Spoilers continue… Cooking is considered an everyday thing for women, so no one considers it an art or a special talent. For example, Shakuntala Devi is as special as the…
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Readers Write In #595: Satyaprem Ki Katha: This Sameer Vidwans directorial turns everything upside down post a solid twist to deliver a very effective drama
By Vishnu Mahesh Sharma The holidays are approaching and so is the star release. Over time, this combination of start and leave has become an increasingly commonplace and formulaic means…
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Despite a lot of starting trouble, ‘Satyaprem Ki Katha’, directed by Sameer Vidwans, is a pretty good issue-based drama with a big Hindi-cinema heart
Spoilers continue… Kartik Aaryan sells his character beautifully. I wish he would just pout that once in a while and drop that loud, obnoxious avatar that made him a star.…
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Mari Selvaraj’s ‘Maamannan’ is a solid drama, with a gripping first half and a generic post-interval section
Spoilers continue… The film, which stars Vadivel, Fahad Fasil, Kisi Suresh and Udayanidhi Stalin, has some great parts and some parts where the ideas don’t match the script. Mari Selvaraj…
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Om Raut’s ‘Adipurush’ is a sci-fi/fantasy take on Ramayana that’s high on visual effects and low on drama
Spoilers continue… At least Saif Ali Khan can grit his teeth and enjoy himself as Ravana. Prabhas as Rama and Kriti Sanon as Sita give us nothing. Om Raut’s Adiprush…
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Apoorv Singh Karki’s ‘Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai’ is an earnest, well-acted courtroom drama that needed more tension
Spoilers continue… Manoj Vajpayee’s performance is both an acting lesson and an incarnation on how to formulate a big speech and deliver it as if the words were coming out…
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Shamal Sulaiman’s entertaining ‘Jackson Bazaar Youth’ makes you think it’s a drama about the underprivileged before pulling the rug from under your feet
Spoilers continue… The film understands that the system is too powerful for a few angry youths alone to overcome. The most destructive idea is that if you want revenge, you…