Madgaon Express Review | Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara Meets The Hangover in This Passable Comedy

Madgaon Express, the directorial debut film of actor Kunal Khemu, can be summarized as Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara meets The Hangover. The final act of the movie is where the movie is getting into its zone, and there is a lot of witty stuff happening on screen largely through the staging and dialogues. After the… Continue reading Madgaon Express Review | Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara Meets The Hangover in This Passable Comedy

Ae Watan Mere Watan Review | A Rudimentary Patriotic Story Filled With Cheesy Dialogues

There is a moment in Ae Watan Mere Watan where we see how Usha and her associates decided to create a private radio because the editors of major national media were getting threatened by the British, and they wanted to let the people know the truth. When you think of the cinematic possibility of the… Continue reading Ae Watan Mere Watan Review | A Rudimentary Patriotic Story Filled With Cheesy Dialogues

Yodha Review | An Earnest Sidharth Malhotra Can’t Save This Logicless Jingoistic Torture

There are some bits in the second half of Yodha, the new Dharma Productions film directed by Sagar Ambre and Pushkar Ojha, which has a lot of action happening inside an aeroplane, that will give you an impression that they had an earnest intention to create an action movie. But even a good action movie… Continue reading Yodha Review | An Earnest Sidharth Malhotra Can’t Save This Logicless Jingoistic Torture

Murder Mubarak Review | An Eccentric Knives Out That Works in Parts

Homi Adajania’s latest film, Murder Mubarak, is based on the book Club You To Death by Anuja Chauhan. Set against the backdrop of the high society life of Delhi, there is a layer of humour to this Knives Out-ish murder mystery that gives it some uniqueness. Since I haven’t read the book, I am not… Continue reading Murder Mubarak Review | An Eccentric Knives Out That Works in Parts

Shaitaan Review | An Unremarkable Horror Thriller With a Reveling Madhavan

The first and second act of the latest Ajay Devgn film, Shaitaan, is structured in a way that even though you won’t really feel the excitement with the way things unfold in the story, there will be that genuine curiosity to know how Vikas Bahl would take the movie forward as we would be looking… Continue reading Shaitaan Review | An Unremarkable Horror Thriller With a Reveling Madhavan

Laapataa Ladies Review | A Social Satire That Ultimately Puts a Smile of Hope on Your Face

At its core, Kiran Rao’s latest film Laapataa Ladies, is a women-empowerment film that pretty much asks women to step out of the limitations set by a patriarchal society. But the most beautiful thing about this all-hearted satiric drama is that it never appears as a preachy subject. With its predominant humor layer keeping us… Continue reading Laapataa Ladies Review | A Social Satire That Ultimately Puts a Smile of Hope on Your Face

Crakk Review | Crap Would Have Been an Apt Title That Justifies Its Craft

Crakk opens with a terrible CGI visual of Vidyut Jammwal doing the train stunts, which are pretty infamous among Mumbai Locals. The thing with that visual and the visual effects is that it pretty much gives you a good idea about what you will endure in the next two and a half hours of the… Continue reading Crakk Review | Crap Would Have Been an Apt Title That Justifies Its Craft

Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya Review | A Fun Human Robo Rom-Com With an Underdeveloped Central Conflict

The reason why something like Android Kunjappan worked for me was the fact that it was able to address various aspects of a robot entering our routine life. From the obvious humor to the emotional impact such an unemotional entity creates in our minds was presented very sensibly in that film. When it comes to… Continue reading Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya Review | A Fun Human Robo Rom-Com With an Underdeveloped Central Conflict