Part one of the film seems almost like an extended trailer now! Dhurandhar The Revenge is where it was all headed—a seamless mix of chilling fact, smart dramatization and considered fiction, all …
Film Review
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2016-2025: Are We Inching Towards Realistic Cinema Now?
by Rajiv Vijayakar 3 minutes readThe game of flops and hits in Hindi cinema is getting piquant by the hour! No one can predict which movie will work, and which not, in the current scenario. …
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Film Review: Boong is Nothing Less Than a Quasi-Epic
by Rajiv Vijayakar 4 minutes readSearch for a flaw in this film and you will not find any! The Manipuri film, Boong, was one of my favorite movies when I was on the Oscar selection jury …
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The director, Suresh Triveni, has given us the outright mediocre Tumhari Sulu and the gripping Jalsa. He said that he just wanted to have a good time making films of the kind he …
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Film Review: Jab Khuli Kitaab is Akin to a Textbook On Classy Filmmaking
by Rajiv Vijayakar 5 minutes readWhat happens when your wife of 50 years wakes up after two years in a coma, against expectations of recovery, and you have served her with selfless love in that …
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Film Review: The Accused is a Gripping Drama Around Doctors
by Rajiv Vijayakar 3 minutes readThis one’s about doctors, but it is not strictly a medical thriller, like a Coma or The Vaccine War back home. Dr. Geetika Sen (Konkona Sen Sharma), a renowned gynecologist and head of the …
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Film Review: The Bluff is Like a Hindi Movie Disguised as Hollywoodian Thriller
by Rajiv Vijayakar 5 minutes readThe influence of Hindi cinema on Hollywood has been more than what one can think. Apart from Indian actors portraying Indians as well as Americans or other non-Indians, we have …
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Film Review: The Kerala Story 2 Goes Beyond Goes All-Out, Misses Needed Impact
by Rajiv Vijayakar 7 minutes readWhen you go overboard, you overshoot and miss the intended target. Come bullets or cinema. We all saw that recently in Assi. Many a well-intentioned film goes off-kilter when things are …
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Film Review: Do Deewane Seher Mein is Sweet—and Slow
by Rajiv Vijayakar 4 minutes readSlow and steady—sadly, in movies, that does not always win the race! Do Deewane Seher Mein (more on the title later, and please note ‘Seher’ means a stroll or outing, but …
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Film Review: Assi is Scattered and Finally Pointless Exercise on a Vital Societal Issue
by Rajiv Vijayakar 5 minutes readThe good points first: the film is based on the rape of Parima (Kani Kusruti), a housewife while returning alone at night via Delhi’s Metro. She is abducted by a …