Tag Archives: film reviews
Film Review: ‘Shootout At Wadala’
In Sanjay Gupta’s latest outing, the plot is buried beneath pecs, six packs, cleavage and enough corny lines to fill a book. Read More »
Film Review: ‘Bombay Talkies’
The anthology film helmed by four of Hindi cinema’s best-known directors could just as easily have been called I Love Bollywood. Read More »
Film Review: ‘Celluloid Man’
This documentary is a fitting homage to film buff and archivist P. K. Nair. Read More »
Film Review: Lessons In Forgetting
This partly compelling film tackles female infanticide and parenthood. Read More »
Film Review: ‘Greater Elephant’
Director Srinivas Sunderrajan’s sophomore feature film is a far easier—and more rewarding—watch than this “mumblecore” debut. Read More »
Film Review: ‘10 ML Love’
Sharat Katariya’s romantic comedy has little romance and even less comedy. Read More »
Film Review: ‘Barfi!’
Ranbir Kapoor channels granda Raj in this story of a deaf and mute man’s quest for love. Read More »
Film Review: ‘Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi’
The plot of Bela Bhansali Sehgal’s tiresome directorial debut is about as thin as a stick of salli. Read More »
Film Review: Gangs of Wasseypur II
Though it sacrifices character development to accommodate its various sub-plots, Gangs of Wasseypur II still soars above Bollywood’s regular fare. Read More »
Film Review: ‘Shanghai’
Dibakar Banerjee’s latest release is one of the most well-observed stories about contemporary India we’ve seen. Read More »
Film Review: 'Ishaqzaade'
Writer-director Habib Faisal repackages the classic Bollywood love story with enough grit, tension and twists to create an engaging new romance. Read More »
Film Review: ‘Ekk Deewana Tha’
This remake of a Tamil film about a lovestruck couple knocks you straight into a nap. Read More »
Film Review: ‘Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu’
This Kareena Kapoor-Imran Khan rom-com is a predictable lollypop date movie that manages to buck some of the genre’s more hackneyed conventions. Read More »
Film Review: Don 2
If you like your cinema with snazzy illogical thrills, then ‘Don 2′ is fun-enough junk. Read More »
Film Review: ‘The Dirty Picture’
Despite being a decent snapshot of 1980s Indian cinema, the film is ultimately a shallow portrait of the life of Silk Smitha. Read More »

