Neither we nor B’wood gives Abhishek the love he deserves; Bob Biswas does
Aurat ki jo izzat na kare, woh mard nahin, murga hai
Watch it only if you want to kill 2 precious hours of your life
What to watch
Killer nanobots? That’s no way to die, 007
Do you hear voices inside your head?
The best thing about Shershaah is that it doesn’t star Akshay Kumar
News, News Stories, Uncategorized
Dilip Kumar, legend and Nehru’s hero, is no more
Sherni’s roaring politics is delivered by Balan with quietude
Mare of Easttown, which glows because of Winslet, is good. It’s not great.
Unbearably stupid, unimaginably boring
How to kill a dissident, Saudi style
There is life after some deaths
A teacher, a porn clip and the hypocrisy of a nation
Sharlto Copley’s bravura act as Unabomber makes Ted K stand out
An idiot film that thinks we are idiots too
Not a man of stellar reputation: Court
A resurrection, a hanging and a father in search of a home for his son
When gibberish pretends to have meaning
A black & white world glamourised with a feminine fantasy
Suitably nostalgic, suitably Bollywood
A charming story ring-fenced by a seriously anti-Dalit worldview
TIFF, Tiff 2020, Uncategorized
Meet Greta, a real ‘pain the a*se’ of world leaders
Woman, 69, raped. Where did you pause? At rape, or 69?
The mendacity of Duranty and the truth of Mr Jones
Movie Reviews, TIFF, Tiff 2020
And the Oscar goes to… Venessa Kirby
The female gaze: Lighting up and lightening the yakuza
The audacity of Regina King & the quartet of champs
Churails’ feminism: Sometimes fiery, sometimes faux
Serials, Telly, Telly Reviews, Uncategorized
The underbelly and the flat belly
Books, Movie Reviews, News, News Stories
Rishi Kapoor: The actor Vs the man
Movie Reviews, News, News Stories, Serials
Irrfan Khan, koi apna sa
The mindset game: An officer isn’t always a gentleman
Polls and the anatomy of a protest
The Good Hindu & Hindutva
Pop Went Culture 