Leave-your-brains-at-home cinema is a long-standing Indian genre created my filmmakers intent on giving their audiences a good time, simultaneously reminding them that their combined IQ is not more than that of the orangutan in this film. These are also the same ...
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (YJHD), in spite of being a well-packaged product with a zippy soundtrack and a hero, who proves yet again that he is possibly the best mainstream hero of the country, fails to satisfy as it sticks to ...
Cold on the heels of London Paris New York (2012) comes Preity Zinta’s long-delayed home production Ishkq in Paris. That’s not a typo in the title. It’s her name in the film - Ishkq ELISE, mind you. You see, she’s a ...
Apart from an interesting idea against the backdrop of real estate politics and land grabbing in Gurgaon, Aurangzeb falters. It ends up as a film that is rather poorly executed and by the time we reach the last half hour, it ...
Gippi wins half the battle with just its choice of the tale of the underdog coming up triumphant. But, it still falls short of winning the war. The film, centred on a gawky, plump 14 year old loser finally turned winner, ...
Meghe Dhaka Tara (Bengali)
It is extremely challenging to make a non-linear, fictional biography on Ritwik Ghatak. Kamaleshwar Mukherjee, who made his debut with Uro Chithi a couple of years ago, has taken this challenge. The non-linear structure blends into the erratic, rather non-linear story ...
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (English)
Changez, loves America. An Ivy-leaguer, he is a successful financial consultant who has everything going for him in the land of opportunity. Then he witnesses 9/11. And Changez begins to hate America. Not because he interprets the act as some subliminal ...
Celluloid Man (English)
Celluloid Man - A film on PK Nair, the man who set up the National Film Archives of India (NFAI) single-handedly, is more than just a biographical documentary. It can be interpreted as a full-length feature film that documents the journey ...
August Club Since 1969 (Malayalam)
Anyone who has watched all the major classics would immediately remember the famous knight character who plays chess and plans his moves, and the lonely housewife who loves poetry and flirts with another man. Such is the essence of August Club ...
Goynar Baksho (Bengali)
Aparna Sen's directorial stature in world cinema did not really need the huge media hype that began with the shooting of the film and ended with the carnival-like premiere this week. The actual film reinforces this specially considering that Goynar Baksho ...
Celluloid Man - A film on PK Nair, the man who set up the National Film Archives of India (NFAI) single-handedly, is more than just a biographical documentary. It can be interpreted as a full-length feature film that documents the journey of a man committed to.......
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Reading Ray has always been as delightful as watching his films, be it fiction or his articles on cinema. His impeccably crafted prose, both English and Bengali, with its easy flow and delectable flavor, his keen observations, clarity of thought, ready wit and brevity have been the hallmark of most of his writings, just like in his films. So when I
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