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…