The movie is great spectacle, but not hooked up to good story telling
25 January 2019In short, ‘Bombairiya’ is a disappointing film that should be given a miss
18 January 2019The film asks some hard questions about flaws in a higher education apparatus that relies on skills of rote learning
18 January 2019In short, ‘The Accidental Prime Minister’ is too obtuse a film to be good propaganda
11 January 2019The patriotism and nationalism that this movie triggers will only impact an audience for a few weeks
11 January 2019The autumnal feel of the movie rides over some of the more obvious flaws in it
04 January 2019Of all the Transformers films, ‘Bumblebee’ is probably the most accessible to viewers who are not hooked on to the series
04 January 2019At some point in the movie, a certain detachment sets in, and no matter how admiring you may be of this 2.0 version, ‘The Human Factor’ is lost
14 December 2018A disappointing movie that is visually beautiful, but internally compromised
07 December 2018Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground
MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns
TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle
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