Recently, when Ranbir Kapoor was doing the promotional rounds for Sanju, he told a reporter, “Sanjay Dutt’s life can be made into a Netflix show and it can run for 10 seasons.” He’s right. Sanjay Dutt’s almost Biblical life is mired… Continue Reading
Released in 2013, Bombay Talkies saw the joining of forces of four of Bollywood’s biggest filmmaking talents (Zoya Akhtar, Karan Johar, Dibanker Banerjee and Anurag Kashyap) to create an anthology film that celebrated Bombay and the 100 year anniversary of its… Continue Reading
Among the many pernicious stereotypes surrounding American Jewry is that they control Hollywood. Unlike other stereotypes however, there is some truth to this. At the turn of the 20th century, when the film medium was still in its infancy, many… Continue Reading
Vishal Bhardwaj is a man of immense talent. It would be futile to debate that. Even a skeptic can’t listen to one of his intricately composed songs or experience one of his powerful Shakespearean adaptations and deny that the renaissance man… Continue Reading
From the toxic far-right wing populist movements that pervaded the West to the ongoing refugee crisis , the general consensus is that 2016 was the “worst year ever”. Although that claim could just be social media hyperbole, it definitely was one… Continue Reading
I waited impatiently for Dear Zindagi for only one reason – Gauri Shinde, who directed a personal favorite of mine, English Vinglish – was also directing this picture. With English Vinglish, her debut film, Shinde not only managed to resurrect… Continue Reading
With Bollywood movies, one can always discern within the first ten minutes if a film has potential or not. If it does, I stick around. If it doesn’t, I make a run for it. In Mohenjo Daro‘s case, the Exit… Continue Reading
The hoopla has ended, the dust has settled and all we are left with is a very curious product in the form of a film attempting to shed light on Punjab’s rampant drug epidemic. Much to director Abhishek Chaubey’s chagrin,… Continue Reading
Two prodigal, NRI sons (Siddhalth Malhotra and Fawad Khan) return to India to tend to their ailing grandfather (Rishi Kapoor with heavy prosthetics) and resolve long-standing issues with their parents (Ratna Pathak and Rajat Kapoor). They also meet a cute… Continue Reading
When the Bollywood-going crowd ambushes a film in an act of Groupthink and J’accuse!, the film is not spared. Fitoor’s crime, as has been heard through the grapevine, is that it’s nothing more than a shallow affair that whitewashes the… Continue Reading