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The writer is a film critic and has been reviewing films for over 15 years. He also writes on music, art

Still from the movie Ribbon

Ribbon movie review: Unusual, layered, well-acted!

To add any more would ruin the wonderful screenplay that both Sandilya and co-writer Rajeev Upadhayay have delicately...

4 Nov 2017 12:56 AM IST

Kalki Koechlin and Richa Chadha are working with each other for the first time in Jia Aur Jia.

Jia Aur Jia movie review: Phoniest chick flick of the year!

The characters' development of friendship seldom pushes past insights predicated on a fundamental tension between...

28 Oct 2017 1:35 AM IST

Golmaal Again movie poster

Golmaal Again movie review: No logic, little heart, but fun!

Rohit Shetty is back with the fourth instalment of Golmaal franchise, titled Golmaal Again.

21 Oct 2017 3:18 AM IST

A still from the film.

Ranchi Diaries movie review: A mishmash of Bollywood potboilers

The film kicks comedy and exhilaration into high gear, treating the fantasy of robbing a bank like an elaborate mission.

14 Oct 2017 1:38 AM IST

A still from the film.

Victoria and Abdul movie review: No real conversation between them

Dench as the queen is a delight to watch. Every scene she is a part of, is owned by her: one doesn't look anywhere else...

14 Oct 2017 1:36 AM IST

Shraddha Kapoor in a still from Haseena Parkar.

Haseena Parkar movie review: Pointless drama that's pure drudgery!

The problem with Haseena both the character and the actor is the near half-heartedness with which she has been...

23 Sept 2017 3:37 AM IST

Sanjay Dutt in Bhoomi

Bhoomi movie review: Just another vendetta film

The film neither throws any light on how a rape survivor should be dealt with nor focuses on the trauma that a woman...

23 Sept 2017 3:30 AM IST

A young man Kishen Mohan Girhotra (Farhan Akhtar) from a small town in Uttar Pradesh gets accused of murder and lands him in Lucknow Central Jail where he awaits his high court trial for a death penalty.

Lucknow Central movie review: A bland, formulaic attempt with no...

Lucknow Central is quite nondescript as its title the kind of billboard commercials that one comes across while driving...

16 Sept 2017 3:45 AM IST

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Poster Boys movie review: The joke is on us!

It's surprising that Sony Pictures has elected to release such a bad movie in the midst of the hottest box office...

9 Sept 2017 6:59 AM IST

A still from the film.

Baadshaho movie review: It doesn't rise above the routine

The attempt of inducing any substance or emotional depth is quickly derailed by the story's loose approach to reason and...

2 Sept 2017 3:21 AM IST

A still from Qaidi Band

Qaidi Band movie review: Puerile plot, vacuous film

The biggest disappointment is its music: not a single track sounds exciting enough to be called a part of a music band!

27 Aug 2017 2:41 AM IST

A still from Partition: 1947.

Partition 1947 movie review: A slice of history that lacks depth!

The faith-based audiences would not have objected to the unapologetic manipulations in such an innocuous slice of...

20 Aug 2017 3:13 AM IST