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Lucky Baskhar (2024)
On a well done backdrop of late 1980s (early 90s) Venky Alturi takes you to the Bombay of stock market scams and financial dealings. This was a time when Mumbai was still Bombay, scams were still caught and the scamsters were still jailed, institutions like…
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Sikandar ka Muqaddar (2024)
Hansa: Aye Prafullll, I heard your new movie is playing on Netflix Praful: Yes Hansa, after a long long time. Hansa: And do you have a good role in it? Praful: I am there right from the first scene Hansa: Suparkkk Praful, so what is…
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Martin (2024)
Martin is a high voltage Kannada action thriller which can applauded and put to good use for several reasons. The movie starts off in Islamabad Pakistan, which has a prison filled with all the MMA wrestlers of the world. While the entire North India is…
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Yudhra (2024)
So last night I made myself an omelette. It wasn’t an ordinary omelette it was a cheese and Kheema omelette. I put on the movie as I started cooking the Kheema. Stirring the well minced mutton as I looked at Siddhant chaturvedi who was beating…
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Lubber Pandhu (2024)
A clash of egos, firm unwavering love, confidence in oneself, sportsman spirit with subtle hints at casteism, classism, woman empowerment and all on the backdrop of cricket….that’s what forms the podium on which Lubber Pandhu is delivered. And what a movie it is…… The movie…
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Vettaiyan (2024)
Vettaiyan is the latest offering from TJ Gnanavel whose last movie Jai Bhim was a super super success. In this movie Gnanavel tries to talk about the moral dilemma behind encounter killings, wait no sorry, drugs in school, no coaching class scams, no no, Chinese…
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The Buckingham Murders (2024)
Okay, first of all, let me say that someone who can make an awesome Biryani or a fantastic cake is perfectly capable of making a terrible Sabudana Khichadi. So when, Hansal Mehta, who made Shahid and Citylights makes Buckingham Murders you shouldn’t hold that against…
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Devara Part 1 (2024)
A movie made for the masses is usually supposed to be intense, grandiose, with high voltage action, stars with huge fan base, seeti maar songs and dances and a racy plot. Devara gets all of this but forgets to get in the plot. So we…
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Mausam (1975)
The movie begins with the gentle tune of “Dil dhundhta hai fir wahi fursat ke Raat din” as a merc travels through the winding roads of Darjeeling, and you know you are set for a soul stirring journey for the next two hours or so.…
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Do Patti (2024)
Director: Okay ladies I have a movie for you Kajol: Yes Yes Yes I wanna do a movie Kriti: Me too. But I won’t be a robot again Director: Alright, well, this is not about robots, it’s a thriller Kajol: A thrillerrrrrrrr Director: Yes a…
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Meiyazhagan (2024)
Once, during the evening, I sat down on the balcony and stared at the sky. I watched the sky change its color, hues of bright blue turning darker, the sky getting swirled with shades of orange and pink as the sun started setting. And then…
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1000 Babies (2024)
It’s gruesome, it’s horrifying, it’s terrifying and yet it tends to lose its grip. 1000 Babies starts off really well as it creates a web of intrigue backed by a melancholy setting about an old crazy woman who seems to have lost her mental balance.…
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Khel Khel Mein (2024)
The plot is stolen (okay, adapted). Even the title is stolen from an old Rishi Kapoor movie. The star cast seems frivolous. The trailer made it look like a slapstick comedy. And it has Akshay Kumar. So basically I went about watching this movie with…
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Stree 2 (2024)
Stree 2 is the 4th installment in the Maddock Supernatural Universe, directed by Amar Kaushik. And as things would have it, the supernatural universe gets worse and worse. The movie is one more entry into the genre of “horror-comedy” where the horror is funny and…
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Vedaa (2024)
Vedaa is a movie about a young woman resisting the caste system and fighting against the antagonist. Wait no… sorry, Vedaa is a movie based on true events about honour killings. Oh wait no sorry again, Vedaa is about a court martialed Major who fights…
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Kooki (2023)
(Trigger Warning – Reference to Rape) “Why is rape not considered as a heinous crime?” Pranab J. Deka repeatedly asks you this question through his movie and refuses to move further. Kooki is a movie on rape, about rape and everything that surrounds a rape…
