The Kerala Story Review: A story marred by bad storytelling !

The Kerala Story ( 2023/ Drama/ Cinema Release) Written By – Suryapal Singh , Sudipto Sen, Vipul Amrutlal Shah Directed by – Sudipto Sen Cast – Adah Sharma, Yogita Bihani, Sonia Balani, Siddhi Idnani The intense hype, the accusation and defence flying to and fro , and the extremely polarised reviews are bound to make […]

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Gumraah Review: Absolutely Engrossing Suspense Thriller even if not perfect !

Gumraah (2023/ Suspense Thriller/ Cinemas) Director – Vardhan Ketkar Cast – Aditya Roy Kapoor, Mrunal Thakur, Ronit Roy Gumraah is a thriller that centres around a murder, two suspects and a mind bending investigation to nail the culprit. When the suspects are being played by an actor you so admire, that definitely adds to your […]

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Bholaa Review : Wish the great action,  style & cast was backed up by better writing

Bhola ( 2023/ Action Thriller/ Cinema Release) Director – Ajay Devgn Cast – Ajay Devgn, Tabu, Deepak Dobriyal, Sanjay Mishra, Gajraj Rao, Vineet Kumar Bholaa could loosely be categorised as a chase movie. There’s a huge cache of drugs worth “dus hazaar karor”. Obviously there’s chase around it.Some very interesting looking main baddies, one interesting […]

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Wakanda Forever Review :Emotional connect bogged down by lacklustre and cliched screenplay

Black Panther:Wakanda Forever(2022 / Action -Drama/ Disney Hotstar) Written and Directed by: Ryan Coogler Cast: Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke,Dominique Thorne,Tenoch Huerta Mejía Plot  Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M’Baku, Okoye and the Dora Milaje fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s death. As the Wakandans […]

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Gulmohar Review : Beautiful & Heartwarming drama that simmers but never quite boils over! 

Gulmohar ( 2023/ Drama/ Prime Video) Writers- Rahul V Chittella,Arpita Mukherjee Director – Rahul V Chittella Cast – Sharmila Tagore, Amol Palekar,Manoj Bajpayee, Simran, Suraj Sharma When I saw Gulmohar’s trailer, it reminded me of Kapoor and Sons. On the hindsight, I see many films that have been based around family relations, conflicts and dynamics, […]

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The Invitation Review: “ This invitation better be declined “ 

The Invitation ( 2023 / Horror/Thriller/ Netflix) Director -Jessica M. Thompson  Writer-Blair Butler  Cast -Nathalie Emmanuel,Thomas Doherty, Stephanie Corneliussen, Alana Boden, Hugh Skinner Plot After the death of her mother and having no other known relatives, Evie takes a DNA test and discovers a long-lost cousin she never knew she had. Invited by her newfound […]

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This Thriller keeps you Tense and on Tenterhooks !

I Came By (2022/ Netflix/ Crime Thriller) Director- Babak Anvari Cast – George Mackay, Hugh Bonneville, Kelly Macdonald, Percelle Ascott, Varada Sethu Toby is a rebellious graffiti artist, at odds with the system and society.  He breaks into elite homes, does graffiti , as he puts it, “ to show them a middle finger” ! […]

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 EEAO…. this film truly has everything everywhere all at once !!!

Everything EveryWhere All At Once ( 2022 / Comedy Drama) Writer /Director – Daniels(Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheniert) Cast: Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jenny Slate, Harry Shum Jr.  This phenomenal film boasts of 11 Oscar nominations, which might be a surprise for some, but not for me. But oh […]

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SRK hai na … kaafi hai !!! 

Pathaan ( Cinema Release/ Spy Action Thriller) Director – Siddhartha Anand Cast- Shah Rukh Khan, John Abraham, Deepika, Dimple Kapadia, Ashutosh Rana Slight Spoiler Alert ! When you have people’s hearts clamouring for their much starved dose of SRK, what do you expect ? Of course we’ll lap it up lock stock and barrel. And […]

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