There were three releases in an overcrowded scenario last week. Each was a worthwhile watch in its own way. The fourth release, Haunted 3D Echoes of the Past, took the box-office …
Film Review
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Film Review: Unbridled Entertainment Marks Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai
by Rajiv Vijayakar 5 minutes readIt’s a breeze. Yes, do leave your sense of logic at home. Munch on popcorn, enjoy a sandwich and slowly sip that cool Coke. You will walk in with Dhawan-ish …
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Film Review: Bandar Tests Patience With its Deviant Content
by Rajiv Vijayakar 5 minutes readIf Anurag Kashyap cannot be deviant, who else can? If he cannot show depraved content, like convicts forced to eat human excreta or smoke a concoction made from a dead lizard, who …
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Writer-director Manish Saini and his films have already won three National awards. In such a situation, we can absolve him from making The Great Grand Superhero—Aliens Ka Aagman possess a simple level …
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Film Review: System Has a Clever but Fanciful Plot
by Rajiv Vijayakar 3 minutes readNeha Rajvansh (Sonakshi Sinha) is a rookie prosecuting advocate, daughter of the celebrity bigwig defense counsel, Ravi Rajvansh (Ashutosh Gowariker). She would like to join her father’s firm, but Ravi …
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Film Review: Kartavya is Rugged Thriller That Fails to Cross Average Levels
by Rajiv Vijayakar 3 minutes readNo resemblances to the films of that name—the 1979 Dharmendra hit or the 1995 Sanjay Kapoor flop. Why I mention this is not without reason. This OTT release falls between …
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Film Review: Pati Patni Aur Woh Do is Absurd But Relaxing
by Rajiv Vijayakar 5 minutes readWanna spend a couple of hours relaxing, watching a vintage Hollywood kind of rom-com? With some truly illogical stuff happening and only the occasional guffaw from you, though there is …
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Film Review: Aakhri Sawal Has Unique Format in its Passionate Storytelling
by Rajiv Vijayakar 4 minutes readSigh! Say the Naysayers. Another propaganda film. That is how films exposing historical truths and wrongs have been collectively branded in Hindi cinema since The Kashmir Files and The Kerala Story. It is entirely a different aspect …
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Film Review: Dhabkaaro (Gujarati) is a Message Drama on Human Values and Follies
by Rajiv Vijayakar 4 minutes readThe title means a ‘heartbeat.’ It narrates the story of a foul-mouthed, near-inhuman and completely unscrupulous and callous man living and prospering (not necessarily by fair means) in a foreign …
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Film Review: Baapya (Marathi) Takes a Crucial Issue and Deals With it in Entertaining Manner
by Rajiv Vijayakar 5 minutes readThe Marathi movie dream run continues… Baapya (loosely translating as a ‘grown-up man’) is a film whose title may suggest a comedy. But it actually deals with a serious issue that …