Irrfan Khan’s demise came as a severe jolt earlier this year, leaving a void in the industry that will be difficult to fill. There has perhaps never been a Hindi film actor…
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2019 has been a strange year for Indian films, especially Bollywood movies. Zoya Akhtar and Ranveer Singh’s ‘Gully Boy‘, much raved about, was a missed opportunity. It left me cold by the…
The Best Bollywood movies in 2019 tried real hard to get out of the conventional big-budget fiascos. They focused on small, intimate, family dramas that talked about real issues. There was also…
Like every other year, we have made our anticipated list by digging deep enough to find little independent gems that are going to dazzle us in time. Here are the 70 most…
Our Souls at Night [2017]: An Enjoyable Low-Key Drama about Elderly Bed-mates In many film industries around the world, there’s this absurd notion to make films that only appeal to the young…
Ritesh Batra’s debut feature The Lunchbox is a film about desperate loneliness shared by two strangers—Saajan Fernandez, a grumpy widower who is about to opt for voluntary retirement; and Ila, a housewife…