Screwball Night: The formula of the chase film has been set—seen in the recent Netflix movie Back In Action, and now in Dhoom Dhaam, also on Netflix. Two (or more) people go on…
Yami Gautam Dhar
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Kashmir Conundrum: To most people’s minds, Kashmir in recent years, could have been hashtagged with two terms: terrorism and forced exodus of Pandits. The heaven on earth tourist tag, the…
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Return Of God: The play Kanji Viruddh Kanji by Bhavesh Mandalia, adapted from a lesser known film, The Man Who Sues God, was made into a Hindi film by Umesh Shukla, Oh My God (OMG), in which God formed an important…
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Twisty Turns: The film starts with such routine man stalking-wooing-winning woman sequences, that it is impossible to anticipate what is to come next in Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga (the title comes…
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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…
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Pass Class: Harit Pradesh could stand in for any North Indian state, where uneducated and corrupt politicians rule, and amass a great number of followers, for whom showmanship and oratory…