Too Many Knots: Last year there was Aakhri Sach; there was also an episode of Crime Patrol and a true crime docu series, The House Of Secrets—you’d imagine all the shock-and-chill had been squeezed…
Cinemaah
-
-
Unfunny Comedy: This film has not been directed by Raaj Shaandilya, but he has co-written it with director Ishrat R Khan, and is one of the producers, so some of…
-
Lights Out: A band of masked robbers very easily trip up the power grid of the whole of Pune to grab a fortune in gold. That’s just so the film…
-
Family Moments: When time Gullak came out in 2019, a part of its success could be attributed to a growing number of TV audiences having had their fill of the excesses of…
-
Merry Band Of Phulera: The fictional village of Phulera in UP, where TVF’s Panchayat is set, is a fairy-tale village, untouched by the lawlessness, casteism and misogyny that marks so much…
-
Animated Mayhem: Director of the two splashy Baahubali films, SS Rajamouli, is quoted as listing Amar Chitra Katha comics and Chandamama as his inspirations. The latter would not mean anything to the kids who are the…
-
Oh Brother! For no discernable reason, Manoj Bajpayee wants to brand himself a “desi superstar,” and the way to do that, apparently, is to do a revenge film, that kind…
-
Astro Con: What is the likelihood of today’s multiplex audience even going in to watch a film with a title like Kartam Bhugtam? Not unless they read good things about it…
-
Courage All The Way: The achievements of Srikanth Bolla are so remarkable, it’s a wonder a biopic was not attempted earlier. It is perhaps the OTT effect that has made…
-
Colours Of Evil: The first season of Undekhi set up a watchable mix of crime and family drama—a very watered down version of The Godfather, mixed with a dash of Succession, in which one…