Made in Heaven Season Two, Executed in Delhi
‘The Delhi wedding season is back on our calendars! It is time for the city to witness the grandest of weddings, planned & presented by the supremely talented and well-connected duo of Made in Heaven- Karan and Tara. The Amazon…
Revisiting Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani 10 Years Later
How many of you saw Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (YJHD) and thought, “Man, I really want to go trekking with my friends too”? I was 12 when this movie first came out and I am now 23. Over the course…
‘The Night Manager’: An Explosive Combination of Style and Substance
The Night Manager, the latest Disney Plus Hotstar series- a remake of the British series of the same name- feels a tad bit off-putting, considering how they split the story into two parts. The four-episode series will have its part…
Laal Singh Chaddha: The Adaptation of a Classic Gone Horribly Wrong
Before I start this review, I really think I need to clarify some aspects. Firstly, I am a huge Aamir Khan fan. I have thoroughly enjoyed most of his films, and I have tremendous respect for his film choices –…
Delhi Crime Fails to Live Up to its Legacy in its Second Season
The latest season of Delhi Crime, albeit shorter than the first, is nowhere near as excellent as the first. Season 1 focused on a national issue that had caused widespread agitation in the country in 2012. The 2019 season of…
Darlings is a Dark Comedy that Touches on a Delicate, But All-Too-Real Issue for Married Women in the Sub-Continent
For the first movie released under her production company, Alia Bhatt has selected a delicate subject like domestic abuse. The activist-style film urges women to confront violence head-on rather than attempting to bargain with the scorpion, the antagonistic husband in…
Ms. Marvel is a Wonderfully Wholesome Show that Highlights South-East Asian Culture but Skips Out on Plot and Villains
Ms. Marvel was always going to be a dicey play for Marvel, as it’s centered around the first Muslim superhero in the MCU. There’s no surprise that the show has ruffled the feathers of both racists- sorry, ant-SJWS and anti-woke…
Alia Bhatt Delivers a Career-Defining Performance in Bhansali’s Gangubai Kathiawadi
Duped into the sex industry at a young age, a sex worker daringly rises from a pawn to ruling over the same industry using her underworld connections to preside over the 60s gangland Mumbai. A magnetic performance from Alia Bhatt…
Anek is an Ambitious and Incisive Thriller that Spotlights an Often Overlooked Hotbed of Political Instability
Ayushmann Khurrana reunites with his Article 15 collaborator, director Anubhav Sinha, for an equally hard-hitting, almost abrasive film in Anek, which focuses on a subject rarely shown in Indian mass media: the unrest between the North-East ‘Seven Sisters’ states and…
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