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 ...

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 ...

From polite nostalgic laughter to crazy giggling, these films provide all kinds of laughs. Slapstick or situational, dark or fantasy, there’s something for everyone. A young villager (Jayaram) goes to ...

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 ...

You’ve heard of filler episodes. You know, the kind where there’s no narrative motion, no real character development, a lot of flavour, a few conversations, and a whole bunch of things happening ...

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 ...

We have a screenplay — a bible that interconnects complicated characters in its universe — that moves like a cheetah. Nothing is really just a coincidence in Maharaja. Which means an adorable but ...

Rahul, heir to the Raichand dynasty, visits Delhi’s crowded Chandni Chowk neighbourhood, where he sees the love of his life, Anjali, for the first time. She is dancing on the street, without ...

This treatment of Pippa is a pity, because the source material has the motifs of a war epic. It is an adaptation of The Burning Chaffees, a 2016 book by Brigadier Balram Singh Mehta, the film’s ...

A man named Albert (Vijay Sethupathi) returns to his ancestral home after seven years. The year is “When Mumbai was known as Bombay”. His mother is dead. His neighbour assures him that she went ...