Pass Class: Harit Pradesh could stand in for any North Indian state, where uneducated and corrupt politicians rule, and amass a great number of followers, for whom showmanship and oratory…

Retired, Not Redundant: Most films about senior citizens are weepies about how they have been abandoned by their selfish children; of late there have been a few about finding love…

Father Dear Father: Venus and Serena Williams are tennis legends, but whether they would have been able to reach those heights without the motivation and push given to them by…

It may not have brought home the trophy, but for the first time an Indian production was in the running for the Academy Award for Best Documentary—Writing With Fire, directed…

Lies, Deceit and Family Mayhem: In the OTT space in India, thrillers seem to be popular regardless of the violence, sex and profanity that are the norm. A few of…

Korean Import: Like so many mainstream films these days, Bachchhan Paandey (named after the character played by Akshay Kumar in Tashan), comes to Mumbai via Tamil Nadu (or Andhra Pradesh) and South Korea.…

Mumbai’s Parallel Mothers: The promo was intriguing, but unfortunately for Jalsa, it showed more or less what was worth watching in the film, because the full length of it was tedious–…

Covid By The Sea The two most interesting aspects of the Ruth Galloway series by Elly Griffiths are the strange, unconditional relationship between Ruth and Harry Nelson, and of course,…

Long Day’s Journey:  The best short films have to fill in the few minutes of their run time with either charming simplicity or a complexity that leaves the viewer affected…

Secrets & Lies: Karin Slaughter’s bestselling novel, Pieces Of Her, has quite a few familiar thriller elements—a person’s past suddenly springing up and unending the present; a feckless young women, coasting through life,…