I was watching a recent interview with Raj and DK, the creators of the latest series Guns and Gulaabs, and one of the things they mentioned about their creative choices was avoiding the obvious. For example, they would choose not to show an antenna setting scene to establish it is the ’90s. The reason why… Continue reading Taali Review | This Underwhelming Biopic Starring Sushmita Sen Is a Wasted Opportunity
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Appatha Review | Urvashi Is Brilliant in This Generic and Preachy Drama
Appatha, the 700th film of Urvashi, directed by ace filmmaker Priyadarshan is not a film that is going to have a memorable slot in the director’s filmography. But for Urvashi, the movie will be a testament to the fact that she can add life to even the most predictable and weak scripts with her scintillating… Continue reading Appatha Review | Urvashi Is Brilliant in This Generic and Preachy Drama
Trial Period Review | An Instantly Forgettable Feel-Good Template
Trial Period is one film that doesn’t really know whether it should consider itself a kids’ movie or a proper romantic comedy. With a bizarre thought getting presented without much conviction and along with a ton of genre cliches, this predictable two-hour-long feel-good exercise is an instantly forgettable creation. Ana is a Bengali single mother… Continue reading Trial Period Review | An Instantly Forgettable Feel-Good Template
Blind Review | A Creatively Bland Adaptation That Strips off Intrigue From the Original
The dangerous close-to-death encounters of a psychopath and a blind woman were what made the 2011 Korean film Blind a very compelling thriller. But when it comes to the 2023 Hindi version, starring Sonam Kapoor, Blind is pretty much bland as they have chopped off almost all the intricacies one felt in the story. With… Continue reading Blind Review | A Creatively Bland Adaptation That Strips off Intrigue From the Original
I Love You Review | Pavail Gulati Excels in This Flawed Thriller With a Captivating Premise
Nikhil Mahajan’s film I Love You, which is streaming on JioCinema, has a run time of 95 minutes and has a very enticing premise for a single-location thriller. The film starts off giving you a feel that it is going to be an Indian original that has the feel of the Netflix series You. But… Continue reading I Love You Review | Pavail Gulati Excels in This Flawed Thriller With a Captivating Premise
Bloody Daddy Review | This John Wickish Sleepless Night Is Not Great, but Fun
In comparison to Thoongaa Vanam, the other Indian remake of Sleepless Night, I would say the Shahid Kapoor starrer Bloody Daddy is very slick and peppy. And writer-director Ali Abbas Zafar blends his John Wick aspirations smoothly into the visual craft of the movie to deliver a film that isn’t necessarily great but definitely catchy.… Continue reading Bloody Daddy Review | This John Wickish Sleepless Night Is Not Great, but Fun