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Dec 20, 20203 min read

Visaranai is compelling, gritty and hard-hitting and not for the faint-hearted!

Yes films do get a Censor certificate. How about a brace warning? The first time I saw this film, I went “But someone should have warned...

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Dec 19, 20203 min read

Defending Jacob is a classy thriller that deals with a tough dilemma for the parents!

One of the most trying dilemmas that a parent faces is when her child is accused of a crime and she is undecided as to her offspring’s...

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Dec 12, 20202 min read

The Firm - Go by the book or Film ?

Every few months, I find myself debating when was the last time the movie based on a book turned out to be better than the book itself. I...

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Dec 11, 20203 min read

Bhaag Beanie Bhaag - Mrs Maisel meets Runaway Bride in a Swara Bhasker show!

Do you recollect when the Diwali firecracker that you proudly show off to your neighbours fizzles out and does not burst at all ? As you...

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Dec 8, 20203 min read

Brilliant Lies - Brilliant performances and witty dialogues make for revival of theatre!

I settled down into my chair at the banquet hall at ITC’s Welcomhotel, Coimbatore, a tad nervous. As I looked around at the 100-odd...

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Dec 6, 20202 min read

Adalat O Ekti Meye - Tapan Sinha's work is way ahead of its time in this Bangla throwback film

#TapanSinha is one of the unsung heroes of Bangla cinema. He was part of the quartet that included #Ray, #Ghatak and MrinalSen. Sinha’s...

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Dec 5, 20203 min read

Ashram Chapter 2 - the nexus of politics, religion & administration can really test your patience!

#PrakashJha is the master of politician-gangster-police-religion cocktail stories set in the Hindi heartland. No one can tell it like...

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Dec 4, 20203 min read

Zero Dark Thirty - The End justifies all means high voltage thriller

A film that tracks almost documentary-style the ten-year hunt for #OsamaBinLaden. A film that demonstrates the single-minded focus behind...

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Nov 29, 20202 min read

Tehran - Slow burn suspense, brilliant characterization from the creators of Fauda!

Israel’s former Prime Minister #GoldaMeir once said "The Egyptians could run to Egypt, the Syrians into Syria. The only place we could...

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Nov 28, 20203 min read

Serious Men - A poignant satire on contemporary India; NAwauddin Siddiqui is brilliant!

Caste versus Class. When #ManuJoseph won the #Hindu best fiction award for his work #SeriousMen in 2010, people acclaimed it as a...

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Nov 27, 20202 min read

Chhalaang - Rajkummar Rao shines in this shoddy sports caper about finding meaning in life!

The #HansalMehta #RajkummarRao combine has given us some gems in the past - #Shahid, #CityLights, #Omerta and #Aligarh. Expectations are...

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Nov 25, 20202 min read

Vikrithi - Fact is stranger than Fiction and Malayalam cinema revels in it!

I am convinced that Malayalam film makes are obsessed with converting true life incidents into films. From #OruCBIDiaryKuruppu to...

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Nov 22, 20203 min read

Ludo - Interesting premise but a tad too long and bloated out of proportion

#AnuragBasu. #Pritam. The game of Ludo. Black and White as Karma and Divine retribution. Yellow. Red. Green. Blue. An explosion of...

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Nov 21, 20202 min read

Vaanam Kottattum - Sarath Kumar shines in this powerful family drama

The cinema landscape is witnessing a spate of new stores being told with a surge in innovations around production design, screenplay and...

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Nov 20, 20202 min read

The Booth - A story of forbidden love where you can fill in the blanks

“Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out” ― Martin Scorsese. And shorts provide you the opportunity to push the...

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Nov 16, 20202 min read

Margin Call - Financial meltdown of 2008 turned into a riveting drama

#MarginCall is an intense gripping saga of the events over 36 hours at an investment bank in Manhattan just preluding the financial...

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Nov 15, 20201 min read

Return to Reason - Art for Arts sake!

A film made in 1923? Yes, you read it right. 1923!! ASHOK’s FIVE reviews #ManRay’s #LeRetouralaRaison or #Return to Reason made in 1923....

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Nov 15, 20202 min read

Puthan Pudhu Kaalai - Love and beyond in times of Covid?

Isn’t it surprising that the world around has changes so much, but cinema hasn’t caught up with the possibilities of the new order? Fact...

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Nov 14, 20203 min read

The Queens Gambit is all chess, clothes and battling the demon within!

“Its an entire world of just 64 squares. I feel safe in it. I can control it, I can dominate it and its predictable. So, if I get hurt, I...

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Nov 7, 20202 min read

Just Mercy - A film that is not just made but 'constructed' with precision!

“For every nine people executed in the United States, one innocent person has been exonerated” an unsettling error of margin – the...

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