On paper, Showtime, the new Hotstar series produced by Dharma Productions digital wing Dharmatic Entertainment, looks like an extremely bold move. Bollywood, which is going through a patchy phase in terms of content and many other controversial topics including nepotism, doing a self-critique, that too produced by Karan Johar felt like a sign of acknowledgement.… Continue reading Showtime Review | Even in Self-Criticism, Bollywood Lacks Nuances
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Maharani 3 Review | A Middling Political Drama With an Interestingly Poised Central Character
Maharani 3, the third season of SonyLIV’s political thriller, shows the character’s progression, and in this season, we have the character in a more mature and commanding position. While the character’s evolution looks pretty impressive, there is this issue of predictability of the texture, that makes it slightly less exciting. The dialogue exchange with metaphors… Continue reading Maharani 3 Review | A Middling Political Drama With an Interestingly Poised Central Character
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
Oru Sarkar Ulpannam Review | A Preachy, Predictable Drama That Struggles to Find an Emotional Connect
The last 15-20 minutes of the movie Oru Sarkar Ulpannam, previously titled Oru Bharatha Sarkar Ulpannam, is happening inside a court where a citizen is fighting against the government. Some of the moments in that patch of the movie had an emotional connection that I felt they should have made this movie as a legal… Continue reading Oru Sarkar Ulpannam Review | A Preachy, Predictable Drama That Struggles to Find an Emotional Connect
Thankamani Review | An Exhausting Melodrama That Competes With Daily Soaps for Tackiness
Hearing the dialogues from Ratheesh Raghunandan’s second film Thankamani, I was wondering whether the last film hit film he saw was released more than a decade ago. Calling Thankamani outdated would feel like an insult to the good films that were made in those times. With the key incident having very little significance in the… Continue reading Thankamani Review | An Exhausting Melodrama That Competes With Daily Soaps for Tackiness
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
Dune: Part Two Review | A Compelling Space Politics Tale With Complementing Visual Grandeur
The creative high of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two (or even the first part) is how he creates this vast world of space politics without too much exposition. I am someone who has not read the source material, and Villeneuve’s movie version of Frank Herbert’s novel was my first encounter with this future world full… Continue reading Dune: Part Two Review | A Compelling Space Politics Tale With Complementing Visual Grandeur
Kadakan Review | A Forgettable Action Flick With Familiar Ingredients
Kadakan, the new Hakkim Shahjahan starrer directed by Sajil Mampad, is a very generic action film that just stretches a predictable premise with several episodes that we have seen many a time in Malayalam cinema. The movie’s casting choices have definitely helped the film, as it never enters an unwatchable space. But with pretty much… Continue reading Kadakan Review | A Forgettable Action Flick With Familiar Ingredients