Films, Reviews & Recommendations 28 Feb 2022 ‘Love Hostel’ – It’s a slickly directed nihilistic gore-fest amounting to much of nothing A couple is on the run. The man is from a Muslim background, has a dark past and is stuck… Amartya Acharya No Comments
Films, Reviews & Recommendations 25 Feb 2022 ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ is a cinematic painting. It’s not a flawless film, but its worth a watch When the teaser of Gangubai Kathiawadi first dropped almost two years ago, we all had our doubts – will Alia… Nidhi Sahani No Comments
Reviews & Recommendations, Series 12 Dec 2021 ‘Aarya’ Season 2 is more of the same as the first Season, and it’s both a blessing and its curse The image which stuck with me hours after finishing Aarya season 2 is that of a secondary character Sampat (Vishwajeet… Amartya Acharya No Comments
Films, Reviews & Recommendations 20 Nov 2021 ‘Dhamaka’ fizzles away with too much noise, yet no voices. All Smoke And No Fire. Anchor kya hai?Actor.Actor kya chahta hai?Audience.Audience kya chahti hai?Drama. A flimsy prep talk just before a disaster sequence in the… Somdeb Roy No Comments
News, Trailer Talk 18 Nov 2021 Trailer of ‘Qatil Haseenaon Ke Naam’ raises eyebrows and builds intrigue ZEE5 Global, the world’s largest streaming platform for South Asian content, announced the premiere of the Zindagi anthology, Qatil Haseenaon Ke… Popcorn Pixel 1 Comment
Films, Reviews & Recommendations 19 Oct 2021 Sardar Udham – A technical feat gassed out by its social limitations Taste and skill develop at varied paces. The former can be acquired. The latter has to be gained through penance… Somdeb Roy No Comments
Films, Reviews & Recommendations 21 May 2021 ‘Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar’ is an interesting watch as a commercial film but it doesn’t have a tight enough script to deliver a solid product The movie opens with an unsettling sequence - the camera fixed to an obnoxious trio of sexist men in a… Amartya Acharya No Comments
Films, Reviews & Recommendations 16 Feb 2021 ‘Doob: No Bed of Roses’ – In this entire ‘unmelodramatic’ narrative, Farooki retains everything simple and to the point Javed Hassan [Irrfan Khan] is a noted filmmaker, often mobbed by philographists. His wife Maya [Rokeya Prachy] is a lecturer.… Popcorn Pixel No Comments
News, Reviews & Recommendations, Shorts 15 Dec 2020 ‘Dafan’ explores the underlying issues buried deep in our roots Dafan is a reminder of our struggle to fight the system and how the system fights us. Set in a… Nidhi Sahani No Comments
Reviews & Recommendations, Shorts 12 Dec 2020 If you loved ‘Cargo’ by Arati Kadav, you will enjoy ‘Ravan’ I recently stumbled upon a short film titled Ravan [2016], written and directed by Arati Kadav. Most of us were… Nidhi Sahani No Comments
