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Sadak 2 - road to perdition
On a scale of Baaghi 3 to Kalank to Saaho, the Mahesh Bhatt misdirected Sadak 2, the 29 years later sequel that literally not a single...

Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl - wings of desire
If seeing the movie title you are expecting a rah-rah jingoistic "How's the josh?" offering for Indian Independence Day, think again....

Lootcase - crores of cash, chicken chilli and crocodilus niloticus
A don, or bhai, obsessed with the National Geographic channel. A couple that flirts using sexual innuendo disguised as names of...

Shakuntala Devi - math x relationships = complex number
Giving the 23rd root of a 201 digit number took 50 seconds, getting her equation with her daughter right took 30 years. She beat a...

Raat Akeli Hai - long day's journey into night
Jatil, a Hindi word meaning complex or intricate, is an apt first name for the protagonist of Raat Akeli Hai, which premiered today on...

Dil Bechara - Life, interrupted.
There is no word in the English language, or any other, that I know of, that describes the state of being of a parent who has lost a...

Inside Man - jin ke sar ho ishq ki chaanv
Inside Man, Spike Lee's 2006 heist thriller, starts its very first frame, the swirling Universal Studios logo, with Sapna Awasthi's...

Knives Out - Professor Plum, in the library, with a knife
Knives Out is a modern-day whodunit tracing its lineage to the mysteries of Agatha Christie, but placed squarely in the era of Trump....

Bulbbul - bye bye birdie
Bulbbul, based in Bengal, beckons at its beginning, like the sweet song of its titular songbird, full of innocence, but then beguilingly...

Fauda - shalom aleichem, salaam aleikum
Fauda, which means chaos in Arabic, is also the code word used by Israeli special forces when a mission goes awry and needs to be aborted....

Gulabo Sitabo - shraddha saburi
Gulabo Sitabo, is the first movie of the post-Covid era, hereby designated year 1 P.C. of the newly coined calendar, (I can't even get...

Choked - give me de-money
Choked, the new Netflix original Hindi movie, has the singular distinction of being probably the first Anurag Kashyap movie where,...

Uncut Gems - an opal in the rough
Uncut Gems, which should have been titled High Anxiety, is the perfect antidote for you if you suffer from hypo-tension - your blood...

Baaghi 3 - rebel without a cause, all flaws without a pause
Baaghi 3 should be as hesitatingly on your viewing list as one should accept an offer of coffee in a Gujju or Marathi household - calling...

The Untouchables - a touch of class
Fathers and sons have complex layered relationships, but a father would have failed in his most basic duties if he did not pass on the...

Malang - logic goes vagrant
Malang, which released in theaters in February, and is now available on Netflix, is a romantic suspense thriller trying hard to be...

Paatal Lok - a heavenly journey into hell
Paatal Lok, the latest Amazon Prime original series from India, that premiered this weekend, is the kind of powerhouse show that...

Hunters - it Shoah ain't Schindler
Hunters, an Amazon Prime original series whose 10-episode Season 1 premiered in February, is about a fictional band of Nazi hunters,...

Kaamyaab - picture abhi baaki hai mere dost
Kaamyaab, which released in March and is now available on Netflix, is a paean to the legions of "character actors" and "side actors" that...