Good Intentions: Revathy had acted in a recent film, Aye Zindagi, about a terminally ill patient’s need for an organ donation to save his life. Now as a director, she takes…
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The Worm Turns: The title Vadh suggests a grand warrior-like act of slaying the enemy, but this debut feature by Jaspal Singh Sandhu and Rajeev Barnwal takes the story of a small…
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Art & Action: Writer, director, and lead actor Rishab Shetty’s Kantara demonstrates once again, what mainstream Hindi cinema is missing out on—stories that connect to the heart of India. After a…
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Baby Daddy: In 1994, Ivan Reitman directed Junior, a film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger in which a scientist working on a fertility drug tests it on himself and finds himself pregnant. The…
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Desi Ghost Busters: This one’s for film lovers, written and directed by aficionados of B-horror flicks—right from Hollywood Halloween zombie and stoner movies to trashy Indian horror films, so awful…
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Bridge To Nowhere: Anyone who is acquainted with the Ramayan, or has even read the Amar Chitra Katha version, would know of the episode in which Lord Ram’s followers, the Vanar Sena…
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Girl Interrupted: Much too soon after Dhaakad, another espionage film, Code Name: Tiranga, sets a female RAW agent against the shadowy underworld of terrorists, gangsters and spies. Unfortunately, Parineeti Chopra is less of a…
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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…
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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…
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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…