Darbaan: There is something about Rabindranath Tagore’s stories that lends itself to great cinema. Darbaan is a very good piece of cinema.Artistically imagined and gently executed, it has the very...
Zee5 has released two films today Wah Zindagi and Turtle which seem to be one work halved into two. Turtle tells the same story of the same drought-stricken village that Wah Zindagi carries...
Sunflower(Zee5, 8 Episodes) Starring Sunil Grover, Ranvir Shorey, Girish Kulkarni, Shonali Nagrani, Sonal Jha and Ashish Vidyarthi Directed Vikas Bahl, Rahul Sengupta Rating: ** ½ Sunflower gives the talented stand-up comic Sunil Grover a rare chance to captain the ship.Alas, a sinking one!Sunflower comes to us ...
Operation Java(Malayalam,Zee5)Directed by Tharun MoorthyRating: *** One more Malayalam gem, this one sparkling with an ominous shine. I wonder how on earth the team behind this laudable film...
Lahore Confidential(Zee5) Starring Richa Chadha, Arunoday Singh, Karishma Tanna Directed by Kunal Kohli Rating: * “Kunwari maregi?” the heroine’s mother,played by the brilliant Alka Amin, asks...
Comedy Couple(Zee5) Starring Saqib Saleem,Shweta Basu Tripathi Directed by Nachiket Samant Rating: ** For a film about two stand-up comedians there is very little to laugh about in Comedy Couple. In one sequence...
If dance and dancing are forbidden by religion, then consider making a film about a young girl’s desire to dance the BharatNatyam a dangerous pursuit, given today’s absurdly ...