Madhavankutty Pillai
The tactical assault on movies in the war with Pakistan
Mira Nair’s new movie is a daring rejoinder to racial prejudices
A college play he had seen thirty years ago provides the emotional ballast to the new love story directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
The movie works well when it brings alive the world of a talented cricketer in small town India
Riteish Deshmukh, the banjo player, makes a mark in Marathi cinema too—with perfect comic timing
A new sensitivity in Hindi cinema takes feminism beyond the comfort zone of victimhood
It is a nice looking film, but it is too self-consciously written and visualized to be credible