Sara shines in a wannabe Titanic
At the back of many Bollywood directors’ minds, there seems to be this desire to reach Hollywood standards. So, one just fell flat trying...
रजनीकांतची 2.0 चित्रपट कशी आहे? मराठीमध्ये रिवयु वाचा
The problem with 2.0 is that the anti-hero is right, writes Deepa Gahlot
dIpaa gahlaaota Wara
maagaIla kxahI mahInyaaMpaasaUna ho pahaNyaata AalaMya kxI isanaomaa inavvaL Bavya...
CGI Gobbledygook
It has been seen in recent months that a spectacle is not enough to satisfy the audience. While a star like Rajinikanth with his...
Double Deol, Double Duh!
Sunny Deol and comedy are not usually uttered in the same breath, in spite of some diversions the always angry star has taken in...
Mohalla Assi: Boring & Futile
Mohalla Assi
Directed by Chandraprakash Dwivedi
Cast: Sunny Deol, Sakshi Tanwar, Ravi Kishan and others
Rating: Two stars
At another time, in surer hands, Mohalla Assi might have been an...
Very little Thuggee in Thugs of Hindostan
Thugs of Hindostan
Directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Lloyd Owen, Katrina Kaif and others
Rating 2 stars
Talk of waking...
Jack and Dil: Just Hot Air
Jack And Dil
Directed by: Sachin P. Karande
Cast: Arbaaz Khan, Amit Sadh, Sonal Chauhan and others
This is how it must have gone, the director or...
Lupt: Horror film?
By Deepa Gahlot
A family driving down a dark winding road sees a stroller with a strange looking doll in it, and are quite unperturbed by...
Kaashi In Search Of Ganga: Strange & Slapdash
By Deepa Gahlot
This is a strange film—set in Benaras, with an illiterate, crematorium worker as protagonist, but the title is in English.
Dhiraj Kumar’s film, Kaashi...
Baazaar is a watery mess!
By Deepa Gahlot
Back in 1987, Gordon Gekko had declared “greed is good” in Oliver Stone’s Wall Street, in which an ambitious young stockbroker is dazzled...
Namaste England: It can’t get siller than this!
By Deepa Gahlot
Mainstream Bollywood cinema of a certain period was happy to throw logic and good taste to the winds, and got scenes written on...
Neither comedy, nor high drama, but brilliant little moments
By Deepa Gahlot
The most remarkable thing about Amit Ravindernath Sharma’s film Badhaai Ho is the subdued romance between a middle-class, middle-aged couple, surrounded by family...
Very watchable horror film!
By Deepa Gahlot
Most Indian horror films follow a familiar template with ghosts or monsters terrorising people who are in the wrong place at the wrong...
Helicopter Eela fails to take off
By Deepa Gahlot
The film industry's ageism (applicable only to women) is such that a talented actress like Kajol, who chooses to play the mother of...
Love Yatri
By Deepa Gahlot
The best thing about Love Yatri is the timing of its release—a film set during Navratri, out just before nine days of dandiya...
Andhadun
By Deepa Gahlot
Sriram Raghavan’s Andhadhun, is inspired by Oliver Trennier’s French short film, L’Accordeur, and dedicated to once popular Doordarshan programmes Chhayageet and Chitrahaar.
The real...
Five Films that bring alive the Mahatma
By Deepa Gahlot
There have been documentaries, plays, serials and more books than one can count on Mahatma Gandhi. Every time a film is made on...
Pataakha
By Deepa Gahlot
So, according to Vishal Bhardwaj, India and Pakistan are like two sisters, abusing and slapping each other as they roll in mud? Because...
Sui Dhaaga
By Deepa Gahlot
If the world of haute couture pays lip service to Indian fabric traditions, it also helps keep some of the artisans alive—even if...
A Manto-lover’s view on ‘Manto’
By Jameel Gulrays
While we carried our film and theatre expert Deepa Gahlot’s review of Manto last weekend, given that the film is about the famed...
Religion + Action + Comedy + Romance = Mauli
When Mauli (Riteish Deshmukh) walks into the frame in slow motion to rescue two abducted girls, his weapon of choice is a brick. This...
Some better flavours and service puhleez, Miss T
Went with great expectations hoping for a gastronomical treat. Miss T is from the team behind some of Colaba’s famous restaurants – the awardwinning...
Art in your Wardrobe with Bhamini Subramaniam
Bhamini Subramaniam is an unusual designer. She has an M Phil in English Literature – her thesis was “Images of Experience - The Theatre...
