Movie Reviews

As a director, Vidhu Vinod Chopra has made films on a variety of subjects. After making his feature film debut with ‘Sazaye Maut’ in 1981, the filmmaker has directed films…

In the last two decades, Indian women have seen a lot of positive changes happening that have enabled them to pursue their dreams and get equal opportunities as men in…

In his twenty-year long career as a filmmaker, director Sujoy Ghosh has made films across different genres. While ‘Jhankaar Beats’ (2003) was a drama/comedy driven by music, ‘Home Delivery’ (2004)…

Atlee started his journey as a filmmaker with ‘Raja Rani’ (2013), a romantic comedy featuring Arya, Nayanthara and Nazriya Nazim in principal roles. Though the film was a success, he…

For the longest time, the concept of anthology films was largely alien to India. However, in the last few years, many anthology films have been made and released in the…

From B.R Chopra’s ‘Kanoon’ (1960) to Subhash Kapoor’s ‘Jolly LLB’ (2013), the Hindi film industry has churned out a few well-made courtroom dramas. However, the volume of such films have…

Last year, it was being said that remaking films originally made in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam was no longer a feasible idea. Many films, from the different industries based…

In the last few years, one has seen a few Hindi films that touched upon the subject of sex education either overtly or as a sub-plot. Films like ‘Janhit Mein…

In 2011, there were reports suggesting that Rohit Shetty was keen to remake Gulzar’s ‘Angoor’ (1982), a film which was based on Shakespeare’s classic ‘The Comedy of Errors’. The film,…

After ‘Badla’ (2019)  and ‘Dobaaraa’ (2022), Taapsee Pannu stars in yet another film that happens to be the remake of a Spanish film written/co-written by Oriol Paulo. However, unlike these…

When released in 2013, the Jeethu Joseph ‘Drishyam’ (2013) created a splash in the Malayalam film industry. The film also marked the emergence of a new genre called ‘family thriller’.…

For the Malayalam language film ‘Helen’ (2019), debutante director Mathukutty Xavier won the National Award for Best Debut Film of a Director. The film also won Ranjith Ambady the National…

Right from the time he made his film debut with ‘Vicky Donor’ (2012), Ayushmann Khurrana has largely picked up films with unconventional scripts or subjects. In the last ten years,…

The Tamil-language feature film ‘Vikram Vedha’ ranks as one of the best thrillers made in the country in the last couple of years. The narrative of the film was designed…

In the past, actor Pratik Gandhi and director Hardik Gajjar had collaborated on a Gujarati (‘Vaahlam Jaao Ne’) and a Hindi (‘Bhavai’) film. ‘Bhavai’, in fact, was that film that…

With multiple successes under his belt, Ammy Virk has had a great year so far. His latest film ‘Chhalle Mundiyan’ has released directly on a streaming platform. While there would…

As a producer, Manish Mundra has lent his support to films like ‘Ankhon Dekhi’, ‘Masaan’, Newton’, ‘Kadvi Hawa’, ‘Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi’ and others. His choices as a producer clearly reflect…

‘Brahmastra – Part One: Shiva’, undoubtedly, is the most expensive Hindi film of the year. The film features mega motion picture stars and is said to be the most expensive…

‘Ratsasan’, the Tamil language film released in 2018, is regarded as one of the best thrillers made in the country in recent times. While many non-Tamil speakers had also seen…