Darlings Film Review – Stridently Fresh and Refreshingly Measured

If there’s anyone in the Hindi film industry who never ceases to surprise audiences, it’s Alia Bhatt. This is her first foray into producing and fuck did she deliver; Darlings is one of the most stridently fresh films to come… Continue Reading

Is Hollywood Using Hijabis As Props?

Fans of the Harry Potter movies will remember the now successful actor, Alfred Enoch, as the black kid who always stood in the background and rarely, if ever, spoke. Despite appearing in the majority of the franchise’s eight films, Enoch… Continue Reading

Gangubai Kathiawadi Film Review – Alia Bhatt Is A Classic Dazzler In A Near Flawless Picture

Gangubai Kathiawadi is a softly, quietly powerful film. It astutely ebbs and flows through the gamut of elements of Nouveau Masala, through subtlety and grandiloquence, despondency and romance, comedy and drama. Alia Bhatt chews up the screen with a superfluous… Continue Reading

Gehraiyaan Film Review – Filmmaker Shakun Batra Plunges To New Lows

Let me preface this by saying that there is no one who is a more adoring fan of Shakun Batra’s first two films than me. I even listed Ekk Main Aurr Ekk Tu as the best film of the 2010s.… Continue Reading

The 10 Best And Worst Bollywood Moments Of 2021 – A Retrospective

  Five Best Moments //  Vicky and Katrina Tying the Knot We were in dire need a lift in 2021, a moment of pure escapism, and for many, it was seeing two of India’s Sweethearts tying the knot. The wedding was… Continue Reading

An Interview with Dhruv Sehgal For Kuwait’s Bazaar Magazine

I spoke to Netflix’s Little Things star, Dhruv Sehgal, on his show’s final season, his childhood in Kuwait and how his newfound fame changed his life. Click on the link below to read the interview in full: https://bazaar.town/dhruv-sehgal-kuwait/?v=85    … Continue Reading

Amazon Prime’s Mumbai Diaries 26/11 Review – A Bleak Maelstrom Of Emotions & Gore And An Honorable Tribute To The Heroes Of 26/11

Most of us remember where we were when we heard about 9/11. Indians, and those who are connected to India, however also remember where they were when they heard about 26/11. Bombay might have been the only target that day… Continue Reading

Let’s Get Real For A Minute – Malayalam Films Are Slightly Overrated

Before people come at me, I’d just like to set the record by saying that Adoor Gopalkrishnan is one of my absolute favorite Indian filmmakers. Mathilukal is a cinematic tour de force. But come on, let’s get real for a… Continue Reading