A death-defining rom-com, a sports bio-pic, a murder mystery and a father-son drama…The boxoffice this Fridays revels in diversity. Paglaitt and Saina both feature a female hero as...
After 2020’s morale-roasting events, Mahesh Bhatt has much reason to be happy in 2021. Both his daughters Pooja Bhatt and Alia Bhatt have given powerful exceptional performances in different films. While Alia Bhatt’s pitch-perfect...
After regaling his fans for 15 years Arijit Singh has now reinvented himself as a music composer. In Netflix’s forthcoming feature film Pagglait which features a stellar line-up ...
Aelay(Tamil, Netflix) Starring Samuthirakani and Manikandan Written & Directed by Halitha Shameem Rating: ** More thn 24 hours after I finished watching this annoyingly selfconscious dramedy about a father who sells icecream and a son who screams and...
Netflix’s Delhi Crime in 2019 , recreating the horrific gangrape and death of Nirbhaya, shook the nation’s conscience. Very few web shows in India have had a similar impact....
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights(NCPCR) has asked Netflix to stop streaming Alankrita Shrivastava’s stunningly layered Bombay Begums.Apparently two Twitter handles condemning scenes related to the film’s youngest ...
Congratulations on a stunning comeback in Bombay Begums. It is criminal how you have been hiding yourself from the camera? Ha ha, thank you. I got...
Bombay Begums(Netflix, 8 Episodes) Starring Pooja Bhatt,Amruta Subhash, Shahana Goswami, Plabita Borthakur, Aadhya Anand Directed by Alankrita Shrivastava, Bornila Chatterjee Rating: **** Like them or loathe them, hug them or hate them, spurn them or ‘sperm’ them….The 5 ...
Homemade(Netflix, Anthology of 17 ShortFilms) Rating: ** ½ The pandemic has given rise to lockdown films all over the world. In India we’ve seen films as diverse in...
It’s not been an easy time for Sooraj Pancholi, for long under scrutiny for the death of actress Jiah Khan. “I am over that now. In fact I laugh at...
To All The Boys, Always & Forever(Netflix) Starring Lana Condor and Noah Centineo Directed by Michael Fimognari Rating: ** Hell, if you enjoyed the first two films in...
Starring Ini Dima-Okojie ,Ruslaan Mumtaz Namaste Wahala(Netflix) Directed by Hamisha Devyani Ahuja Rating: ** If clothes maketh a movie as they maketh a man, then this Indo-Nigerian cross-cultural romance would top the list of things-you-must-do-before-you-die. Of course this film...
Adu(Netflix, Spanish & English) Starring Moustapha Oumarou, Luis Tosar , Adam Nourou,Álvaro Cervantes. Directed by Salvador Calvo Rating: *****(5 stars) As this nearly-flawless film about inhuman apathy to refuges and the kindness and compassion...
Doob No Bed Of Roses (Netflix) Starring Irrfan Khan, Nusrat Imrose Tisha, Rokeya Prachy and Parno Mittra. Directed by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki Rating: ** This is a 2017 Indo-Bangladesh co-production , an arid yet somehow dissatisfying look at a crumbling marriage set within the Bangladesh film...
The Great Indian Kitchen is not a only a film, it is a revolution.Its searing exploration of kitchen politics and the art of cooking as a...
Thunder Force(Netflix) Starring Melissa McCarthy, Octavia Spencer, Bobby Cannavale, Pom Klementieff, Taylor Mosby, with Melissa Leo, and Jason Bateman Directed by Ben Falcone Rating: *** Warning: Do not go by the ...