OTT Movie Review

Clans And Plans: The family drama is a very narrow space to play around with, and if it is set in a contemporary upper class milieu, there are some tropes …

Lost In Canada: This film, written and directed by Shadab Khan (on Disney+Hotstar) has the germ of an emotional cross-cultural family drama; it is sincere but also mostly marred by …

Gone Guy: At a time when journalism is under a cloud, it is good to see an earnest, fools-rush-in kind of reporter as the protagonist in Lost (on ZEE5), directed by Aniruddha …

Rain Or Shine: It’s not quite clear why filmmakers suddenly think audiences need to be lectured on condom use—Chhatriwali (on ZEE5) is the third film in recent times to take up …

Closed Door Mystery: Based on the French film, 8 Femmes (2002), the biggest attraction of this closed door Italian murder mystery, 7 Women And A Murder, is getting seven stars together in one mansion. …

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, …

Twin Troubles: A woman who has lost her sight commits suicide, but her twin Gayatri (Taapsee Pannu), is not convinced that her sister Gautami was depressed and killed herself.  With …

Dissonant Notes: On watching Anvitaa Dutt’s second film, Qala, it is clear that she has the cinematic approach of an aesthete. Like her earlier film, Bulbbul, this one too is …

Memories of Misery: Like images of a nightmare that may or may not dim over time, memories of those terrifying months of the lockdown are still embedded in the mind. …

The Sisterhood: In the Hindi film space, stories of female bonding go into the Veera Di Wedding box–rich young women on a trip to enjoy themselves, and maybe discover some hitherto …