Reviews
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…
Khayali Pulao – Prajakta Koli Shines In This Honest, Uplifting Short By Tarun Dudeja
Youtube has provided an inexpensive and valuable platform for organic talent to flourish, especially because it is a space that is more or less run by the content. One of…
Bhonsle – Mumbai In Its Truest Form, Plays Stage For A Visually Poetic Film About Migrant Issues
Manoj Bajpayee shows that he doesn’t even need dialogue to put on a show, amidst a film about hate mongering based on religion, in writer-director Devashish Makhija’s 2018 film Bhonsle.…
Kappela – Intelligent Filmmaking With Astounding Performances
You cannot help but marvel at the new crop of Malayalam films out there. The new vanguard has all but taken over the filmmakers of the early 2000s. Their experimental…
Bulbbul – Excellent Setting Given Away By A Predictable Plot
It is no mystery that Bollywood has been unceremoniously impotent at making horror movies, given a few exceptions. This lull can be attributed to Bollywood filmmakers not being able to…
Aarya – A Complicated Web Of Betrayal, Greed, Love And Family That Doesn’t Miss A Beat
Sushmita Sen plays a desperate but warm mother, who is willing to do anything to protect her family, amidst her family’s business of drugs and internal betrayal. The official remake…