(An edited version was published in The New Indian Express) Salman Khan’s films release around Eid with such certainty that the latest from Kabir Khan-Salman Khan stable, Tubelight, has TubelightKiEid as its Twitter handle. Salman Khan was Pawan Kumar Chaturvedi in Bajrangi Bhaijaan. Playing a Brahmin who wouldn’t be out of place in an RSS… Continue reading Kabir Khan’s Tubelight
(An edited version was published in The New Indian Express) Raabta’s meet-cute between Shiv (Sushant Singh Rajput) and Saira (Kriti Sanon) is unique in some ways. It’s meet cute – as in the textbook definition of the couple meeting for the first time – only for us. They talk and get along like they’ve known… Continue reading Dinesh Vijan’s Raabta
Director Suresh Sangaiah used to be an assistant to M Manikandan, and it shows. His debut feature, Oru Kidayin Karunai Manu (A Goat’s Mercy Petition), has an ensemble cast and pitch-perfect writing, the way Manikandan’s Kaaka Muttai and Aandavan Kattalai did. In one of the most organic scripts in recent times, events flow in such fluid ways that you’d… Continue reading Suresh Sangaiah’s Oru Kidayin Karunai Manu
(An edited version was published in The New Indian Express) Vijit Sharma’s Mirror Game – Ab Khel Shuru begins with opening credits playing over life size chess boards. We see words related to psychiatry and mental health that unscramble to reveal the actual credits. In a lot of places, it is apparent that Sharma (who… Continue reading Vijit Sharma’s Mirror Game
(An edited version was published in The New Indian Express) Last year, we had the very entertaining hagiography of Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the form of his biopic from Neeraj Pandey, MS Dhoni: The Untold Story. There may be many untold stories about Dhoni but hardly anything made it to the film. But are there… Continue reading Sachin: A Billion Dreams
(An edited version was published in The New Indian Express) The word class is carelessly thrown around several times in Saket Chaudhary’s Hindi Medium. His wife wants to climb the behemoth that exists in every society – from Chandni Chowk to Vasant Vihar. She wanted this long before he stitched his way into her life.… Continue reading Saket Chaudhary’s Hindi Medium
(An edited version was published in The New Indian Express) From Chetan Bhagat’s assembly line comes another Hindi film, Half Girlfriend, directed by Mohit Suri. After 2 States, this film once again has Arjun Kapoor in the lead role, who has a way of complimenting Bhagat’s creations. Just like Bhagat’s creations, Arjun Kapoor is also… Continue reading Mohit Suri’s Half Girlfriend
