Film Festivals | MAMI | Review

Under The Shadow [2016] – JIO MAMI Mumbai Film Festival Review

By Shikhar Verma
The fear and anxiety in Babak Anvari’s Under The Shadow not only lurks around closed doors, broken windows, shady basements, restricted roads, terrorized neighborhood but travels almost everywhere. The universality of the fear, both supernatural and real, is terrifying to an extent where the human mind starts questioning everything. And what makes Under The Shadow a brilliant horror film is when it proves your guesses to be wrong in every other instance. It’s a smart,…
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Shikhar Verma
Film Festivals | MAMI | Review

Certain Women [2016] : JIO MAMI 18th Mumbai Film Festival with Star Review

By Arun Kumar
“Certain Women” is a remarkable and ambiguous study of gritty and gumptious individuals, cold-shouldered and unheard by the alienated community. Since director Kelly Reichardt’s camera only watches and listens to the existential threat faced by the characters without ever escalating the dramatic quotient, it demands a contemplative mindset to watch.
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Arun Kumar
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Ae Dil Hai Mushkil [2016]: The Grapes of Love

By Deloret Imnidian
In the end, Karan Johar’s much-hyped film about unrequited love comes off as a basketful of artificial fruits that looks delicious but is, unfortunately, inedible. Nonetheless, it is the most Joharistic film since Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, a crucial chapter in ‘Dharma’s Guide to Love and Friendship’ that also serves as a love letter to retro Bollywood.
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Deloret Imnidian