Reviews
Dolly Kitty Aur Wo Chamakte Sitare – Reclaiming Sexuality While Stumbling Along The Way
Our sexualities are huge parts of our identity. In this very gendered and restricted society that we live in, we’re forced within the boxes that are prescribed to us at…
Cargo – One Of A Kind With Its Quirky Take On Science Fiction And Mythology
There are very few sci-fi flicks that have spawned out of Bollywood, and they rarely ever become hits in India. This is not necessarily a reflection on the film, but…
Masaba Masaba – Finding Courage Can Be Chaotic Is The Takeaway From this Docu-Fiction Saga
Masaba Masaba, directed by Sonam Nair, is a fictionalised show based on the relationship between a mother and her daughter, and also their individual dynamics with the outside world. Starring…
Class of ’83 – Relies Heavily On Voice-Over To Cope With The Narrative, With Nothing New To Add
Based on ‘The Class of 83’ by Hussain Zaidi, this film is about a story of a tough, rigid cop with a tragic past, who creates an experiment with the…
Khuda Haafiz – Wants To Tick Many Checkboxes, Doesn’t Live Upto Any
Written and directed by Faruk Kabir, Khuda Haafiz follows a man’s journey of finding his wife who has gone missing in a strange foreign land after initially applying for a…
Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl – Patriarchy Loses Repeatedly Against Talent And Aspirations
Debutant Sharan Sharma’s film about India’s first female combat pilot Gunjan Saxena is nothing out of the blue from what we’ve seen in the past with biographies. However, it does…
Pareeksha – Another Hard-Hitting Commentary About The System By Prakash Jha
In 2011, Prakash Jha did Aarakshan, which spoke about caste-based reservations or quota system within government jobs and educational institutions. Nine years later, and right after the new Educational Policy…
Shakuntala Devi – Anu Menon And Vidya Balan Take The Screen By Storm
“What goes around, comes around” is a very popular quote that indicates that one will not realise the rights and wrongs within them unless they’re on the receiving end. Anu…
Raat Akeli Hai – Best Of Both Worlds, Crime Thriller And Social Commentary
Jatil – a name that the protagonist laments, yet it is a perfect name for Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s character. This sanskrit origin name is another name for Shiva, the God of…
Omerta – A Demonic Rajkummar Plays A Cold And Calculative Criminal Mastermind In This Riveting Drama
In one of the scenes, General Mahmud asks Omar Sheikh if he knows why he was chosen? On asking why, he’s been told that it was because he was an…