Movie Reviews Archives - Page 4 of 10

Exclusive review – State of Siege: Temple Attack – Well crafted action sequences are the core of this Akshaye Khanna starrer

Joginder Tuteja

The tone is set right at the beginning of State of Siege: Temple Attack with a well crafted action sequence as a prologue. Even as the two Akshays, Akshaye Khanna…

View Post

Exclusive review – Collar Bomb – Jimmy Sheirgill’s film raises an important question around perception v/s reality

Joginder Tuteja

Do perceptions end up driving our beliefs? Is reality different from what it seems? Can prejudice lead to unexpected outcomes? These are some of the questions that Dnyanesh Zoting directed…

View Post

Movie review – Haseen Dillruba – This Taapsee Pannu starrer is way too far fetched

Joginder Tuteja

As a teenager, I used to regularly pick up pulp fiction literature during my train journeys. It was a different kind of high altogether to grab a Surendra Mohan Pathak…

View Post

Movie review – Shaadisthan doesn’t work at all, suffers from patchy execution

Joginder Tuteja

More often than not warning signs are there right at the time of announcement itself. In case of Shaadisthan, there wasn’t even a semblance of announcement. The promo wasn’t ‘promoted’…

View Post

25 Years of Prem Granth – Rishi Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit’s social drama which was outdated even 25 years back

Joginder Tuteja

Time and again one comes across a statement that so and so film was way ahead of its times and hence it couldn’t do well at the box office. Same…

View Post

Movie review – Sardar Ka Grandson – A surprisingly heartwarming movie by Arjun Kapoor and Neena Gupta

Joginder Tuteja

She is Sardar, a 90 year old Sikh woman who communicates via iPad, runs her multi-million cycle business, is forward thinking to bring on new designs and is attached to…

View Post

Movie review – Radhe caters to the gallery, is just the kind of Salman Khan film for his fans

Joginder Tuteja

‘Radhe’, ‘Wanted’, ‘Ek Baar Jo Maine Commitment Kar Di’, ‘Blue Bracelet’, ‘Big Boss’, ‘Being Human’, and a lot more: These are the kind of tropes which are in abundance in…

View Post

Movie review – 99 songs – A good looking slow moving film

Joginder Tuteja

First things first, 99 Songs has to be one of the more good looking films to have been designed for the big screen. In practically every frame, there is some…

View Post

Exclusive review – Flight – An adrenalin pumping edge of the seat action thriller that doesn’t allow you to blink

Joginder Tuteja

During last one year, Indian audiences have been exposed to a lot of cinema and web series coming from the West (or the East), courtesy the OTT channels. I also…

View Post

Movie review – Pagglait – When The Married Woman attended Ram Prasad Ki Tehrvi

Joginder Tuteja

2021 has just begin and Pagglait is one of the last releases of the first quarter of the year. Still, the moment you begin to play it, there is one…

View Post

Movie review – Saina – Turns out to be rather plain with not much euphoria

Joginder Tuteja

There is one golden rule for any film, and not just a sports based film – There needs to be some sort of euphoria; the kind of excitement that results…

View Post

Movie review – Roohi – Boasts of a unique concept of – “Come… Fall In Love With A Chudail”

Joginder Tuteja

The tagline of Roohi is “Mard Ko Zyada Dard Hoga”. After watching the film, I believe the tagline could well have been “Come… Fall In Loce With A Chudail”. By…

View Post

Movie review – The Girl On The Train – Parineeti Chopra is the only shining spot in this bewildering film

Joginder Tuteja

I love thrillers. I have always admitted that this is my favorite genre as well. Hence, a film needs to have some really problematic points or issues in the narrative…

View Post

#TutejaTalks – Madam Chief Minister – Richa Chadha delivers well in this Subhash Kapoor directed political drama

Joginder Tuteja

Can a rookie stand up for an election, take on the sitting Chief Minister, and rise to be a Chief Minister herself, that too in Uttar Pradesh where the heartbeat…

View Post

#TutejaTalks – The White Tiger is heartwarming as well as heartbreaking at the same time

Joginder Tuteja

How would you describe a fast tack driving experience where you practically get, set and go, then enjoy the ride at a good pace, only to see the twists and…

View Post

#TutejaTalks – Exclusive review – Tribhanga is Kajol’s Kal Aaj Aur Kal

Joginder Tuteja

Exactly half a century back, Kapoor khandan had made the film Kal Aaj Aur Kal (1971). Featuring the three generations of the real life Kapoor khandaan (Prithviraj Kapoor, Raj Kapoor…

View Post

#TutejaTalks – Exclusive review – Master is an out and out Vijay & Vijay show, could have been an even bigger entertainer with a rock solid script

Joginder Tuteja

By now, it is a known fact that Master has taken a huge blockbuster start, what with over 35 crores coming in on its Pongal release. Given the fact that…

View Post

#TutejaTalks – Maara review – This Madhavan and Shraddha Srinath starrer re-instills faith in goodness and purity

Joginder Tuteja

Yes, people can be good. Yes, there can be purity all around. Yes, lives can indeed change with utmost happiness. Yes, true love does meet after all, even if it…

View Post

Exclusive review – Kaagaz – Pankaj Tripathi wins hearts again in this dark comedy by Satish Kaushik

Joginder Tuteja

‘It’s all written in the ‘kaagaz’ after all’ This is what gets conveyed as the core of the whole movie when Salman Khan recites a poetry in a voiceover towards…

View Post

Movie review – Coolie No. 1 – Varun Dhawan and David Dhawan reboot the entertainment with this faithful remake

Joginder Tuteja

Coolie No. 1 does one thing at the onset; it stays on to be a faithful remake of the 1995 namesake entertainer. Yes, it was a risky thing to do.…