A predictable love triangle, buoyed by some deft, startling sequences and accomplished star turns
02 March 2011Its director seems to think that if you light a movie dimly enough, depth and meaning will emerge. Alas, it never does
25 February 2011With its formulaic perspective and wishy-washy characters drawn from British sitcoms, this is no Bend It Like Beckham. Or even close
18 February 2011Yet another disappointment to add to Sudhir Mishra’s list of ho-hum flicks
10 February 2011Unlike a Bhandarkar movie, it has no memorable characters, no social commentary, and sadly, no big laughs either
03 February 2011The braided storyline, used so stylishly in Dhobi Ghat, can actually be traced back to Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace and DW Griffith’s 1915 film, The Birth of a Nation
28 January 2011The city of great texture and matching indifference is poignantly captured by Kiran Rao in a sparkling debut
27 January 2011Be prepared to shed your political correctness for this ode to the Patiala Peg and all things ‘Caneda’
20 January 2011The leading ladies shine, but the film rests on peripheral characters who fall woefully short
13 January 2011Brahma 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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