Mohanlal joins the unit of 'Drishyam 2'
Reviews
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Review: Knock Knock Knock: Unusual, unsettling
Brevity is not always an essential attribute in cinema, while setting up narrative and aesthetic brilliance. Which is what makes the short film an exciting challenge. The ability to create an entire fictional universe within minutes is a craft quite unlike any other format of cinematic storytelling.
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Review: V: Nani's film is formulaic fun for fans
The story starts Sudheer Babu's entry as dashing DCP Adithya, busting a dozen-odd goons with gusto amid a Muharram riot. It's all in a day's work for the hunk in uniform, who is as much a hero among the masses as he is a darling of the media.
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Review: The Boys season 2: Gloriously gory and witty as ever
Lots of insanity, lots of blood, a little politics and loads of quirks. Season two of The Boys is a continuing toast to irreverence, taking the brutally bizarre superhero universe of the franchise to a new high.
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Review: JL 50: 'Desi' sci-fi takes flight
JL 50 comes as a happy reminder of the fact that Indian OTT is moving into areas where our mainstream storytelling normally never ventured before. The series is positioned as a sci-fi thriller.
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Review: C U Soon: Experimental entertainer
C U Soon, new-age Malayalam maverick Mahesh Narayanan's second feature film, slots itself in the category. Shot entirely on an iPhone in 18 days during lockdown, the film is a thriller that works up the tension quietly but surely in 98 minutes.
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Review: Sadak 2: Road to nowhere
Sadak 2 comes with a throwback whiff, though not a happy one. It reminds you of a lot of the kitsch that summed up Hindi commercial cinema once upon a time, which you thought had left the Bollywood screen for good.
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Review: Ramsingh Charlie: Of dreams and despair
By Vinayak Chakravorty
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Review: Aashram: Skeletons in Godman's own country
Jha sets his story in Kashipur town, turf of the self-ordained godman Baba Nirala (Bobby Deol). He wields mass hysteria in and around the place, and enjoys the unconditional obeisance of locals.
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Review: Mee Raqsam: Simplistic but relevant
There is something very earnest about Mee Raqsam that endears, about the way debutant director Baba Azmi tries using his story to reiterate a message that is all-too familiar yet always relevant.
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Review: Class Of 83: Bobby Deol broods in dim, grim film
In "Aurangzeb" director Atul Sabharwal's new film, Bobby plays Vijay Singh, a cop haunted by ghosts of his past, and consigned to a job profile that obviously spells a comedown in life.
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Review: The Gone Game: Lockdown thriller is a winner
Lockdown and Covid become tools to set up a smart thriller story in this limited series helmed by Nikhil Nagesh Bhat, which literally keeps the suspense behind closed doors.
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Review: Dangerous: Too amateurish to thrill
Vikram Bhatt products bear a trademark. The genre is normally thriller. The crime factor is juxtaposed onto inevitable sexual tension between the hero and the heroine. Music plays a big role. Content and execution often reveal, uh, foreign inspiration.
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Review: Khuda Haafiz: Old-school action drama
This time, Vidyut Jammwal keeps his shirt on for most parts. He is not much in the mood to fight either -- well, not at least to unleash the familiar choreographed martial arts blitz.
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Review: World On Fire: Of war and ordinary lives
World War drama for the screen always has a quaint allure. It has an element of predictability, too.
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Review: Gunjan Saxena: Set-piece biopic manages to regale
Gunjan Saxena's life unfolds as a set-piece biopic, played out to a pattern.
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Review: Bandish Bandits: Struggles to hit the right note
In an early scene, protagonist Radhe, played by budding actor Ritwik Bhowmik, strains to hit the right high note of a complex raaga. As the episodes roll, you realise the series itself is much like Radhe in that scene, struggling to hit the right high point.
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Review: Raat Akeli Hai: Whodunit with noir edge
Nawazuddin Siddiqui's new starrer falls back on such a formula to regale, which is actually a rarity in Hindi mainstream. "Raat Akeli Hai" departs from stock gimmick quota that often defines the Bollywood thriller, as an old-world suspense drama is served keeping in mind contemporary audience mindset.
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Review: Lootcase: Fine cast in funny form
The malady becomes particularly obvious in the case of comedy -- definitely the trickiest genre to write. Comedy needs to sustain pace and punchline in an incessant flow. A narrative that seems to run out of either begins to seem monotonous after a while.
