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...
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...
Snowpiercer (2013) ***1/2

Snowpiercer (2013) ***1/2

I recently read not one but a couple of articles citing the death or irrelevance of movie reviewers today. It’s true. Most people can’t even differentiate a real review from a paid one and it is a fact that people hate reading. So it all comes down to the stars...
Captain Philips (2013) ***1/2

Captain Philips (2013) ***1/2

Many years ago, when I was not this cinephile that I am supposed to be now, I was watching ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ for the first time with my little brother on the DVD player. I did not know anything about the film except that it starred George Clooney, Matt Damon and Brad...
D-Day (2013) **1/2

D-Day (2013) **1/2

I am sorry to disappoint the avid movie goes inside me again but Friday morning film watching is a habit hard to get rid of. The sheer number of average flicks that I have seen this year just made me instinctively have no expectations of this week’s release D-Day. In...