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PADMAN IS HIGH ON INTENT LOW ON DELIVERY

PADMAN- a story worth watching If there is an award for making movies with social intent and a message, R Balki will win it hands down with PADMAN. His earlier initiatives Cheeni-Kum, Ki & Ka,  and PA have a similar framework. Now with the enlarged canvas of aspirations and confidence, he presents the real-life story… Read More »

ITTEFAQ. Not Perfect but good enough. Movie review

Questions, Possibilities, Assumptions Are Three Things That Makes A Murder Crime Thriller Work. Akshay Khanna led ITTEFAQ Has All Of It And A Bit More, going by Indian Standards. Thankfully, the producer and director have kept ITTEFAQ at just over 100-minute of length. It is quite short compared to usual length of Indian films. However,… Read More »

LIPSTICK UNDER MY BURKHA. Crushed dreams and caged desires.

In this case, call me old-fashioned or otherwise, the warning goes high. Go watch it with your spouse and/or significant other in life. Watching it with your adolescent daughter is not my cup of tea. Is it vulgar? The answer is No. Is it sexual? And the answer is No and yes. It deals with… Read More »

EEK BAR PK DEKHNA ZAROOR

PK. When the director says ‘DON’T MISS THE BEGINNING’, trust him and for the sake of other people watching the movie, be on time.  After watching the movie, my first reaction was simply of being surprised. In a country where we file cases and objections for every thing touching religion, why PK been spared? May… Read More »

HAIDER: get seduced- experience the journey of uncomfortable emotions and relationship

I am proud Indian and people living in Kashmir are as Indian as I am. I want to believe so. The stories of atrocities and militancy that my generation learnt through pages of filtered news were more than rumours. The new generation gets a fraction of it in this movie HAIDER by VISHAL BHARDWAJ. I… Read More »