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The Test - Phoenix from The Ashes

Once in a while the stars align, and my twin loves of movies and cricket come together in something that is worth watching. This past...

Goldfinger - Bond with the Midas touch

Every week, though it is fun seeing all the new offerings out there, it's nice once in a while, to go back to the classics, and revisit...

Angrezi Medium - a wee bit of bother guv

Angrezi Medium, the Irrfan Khan starrer that had the misfortune of releasing a week before the Corona lockdown shuttered the cinema...

Panchayat - it takes a village

Panchayat, the new series whose 8-episode season 1 premiered on Amazon Prime last month, is a quiet gem of a show. In an Indian streaming...

Guilty - convicted of pretentiousness

Guilty, which is the other Netflix original I watched this weekend, couldn't be more on the opposite end of the spectrum than Maska, in...

Maska - Comfort food in the age of Corona

Watched Maska on Netflix, its new original movie that just premiered. Set in Bombay around a Parsi Irani cafe, it’s a nice, light Raju...

Saaho - kill me now

I defy anyone to come up with a movie they have ever seen in any language that is worse than the flaming pile of dog poop that is Saaho....

War - Mission Asambhav

It’s a War...on carbs, on an original screenplay and on virtually any estrogen. But it’s a slick, protein shake and testosterone-fueled...

Mission Mangal - reaching for the stars

"Om mangalam, Mission mangalam" goes the song - a perfect match for a Mission Mangal that in real life went thru on a wing and a prayer....

Bharat - Bhai goes Gump

"Zinda hoon main tujhme, tujhme rahoonga zinda, Tod ke sab zanjeerein, main azaad parinda" "Doob jaoonga teri aankhon ke ocean mein,...

Kalank - A stain on Dharma

Kalank - naam hi kaafi hai. Succinctly sums up one’s feelings after watching. Story, acting, dialogue delivery, any kind of soul to the...

Hotel Mumbai - Huzoor wah Taj boliye

Just watched Hotel Mumbai based on the 26/11/08 terrorist attacks on my birthplace. It’s gripping, intense and gut-wrenching even though...

Gully Boy - Hard hai bhai

“Tu nanga hi to aaya hai Kya ghanta lekar jayega Apna time aayega” Ab bhai log zyaada much much nahi karney ka Apna Gully Boy ka review...

ELKDTAL - a small step for womankind

Loosely based on P.G.Wodehouse’s novel “A Damsel in Distress”, Ek Ladki Ko Dekha To Aisa Laga (ELKDTAL) gives it a same-sex relationship...

Manikarnika - Kangana does a Manoj Kumar

“Bundele harbolo ke muh humney suni kahaani thi, Khoob ladi mardani woh to Jhansi wali rani thi” As u can infer from my remembering my...

Andhadhun - Ek Film noir ki

Just saw Andhadhun - another masterful movie by Sriram Raghavan taking you back to his Johnny Gaddar days - deliciously wicked and funny...

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