Reviews
Stranger Things Season 3 – The 80’s Never Seemed So Good
What would be better than a bunch of teenagers fighting Russian Commies and a mind controlling monster that turns people into mush? It all seems too surreal at first, but…
What Is ‘The Price Of Free’?
How many of us actually think about child-slavery and trafficking when buying discounted branded goods (clothes, bags, toys, decorative pieces, cosmetics etc.)? How many of us think of anything other…
Reel Talkies – Session One
What an amazing Sunday evening spent with Ratna Pathak Shah and Shakun Batra, talking about Actor-Director relationship and bringing a character alive from script-to-screen. From the first session, where they spoke…
Aapke Aa Jaane Se – An Ode To Lost Passion
In June last year, a video aptly named ‘Dancing Uncle’ went viral all across India and won a million hearts. The man of the hour, Sanjeev Shrivastava was recorded shaking…
Kabir Singh – A Revisit To Devdas That Wasn’t Really Required
It will take me some time to believe that a film like Arjun Reddy needed a remake. Honestly, I don’t see the point of remaking a film seeped in misogyny…
Leila – The Dystopian Drama Is Gripping
We talk a lot about utopia. About what would happen in a world where things are ideal, where thoughts are secular, where there’s utmost freedom of speech, where there’s no…
Chasing Happiness – Pulling The Right Strings, The Jonas Brothers way
Years before the popularity of One Direction and BTS – and #Nickyanka – soared, there once existed a boy band very special. More so, because they were family. The Jonas…
‘GAME OVER’ – An Action PAC(ked), Thrill Ride!
‘A promising script with decent execution’ were the first words that popped into my head when I finished watching ‘Game Over’, a Tamil psychological thriller cum horror directed by Ashwin…
Bharat – A Common Man With A Larger Than Life Persona
It is not for nothing that Salman Khan is known as the undisputed king of box-office. Salman Khan, who had a disappointing Eid last year with Race 3, is back…
The Inshallah Films By Ashvin Kumar
With his latest release, No Fathers in Kashmir (2019), film-maker Ashvin Kumar is back in the limelight with a well-received film, fraught with the usual censorship restrictions that have plagued…