Sachin: A Billion Dreams (2017) Documentary Review: Humanizing the God
In a country where sport, essentially cricket, is one of the parameters of nationwide pride and patriotism, Sachin is,…
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In a country where sport, essentially cricket, is one of the parameters of nationwide pride and patriotism, Sachin is,…
There was a time when a Buddhadeb Dasgupta film would be welcomed with as much gusto as a Rituporno Ghosh…
My favourite moment in Nina Paley’s audacious and wildly funny animated satire comes when the shadow puppets strip down mythical…
Ritesh Batra’s debut feature The Lunchbox is a film about desperate loneliness shared by two strangers—Saajan Fernandez, a grumpy widower…
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 of the conscience and nothing more than that. “Mukti Bhawan” is an instant classic that will remain in my mind till I find myself in my own weary days.
Trapped is a ticking time bomb from the moment it starts. The premise of the film is undoubtedly marvelous, the…
Returning to grass-root indie grounds, Vikramaditya Motwane’s Trapped is a pretty basic survival film. What makes it interesting is the survival that doesn’t go behind locked closets, coffins or even terrible forest terrains, but right in the heart of the city that never sleeps – Mumbai.
At first glance, Garth Davis’ feature-film debut Lion (2016) seems to be a repeat of Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire (2008)…
Saroo Brierly’s incredible Google Earth story is a profound example of the popular saying that goes by “Truth is stranger…