Shuchi Talati’s Girls Will Be Girls is a very delicate coming-of-age story about a girl who goes through a harsh adolescent transition. While the larger focus is on this girl, Mira, the film does manage to give us enough details about her mother, Anila, to make the strained dynamic between the two a compelling one.… Continue reading Girls Will Be Girls Review | A Delicate and Effective Coming-Of-Age Adolescent Drama
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Agni Review | A Potent and Pertinent Premise Undone by Burned-Out Writing Techniques
The thankless lives of firefighters and the kind of obstacles they face in their line of work is something we have not really seen in films, and even in real life, one could say they have not been celebrated or respected for the kind of risk they take. The new Rahul Dholakia film Agni, which… Continue reading Agni Review | A Potent and Pertinent Premise Undone by Burned-Out Writing Techniques
Call Me Bae Review | A Gen-Z K3G Poo in a Shallow and Delusional Woke Premise
Imagine Poo from Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Ghum in the Instagram era. Now imagine the same Poo being someone who can topple and expose someone like Arnab Goswami in a prime-time news debate. Can you sense a sharp contrast in the tone? Created by Ishita Moitra and directed by Collin D’Cunha, the latest Amazon Prime Video original Call… Continue reading Call Me Bae Review | A Gen-Z K3G Poo in a Shallow and Delusional Woke Premise
Panchayat: Season 3 Review | An Emotionally Hefty Season That Works as an Appealing Second Act
Season 3 of any series feels like a tricky space. The first season always has the advantage of something new being delivered to the audience. The second season has the edge of the premise and characters being familiar. The makers can either scale up the story or even repeat the same thing, and it might… Continue reading Panchayat: Season 3 Review | An Emotionally Hefty Season That Works as an Appealing Second Act
Inspector Rishi Review | A Mystical Crime Thriller With Occasional Sparks
Inspector Rishi, the latest Amazon Prime Video original series by JS Nandhini, is an attempt to blend facts with myth to create an intriguing thriller. While the structure of the series establishes that aspect in a fairly engaging way, the over-explanatory writing that practically spoon-feeds the audience verbally about even the thinking of each of… Continue reading Inspector Rishi Review | A Mystical Crime Thriller With Occasional Sparks
Ae Watan Mere Watan Review | A Rudimentary Patriotic Story Filled With Cheesy Dialogues
There is a moment in Ae Watan Mere Watan where we see how Usha and her associates decided to create a private radio because the editors of major national media were getting threatened by the British, and they wanted to let the people know the truth. When you think of the cinematic possibility of the… Continue reading Ae Watan Mere Watan Review | A Rudimentary Patriotic Story Filled With Cheesy Dialogues
Big Girls Don’t Cry Review | Well-Written Characters in a Politically Unsubtle and Crowded Script
When you finish watching something like Laurie Nunn’s Sex Education, which spans multiple seasons, it is kind of possible to wish to see something of that sort in an Indian backdrop. Nitya Mehra’s new series for Amazon Prime Video, Big Girls Don’t Cry, is actually one similar attempt. Talking about the various emotional intricacies through… Continue reading Big Girls Don’t Cry Review | Well-Written Characters in a Politically Unsubtle and Crowded Script
American Fiction Review | Cord Jefferson’s Movie Is an Unflinching and Hilarious Art Critique
Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction is a hilarious drama that attacks the pretentious Black sentiment in creative art forms to grab attention. Based on Percival Everett’s book Erasure, the film pretty much exposes the attempt to hide creative shortcomings by using the pertinence of the lives mentioned in those works. Even though some of the beats… Continue reading American Fiction Review | Cord Jefferson’s Movie Is an Unflinching and Hilarious Art Critique