Irrespective of its shortcomings, shines in portraying the city. One of the most beautiful and heart-warming moments centered on the city in this anthology can be found in the opening credits. MLC ...

In the midst of the pandemic, the Chhattisgarh police in Raigarh decided the best way to encourage public safety measures was to use Bollywood film dialogues in their posters, re-interpreting Bachchan ...

All We Imagine As Light is an evocative, stirring portrait of Mumbai and its people – especially immigrants. Payal Kapadia, making her feature debut, tells the story of two Malayali nurses – Prabha, ...

Jigarthanda DoubleX is a goldmine of ironies — a playground that Subbaraj is more than familiar with. The first time we see Allius Caesar (Lawrence) explain his name to SJ Suryah’s Ray, we see him ...

The first few events in Ullozhukku (Under Current), directed by Christo Tomy, happen in quick succession. Life falls through Anju’s (Parvathy) fingers before she can chart a plan. From a wide-eyed ...

Every longtime fan of Korean dramas has a few favourite years of releases. The dramas in those years are rarely disappointing. Every show we pick up exceeds expectations. The characters sparkle, the ...

A game of dice is at the core of Rahul Sadasivan’s Bramayugam. It’s being played between the powerful Kodumon Potti (Mammootty) and his houseguest, a helpless wandering singer (Arjun Ashokan). But ...

At this point, it’s natural to look for lofty subtext. Maybe it’s a swipe at the ‘algorithmic language of new-age emotions’. Maybe it’s a play on love as a form of programming (or conditioning)? More ...

The film tackles many complex themes such as parental sexual abuse, murder, superstition, death, grief, and redemption. But above all, it is a tale of female solidarity, strength, love, kindness and ...

In Neeraj Ghaywan’s Masaan (2015), a dark moment plays out with a degree of mundanity we rarely expect from a subject as serious as death. It features Vicky Kaushal, who works with his family at the ...

There is no mainstream filmmaker in India who – for over 35 years – has pushed himself and his art the way Mani Ratnam does, with each new film an attempt to challenge the boundaries of mainstream ...

This is where the film sets itself apart from other biopics. There are traces of KGF in the way the mass moments are built to highlight Nageswara Rao aka Nagi and his achievements, especially because ...