When a filmmaker becomes too infatuated with a star, the film, itself, becomes little more than an empty vessel, produced …
Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan
Some star vehicles simply cannot be reviewed keeping conventional cinema aesthetics in mind. It is the star who drives the film with the …
Madhuri Dixit
The last actress to enjoy superstar status in Hindi cinema, perhaps, has been Madhuri Dixit. Taking over from Sridevi as …
Bharat
Bharat, directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, is an adaptation of a successful Korean tear-jerker, Ode to My Father (2014). I …
Tiger Zinda Hai
The climax is an ambitiously mounted sequence where Salman and his coterie of soldiers battle an army of Islamic terrorists …
Tubelight
Kabir Khan’s Tubelight aims to be a sweeping saga of faith and its consequences. It is ambitious, set with the …
Sultan
The last time YRF made a sports film, they got it right. Chak De! India was also about the underdog. …
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo
The biggest challenge is perhaps trying to keep relevant the world his films inherit for today’s audience. It is absurd …
Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Much like you’d find in a Rajkumar Hirani film, Bajrangi Bhaijaan addresses matters of secularism, Kashmir, and the India-Pakistan conflict …
Rani Mukerji
Rani Mukerji is undoubtedly one of the finest actresses we have in Hindi cinema today. She is capable of fine …