Mirzapur 3 Review: Has Markedly Less Tensile Strength Than The First Two Seasons
Saibal Chatterjee | Friday July 05, 2024Mirzapur 3 Review: The women of Mirzapur S3 are either alarmed spectators, unwitting victims or culpable participants as violence spirals. Two of them, Madhuri and Golu, know exactly what the deal is and are prepared for the consequences.
Kill Review: Hindi Cinema Has Never Produced Anything Quite Like This
Saibal Chatterjee | Wednesday July 03, 2024Kill Review: It is taut, tense and terrifically inventive with the acts of staggering violence that it executes inside the coaches of a train hurtling through the night. The film is definitely not for the squeamish.
Sharmajee Ki Beti Review: A Lively, Warm Film Buoyed By Flawless Performances
Saibal Chatterjee | Friday June 28, 2024Sharmajee Ki Beti Review: Sakshi Tanwar's ambitious working woman dividing her time between her home and her job is an epitome of tenacity. Divya Dutta's woman neglected and scorned is emotionally edgier and given to impulsive acts.
Jatt & Juliet 3: Diljit Dosanjh And Neeru Bajwa Turn The Clock Back Without Letting The Strain Show
Saibal Chatterjee | Friday June 28, 2024Jatt & Juliet 3 Review: As for anything else in the film that might seem to fall short, Diljit Dosanjh steps into the breach and leavens it with his charm.
Kalki 2898 AD Review: Prabhas' Film Has Firepower That An Aspiring Futuristic Franchise Needs
Saibal Chatterjee | Thursday June 27, 2024Kalki 2898 AD Review: Deepika Padukone, playing one of the central figures, is splendid as the pregnant woman on the run
Maharaj Review: Junaid Khan Tries Gamely To Rise Above The Tameness Of The Script
Saibal Chatterjee | Saturday June 22, 2024Maharaj Review: Jaideep Ahlawat towers over everything and everyone else in the film with an understated performance that exudes creepy mendacity.
Ishq Vishk Rebound Review: Pashmina Roshan, In Her Bollywood Debut, Is The Film's Primary Focus Of Attention
Saibal Chatterjee | Friday June 21, 2024Ishq Vishk Rebound Review: If there is one element in the film that is consistently solid, it is Rohit Saraf's performance in an author-backed role. Footage is apportioned equally between him and debutante Pashmina Roshan
Bad Cop Review: An Overly Hurried, Steadfastly Middling Thriller
Saibal Chatterjee | Friday June 21, 2024Bad Cop Review: It really is just another Bollywood potboiler stretched out into an eight-episode web series. It could, with the requisite permissions from the rights holders, well have been titled Karan Arjun 2.
Kota Factory Season 3: Jitendra Kumar Maintains His Equilibrium With Impressive Control
Saibal Chatterjee | Thursday June 20, 2024Kota Factory Season 3: Vaibhav, Balmukund Meena and Uday Gupta, as thick of thieves, navigate the highly competitive the IIT coaching ecosystem, personal crises and their romantic (or, in one case, platonic) liaisons with Vartika, Shivangi and Meenal.
The Watchers Review: Psychological Drama Heralds The Arrival Of Ishana Night Shyamalan
Saibal Chatterjee | Saturday June 15, 2024The Watchers Review: This is a film by a first-time director who clearly knows how crucial the location is. Ishana Shyamalan makes the most of it until the big twist in the end pushes the film in an all-too-familiar direction.
Chandu Champion Review: Kartik Aaryan Pulls Off A Career-Best Performance
Saibal Chatterjee | Friday June 14, 2024Chandu Champion Review: A one-man show but trust Vijay Raaz to turn a supporting role into something much more than that. When he is on the screen, Kartik Aaryan has to concede ground to him.
Blackout Review: Vikrant Massey Spares No Effort To Go With The Swing Of The Scrappy Film
Saibal Chatterjee | Saturday June 08, 2024Blackout Review: The film has the look of a hurried concoction that would have been better off being nixed at the scripting stage
Munjya Review: Rarely Spooky Enough To Deliver Jump Scares
Saibal Chatterjee | Friday June 07, 2024Munjya Review: The spotlight is on the eponymous creature but Abhay Verma as the boy struggling to hold on to his sanity does enough not to be overshadowed. Mona Singh, Sharvari Wagh and Suhas Joshi are all more than adequate in a film in which the focus isn't really on them.
Gullak 4 Review: The Series Retains The Edge Despite A Few Stray Passages
Saibal Chatterjee | Friday June 07, 2024Gullak 4 Review: Geetanjali Kulkarni and Jameel Khan, with performances of the first order, keep us invested in the daily grind that Shanti and Santosh Mishra are accustomed to. Harsh Mayar, Vaibhav Raj Gupta are always on the ball.
Dedh Bigha Zameen Review: Pratik Gandhi Shines Bright In A Desultory Film
Saibal Chatterjee | Saturday June 01, 2024Dedh Bigha Zameen Review: Pratik Gandhi is in nearly every frame of the film - that isn't a bad thing at all - but the maker of the film would have done well to give the supporting actors more to do.
