For the better part of a decade now, Dharma Productions filmmaker, Shakun Batra, has been the most exciting auteur in masala cinema. In his directorial debut, Ekk Main Aurr Ekk Tu (my personal favorite Hindi film of the 2010’s), he… Continue Reading
I couldn’t help but think of one of my all-time faves, Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner, when I saw the trailer for Netflix’s Valentine’s Day rom-com, Namaste Wahala. Stanley Kramer’s 60s iconoclast classic starring screen revolutionist, Sidney Poitier, set the… Continue Reading
The highly anticipated #FreeBritney HBO exposé, Framing Britney Spears, finally aired a few days ago and, among the many revelations the gut-wrenching documentary made, is that one of the catalysts to Britney’s notorious 2007 meltdown was Justin Timberlake’s repugnant and utterly… Continue Reading
The White Tiger is the worst piece of shit I’ve seen in years. If I was Indian – especially an urbanite Indian – I would have shut it off after two minutes. But I’m not, so I shut it off… Continue Reading
The nightmare has subsided and the country I call home can exhale for the first time in four long, emotionally and mentally taxing years. As many have punnily put it, it’s the “the end of an error”. That being said, we should… Continue Reading
Indian media outlets are a thorn on everyone’s side and in 2020, they were especially problematic. From aiding and abetting the disgusting witch hunts of innocent actors (Rhea Chakraboty) to fanning the flames of hate towards Bollywood by giving bottom-feeding… Continue Reading
Making fun of Netflix India is like shooting fish in a barrel. The controversy-ridden Indian division of the streaming platform has fumbled more times than arguably any of their rivals. As such, they are reportedly the least successful streaming platform in… Continue Reading
Avant-garde auteur, Spike Jonze, the man who directed arguably the greatest two meta films Adaptation and Being John Malkovich, immediately came to mind as I was watching the trailer to Netflix’s AK vs AK. The reason being is that like those films,… Continue Reading
Owing to its original, charming set-up of a cute kid abandoned at home during the holidays who uses his street smarts to sustain himself and outwit home invaders (and Macaulay Culkin’s iconic, impossibly cute interpretation of Norwegian Expressionist, Edvard Munch’s The Scream) Millennials hold the… Continue Reading
The minute the trailer to Netflix’s Real Housewives of Bombay (what I call the show on the basis that it’s a Transatlantic import of Andy Cohen’s hot mess) dropped, I messaged my Indian film critic friend, Rahul Desai, and told… Continue Reading