Wonder Woman (2017) ***

Wonder Woman (2017) ***

I don’t think I have ever had the pleasure of staring into a screen and see only women. Powerful women flying across the landscape, swords in hands, beautiful, honourable and strong. So while yesterday I didn’t care about the tag but today I want to celebrate the fact...
Newton (2017) ****

Newton (2017) ****

Newton is an excellent film. It is been termed a dark comedy but I would just drop the pretence of darkness. Maybe it is my outlook of the world. Or maybe the fact that this story of misadventure reminded me of the satirical quest of the famous Don Quixote. In my...
SULTAN (2016)***

SULTAN (2016)***

 Director: Ali Abbas Zafar   I shall start with the only aspect of the film that i did not like. That Anushka Sharma and her character Arfa were both sidelined after the obligatory romance. Whether it was a statement on sexism or sexism itself, I am not sure. But...
Udta Punjab (2016)**

Udta Punjab (2016)**

After the kind of monster publicity (good or bad, it’s all publicity), an amazing trailer and the freaky bright and quirky music it was really difficult to go into this film with absolutely no expectations. And yet as I sat through this dark tale of drug trafficking...
Fan (2016) ***

Fan (2016) ***

  This film couldn’t really have been made with any other actor. Yes, there are super-stars, many in Bollywood, but FAN, Maneesh Sharma’s thoughtful and highly entertaining ode to Shah Rukh Khan couldn’t have been more perfect for him. The story is simple, not...
Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) 0*

Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) 0*

I have waited a whole 36 hours before making any public comments or opinions about this film. In part because i had been ranting about it for almost a year and i am sure everyone already knew what i feel about it. And partly because for the first time in a long time i...