This year, we have seen Ikkis and Main Wapas Aaunga on the traumas of Partition. They were very personal for the protagonists and endeared us to their issues. But the films were probably rejected …
Film Review
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Lokesh Kanagaraj is a writer-director of a decade’s standing. He has also made cameo appearances in a few films. But now he chooses to make a lead debut, and what …
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Web Review: Amar Vishwas is Twisted Thriller That Could Have Been Crisper
by Rajiv Vijayakar 3 minutes readA convoluted murder mystery, Amar Vishwas (named after the hero, who like all crime-connected forces, has a traumatic backstory!) is about a lawyer who decides to investigate on his own when he …
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Film Review: Ohh My Dog Is an Uplifting Love Story Between Humans and Their Best Friend, a Dog
by Rajiv Vijayakar 5 minutes readIt’s a canine carnival. The versatile writer-filmmaker, Amit Rai, who gave us Road to Sangam in 2010, I-Pad in 2015 and above all, the super successful OMG 2 in 2022, treks into another terrain—love between humans …
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Web Review: Musafir Café Ends on a Needless Cliffhanger
by Rajiv Vijayakar 5 minutes readHaven’t we all experienced that lovely balloon that blows to a delightful size and shape and then something happens. Poof! In a second, it bursts and there is nothing left. …
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Web Review: Adarsh Baal Vidyalaya is Yet Another Downer from Amazon
by Rajiv Vijayakar 6 minutes readThe idea is hype-unlimited. Over the last many months, mediocre stuff from Amazon Prime Video has been continually hyped as “successful” by the platform and their aficionados. The latest in …
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Web Review: Pritam and Pedro is a Typically Hirani-An Heartwarming Saga
by Rajiv Vijayakar 6 minutes readHe’s the old-school cop who is unfamiliar with the digital world: Pedro (Arshad Warsi) would rather use his digits (parts of his hands) to beat up and the conventional part of …
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Charming and relatable, this small film is a wonderful departure from most “festival” films that, for a paying audience, are not at all value-for-money. Such films as Max Min & Meowzaki may …
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Film Review: Bol Bol Rani (Marathi) is a Niche Drama That May Appeal to Some
by Rajiv Vijayakar 3 minutes readMurder mysteries are among the most engrossing genres of cinema. Whodunits, ‘howdunits’ and plain thrillers where there is no specific denouement are absolutely gripping segments of audience gratification. Raised on …
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Courtroom dramas are a genre by themselves. Hindi cinema has seen masterful examples like the 1960 Kanoon, the 1969 Ittefaq (albeit based on a foreign stage source), Section 375, Aitraaz (also an adaptation) and more that blended …