Movie Review

Romancing The Movies: Pan Nalin’s Gujarati film, Chhello Show (English title: The Last Film Show) has got an inordinate amount of attention because of its status as India’s entry to the Oscars, beating crowd …

Such Is Life: The film claims to be based on an “incredible” true story, which is overselling it a bit—humane may be, but by no means extraordinary. At the end …

Crowd Pleaser: The Malayalam film, Lucifer, on which the Telugu film Godfather is based (a Hindi dubbed version has also been released) was directed by star Prithviraj Sukumaran. It was a deft blend …

Haryana Hurricane: Madhur Bhandarkar has the knack for picking up unusual subjects and characters for his films, and also making the female lead the centre of the story. Having done …

Home Invasion: While the opening credits of Dhoka: Round D Corner are on, the romance, marriage and marital woes of Yatharth and Sanchi Sinha are portrayed with brisk economy. Then two hours …

Storm  Of VFX:  Sometimes, it might just be better to release a film without so much advance publicity, that the sense of wonder that ought to arise when the lights …

Time To Time: Time travel has fascinated authors as far back as the late 19th century, with great writers like Mark Twain (A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court-1889) and HG …

Darkness in 3D: For a film that aimed at a pan-Indian release, the title, Vikrant Rona, does not fit. In Hindi ‘rona’ is to weep, and no, the hero is not a tragic …

Double Trouble: Like the lead character in the film RK/RKAY, writer-director-actor Rajat Kapoor makes small, interesting films that win critical acclaim and do the festival rounds, but, as a snippy assistant …

Macho Bore: There was a warning sign right away, when a suburban moviehall decided to cancel a screening of Rashtra Kavach Om, because they needed at least eight people, and there …