Category: Hindi

In the climax of Alankrita Shrivatava’s Lipstick Under My Burkha, the four leading ladies are talking about how the ability to dream made them suffer badly. It’s a scene crafted through humor and I found it very hard hitting. A film that has boldly spoken against the patriarchal society in a brilliant way facing objection… Continue reading Lipstick Under My Burkha

There is a small phase in the film Munna Michael where our protagonist and antagonist are sort of bonding. This phase happens in the earlier part of the movie and I kind of hoped things would go interesting. But Sabbir Khan had no different plans this time too. He deviates an interesting plot in to… Continue reading Munna Michael

The primary target of Anurag Basu’s new film Jagga Jasoos is the little kids. The juvenile simple story is trying to tell them a tale about a boy who is in search of his father. And to make the “conveying a message” part more efficient, the film ends with a sequence where they are talking… Continue reading Jagga Jasoos

There is no denying in the fact that the first 45 minutes of Sridevi starrer Mom is heart wrenching. Director Ravi Udyawar manages to pull off this key phase of the movie in a very brutal way almost making us take our eyes away from the screen. But the issue with Mom is its detour… Continue reading Mom

Tubelight, the third movie that comes from the collaboration of Kabir Khan and Salman Khan is officially an adapted version of the Hollywood movie Little Boy. While the juvenile nature of the story that undoubtedly targets the kids as its primary audience remains the same in this adapted version, the melodrama that unfolds in the… Continue reading Tubelight

Raabta is one movie where you sort of wonder about the character of each character in that film. Coherence and depth has nothing to do here in this love story. From instant love to forever mine kind of love, the plot of this movie touches diametrically opposite variants of love in a very silly way.… Continue reading Raabta

First of all let me tell you that I haven’t read Chetan Bhagat’s half girlfriend and so this review won’t be a film vs book comparison. There used to be a time when something in a Mohit Suri movie manages to strike a chord with you even when it was extremely cheesy. But in the… Continue reading Half Girlfriend