Beyond The Clouds

Motley Melodrama Celebrated Iranian Majid Majidi’s first film set outside Iran, ‘Beyond the Clouds’, has the master filmmaker capturing the sights and sounds of Mumbai’s slums and shanties, the red-light areas and prison cells – all against the backdrop of poverty and probity. After their parents’ death in a car crash, Aamir (Ishaan Khatter) is […]

Film Review: October

Unrequited Love The tagline, ‘This is not a love story, but rather a story about love’ threatens to wear thin after a while; but National award-winning director Shoojit Sircar reuniting (Vicky Donor, Piku) with his favourite  writer Juhi Chaturvedi manages to hold the viewer’s interest. Varun Dhawan plays 21-year-old Danesh (Dan) Walia, interning in various […]

Film Review: Blackmail

‘Comedy Of Terrors’: “Shake it up”, says Irrfan Khan’s boss, an order the former follows verbatim. Abhinay – son of Marathi and Hindi screen veterans Ramesh and Seema – Deo’s (Delhi Belly) latest, ‘Blackmail’ is a delightful take on infidelity which goes acutely out of hand in a vortex of blackmail and three deaths. Dev […]

Film Review: MISSING

Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Drama Rating: 2.5/5 121 minutes Director: Mukul Abhyankar ‘An Over-Cooked Plot’ During the investigations, Mauritius top cop Buddhu (Annu Kapoor) pensively remarks to his investigating officers “Bahut saare loopholes hain”. The viewer is left wondering whether the words refer to the case or the script. A couple, Sushant (Manoj Bajpayee) and Aparna […]