Mr. & Mrs. Mahi Review | A Tale of Finding Happiness That Got Crumpled Due to Its Silliness

When the trailer of the movie Mr. & Mrs. Mahi was released, there were these comments that sort of talked about how the film was glorifying the manipulative husband as a motivator. The only good thing about this Sharan Sharma film was how it presented the hero as a selfish and manipulative person who was… Continue reading Mr. & Mrs. Mahi Review | A Tale of Finding Happiness That Got Crumpled Due to Its Silliness

Srikanth Review | A Shallow Showreel Biopic With an Excellent Rajkummar Rao

Srikanth, the latest Rajkummar Rao starrer directed by Tushar Hiranandani, is a biopic that just skims through the bullet points in the life of industrialist Srikanth Bolla. With familiar dramatization elements getting used along with a lot of punch line dialogues, the film is extremely flat in terms of understanding the psyche of the central character. What really works is the performance of Rajkummar… Continue reading Srikanth Review | A Shallow Showreel Biopic With an Excellent Rajkummar Rao

Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2 Review | An Angry Social Satire in the Era of Big Boss

The 2010 Dibakar Banerjee film Love Sex aur Dhokha (LSD) was a highly captivating film, because of its found footage nature. Even though it had that layer of social satire with three interconnected stories, what made it so fresh was the treatment, which relied only on various types of cameras that were available during those days. When it comes to… Continue reading Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2 Review | An Angry Social Satire in the Era of Big Boss

Amar Singh Chamkila Review | Imtiaz Ali Thrives in His Zone in This Well-Made Biopic

Exploring grey characters and emotions has always been an integral part of Imtiaz Ali’s stories. In the climax of Rockstar, we hear this line from Jordan, where he tells his love that they will meet again in a place beyond right and wrong. When it comes to Amar Singh Chamkila, his latest directorial, Imtiaz gets… Continue reading Amar Singh Chamkila Review | Imtiaz Ali Thrives in His Zone in This Well-Made Biopic

Bade Miyan Chote Miyan Review | A Miserable Script’s Mission Impossible Aspirations

When you look at the success of the YRF spy-universe movies, you won’t really feel like blaming Ali Abbas Zafar for designing something like a Bade Miyan Chote Miyan. Since patriotism and over-the-top heroism have been the flavor of the season, Ali has made this film with a lot of stuff that is purely designed… Continue reading Bade Miyan Chote Miyan Review | A Miserable Script’s Mission Impossible Aspirations

Maidaan Review | The Glorious Final Hour Will Make You Overlook the Flaws of This Sports Drama

Back in 2007, when Shimit Amin’s Chak De India was released, it was the first time I experienced the theater becoming somewhat like a stadium (I wasn’t lucky enough to watch Lagaan on the big screen). There was something magical about the making of that Shah Rukh Khan starrer that everyone in the theater cheered… Continue reading Maidaan Review | The Glorious Final Hour Will Make You Overlook the Flaws of This Sports Drama

Patna Shuklla Review | An Excessively Melodramatic Legal Drama That Lacks Compelling Arguments

There is a terrific revelation happening in the last quarter of the new Hotstar film Patna Shuklla, starring Raveena Tandon. This twist was so good that I felt extremely disappointed that everything else in this legal drama was just loud melodrama rather than a logical legal struggle. If you can manipulate your own mind to… Continue reading Patna Shuklla Review | An Excessively Melodramatic Legal Drama That Lacks Compelling Arguments

Crew Review | Second-Half Turbulence Restricts This Fun Comedy From Being Hilarious

Director Rajesh Krishnan’s first film, Lootcase, was a crackling comedy that really made me laugh during those dark lockdown days. The latest Hindi film Crew, starring Tabu, Kareena Kapoor Khan, and Kriti Sanon in lead roles, is the latest directorial from him. While the movie is a comedy that starts off really smoothly establishing the… Continue reading Crew Review | Second-Half Turbulence Restricts This Fun Comedy From Being Hilarious