The gangster movie - love it or hate it - is a legitimate genre
20 July 2019With few twists and turns, ‘Super 30’ ends up as a boring film on a righteous, virtuous and honourable man
13 July 2019This is an unfortunate Rom-com approach to music, history and cinema, and it trivialises the director’s own concerns about the erasure of memory
13 July 2019It is an important film, but does not impact poignantly enough
29 June 2019Even die hard fans of voodoo, hoodoo and what have you, will feel a little let down
28 June 2019Gender prejudice or ideological persuasion notwithstanding, it is undeniable that the dialogue written for Shahid, and the skill with which he projects it on screen, makes this movie very watchable
22 June 2019This is a disappointing movie
22 June 2019In short, ‘Kissebaaz’ is a near impossible watch, and it is recommended that you avoid it
15 June 2019‘Game Over', which was shot in Tamil and Telugu, and is now dubbed in Hindi, has a few genuinely scary scenes, but it is too schematic in structure and theme to work as a reflective thriller
15 June 2019In short, ‘Bharat’ is no masterpiece, but it is that rare thing, a film that bonds a family with a nation, and does it with affection
08 June 2019Brahma 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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