Should you watch the new Bachchan flick Badla in amovie hall this weekend or just buy Netflix’s monthly subscription and watch the Spanish original flick, The Invisible Guest, there? Continue reading Movie Review: Badla with a Big B
Story Gully Boy ki kahani hai, Dharavi 17 waali hai. Asli story Divine aur Naezy, inspiration, na sex na sleazy. Dono slumdog rappers ka apna jalwa, Rap lyrics hard-ich hote, no halwa. Apna Murad (Ranveer) aur Safina (Alia) pyaari, dono … Continue reading Movie Review: Gully Boy tu dekh zaroor
At the heart of it, Spanish movie, ROMA is a story of a maid and her middle-class employers in 1970 Mexico. A rare mainstream movie that devotes itself to the emotions of a house helper makes ROMA a very relatable … Continue reading Movie Recommendation: ROMA is Maid with love
At the stroke of interval, Vicky Kaushal, charges his PARA Special Forces troops with a stirring speech. He ends it with ‘How’s the josh (energy)?’ .. ‘High Sir’… ‘I said how’s the josh?’… ‘HIGH SIR’…. ‘Jai Hind’ … ‘JAI HIND’. … Continue reading Movie Review: URI is high on josh, adrenaline and revenge
Like Simmba or not, with his latest release, director Rohit Shetty has kick started the (masala) super-hero franchise model in Bollywood. So as in Marvel’s Avengers, one whistle worthy moment follows another – as super cop Singham (Ajay Devgun) makes a grand entry … Continue reading Movie Review: For Simmba & his clap worthy dialogues
My crisp Bollywood review of 2018 (includes web series too). Best Movie – Popular Category ———————————————- 1. Badhaai Ho 2. Andhadhun 3. Raazi 4. Mulk 5. Padman Best Movie & Web Series – Don’t Miss Category ———————————————————————- 1. Mukkabaaz 2. … Continue reading Review: Best of Bollywood 2018
At the heart of it, Badhaai Ho, has a strong underlying message that no matter how big a mess you have landed into, if you have a strong family support system, everything will work out well. In separate scenes, when … Continue reading Movie Review: Laughter & tear, Badhaai Ho, you got best Bollywood movie of the year
Sriram Raghavan’s movies have always guaranteed minimum quality standards. The ace director who gave us epics like Ek Hasina Thi, Johnny Gaddar and Badlapur, can always be entrusted with your ticket price – more so if you are a fan of … Continue reading Movie Review: One helluva unpredictable ride, Just buy your ticket Andhadhun!
Ace director Anurag Kashyap, an erstwhile exponent of ‘Maa Behan‘ on audio mode in his movies, finally makes an attempt to cast ‘Maa Behan’ as characters on screen! On the face of it, Manmarziyaan, with a heavy splattering of Punjabi … Continue reading Movie Review: Manmarziyaan is a waste of time, money & talent
Generalization and divisiveness are centuries old global trends. If I commit a mass crime here, Singapore papers will report it as ‘Indian Banker does …’ .. that’s two generalizations; and it’s fair. But I would expect both, Indians and bankers, … Continue reading Movie Review: A flawed ‘Mulk’ has its heart in the right place
