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
You can now expect a Salman Khan biopic soon. Where Somy Ali, a husband beater, hires a black buck to kill Sallu. The black buck injures Sallu badly. Sohail Khan then takes him wounded to the hospital on a vegetable … Continue reading Movie Review: Sanju – Average film with lame defense for a ‘king of bad choices’
Jurassic World : Fallen Kingdom starts with an edge of the seat scary scene, keeps the interest and fear factor high till about half time. The plot then thins and drags a bit before the well setup auction scene and … Continue reading Movie Review: Jurassic World is high on shock factor, Fallen Kingdom on plot and connect
Old, haggard and limping Ajji (grandmother), everyday walks long upto her butcher friend shop to learn the art of slicing bodies. At night, she alters clothes for a living. Her sole objective in life is to take fitting revenge over … Continue reading Movie Recommendation: Ajji’s blood thirsty revenge keeps you on the edge
Bollywood’s investment on spy thrillers is at an all time high. In the last decade it has given some gold standard espionage flicks like Madras Cafe, Baby, D-Day; and some very watchable ones in Ek Tha Tiger, Tiger Zinda Hai, … Continue reading Movie Review: Jab mia biwi Raazi gave gripping thriller to qaazi
My list of Ajay Devgn’s best ten movies has a trend – all single word named action thrillers. Company, Gangajal, Singham, Zakhm, Omkara, Drishyam, Khakee, Aakrosh, Apaharan & Takshak. All gripping, serious, edge of the seat movies – his forte, … Continue reading Movie Review: Devgn’s Raid is well made, a story that had to be said
Menstruation in daily life has often been nothing more than a reason for an insensitive jibe. Recall those one-liners about husband retiring to bed because wife has a ‘headache’, an argument often ending with ‘is it that time of the … Continue reading Movie Review: Padman – From dream husband to real life Superhero
