Saffron Courage When Havildar Ishar Singh—played by Akshay Kumar– the protagonist of Anurag Singh’s Kesari, is about to go into a battle that will result in the death of his small regiment,…
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Hazy Picture Ritesh Batra’s much-acclaimed film The Lunchbox, was about the unlikely connection between a middle-aged man and a lonely young woman. His latest, Photograph, could be described in the same words, only…
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Land Of Half Lives News footage coming out of Kashmir is full of violence, and soldiers watching over an uneasy calm that could blow up in their faces if they…
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Another Toilet Katha The problem of a lack of sanitation exists in India, and Toilet : Ek Prem Katha brought it to the notice of mainstream cinema audiences, while documentaries continue to…
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Love, Lies and Suspense For Sujoy Ghose, whose biggest hit so far has been Kahaani, the Spanish film The Invisible Guest (Oriol Paulo, 2016) , must have been an attractive project to remake. …
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All Noise, Little Fun Third in the Dhamaal series, this one too has a bunch of people chasing money, in It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World mode, which is one major thing that’s…
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The Time Is Right Dharavi, often referred to Asia’s largest slum, gave birth to the an underground rap scene, their rhythms, costumes and attitude strangely inspired by a form popularized…
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The Great Indian Con It’s a wonder that a film that was made over a decade ago, gets released, though, The Fakir Of Venice could well have gone straight to a streaming…
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Say Bhoot! If a girl prefers to go to a dank-looking chateau with a broken swing in the grounds for a romantic getaway, the man should have second thoughts; otherwise…
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Daddy’s Girl A mainstream film, with popular stars venturing into the LGBTQ space is cause for a hurrah, even if it is pot-holed with problems. Even if first time director…