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...
Talvar (2015) ***1/2

Talvar (2015) ***1/2

  Two years back, I had wondered how would one make a film about this infamous double murder case. Without there ever being a conclusion, how ethical and unbiased could that final product be. After watching Talvar, written by Vishal Bhardwaj and directed by Meghna...
Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015) ***1/3

Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015) ***1/3

  This review is devoid of any comparisons that may unintentionally occur in the minds of people who grew up loving the detective series on television. I will accept, i was one of them and when i first saw the trailer, i was filled with nothing but rage. The only...
Highway (2014) ***

Highway (2014) ***

To be truthful, i am not one of those people who are completely in love with Imtiaz Ali’s body of work. His films about troubled love stories are good, but with the exception to ‘Jab We Met’, he has almost always chosen to give greatly demanding roles to actors who...
Hasee Toh Phasee (2013) **1/2

Hasee Toh Phasee (2013) **1/2

There is a huge possibility that since it had been such a long time (in my case that is more than a month) that i had seen a hindi film, that my mind just lapped up whatever it was offered but, god help me, I enjoyed watching the film ‘Hasee Toh Phasee’....
About Time (2013) ***

About Time (2013) ***

Yes, it’s a film by Richard Curtis. But honestly speaking a romantic comedy about time travel was too great a concept for me to be optimistic about this film. I was almost completely sure that it would have a few great moments followed by many dull ones. Thankfully I...