Haseen Dilruba Film Review – Vinil Mathew’s Sophomore Slump Is A Steaming Pile of Vacuity

The sorely underappreciated 2014 rom-com Hasee Toh Phasee, a collaboration between two diametrically opposed production houses (the larger-than-life Dharma Productions and the doom-and-gloom Phantom Films), introduced us to then new filmmaker, Vinil Mathew. He seemed very promising. Hasee Toh Phasee… Continue Reading

Thappad Film Review – A Nuanced, Gorgeously Told Remake. Yes, Thappad Is A Remake…Of Sorts

In one of the first scenes in Thappad, a film about a doting husband who unexpectedly assaults his loving wife for the first time at a party, I noticed a Gustav Klimt (Austrian symbolist artist) painting on the wall which tells me… Continue Reading