Cinema

Shaadi ke Side Effects

Ajit Duara

This is not a film, it’s a recipe for a romcom. And a very middle-class one at that

An Intelligent Man’s Guide to the Oscars

Madhavankutty Pillai

American nationalism and biopics dominate this year’s Academy Awards

Highway

Ajit Duara

An evocative ‘back-to- nature’ film that would have Indians ponder questions of identity

The Boogie Man

Shaikh Ayaz

The enduring appeal of Jaaved Jaaferi, arguably India’s first celebrity dancer and standup comic, who is back with yet another season of Boogie Woogie

Gunday

Ajit Duara

A movie that is rather too loud but still watchable—mostly for Priyanka Chopra’s sizzler of a turn

Hasee Toh Phasee

Ajit Duara

Changing the personality of a lead character midway, this film crashes after a delightful start

One By Two

Ajit Duara

A decent romcom idea on paper translates into an extraordinarily dull movie on screen

The Underdog

Shaikh Ayaz

Jimmy Shergill has not given up just yet. His acclaimed performances in Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster I and II and Bullett Raja may revive his Hindi cinema career—or so he hopes