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Ajit Duara

18786
Cinema
Dil Dhadakne Do

This film is flat and tiresome, with little beyond the banal fixations of the idle rich

10 June 2015
18742
Cinema
Welcome 2 Karachi

Riddled with clichés posing as jokes, this comedy of a dumb duo is hard to watch

04 June 2015
18658
Cinema
Tanu Weds Manu Returns

This Kangana Ranaut starrer is easily the funniest movie of the year so far

27 May 2015
18598
Cinema
Bombay Velvet

In trying so hard to achieve a snazzy feel, this film only comes across as phoney

20 May 2015
18542
Cinema
Piku

With an overload of scatological humour, this film does not offer much by way of a story

13 May 2015
18448
Cinema
Avengers: Age of Ultron

This jarringly high-pitched sci-fi flick has nothing new to offer

29 April 2015
18390
Cinema
Margarita, with a straw

In spite of being incredibly bold and brave, this film isn’t genuinely heart-breaking

23 April 2015
18318
Cinema
Broken Horses

This Hollywood remake of the cult classic Parinda is a juvenile study of family bonding

15 April 2015
18270
Cinema
Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!

An admirable depiction of 1942 Calcutta, but its sluggish pace disappoints

08 April 2015
18210
Cinema
Barkhaa

Even with clichés aplenty, this film on dance bars has some genuine moments

01 April 2015

Authors

Brahma Chellaney

Brahma 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

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

Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav is president, India Foundation, and is with BJP

Makarand R Paranjape

Makarand R Paranjape is an author and columnist. Views are personal.

TCA Raghavan

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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