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My Hindu Friend Movie Review: It Is A Very Strange Film

Subhash K . Jha2nd March 20202nd March 2020

Movie: My Hindu Friend Starring Willem Dafoe,Maria Fernanda Candido Directed by Hector Babenco Rating: **(2 stars) My Hindu Friend Movie Review: Brazil’s most celebrated filmmaker Hector Babenco passed away in 2016 . This film chronicling...

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Doordarshan Movie Review: It Brings Disrepute to the Brand

Subhash K . Jha29th February 202029th February 2020

Doordarshan Starring Manu Rishi Chadha, Dolly Ahluwalia, Mahie Gill Directed by Gagan Puri Rating: * ½ (one and a half stars) Some ideas are best left on paper. This film must have been a ROLF affair when the...

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Sorry We Missed You Is A Gem On Impoverishment

Subhash K . Jha28th February 202028th February 2020

Sorry We Missed You Starring: Kris Hitchen & Debbie Honeywood Directed by: Ken Loach Rating: ****(4 stars) The same day that I saw Anubhav Sinha’s masterpiece on domestic violence Thappad, I also saw British mastercraftsman Ken Loach’s latest...

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Thappad Movie Review: It Flawed Relationship Flawless Films!

Subhash K . Jha27th February 202027th February 2020

Movie Review: Thappad Starring: Taapsee Pannu, Pavail Gulati, Maya Sarao, Geetika Vidya, Kumud Mishra, Ratna Pathak Shah, Tanve Azmi, Naila Grewal Directed by Anubhav Sinha Rating: *****(5 stars) Thappad Review: Let’s face it. Damaged humanism, fractured emotions and flawed relationships are the crux of Great Cinema. If...

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Kartik Aryan’s Stardom Unaffected By Love Aaj Kal

Subhash K . Jha26th February 202026th February 2020

Kartik Aryan and Sara Ali Khan's Love Aaj Kal and its thundering failure seems to have left its leading man Kartik Aryan unscathed and pretty much unfazed. Now shooting in Jaipur for Anees Bazmee’s Bhool Bhulaiya 2 Kartik, says Bazmee, fits...

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Bhoot Part One The Haunted Ship Movie Review: These Bhoots Are Made For Walking!

Subhash K . Jha21st February 202021st February 2020

Bhoot Part One The Haunted Ship Starring: Vicky Kaushal, Ashutosh Rana, Meher Vij Directed by Bhanu Pratap Singh Rating: * ½ (one and a half stars) Movie Review: Karan Johar is into horror now.A lot of people thought Kalank was his first horror...

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Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan Movie Review: Ayushman-Jitendra Break The See-Ling

Subhash K . Jha21st February 202021st February 2020

Movie: Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan Starring: Ayushmann Khurrana, Jitendra Kumar, Gajraj Rao, Neena Gupta,Maanvi Gagroo Written & Directed by: Hitesh Kewalya Rating: ****(4 stars) Why are films about gay people so sad? They are either about AIDS or star-crossed same-sex...

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Love Aaj Kal Movie Review: Rebooted Trips Over Its Own Trippiness

Subhash K . Jha14th February 202014th February 2020

Love Aaj Kal Starring Kartik Aryan, Sara Ali Khan, Arushi Sharma Written & Directed by Imtiaz Ali The post-intermission section of Imtiaz Ali’s confounding “love” story opens with what looks a video of a cheesy rapper exhorting the persuasions of ...

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Parasite Movie Review: Does It Deserve All The Acclaim?

Subhash K . Jha30th January 202030th January 2020

Parasite(Korean) Directed by Bong Joon-Ho Rating: *** ½(3 and a half stars) With a wealth of Oscar nominations and other prominent awards, normally denied to third-world films in the West, to...

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The Windmere Children Innocence & Hope In The Face Of Evil

Subhash K . Jha29th January 202029th January 2020

The Windmere Children(BBC 2) Written by Simon Block and directed by Michael Samuels. Rating: ****(4 stars) On 27 January 1945 the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp was liberated by the Red Army. But can...

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Judy Movie Review: A Garland For Rene Zellweger

Subhash K . Jha25th January 202025th January 2020

Judy Starring Rene Zellweger, Jessie Buckley, Directed by Rupert Goold Rating: *** ½ (3 and a half stars) Judy Garland lives again. The legendary live performer and screen bombshell, a beguiling blend ...

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Panga Movie Review: It Is So Heartwarming, It Will Melt All Your Cynicism

Subhash K . Jha25th January 202025th January 2020

Panga Starring Kangna Ranaut. Jassi Gill, Richa Chadha,Neena Gupta Directed by Ashwini Iyer Tiwari Rating: *****(5 stars) Just when you thought you have had enough of these mofussil mellow dramas , you know those slowburn rom-coms and familiar family tales with characters that you’ve...

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Street Dancer 3D Movie Review: Is A Whole Lot Of Fun

Subhash K . Jha24th January 202024th January 2020

Street Dancer 3D Starring Prabhudheva, Varun Dhawan, Shradha Kapoor, Aparshakti Directed by Remo d’Souza Rating: **** ½(4 and a half stars) Impressively, Prabhudheva gets top billing in this zany political parable about how India and Pakistan van beat the Gora Log, a.k.a...

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Just Mercy Movie Review: Uncomfortable Questions On Capital Punishment

Subhash K . Jha23rd January 2020

Just Mercy Starring Michael B Jordon, Jamie Fox, Brie Larson Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton Rating: ** * (three stars) Just Mercy is a film that cares about human beings on death row....

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Dolittle Does Little For The Classic Original

Subhash K . Jha17th January 202017th January 2020

Dolittle Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Harry Collette, Antonio Banderas. Directed by: Stephen Gaghan Rating: *(1 star) Two thoughts struck me as I sat wide-eyed and open-mouthed(for all the wrong reasons) watching this monstrous...

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Jai Mummy Di Is A Far Smarter Romcom Than It Seems

Subhash K . Jha16th January 202016th January 2020

Jai Mummy Di Starring Sunny Singh, Sonnalli Seygall, Poonam Dhillon, Supriya Pathak Written & Directed by Navjot Gulati Rating: **** The good newzz (excluse my sloppy spelling) is that there is a romcom far funnier than the recent overrated Good Newzz.In many sections of Jai Mummy Di ,...

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Bombshell Hollywood’s First Major MeToo Film Is Problematic

Subhash K . Jha13th January 202013th January 2020

Bombshell Starring Carlize Theron. Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, John Lithgow Directed by Jay Roach Rating: ** ½ (two and a half stars) Why is Bollywood not making a single film about sexual harassment and the MeToo movement? Could ...

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Allu Arjun In Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo Is A MasterClass Of Swag

Vaibhav Choudhary12th January 202012th January 2020

Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo (Telugu) Starring Allu Arjun, Tabu, Jairam, Sushant,Pooja Hegde Written & Directed by Trivikram Srinivas Rating: ****(4 stars) When it comes to South Imdian screen icons, their larger-than-life image far supercedes the calibre, heft and tenability of the their parent-product. Allu Arjun is no exception....

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Sarileru Neekevvaru Is A Treat For Mahesh Babu’s Fans

Subhash K . Jha11th January 202011th January 2020

Sarileru Neekevvaru Starring Mahesh Babu, Vijayashanthi, Rashmika Mandanna, Prakash Raj Directed by Anil Ravipudi Rating:*** ½ (3 and a half stars) Mahesh Babu has always been the poster-boy for cinema with a relevant theme and contemporary topic.This is the first time ...

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Gul Makai, Malala’s Song Of Life & Death

Subhash K . Jha11th January 202011th January 2020

The very fact that a film on Malala Yousafzai is being brought to the screen is reason to rejoice. Director H. E Amjad Khan’s ambitious bio-pic Gul Makai takes on the Taliban in the trailer, depicting the...

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Chhapaak Movie Review: It Is A Gut-Wrenching Masterpiece

Subhash K . Jha10th January 202010th January 2020

Chhapaak Starring Deepika Padukone, Vikrant Massey, Directed by Meghna Gulzar Rating: *****(5 stars) What a splash Meghna Gulzar makes with Chhapaak! This sensitive stunning film about a real-life acid-attack victim’s attempt to rebuild her life as surgeons try to put...

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Saif , Sharad Kelkar Steal The Show In Tanhaji

Subhash K . Jha10th January 202010th January 2020

Tanhaji(3D) Starring Ajay Devgan, Saif Ali Khan, Kajol, Neha Sharma,Sharad Kelkar Directed by Om Raut Rating: *** ½ (3 and a half stars) There is a pall of déjà vu shrouding this lavish though self-limited homage to a valour gone-by...

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Deepika Padukone’s JNU Visit, Courageous Or Publicity Gimmick? Exclusive Reactions From Shabana Azmi, Dia Mirza, Vivek Agnihotri

Subhash K . Jha8th January 20208th January 2020

While many in the film fraternity like Anurag Kashyap and Dia Mirza are openly praising Deepika Padukone for her visit to the lately-vandalized Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU) in Delhi, others are not so happy with what they see as the visit being ...

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Sab Kushal Mangal, A Wacky Love Triangle In The Cow Belt

Subhash K . Jha3rd January 20203rd January 2020

Sab Kushal Mangal Starring Akshaye Khanna, Pariyank Sharma, Riva Kishan Directed by Karan Vishwanath Kashyap Rating: ***(3 stars) Smalltown romances have flooded our movie-viewing bandwidth , so much so that it becomes difficult to tell Tanu Weds Manu apart from Bareilly Ki Barfi. The feisty, outspoken , unapologetic ...

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Bhangra Paa Le Is A Stuffed Paratha Of Music, Romance & Nostalgia

Subhash K . Jha3rd January 20203rd January 2020

Bhangra Paa Le Starring Sunny Kaushal, Rukhsar Dillon, Sriya Pligaonkar Directed by Sneha Taurani Rating: *** ½ (3 and a half stars) A swirl of colours in two different palates, if you please, assails your senses as you settle...

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How Did Karan Johar’s Sex Comedy Get A “UA” Certificate?

Subhash K . Jha30th December 201930th December 2019

It seems the always-controversial Central Board Of Film Certification(CBFC) has a whole lot of explaining to do about how the new Karan Johar production Good Newzz about two couples desperately copulating for procreation, was given...

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Good Newzz, What’s So Funny About Desperately Seeking Parenthood?

Subhash K . Jha27th December 201927th December 2019

Good Newzz Starring Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Diljit Dosanjh, Kiaran Advani Directed by Raj Mehta Rating:**(2 stars) Good Newzz could have been our very own Only You,the British drama directed by Harry Wootliff about a young couple desperately trying to have a baby. Instead ...

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Rajnikanth’s Darbar Looks Dated & Tacky

Subhash K . Jha17th December 201917th December 2019

When will the superstars of Indian cinema grow up?Whether it is Salman Khan in Mumbai or Rajinikanth in Tamil Nadu they continue to live in a time warp playing unvarnished variations of their personality in film after ...

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Mardaani 2 Disturbingly,Villain Steals Show From Rani

Subhash K . Jha14th December 201914th December 2019

Mardaani 2 Starring Rani Mukherjee, Vishal Jethwa Written & Directed by Gopi Puthran Rating: ** ½ (two and a half stars) Something deeply disturbing happens in the course of this tactile thriller about an audacious criminal...

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Line Of Descent Review: It Serves No Purpose

Subhash K . Jha13th December 201913th December 2019

Line Of Descent(Zee5 Feature Film) Starring Brendan Fraser, Abhay Deol,Ronit Roy, Neeraj Kabi,Ali Haji, Prem Chopra Written & Directed by Rohit Karn Batra Rating: **(2 stars) Another soggy mafia saga set in and around a Delhi business family, and one that...

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Balki On 10 Years Of Paa

Subhash K . Jha6th December 20196th December 2019

Pinch me. Amitabh Bachchan playing his son Abhishek Bachchan’s son…It’s still hard to believe!!! Ten years after its release the director R Balki of Paa wonders at his own audacity. “I was recently look at Paa for ...

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B R Chopra Would LOL At Pati Patni Woh

Subhash K . Jha6th December 20196th December 2019

Pati Patni Aur Woh Starring Kartik Aryan, Bhumi Pednekar, Ananya Pandey Directed by Mudassar Aziz Rating: *** ½ (three and a half stars) First things first. Apart from a riff of Thande thande pani se nahana chahiye in the background and the end-entrance of a femme fatale(Parveen Babi in...

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Atlantics Movie Review: It Is The Most Overrated Film Of The Year

Subhash K . Jha3rd December 20193rd December 2019

Atlantics(Senegalese, Netflix) Starring Mame Bineta Sane as Ada,Amadou Mbow as Issa, Ibrahima Traoré as Souleiman Directed by Mati Diop Rating: ** ½ (two and a half stars) The whole Western civilization of cinephiles has gone ga-ga over this low-budget Senegalese film .The director Mati Diop was hailed at the...

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Yeh Saali Aashiqui Movie Review: It Is The Surprise Shocker Of The Year

Subhash K . Jha29th November 201929th November 2019

Yeh Saali Aashiqui Starring Vardhan Puri, Shivaleeka Oberoi Directed by Cherag Ruparel Rating: *** ½ (3 and a half stars) By the time the film’s protagonist gets down to chasing his primary target of wrath with an oversized ...

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Hotel Mumbai Movie Review : It Takes Us Where We Don’t Want To Go

Subhash K . Jha29th November 201929th November 2019

Hotel Mumbai Starring: Anupam Kher, Dev Patel, Armie Hammer,Nazneen Boniadi Directed by Anthony Maras Rating: ** ½ (2 and a half stars) Like all cinema on terrorism, this partially-gripping recreation of 26/11 terror attack on Mumbai’s Taj hotel, walks...

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Commando 3 Is The Need Of The Hour

Subhash K . Jha29th November 201929th November 2019

Commando 3 Starring Vidyut Jammwal, Gulshan Devaiah, Adah Sharma, Angira Dhar Directed by Aditya Datt Rating: *** ½ (3 and a half stars) The hero’s entry in this slick and taut anti-terror thriller is something else. In an akhada a young ...

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Adithya Varma Movie Review: It Is More Of Arjun Reddy

Subhash K . Jha23rd November 201923rd November 2019

Adhitya Varma(Tamil) Starring Dhruv Vikram, Banita Sandhu Directed by Gireesaya Rating: **(2stars) Adithya Varma is the third film based on Sandeep Vanga’s stormy ode to misogyny. And frankly, we don’t need one more version of the story of an insufferably...

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Aamis Movie Review: Meat Na Mila Re Man Ka

Subhash K . Jha22nd November 201922nd November 2019

Aamis(Assamese) Starring Lima Das, Arghadeep Baruah Written & Directed by Bhaskar Hazarika Rating: *** ½ (3 and a half stars) ‘Meat’ in the phonetic Hindi and Sanskrit sound also means ‘beloved’. It is in the ...

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Hellaro Takes Indian Cinema To The Next Level

Subhash K . Jha17th November 201917th November 2019

Hellaro(Gujarati) Starring Shraddha Dangar, Jayesh More Directed by Abhishek Shah Rating: *****(5 stars) Once in a decade or maybe twice , if we are lucky, an Indian film makes us proud to be who we are. Hellaro is...

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Rani Mukherjee Saves Kota

Subhash K . Jha16th November 201916th November 2019

The small but bustling town of Kota in Rajasthan is where students descend in droves for coaching in engineering examinations. You can call it the city of middleclass dreams. It is also a nightmare for ...

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Jhalki Is For All Those Who Worry About India’s Children

Subhash K . Jha16th November 201916th November 2019

Jhalki Starring Aarti Jha, Sanjay Suri, Divya Dutta Directed by Brahmanand S Siingh Rating: *** ½(3 and a half stars) Jhalki is not a great film.It is riddled with imperfections and the plot careens dangerously towards manipulative sentimentality. But...

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Marjaavan Is A Homage To the 1980s

Subhash K . Jha14th November 201914th November 2019

Marjaavan Starring Siddharth Malhotra, Riteish Deshmukh, Tara Sutaria, Rakul Preet Singh Written & Directed by Milap Zaveri Rating: ****(4 stars) All right then, Marjaavan is a homage to the masala movies of the 1980s…Deewaar,Amar Akbar Anthony, Lawaaris , Muqaddar Ka Sikindar(Rakul Preet Singh reprises Rekha’s Zohrabai) and one very specific homage to Ramesh Sippy’s Shaan. This ...

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Bypass Road: Neil Nitin Mukesh Makes A Comeback

Subhash K . Jha8th November 201912th November 2019

Starring Neil Nitin Mukesh, Adah Sharma, Rajit Kapur, Gul Panag, Sudhanshu Pande Directed by Naman Nitin Mukesh Rating: *** ½ (3 and a half stars) A suspense thriller set in the precincts of a rich and privileged family, is not an easy...

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Bala Is Simply Brilliant

Subhash K . Jha7th November 201912th November 2019

Bala Starrring Ayushmann Khurrana, Yami Gautam, Bhumi Pedknekar Directed by Amar Kaushik Rating: *****(5 stars) Think. When was the last time you saw a film which didn’t have any superfluous moments? Not one single irrelevant scene or shot? ...

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Baaghi Movie Review: Tiger’s Mean Moves Apart, Baaghi Is a Dud!

Vaibhav Choudhary29th April 20161st May 2016

Baaghi is like Sex Without Orgasm… Starring: Tiger Shroff, Shraddha Kapoor, Sudheer Babu Directed by: Sabbir Khan Movie Review: Men can’t tell when women are faking an orgasm.It seems the...

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The Man Who Knew Infinity Review: Dev Patel Owns Ramanujan The Way Kingsley Owned Gandhi!

Vaibhav Choudhary28th April 20161st May 2016

Starring: Jeremy Irons, Dev Patel, Devika Bhise Written & Directed: Matthew Brown Movie Review: How does one describe , let alone cinematically circumscribe ,the life of an unvarnished genius like Srinivasa Ramanujan who at the at the...

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Laal Rang Review: Randeep Hooda Nails It In This Bloody Battle

Vaibhav Choudhary22nd April 201620th July 2017

Starring: Randeep Hooda, Akshay Oberoi, Pia Bajpai Directed by: Syed Ahmad Afzal Movie Review: Once in while you tend to overlook the glaring aberrations in a story that is so...

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Nil Battey Sanatta: Swara Bhaskar Shines As A Mother Dreaming Big Dreams

Vaibhav Choudhary22nd April 201622nd April 2016

Starring: Swara Bhaskar, Ratna Pathak Shah, Pankaj Tripathy, Riya Shukla Directed by: Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari Critic's Rating: For my money time and attention Swara Bhaskar is the real Tanu ,...

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Santa Banta Pvt Ltd: Movie Review

Vaibhav Choudhary22nd April 201622nd April 2016

Starring: Boman Irani, Vir Das, Neha Dhupia, Lisa Haydon, Sanjay Mishra, Vijay Raaz, Ram Kapoor Directed by: Akash Deep When it comes to goofy bantering the two guys Santa and Banta are...

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Fan Movie Review: Shah Rukh Khan’s Best In Years!

Vaibhav Choudhary15th April 20166th October 2017

Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Shah Rukh Khan…and....well Shah Rukh Khan Directed by: Maneesh Sharma Movie Review: Welcome home, Shah Rukh. What a triumphant return to form for an actor whose career...