Movie Review

The Sad Clown: “An artiste performs for himself, and people watch him,” says the lead character in Nitin Kakkar’s gem of a film, Ramsingh Charlie.  He plays a Chaplin impersonator …

Dreams Of Flying: A little girl is given a brief glimpse of an airplane cockpit, and grows up with a passion for flying. For a girl from a middle-class family, …

Murder In The Mansion: All you know about the protagonist of Honey Trehan’s debut film Raat Akeli Hai is that he is a dark-skinned cop, rejected by potential brides because …

Cruel Fate: It is difficult to watch Dil Bechara without the tragic death of the lead Sushant Singh Rajput always at the back of the mind.  More so, since it …

Butter Fingers: After a few missteps Netflix is inching towards getting its act together as far as original movie content for India goes. The latest, Maska, gets some things right, …

Right Royal Mess: Irrfan Khan is one good reason to sit through Angrezi Medium, which is not a patch on its predecessor, Hindi Medium; the other is Deepak Dobriyal. Irrfan, recovering from a major illness, …

Brawn Over Brain: This international terrorist who has his own army and a huge arsenal somewhere in Syria, is baffled because his men and his dens are being decimated, not …

Almost Famous: There was a time when casting directors and auditions were unheard of; those who played small speaking parts in films were known as ‘side actors’ (now they are …

Indian Marriage Story: Rating: Three stars The drama in Anubhav Sinha’s Thappad takes off from the scene in which a wife is slapped by her husband at a party at …

Coma Mamma: Rating:  One and a half stars: The idea of Gagan Puri’s film, Doordarsan, is delightful, but ruined in execution, probably by a small budget. Sunil (Manu Rishi Chadda) …