Kalki 2898 AD, written and directed by Nag Ashwin, is a grandiose and hypnotic marriage of image and sound. Coupled …
Ullozhukku
Ullozhukku (Undercurrent), Christo Tomy’s debut feature film made in Malayalam, explores a moral crisis concerning a woman and her mother-in-law. The …
Mikka Bannada Hakki
Manohara K’s directorial debut made in Kannada, Mikka Bannada Hakki (Bird Of A Different Feather, 2024), is adapted from Sonia …
Weekdays & Weekends
Over the years a particular ‘genre’ of film making has taken root. Some very exciting films like Luis Buñuel’s Exterminating …
Chandu Champion
Chandu Champion , directed by Kabir Khan, tells the real life story of Murlikant Petkar (Kartik Aaryan) and explores his …
On Our Big, Fat Movie Weddings
Once, a white-haired, dagger-tongued taxi driver, speeding me through traffic towards Royal Opera House, where Raj Khosla’s Do Raaste (1969) …
Swargarath
Rajesh Bhuyan’s Swargarath is a comic, caper story exploring how the lure of quick money can corrupt most people. The …
Mr. & Mrs. Mahi
On the surface, Mr. & Mrs. Mahi, directed by Sharan Sharma, seems to resemble an underdog story of a man …
Aavesham
Aavesham, now streaming on Prime Video following its mega successful theatrical run, follows the lives of three college freshman, Bibi …
The Jewels In Heeramandi’s Crown
During my adolescence in the 1960s, by sheer happenstance I became privy to the insulated world of a Bombay kotha: …