On 1st November, 1895, the Skladanowsky brothers screened their first ever film in the Berlin Variety Theatre, the Wintergarten. The …
Akira
Akira could have done with a shot of madness. It is not a film meant for conventional treatment that involves …
Shaheb, Bibi, Golaam
There is possibly no such thing as a pure freestanding “thriller thriller” and this comes across lucidly in film critic …
A Flying Jatt
It’s like watching your favorite comedy on TV – everything’s contrived to make you guffaw in sync with the laughter …
Harano Sur
An amnesiac after a train accident, Alok Mukherjee (Uttam Kumar), is rescued on escaping from the asylum, where he is …
Happy Bhag Jayegi
Because comedy is not easy to pull off, Happy Bhaag Jayegi deserves credit for effort. The times it made me …
Eagoler Chokh
Eagoler Chokh means ‘the eye of the eagle’, which is a metaphor for the police detective, Shabar Dasgupta (Saswata Chatterjee), …
Mohenjo Daro
Recreating a period from over 4000 years ago on cinema can be both a challenge and an opportunity. Visually, you …
Rustom
A take off from the sensational Nanavati murder case of 1959, Tinu Suresh Desai’s Rustom makes a huge mess of …
Budhia Singh: Born to run
The film is a deftly written and shot narrative. The writers understand that the central story is so strong and …