Aan Tiwari honoured with Best Child Actor award for Baal ShivReviews
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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.
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Review: Shakuntala Devi: Adds up to one-time watch
In "Shakuntala Devi", director Anu Menon uses a similar tack while dissecting her subject, in a far more mainstream language. Shakuntala Devi was a phenomenon.
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Review: French Biriyani: Cooks up a kooky dish
There is only one way to make a slapstick comedy: Keep the jokes coming, and keep them funny. There is only one way to enjoy a slapstick comedy: The jokes are so funny that you forget what language they are in.
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Review: 'Dil Bechara': Sushant Singh Rajput leads a stellar cast
This is the last time Sushant connects with his fans doing what he did best -- acting -- and he does so in a film about death. Watching him go, you are reminded once again he was an artiste who could simply, effortlessly turn a mundane scene into something endearing.
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Review: 'A Confession': Layered retelling of a crime
Most Indian lovers of crime drama would instantly recall Martin Freeman as an affable Dr Watson to the Benedict Cumberbatch avatar of Sherlock Holmes. His new outing, a starring role, gives Freeman a deeper involvement as a lawkeeper in the plot.
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Review: 'Law': Like a nineties B-grader
Decades ago, the Amitabh Bachchan-Rajinikanth courtroom drama "Andhaa Kaanoon" was themed around a basic question about law and justice. Does one necessarily have to be ethical while using the law to obtain justice?
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Review: 'Cursed': Fantasy drama lacks enough magic
Frank Miller and Tom Wheeler have reimagined their graphic novel "Cursed" as an OTT screen-sized adventure. The 10-episode show essentially looks at the legend of Arthur through the perspective of Nimue, the young heroine who would go onto become Lady of the Lake in Arthurian fable.
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Review: 'Virgin Bhanupriya': Runs out of gags
Geeky good girl in the dire need to lose virginity chases dashing bad boy to get the needful done. So, what happens next? If you are really dying to know, then that could be the sole urgency driving you to sit through Urvashi Rautela's new starrer.
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Review: ‘Undekhi’: Served with understated menace
The crime drama must be among genres that have benefitted the most with the advent of OTT in India, what with filmmakers pushing the envelope as never before in terms of concepts and treatment. "Undekhi" does not explore any unusual crime.
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Review: ‘The Old Guard’: Old gore meets new spunk
In "The Old Guard", Charlize Theron and her bunch of trigger-happy cronies are immortal mercenaries, which means they don't die under any circumstance.
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Review: 'Breathe: Into The Shadows' is too longwinded to thrill
"Breathe: Into The Shadows" can be nutshelled in a few lines: If you are willing to suspend logic, the show builds up an amount of intrigue till about episode five, the end of which tosses a big spin in the story.
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Review: 'Alex Rider': Spy games that schoolboys play
James Bond beware, the spy kids are taking over. Teen action queen Hanna returned for a second season blitz only the other week, and now here comes Alex Rider -- new teen spy on the block. Alex is Brit and suitably suave, just like Bond, and he reports to MI6. Plus, "Alex Rider" the series gets a very Bond-ish opening theme song too, before the spy games kick in.
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Review: 'On Becoming A God In Central Florida': Super show
Robert Funke and Matt Lutsky's oddly titled but amazingly executed "On Becoming A God In Central Florida" utilises its structure of a web series and spreads the idea over 10 episodes. By turns dark, comic, shocking and brutal, the show remains absolutely absorbing as slowburn storytelling settles in.
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Review: 'Desperados': Circus of comic cliches
Take "Bridesmaids", add a dash of "Girls Trip" with a sprinkle of "Bad Moms" thrown in, and voila! Cooking up a rom-com yarn about three very confused ladies never seemed easier.
