Hell On Earth: A fresh faced law graduate takes the job of a jailer in Delhi’s hellhole, Tihar Jail, because that is the only job available at the employment exchange, …
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Star Shine: Cleaning up systemic corruption has been Shankar’s pet theme, whether in Indian, Mudhalvan or Anniyan. He also has a larger-than-life style and the ability to make the absurd palatable. But Game Changer has no …
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Mattress Matters: A small and simple film won five awards at the International Film Festival of Kerala, including the Audience Choice award. Feminichi Fathima (Feminist Fathima) is the debut Malayalam language feature …
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Shadow Play: A small police station in serene Panchgani. Not much crime except maybe theft. Then a man walks in claiming his wife is missing. It does not seem possible, …
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Growing Up : Shuchi Talati’s debut feature captures all the angst of growing up, the ache of desire, heartbreak and the inevitable coming of age amidst bitter drama. In Girls Will …
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News To Go: Hindi films tend to portray journalists as honest jholawalas, who often put their lives on the line to expose corruption, hold those in power accountable, fight social evils, …
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Music First: The first season of Bandit Bandits (2020) was a family drama, with music at its centre. The story about a classical music purist Panditji (played by Naseeruddin Shah), his estranged …
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On Location: Hollywood has seen quite a few behind-the-scenes documentaries about the making of films, which have mostly been included in the DVDs of those films as bonus content, and some …
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Fighting Fire: Soldiers and police officers have been lionized in many films; Rahul Dholakia’s Agni (on Amazon Prime Video) asks why firefighters, who also risk their lives to save people, …
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The Heist: It seems entirely possible that the clever title was thought up first, and then a script written around a character called Sikandar, whose fate is like a drunken …