fact, if you look at the way the movie transitions from the sophistication of a metro city to the recklessness of a barren land over the course of its story, you can see… Continue reading Crazxy Review | A Mixed-Bag Single-Character Thriller That Is Racy and Preachy

Chhaava Review | A Blistering Vicky Kaushal Single-Handedly Elevates This Run-Of-The-Mill Historical Drama

The last 30-odd minutes of the latest Vicky Kaushal starrer Chhaava, directed by Laxman Utekar, have the actor carrying the over-the-top aura of the real-life king in a completely absorbing manner. The sheer screen presence and confidence of Vicky in that portion were enough to ensure that the target audience of this movie would get… Continue reading Chhaava Review | A Blistering Vicky Kaushal Single-Handedly Elevates This Run-Of-The-Mill Historical Drama

Deva Review | A Spineless, Shuffled Remake That Forgot Why the Original Worked

SPOILER ALERT! This review will have comparisons with the original. So, if you haven’t watched the 2013 Malayalam film Mumbai Police, kindly refrain from the rest of the review. From the time it was rumored that the debut Hindi film of Malayalam director Rosshan Andrrews, Deva, starring Shahid Kapoor, was a remake of Prithviraj Sukumaran… Continue reading Deva Review | A Spineless, Shuffled Remake That Forgot Why the Original Worked

Sky Force Review | A Template Hindustan Zindabad Film With Surprisingly Low Pakistan Murdabad

The success of URI, the 2019 Adithya Dhar movie starring Vicky Kaushal, had made way for many hyper-nationalistic movies that initially tasted success. But eventually, they all faced rejection from the audience as they realized that the makers were just milking the sentiments. When I saw the trailer of the latest Akshay Kumar starrer, Sky… Continue reading Sky Force Review | A Template Hindustan Zindabad Film With Surprisingly Low Pakistan Murdabad

Emergency Review | Creating the Illusion of a Glorifying Biopic by Focusing Solely on the Flaws

Emergency was indeed a dark chapter in the history of democratic India, which even the Congress Party members have admitted as a mistake later. The new movie starring Kangana Ranaut, produced and directed by Ranaut herself, Emergency, on paper looks like a great opportunity to present a grey-shaded iconic political leader. Even if you assume… Continue reading Emergency Review | Creating the Illusion of a Glorifying Biopic by Focusing Solely on the Flaws