In Kanu Behl’s movies, one can see a very peculiar and unusual amount of time spent on setting the world of the protagonist, even though the conflict and drama may not have anything to do with it. The disconnection of these tracks sort of bothers us while we are watching the film as we are… Continue reading Despatch Review | Manoj Bajpayee Does the Heavy Lifting in a Film That Struggles to Strike the Right Balance
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Killer Soup Review | An Engrossing Character-Rich Black Comedy With Some Memorable Performances
Killer Soup by Abhishek Chaubey is a fascinating black comedy that succeeded really well in establishing its absurdity. When your main theme has to do something with the existence of a doppelganger, it is quite possible to get dragged into the criticism of being illogical. But somewhere, I felt the sort of treatment the series… Continue reading Killer Soup Review | An Engrossing Character-Rich Black Comedy With Some Memorable Performances
Bandaa Review | Manoj Bajpayee Single-Handedly Saves This Filmy Legal Drama
If you are someone who is okay with unappealing filmmaking if the story is based on actual events and has pertinence, then I would say Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai, aka Bandaa, starring Manoj Bajpayee will work for you as a moving legal drama. I personally prefer seeing craft in filmmaking. Hence the movie felt… Continue reading Bandaa Review | Manoj Bajpayee Single-Handedly Saves This Filmy Legal Drama
Gulmohar Review | A Moving Dysfunctional Family Drama That Has Its Heart in the Right Place
Sometimes when there are a series of poorly made films, and you write these reviews saying they are outdated, cheesy, cliched, melodramatic, etc., a part of you tends to wonder whether you are canceling a whole genre saying it all should look realistic. Rahul V. Chittella’s Gulmohar was a relief and delight for me in… Continue reading Gulmohar Review | A Moving Dysfunctional Family Drama That Has Its Heart in the Right Place
Dial 100
The issue with Dial 100 is that at no point this suspense thriller feels like it has any sort of suspense in it. The trailer itself has revealed all the vital plot points, and whatever is left gets shown at a very early stage in the movie. The only thing that makes this Rensil D’Silva… Continue reading Dial 100
Ray
Ray, the new Netflix original series based on the short stories of Satyajit Ray, is a mixed bag of 1-hour stories that all looked promising on a premise level but couldn’t really enthrall you in totality. Somewhere I felt there was an urge to create a closure to every story rather than leaving us with… Continue reading Ray
The Family Man: Season 2
Clubbing the relatable middle-class life of an average Indian with the life of a secret agent was what made Raj and DK’s The Family Man an instant hit among the Indian audience. Well, much like any other show, the emphasis of the new season is to make it bigger and wider, and they have managed… Continue reading The Family Man: Season 2
Mrs. Serial Killer
An overacting Jacqueline Fernandez torturing us for roughly two hours and watching a talented actor like Manoj Bajpayee getting tortured in a horrendous movie for two hours is what Mrs. Serial Killer in a nutshell for me. Writer, director, editor, producer, composer Shirish Kunder is trying hard to make it look like some kind of… Continue reading Mrs. Serial Killer