It is a badly written pastiche of some new locations and sequences that are stitched together in patchwork form with the first film
10 August 2018By the end of the film, you ask the question - what on earth were the makers of this movie smoking?
03 August 2018This action movie has a raison d'être that is quite different
27 July 2018There is a limit to the number of films one can make on the subject of ex-royals
27 July 2018The movie is a fine watch for adults and children alike
20 July 2018On its own two legs, ‘Dhadak’ stands up well in some parts and wobbles in others
20 July 2018Soorma is designed as an uplifting story of human triumph over seemingly insurmountable challenges
13 July 2018Should Hollywood movies be considered the ‘soft power’ of the US - presenting robust American ideals in a positive, soft focus light - this film does just the opposite
06 July 2018It is a movie that gives us pause to think, and, at the same time, delight in the aesthetics of colour and composition
06 July 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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