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Welcome to the Jungle Review | This Employment Guarantee Scheme for Actors Feels Like a Scam About Scams

Aswin Bharadwaj — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 03:18:41 +0000

Often in my reviews, I talk about the lack of predictability in movies as a positive thing. But the latest Hindi comedy, Welcome to the Jungle, was so atrocious that it had the worst kind of unpredictable stuff. Out of the many terrible, unpredictable elements, the most memorable one was the interval block. The point […]

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Main Vaapas Aaunga Review | Imtiaz Ali’s Partition Drama Wins You Over With Its Nuanced and Heartening Writing

Aswin Bharadwaj — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 14:35:26 +0000

Main Vaapas Aaunga marks Imtiaz Ali’s comeback to the big screen after almost 6 years. And this time, he has chosen a wide canvas story that deals with the less explored implications of India’s partition. Mounting the movie as a romantic story, Imtiaz Ali entertains you initially, creates a sense of suspense, and then he […]

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Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai Review | David Dhawan’s Pregnancy Comedy Suffers From Creative Impotency

Aswin Bharadwaj — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 01:41:53 +0000

There was an anecdote that Juhi Chaturvedi, the writer of movies like Vicky Donor, Piku, etc., shared in an interview about one of the writing assignments she got post the success of Vicky Donor. When she asked for some time to write the script, the producer gave her a breakdown of the writing process. He […]

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Maa Behen Review | This Black Comedy on the Patriarchal Gaze Lands Safely, Not Smoothly

Aswin Bharadwaj — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:38:54 +0000

The title of the latest Netflix original film by Suresh Triveni, Maa Behen, is pretty striking because it is generally used as an insult. The title song of Rani Mukerji’s Mardaani has lines that say “Jis duniya mein maa behne Rishte nahi hai, gaali hain.” So the ultimate goal of this movie, written by Pooja […]

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Chand Mera Dil Review | An Airbrushed Romcom With Audience Compatibility Issues

Aswin Bharadwaj — Sat, 23 May 2026 14:03:04 +0000

“Congratulations. You have become the university topper, Aarav.” This is literally the first dialogue we hear in the latest Dharma Productions film, Chand Mera Dil, when the hero receives a video call from the heroine. I mean, who explains to you what you have just achieved when they call you to congratulate? Vivek Soni, who […]

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Kartavya Review | A Compact Paatal Lok That Never Fully Dives Into the Grey

Aswin Bharadwaj — Sat, 16 May 2026 11:37:43 +0000

Kartavya, the latest Netflix original movie directed by Pulkit, starts like a Paatal Lok kind of story, where a common man police officer is assigned a case that gives him insight into the kind of things happening within the system. The movie teases you with the possibility of it exploring a complex space. Unfortunately, the […]

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Ek Din Review | This Transient Global Amnesia Love Story Will Give You Emotional Local Anaesthesia

Aswin Bharadwaj — Sun, 03 May 2026 11:43:31 +0000

The latest Hindi film Ek Din, starring Aamir Khan’s son Junaid Khan and Sai Pallavi, is the remake of the Thai film One Day. The central idea of this movie revolves around a medical condition called transient global amnesia, where the patient loses recent memories for approximately 24 hours. However, this movie, directed by Sunil […]

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Bhooth Bangla Review | The ‘Heavy-Lifting’ From Malayalam Makes This Horror Comedy Less Horrible

Aswin Bharadwaj — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 07:00:39 +0000

When the announcement and promotions for the latest Priyadarshan-Akshay Kumar movie, Bhooth Bangla, were released, everyone was excited to see the ensemble cast, which included names that had once created hilarious movies that are celebrated as memes in the present day. From late Asrani to Paresh Rawal and Rajpal Yadav, people who have played iconic […]

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Toaster Review | This Sloppy Comedy About a Miser Struggles With Creative Misery

Aswin Bharadwaj — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:43:52 +0000

The latest Netflix original, Toaster, starring Rajkummar Rao, is his home production. And looking at the stretched-out nature of the comedy script with far too many cameos and unremarkable twists, the movie, on the whole, gives you the vibe of a lazy effort. Toaster wants to present itself as a situational comedy that escalates into […]

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Dhurandhar: The Revenge Review | Aditya Dhar’s Masterclass in Justifying ‘Masterstrokes’

Aswin Bharadwaj — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 18:59:04 +0000

I wasn’t an ardent fan of Dhurandhar when it was released a few months ago, and the reason wasn’t necessarily the craft aspect of it. I found the movie’s politics, which blatantly sold hate, to be extremely problematic. As you can imagine, the reaction to such feedback was pretty hostile, and people almost used this […]

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