Writers who are totally ignorant of society’s changes in gender-oriented debates can only write something like Raksha Bandhan. The new Anand L Rai film written by Himanshu Sharma and Kanika Dhillon is that ’80s movie that time traveled to 2022. This 110 minutes long Beti Padhao Burden Hatao ad campaign is the movie equivalent of… Continue reading Raksha Bandhan
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Samrat Prithviraj
Samrat Prithviraj, the new YRF film with Akshay Kumar as the title character, feels like a script that depended way too much on the film’s visual grandeur yet never took an effort to achieve it. Written and directed by Chandraprakash Dwivedi, this historical drama is lousy in terms of craft and problematic in terms of… Continue reading Samrat Prithviraj
Bachchhan Paandey
If the script is interesting, then even a bad filmmaker won’t be able to mess it up. This is a statement I have heard many people say in interviews. Well, the new film Bachchhan Paandey from Akshay Kumar has the potential to make those people rethink that statement. Bachchhan Paandey is very much a scene-by-scene… Continue reading Bachchhan Paandey
Atrangi Re
Anand L Rai and Himanshu Sharma are two creators who have made some memorable small-town characters. They get the texture of these characters very easily, and even the not-so-great Zero had characters that were fun to watch. Coming to the duo’s new film Atrangi Re, the kind of “celebration” mood Rai and Sharma creates through… Continue reading Atrangi Re
Sooryavanshi
After a point, it becomes difficult to call a particular director’s movie as unimpressive as he has established himself as the director of a specific kind of movie. Sooryavanshi from Rohit Shetty is one more cop-action thriller that just wants to create loudness inside the theaters. Rohit Shetty has conditioned his audience over the years… Continue reading Sooryavanshi
Laxmii
The promotions of the movie Laxmii starring Akshay Kumar in the lead role had this theme of the movie being an effort to bring transgender people to the forefront of society. Well when it comes to the impact part of that idea, I would say it is similar to the sanitary pad ad featuring Akshay… Continue reading Laxmii
Good Newwz
There is a brand of movies that Akshay Kumar has done in the recent past that came as an entertaining package trying to give lectures to people about women’s issues and certain other societal misconceptions. Good Newwz directed by Raj Mehta somewhere falls under the same category. What if subjects similar to Vicky Donor and… Continue reading Good Newwz
Housefull 4
Housefull 4 is a comedy movie according to the makers of the movie. But watching this movie along with an audience who laughs at the ridiculous jokes in the movie will make the experience drastically different. The reality that, a sick comedy like Housefull 4 has an audience in this big country, will hit you… Continue reading Housefull 4