This 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 …
Film Review
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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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A bold subject as it turns out. A sensitive human drama that highlights how an individual is shaped by his or her circumstances. One could term Maya a psychological drama. The protagonist …
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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 …