The remake of classic film “Ben-Hur” maintains a similar story line as the 1959 version but portrays an updated version perfect for the modern audience. “Ben-Hur” revealed life for civilizations allowed to stand following Rome’s occupation. Zealots gathered to fight while Jews were content to live in temporary peace. AmidContinue Reading
There’s nationalist fervour and jingoism running right through this cinematic interpretation of the scandalous Nanavati murder case that rocked the nation in the 1950s. You smell a rat right away. It’s at the entry of the naval officer hero Rustom Pavri (Akshay Kumar) framed against the tricolour fluttering awayContinue Reading
A cut above the formulaic sports-movie themes, BUDHIA SINGH – BORN TO RUN hits all the right buttons. The inspirational, soul-stirring story of the Odisha’s 5 year old wonder-boy Budhia Singh – the running sensation who took the world by storm is a brilliantly crafted, richly performed rare piece of Bollywood’sContinue Reading
It is a familiar tale of the chick aka common man’s fight against the hawk of a corrupt system. Madaari begins with Irrfan Khan’s voiceover sonorously telling us a story about the struggle between a baaz (a hawk) and a chooza (chick). It sounds real, he says, but not asContinue Reading
Italy/Vatican, 2016, 95 minutes, Colour.Directed by Luca Viotto. For those who have never visited them, an opportunity to see close-ups of Rome’s basilicas. For those who have visited, an opportunity to experience delight again, to reminisce and appreciate. With the advances in the technology of filming, digital mobility, processes ofContinue Reading
Notes on Blindness is an extraordinary film that wears its original genius lightly. The debut full-length documentary from directors Peter Middleton and James Spinney, it may seem complicated in its assembly, but has a final impact that is luminously simple. And to speak of a film whose immediate subject isContinue Reading
Sealed with that swag (read move, style, behavior) EKK ALBELA rekindles our love for the pioneer in Bollywood’s free style dance form – Bhagwan Dada who also got tagged as the ‘Indian Douglas Fairbanks’ (the legendary Hollywood action star). Director Shekhar Sartandel first (credited for assisting Mahesh Manjrekar in VAASTAVContinue Reading
Las Vegas lies in ruins. Burj Khalifa has been uprooted and rudely thrown back at earth. London and Singapore have been reduced to rubble. Petronas Towers have been destroyed. Only India and its landmarks continue to stand straight in the face of an unprecedented alien attack. You know what isContinue Reading
Genre: Drama Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Diljit Dosanjh Director: Abhishek Chaubey Abhishek Chaubey’s Udta Punjab is littered with standout scenes, but none matches the sledgehammer impact of the climax. Sudden, quick on the draw and stunningly to the point, it bringsContinue Reading
We often expect a thriller to keep the audiences literally on tenterhooks. So, when a film usually crawls, it makes the viewer impatient. This is perhaps the only flaw in Ribhu Dasgupta’s ‘TE3N’. The film has been produced by ‘Kahaani’ fame producer Sujoy Ghosh, whose name was enough to raiseContinue Reading
