Riwayat

Review :- Riwayat opens with a shocking statistic – 100 million girls are missing around the world. They’re killed at birth or even before they’re born. That’s dramatic enough for…

Jalpari: The Desert Mermaid

Review :- Even Alice wouldn’t be able to brave this wonderland. Of deep mysteries, shattering myths, daayans, horrifying beliefs, dusty roads, parched lands and dried ponds. But our desi Alice,…

Delhi In A Day

Review :- Delhi in a Day (DIAD) captures two Indias – its rich, glossy, affable self and its grotty, sweaty, desperate self, the first represented by the wealthy Bhatias, Mukund…

Aalaap

Review :- Right up, Aalaap is unabashedly a movie by debutantes – its director, cast and crew are largely first-timers. This has pluses and minuses. At its heart, Aalaap is…

Gangs of Wasseypur

Review :- This one’s a gang bang. Sorry, make that a gang bang-bang; because that’s how this story explodes – with bullets, blasts and bust-ups. Throw in gallons of blood,…

Chakradhaar

Review :- Is it really that difficult to set things right in an otherwise corrupt system? Moreover, is it really necessary to go in for an image makeover to get…

MLA-An Inside Intruder

Review :- A few minutes into the movie and you realise there is ample scope to generate a something (burning issues of utmost importance) out of nothing (a cast and…

Diary of a Butterfly

Review :- Diary of a Butterfly overflows with hygiene-conscious girls: they are generally showering themselves interminably, having a bubble bath with their lovers or just chilling out in bikinis in…

The Iron Lady

Review :- The early 1980s were difficult times in Britain. Unemployment, recession, trade union strikes, IRA terrorism – those were hard times when Margaret Thatcher became the country’s first woman…

My Week with Marilyn

Review :- The shooting has been wrapped up and he is at the bar sipping beer. There’s a murmur of disbelief all round as she steps into the bar, walks…