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Ikka Review | Netflix Lighting and Middling Filmmaking Meet Hammy Acting

Aswin Bharadwaj — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 15:23:07 +0000

Ikka, the new Netflix original movie featuring Sunny Deol and Akshaye Khanna, is the typical heightened courtroom drama that will make you raise your eyebrows at its twists and coincidences rather than leave you surprised. For an audience exposed to good content, the twists they have hidden from us won’t feel like a surprise, since […]

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Dhamaal 4 Review | Dead Brain Cells Are the Prerequisite for This Green-Screen Garbage

Aswin Bharadwaj — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 06:39:07 +0000

If you look at Ajay Devgn’s filmography in recent years, it’s filled with remakes of hit films or sequels to established IPs. The funny thing is, when it comes to sequels, his movies have created sequels to remakes where the original filmmaker never tried to do a part two. Son of Sardar 2 is one […]

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Satluj – Punjab ’95 Review | A Gutting True Story That Exposes a System That Mocks Accountability

Aswin Bharadwaj — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:30:06 +0000

Before jumping into the review, for those who are unaware of the history of this new movie, Satluj’s, previously titled Punjab ’95, censor board challenges, this movie was in a tussle with the CBFC of India from December 2022. The movie talks about the extrajudicial killings carried out by the Punjab Police during the Punjab […]

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Alpha Review | Alia Bhatt’s Off-Road Bike Trip Has Enough to Pull the Plug on the Spy Universe

Aswin Bharadwaj — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:04:00 +0000

When War 2 released, it was almost certain that the tonality of YRF’s spy universe had gone beyond the salvageable point. And when it came to Alpha, the latest addition to the spy universe, there were reports of reshoots happening to the movie, and the release was almost delayed by 6 months. Well, Alpha was […]

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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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