Army Of One: There are sporadic media reports on the horrific abuse of girls in orphanages and shelter homes – the helpless minors exploited by the very people tasked with…
Bhumi Pednekar
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Girl Interrupted: For some reason filmmakers believe that drinking is a sign of modernity; not just drinking, but downing so many drinks that the binge results in hangovers, puking, blackouts.…
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Scuttlebutt High: In the twilight world of Hindi films about politics, there’s always an election about to take place, that justifies the heightened level of murderous mayhem that ensues. For…
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Faceless Mob: Looking at the signs of prosperity, at least in urban India, it seems as if people are eager to forget the trauma of the Covid months. Typically, those…
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Dance To Thrill: The lead character, Govind, wants an ‘A’ added to his name, and this film wants to be a David Dhawan style comedy-caper. But, as it often happens,…
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Hair To Go: Rating: Three stars: At one level, Bala is only a film, an amusing, laugh-out-loud comedy, capturing the foibles of small town India; the kind of film that Hindi…
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Womaniya Power: Rating: Three and a half stars Saand Ki Aankh is inspired by two real life heroines—Chandro and Prakashi Tomar—who defied the deeply entrenched patriarchy of their Uttar Pradesh…