Udta Punjab Review – Not An Exciting Exposé, More Like A Total Buzzkill

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

Why I Suspect PK will be a Major Hit in Japan

PK, the provocative Aamir Khan film that harbored a potent anti-organized religion message, conjured up multiple shit storms everywhere it played in India but industry analysts should predict positive yields during its Japanese box office run this October. The Bollywood… Continue Reading

Don’t Worry India, The American Film Rating System Is Way More Fucked Up

When rumors were making the rounds that India’s Central Board of Film Certification issued a non-permit for the release of Udta Punjab, citing “excessive swearing, abusive language and drug consumption” as the reason, many Indians on the Twittersphere went berserk.… Continue Reading

Jim Sarbh On Playing A Palestinian Terrorist in A Bollywood Film, The Israel/Palestine Conflict & The Future of Indian Indie Cinema

Sarbh sounded groggy. I realized I just woke him up and instantly felt a rush of guilt come over me. “I’m sorry, did I wake you? We could do this some other time.” “No, it’s cool man, we just finished shooting… Continue Reading

Kapoor & Sons Review – Turning Bourgeois Melodrama Into High Art

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

Fitoor Film Review – Charles Dickens is Alive And He Lives In Kashmir

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