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…
Tag: Shoojit Sircar
If variety is the spice of life then Shoojit Sircar is one of the spiciest filmmakers of India. With a career spanning over almost sixteen years, Sircar has directed films whose subjects…
In this week’s weekly roundup, I will be looking at two recent releases. Both coming out from the Bollywood bandwagon and essentially following the biopic format. The first of the two is…
Sardar Udham Singh, during one of his last days in the prison, says that the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, that took place on April 13, 1919, might be a footnote in the British…
Everything was badly hit in 2020. In a year where we spent most of our time inside the comfort of our homes, the cinema industry was reeling a grave loss too. Some…
Bollywood is still not done with the masala films, but an audience can always choose. I took an oath to stay away from cinematic thrash this year. While there where occasional let-downs: R. Balki’s Shamitabh & Anurag Kashyap’s Bombay Velvet to name a few, there where some really surprising films like Harshavardhan G. Kulkarni’s Hunterrr & Neeraj Pandey’s Baby. But Unlike last year, 2015’s mid-list had a lot of gems and the later part of the year mostly was cold, except three films in the list that follows:
