2023 proved to be Ranbir Kapoor’s biggest year in his almost two-decade career. His two films pulled in a staggering 1,200 crores. But in razor-sharp contrast to his peers (including his wife) who sustain their careers by choosing better scripts… Continue Reading
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
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
India’s sweethearts, Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt, have been blessed thus far in their six-year plus career with one success after another. Unlike most of their Bollywood peers, neither of them has ever seen a film of theirs crash and… Continue Reading
Gully Boy, a biopic on Mumbai’s slum resident turned MC megastar, Naezy, stumped me because it shouldn’t have worked. A blockbuster masala film that’s set in despondent Dharavi and whose two lead characters are practicing Muslims – a bold move in… Continue Reading
Yes, I not only had the honor of meeting the two greatest actors currently working in the industry (Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt) but also spent the better part of an afternoon with them! Don’t want to get too into… 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
“We should be optimistic about the prospect of Dear Zindagi not only ending Bollywood’s losing streak this year but also the possibility of it being an all-time great on par with its director’s past effort, English Vinglish” It’s safe to say… 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