The Lunchbox (2013): Strangers Sharing Loneliness in a Claustrophobic Mumbai
Ritesh Batra’s debut feature The Lunchbox is a film about desperate loneliness shared by two strangers—Saajan Fernandez, a grumpy widower…
Split (2017) – A Spine Chilling Horror Tale
M. Night Shyamalan has always been pretty erratic when it comes to his filmography. He has given us some good…
Mukti Bhawan [2017]: Making Peace with Death
*It’s a Spoiler-filled Write-up, Read only if you have seen the film* The relationship between a father and his son…
Angamaly Diaries [2017]: Food, Romance, Gang Fights, and a little bit of Life
WARNING FOR FOODIES: Please carry a tub of your favorite food item before you enter the auditorium. Preferably two tubs….
Miss Sloane [2016]: An Aaron Sorkin Imitation
Aaron Sorkin, quite like Quentin Tarantino, has clearly past the reputation of being just a great screenwriter, rather he is…
Mukti Bhawan [2017]: A Delicate Meditation on Death & Salvation
At the ends of it all, the film sheds a spiritual light on the seemingly dark path to inevitable oblivion. Subhashish Bhutiani presents such a vivid sense of love, regrets, understanding and leaving things behind that, without much ado, you shed your soulless being and instantly lighten up. The film doesn’t just provide you with salvation, it gives your life and possible death a new meaning. A meaning that should be left to the understanding…
White Sun [2017] : Habitat International Film Festival 2017 Review
Rauniyar’s film slowly and assuredly becomes an important piece of cinema which gives to all the viewers an opportunity to look into the world we live in or should know about.
Fireworks Wednesday [2006] : Doubt & Remorse
Set against the Persia New Year that features people bursting firecrackers as a part of the Zoroastrian tradition, Asghar Farhadi’s Fireworks Wednesday is about the fireworks that happen inside the flat of a domestically disturbed family of three. Carefully orchestrated with nuanced character moments, the film observes the explosive relationship between a wife and a husband that is embedded with doubt and remorse and doesn’t seem to have a rightful end to it. While not…