New Delhi, April 25 -- What we do in memes doesn't echo in movies. Studios want their releases to go viral so badly they'll try and reverse engineer such moments. But more often, the things that work ... Read More
New Delhi, April 20 -- For such a load-bearing scene, it moves with lightness and grace. A young woman arrives at an inn in a Chinese village. She orders food and wine but is interrupted by a group of... Read More
New Delhi, April 18 -- Little details tend to annoy when the broader experience is choppy. In the first half hour of Kesari Chapter 2, every musical choice had me scribbling notes. The generic sad son... Read More
New Delhi, April 13 -- Five skinny dudes turn up at the Alappuzha gym and announce that they want to learn boxing. The man at the desk says, that'll be a thousand in advance, plus monthly fees. The bo... Read More
New Delhi, April 4 -- One thing that separates the casual film watcher from the more obsessive sort is how quickly they realise they're in a oner. For those whose life is cinema, the absence of cuttin... Read More
New Delhi, March 30 -- Salman Khan can barely rouse himself to act anymore. Every director since Kabir Khan in Bajrangi Bhaijaan has had to work around the actor's limitations, to coax brief flickers ... Read More
New Delhi, March 28 -- A movie becomes more violent the further it gets from movie violence. Movie violence insulates. It excites, titillates, comforts. It reassures audiences that what they're seeing... Read More
New Delhi, March 19 -- J.M. Barrie, author of the Peter Pan books and an enthusiastic amateur cricketer of limited skill, said of his bowling: "If I have sent down a bad delivery I can always pursue t... Read More
New Delhi, March 14 -- Hindi cinema's pathological obsession with Pakistan is so consistent that I just take it as a given now. Sometimes a film so virulent and stupid comes along-Gadar 2 (2023), Figh... Read More
New Delhi, March 7 -- Star kid releases have become a toxic cycle in Hindi film. No one seems to derive any pleasure from them, yet there's one every month. As soon as a trailer drops, thousands of an... Read More