Movie Review Pareeksha
Right from the time he made his first feature film ‘Hip Hip Hurray’ (1984), Prakash Jha has made a conscious effort to strike a fine balance between art and commerce.…
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Exclusive review – The War of the Worlds – This period sci-fi drama set in Britain with a pandemic angle has a strong emotional appeal
Author H.G. Wells famous work The War of the Worlds is a classic. And yes, I am guilty of not having read it, even though the book has been in…
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Exclusive review – Shakuntala Devi – A rare biopic which doesn’t come across as a sugar coated hagiography
Pick up a biopic and majority would try to paint a perfect picture of the subject in question. Most of the times even a negative trait is hidden and presented…
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Movie review – Dil Bechara is a beautiful soulful film and an entertainer all the way, watch it for both Sushant Singh Rajput and Sanjana Sanghi
So here I am, penning down the review almost 24 hours after Dil Bechara has already arrived on the OTT. Just like was the case after watching the promo, I…
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Review – Aarya – Sushmita Sen rocks in this mafia family drama that could have been faster paced
‘Not Bob, Bob mausa’ The grace with which Sushmita Sen gently, yet firmly reprimands her 13 year old daughter to draw a boundary when it comes to addressing the newest…
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Review – Jimmy Sheirgill delivers his very own Drishyam with Your Honor
‘Yahan par koyi bhi farishta nahi hai’ (No one is an angel out here) When Jimmy Sheirgill mouths this line somewhere in the middle of this well crafted 12 episode…
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Gulabo Sitabo – Amitabh Bachchan and Ayushmann Khurranna’s dramedy is an anti-thesis of Paresh Rawal-Akshay Kumar ‘nok jhok’ in Hera Pheri
Director Priyadarshan had once famously said that his films are basically ‘comedy of poverty’. Especially after the success of Hera Pheri, this started making sense as well. Now in a…
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Angrezi Medium – A germ of an idea that unfortunately got lost
Somewhere at the core of Angrezi Medium, there was a germ of an idea that was brewing quite well. No wonder, when the makers would have to decided to take…
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Movie Review Angrezi Medium
We live in times when a lot of people look down upon people who speak in a local language or their mother tongue. Speaking in English and speaking it well…
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Movie Review Guilty
The phrase ‘Me Too’, as a popular website points out, was used on the social networking site Myspace in the year 2006 by activist Tarana Burke who was a victim…
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Movie Review Operation Parindey
Most films which release on digital streaming platforms have the same format and similar runtime which films releasing in theatres adhere to. Thus, it is interesting to see that ‘Operation…
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Baaghi 3 Review: The best film in the franchise so far!
Tiger Shroff has, undoubtedly, contributed significantly towards improving the quality of action in films. Earlier, the tougher action sequences in the film would be (and continue to be) executed by…
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Movie review – Shubh Mangal Zyada Savdhan – Could have covered an extra distance
On its release, Shubh Mangal Savdhan had turned out to be a good success. It was also more to do with the fact that it was a concept based film…
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Kartik Aaryan’s career best performance is the highlight of Love Aaj Kal
Now this is what one terms as something truly and remarkably different performance. When it comes to love stories, there is a certain ‘sur’ that is adopted by most actors…
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Shikara Review: Vidhu Vinod Chopra puts together an evocative romantic tale against the backdrop of the troubled times in Kashmir
The exodus of Kashmiri Hindus from their motherland in the early 90s is one of the most shameful incidents to have happened in the history of independent India. According to…
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Jawaani Jaaneman – Saif Ali Khan leads the show, Alaya is delightful in this feel good film
First things first, it is wonderful to see Saif Ali Khan at least making attempts to play different characters in varied genres. Yes, he may have played a cool yuppie…
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Street Dancer 3 delivers what it promises, is a good watch for dance lovers
If you are the one who digs into dance reality shows and is fond of watching videos with innovative dance moves, Street Dancer 3 indeed wins you over. The film…
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Jai Mummy Di – Not quite an entertainer
Jai Mummy Di is a film that was supposed to release last summer. Then without any reason been stated, the film was pushed ahead to this year. Well, after watching…
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Movie review – Tanhaji – The Unsung Warrior – a cinematic spectacle by Ajay Devgn, Saif Ali Khan and Om Raut
While there are 100 odd notable films that release every year, only around 20-30 are the ones which deserve a definite big screen watch. Out of these, there are hardly…
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Movie Review Bhangra Paa Le
Though music and dance play integral roles in Hindi cinema, dance as a genre was not explored very well by filmmakers in the Hindi film industry. The success of ‘ABCD’…
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