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Ulajh (2024)
Ulajh is an espionage thriller centred around an IFS diplomat posted in London. The movie starts with a long shot of the mountains in Kathmandu quickly descending on Janhvi Kapoor’s butt as she runs up the mountainous stairs. And that’s where the camera focuses for…
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Auron Mein kahan Dum Tha (2024)
I will begin by saying that Neeraj Pandey deserves a huge round of applause for making this movie. It takes some serious courage to think that the viewers of the 21st century are a bunch of morons. And this sort of courage shouldn’t go unappreciated.…
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Arth (1982)
Long before feminism became mainstream, Mahesh Bhatt delivered this classic take on extra marital relationships. Arth is the story of Pooja who is married and ambitious film director Inder. Inder is having an affair with Kavita, a famous albeit neurotic actress. Inder decides to leave…
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Rautu Ka Raaz (2024)
Set in a sleepy valley of Uttarakhand, RkR is an investigative murder mystery Unlike most thrillers this one actually moves at a very slow almost lazy pace giving you a feel of the rural landscape of Uttarakhand. Once you get the hang of its pace…
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Tejas (2023)
Courage, Valour, Patriotism and Truth Tejas is a movie that is an all encompassing feature of all the above mentioned characteristics, let me assure you. It takes an immense amount of Courage to pick up the remote, open Zee5 and click on Tejas. The Valour…
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Bheed (2023)
TO BHEED OR NOT TO BHEED As a person of so-called Dalit origins, I can’t help view movies that deal with the issue of caste and caste empowerment without a vicarious sense of representation. “Bheed” too was one such story. It depicts the omnipresent shroud…
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The Romantics (2023) & Cinema… Marte Dum Tak (2023)
FOR THE LOVE OF CINEMA If you are a diehard fan like me, and love cinema in all its many-splendoured glory from the biggest blockbuster extravaganzas to the most measly productions, the duds delivered by the biggest stars to the runaway hits served by rank…
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Pathaan (2023)
Pathaan is called a “High Octane Spy Thriller” from the stables of Yash Raj Films and it proves to be every bit of it….. But first let’s get a few things out of the way…. The story is nothing more than a testosterone driven rehash…
