Kaabil is easily the most disappointing film in recent times, at least amongst movies with a major star in the lead role
27 January 2017In the politically correct term of our age, it may be more apt to describe the fictional character of Raees as an anti-national
27 January 2017The film has a very low emotional quotient, and it fails to move you
20 January 2017This is a movie that insults your intelligence, and it would be a good idea to keep a safe distance from it
20 January 2017The film possesses an ethical dimension that informs, but does not judge
13 January 2017The best part of the film is its innovative song picturisation, which, of course, is the strength of Mani Ratnam’s movies and which this adaptation has copied
13 January 2017The film is beautifully shot and the recreation of wartime London, with nightly sirens and falling bombs, is well art directed
06 January 2017Despite the unremmitting sadness, the film is worth seeing
06 January 2017This edition of the Star Wars franchise may not be the most glitzy, but it has identifiable political connotations configured in its stylization
16 December 2016Brahma 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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