LUPT – Yet Another Forgettable Bollywood Horror Film
After watching the Jaaved Jaffery-starrer Bollywood horror film LUPT, most of us would be disappointed with the fact that there is no genuine effort to come up with an original story that can generate scare on its own. If we leave aside films like “Tumbbad” and “Pari”, both released in 2018 — Hindi filmmakers have […]
Gurgaon (Movie Review) – An Indian Neo-noir Thriller
Director Shanker Raman brings a supremely talented cast and a really dark story based on the modern, yet one of the darkest corners of the Indian national capital region Gurgaon. Located adjacent to India’s capital New Delhi, Gurgaon today is known for high-rise structures, housing scores of multinational companies but also infamous for its crime […]
Love Per Square Foot (2018) – With Love, Romance and Humor
With Love Per Square Foot, Netflix ventures into the Hindi film industry to draw the Indian audience with what they like the most – Bollywood clichéd Rom-Com. Well, I say this on a positive note, as most Indians see life through a prism of happiness all-around. This film is full of emotion, love, romance, and […]
KADVI HAWA – Movie on the effects of climate change
Indian National Award Winning Filmmaker Nila Madhab Panda’s film KADVI HAWA (Dark Wind in English) is considered as Bollywood’s first film on climate change. The film stars some of the finest actors of Hindi cinema, including the likes of Sanjai Mishra and Ranvir Shorey. The film follows the life of a blind old farmer in […]
DADDY | Arjun Rampal Plays Gangster Arun Gawli
Arjun Rampal plays the real-life gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli in the upcoming film Daddy. The trailer shows glimpses of his ruthlessness as one of India’s most-feared gangsters of 80s and 90s, when the city of Mumbai was infested with extended organized crime network. Co-written and directed by Ashim Ahluwalia, Daddy takes you to the streets of […]
Aamir Khan Starrer ‘Dangal’ – Movie Review
The sports biopic ‘Dangal,’ starring Aamir Khan, follows the life of amateur wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat from the northern Indian state of Haryana, who gave up wrestling due to financial difficulties but went on to train his daughters Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari to become world-class wrestlers. Nitesh Tiwari directs the film, which stars Khan […]
RGV reveals the cast of Sarkar 3
After a long wait, finally, ace film director Ram Gopal Varma aka RGV has confirmed that both Abhishek and Aishwarya are not there in Sarkar 3 as this story is set in another time and another situation. However, on his Twitter handle, he revealed the star cast of the project which is pending for a long. […]
PINK (2016) – Movie Review
PINK, directed by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, is one of the best message-driven films to come out of the Hindi film industry. Given the prevalence of rape, sexual harassment, and numerous cases of female harassment across the country, ‘PINK’ sheds light on our psyche and the reality of our society. The film also cast actors such […]
Tere Naam (2003) – One of Salman Khan’s best performances
I’ve been trying to review some good Hindi films recently, and today I’ve chosen Tere Naam, which is regarded as one of Bollywood superstar Salman Khan’s best performances. Khan was already a well-known star when this film was released in 2003, but I believe he had never performed so well in such a complex storyline […]
‘1920 London’ – Hindi Horror Film Review
The Hindi-language horror flick 1920 London is the third installment in the 1920 film franchise [1920 (2008) and 1920: Evil Returns (2012)], starring Sharman Joshi & Meera Chopra. While the earlier two films had moderate success at the box office, this one is not better than its predecessors. It seems the director is obsessed with oversold, passé horror elements. At the start […]