Some of us have waited decades to see Farooq Sheikh play the lead in a film. Just to hear the man say, "I love you" to his longtime screen companion Deepti Naval is well worth the price of a ticket for Listen Amaya. Read more
Just going by the number of brand partners acknowledged at the beginning of Race 2, you already know it’s a money-spinner. Apart from a showroom-full of Audi cars of different sizes, there’s a comprehensive catalogue of eyewear for everyone including Anil Kapoor. Read more
Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro! remains a classic 30 years later because its insanity was directly proportional to Kundan Shah's anger with the system. Consistently absurd and relentlessly dark. Read more
I spent the best time of my growing life in a chawl not very different from the one shown in Ravi Jadhav’s Balak Palak. Peopled by characters that seem unnaturally innocent in hindsight––even with their quirks and squabbles and tendency to gossip––these houses gave their inhabitants a sense of community. Read more
This is possibly the first time this writer has hesitated to review a film after one viewing. Not because Reema Kagti’s Talaash was difficult to appreciate or critique but because one felt so drawn to its central theme and motifs that it demanded a second, closer look. Also, over the years, it has become evident that it isn’t possible to do justice to a good film with a hasty review. Read more
Jab Tak Hai Jaan isn't Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge once more, although Aditya Chopra’s watery story tries very hard to reprise several key motifs.The numbers just don’t add up. Shah Rukh Khan doesn't look 28, Katrina Kaif 21 or Anupam Kher 50. Read more
James Bond’s Skyfall, re-released film Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro and Sameer Sharma’s Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana. Deepa Deosthalee discusses what in cinemas impressed her this week. Read more
Chakravyuh is a ‘Bollywood political thriller’. Which is a shame, because the issue that Prakash Jha and his writer Anjum Rajabali address is among the most critical ones of our times––the rise of Naxal insurgency and its increasingly vocal and often violent clash with the establishment. Read more
Set in the turbulence of 1930 British India, Bedabrata Pain's film Chittagong is an inspiring version of Ashutosh Gowariker's dud Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey. It corrects the crucial narrative and stylistic lacunae of Gowariker’s film. Read more
Rani Mukherji-starrer Aiyyaa is lacklustre. It's not the quality of humour, weakness of screenplay or slow pace that ultimately gets to you. It is the crudity and the pelvic thrusts which force you to look away. Read more
