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Film Review: Pehla Pyaar Doosri Baar is a Six-er of ‘Luv’
The Luv Ranjan brand of romantic cinema is aimed primarily at the youth. I would add an asterisk and say *Youth of all ages! The man who has produced the…
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Film Review: Aali Mothi Shahani (Marathi) is an Average Fantasy Fable
The title, in Marathi, literally means “Here comes the smart-aleck.” In the context of this film, it refers to Gargi (Maitreyee Datye), a girl who is 11, who wants to…
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Film Review: Prem Keetanu Makes for a Lighthearted – And Musical – Watch
Do not look for big names here. But we have a fair share of gags, fun elements and amusing situations that make our viewing pleasant. And some good music, which is so…
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Film Review: Drishyam The Conclusion is a Cerebral Culmination of an Epic Story
A deviant young man tries to act smart with a young lady, Anju (Ishita Dutta). Her mother, Nandini (Shriya Saran) and she have a confrontation with him. The spoilt brat…
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Film Review: Bandkhor (Marathi) Entertains But is Over-Feminist
It’s entertaining, emotionally riveting but it is feminism in overdrive. Bandkhor (which means a rebel) tells the story about a vivacious but volatile city girl, Meera (Priyadarshini Indalkar), who hails from a…
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Film Review: The Vvaan: Force of the Forrest has Small-Town Appeal With its Olde-Worlde Approach
All the content is aimed at the smaller centers. When there is a basic bent only towards devotion, mythology and folklore blended with elements of horror, we are reminded of…
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Film Review: Om Ka Hari is a Delightful Family Drama
He’s boorish, self-centered and supremely irascible. Grumbling all the time after (and before) retiring from his job, Hari Prasad Sharma (Raghubir Yadav) is a quintessential old-fashioned and uber-traditional middle-class patriarch,…
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Film Reviews: The ‘Vibe’ from Daayra and the ‘Daayra’ of Vibe
This week saw two big releases—Meghna Gulzar’s Daayra, a crime thriller inspired by dark reality and Kunal Kemmu’s Vibe, an action comedy of two normal youths coerced into going on a patriotic…
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Film Review: Blast (Tamil) is a Blast of Improbable Entertainment
Gotta hand it to the folks from the South. For every execrable biggie actioner, they hand us a modest and riveting action-comedy. Logic takes a walk through the southern states…
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Film Review: Mahaprabhu Jagannath is a Winner all the Way
This devotional is a winner all the way. The story of how Lord Jagannath (of Puri) demolished the ego of Aham, an erstwhile ideal student of a sage, with the…
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Film Review: Babita Singh Reporting is Much Ado About Less Than Nothing
Prime Video continues with its abundance of drab and dissatisfying fare with Babita Singh Reporting. A purported crime thriller, it just does not thrill. Wonder what is wrong in the Prime…
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Disaster Trek: A Look at Hindi Cinema’s Greatest Disasters in the Millenium—Part 2
Continuing with Hindi cinema’s greatest fiascos of all time, I have explained that a flop is a film that does not recover its investment, but a disaster is that which…
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Film Review: Mirzapur The Movie is Gritty, Unabashed Entertainer
It’s a first for an Indian TV series. Mirzapur—The Movie cashes in on the much-loved three-season hyper-violent series that has become endemically popular. In a merciful situation, we have censors for the…