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Film Review: Baby Do Die Do is a Killer Saga – Literally
This is no do or die effort: after all, it is actor Saqib Saleem’s as well as co-producer Nachiket Samant’s debut production. But their ambition should have been loftier, and…
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Film Review: “Nagabandham” The Secret Treasure Makes Up in Scale and Dedication for its Overlong Length
Such movies are rare, and most of these emerge from the South. This 180-minute marathon succeeds in making up for its overlong length with its amazing visuals and VFX. For…
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Film Review: Welcome to the Jungle—But Only if You Want Entertainment
It’s the craziest romp you will ever go on. The film’s kooky ads spell it out correctly: ‘Fake Film; Real Jungle; Real Danger; Real Idiots.’ The plot is loony: an…
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Film Review: Cocktail 2 is a Spicy Tipple with a Sweet Aftertaste
If Dil Chahta Hai was revolutionarily modern urban for its time a quarter of a century ago, Cocktail 2 in mainstream Hindi cinema, is as avant-garde today as that film then. From conventional to…
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Film Reviews: Main Vaapas Aaunga; Governor; and Bharat Bhhagya Viddhaata
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…
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Film Review: Unbridled Entertainment Marks Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai
It’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
If 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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Film Review: The Great Grand Superhero Entertains with a Message
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
Neha 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
No 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
Wanna 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
Sigh! 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
The 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
The 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…
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Film Review: Daadi Ki Shaadi is a Light Entertainer with a Message
A wise man once said, “The most valuable gift one can give one’s child is time.” Is that also true in reverse? Do parents too need time from their children?…
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Film Review: Raja Shivaji (Marathi) is Episodic and Capsules the Emperor Limitedly
I chose to watch the bilingual in Marathi, not Hindi. The essence of many a dialogue can be lost completely in translation. Having watched both Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior (2020) and Chhaava (2025), I…