As The Bird Flies: The release of this small film, Chidiya, is a story of persistence, quite like the ne’er-say-die spirit of its two young lead characters. The film made in 2016,…

The Good Lawyer: A snooty lawyer for a large law firm, tells Madhav Mishra (Pankaj Tripathi) that they value his services, because he has an “aam aadmi chehra.” Mishra appears…

Psycho Out: A magpie is a noisy bird attracted to shiny objects but in police parlance, a prison informer who spies on his cellmates for the cops is given that…

Song ‘n’ Dance: If Hai Junoon and other such shows aimed at the youth are to be believed, then all today’s youngsters aspire to is taking part in talent contests and reality…

Village Wooing: Clueless young man from the city lands up in a village to take up a new work assignment, meets a bunch of eccentrics and oddballs, learns how the…

Uphill Battle: Based on a true story, Costao evokes conflicting emotions. The fate of an honest government official who takes on a corrupt system acts as a cautionary tale. Still, the resilience…

No Glitter: The good news is that this film is not a remake of the old Vijay Anand crime classic, though as a hat trip to the master, his name…

Say Boo!: Sanjay Dutt is co-producer of The Bhootnii, and stars in it too. The actor in him must have had the unfulfilled wish to play a ghostbuster, otherwise there was…

Dynasty Muddles: From the era of Dynasty down to the recent Succession, it is, kind of, inevitable that a wealthy family will be greedy, ruthless and degenerate. It is not surprising that the…

More Gone Girls: The 2021 film Chhorii, used the horror format to make a comment on the gruesome practice of female infanticide. A woman found herself trapped in a village in the…