Against the usual norm of a hero introduction scene, Chhaava begins with a scene that introduces the villain. The villain here is Aurangzeb, often referred to in this film simply as Aurang, the last of the famous Mughal kings who ruled India. When the film’s promos started appearing, I thought it was another film based... Continue Reading →
Dhoom Dhaam – My Flash Review!
It is always a good idea to watch any film without any expectations. You mostly watch it casually, and more often than not, the film ends up being good. That’s what happened with this film – Dhoom Dhaam, which is streaming on Netflix. Boy meets Girl in a typical arranged marriage setting, and the marriage... Continue Reading →
Lucky Baskhar – My Flash Review!
This film with the title scripted as Lucky Baskha₹ was originally made in Telugu by Director Venky Atluri and I watched it in Tamil on Netflix. The title and its graphics tell that the film is about money and the hero’s tryst with it. A few minutes into the movie, it reminded me of at... Continue Reading →
G.O.A.T – My Flash Review!
G.O.A.T dropped on Netflix sometime this week and since I had not watched it on the big screen, I caught up with it over the weekend. This is what I felt at the outset. Director Venkat Prabhu narrates the overall outline of the story and gets a nod from Vijay to go ahead. The next... Continue Reading →
IC 814 – The Kandahar Hijack – My Flash Review & More!
The IC 814 flight hijack incident is one that is too embedded in the collective consciousness of a whole generation of Indians who were old enough to see it unfolding back in December 1999. As a nation, if there are few events for which we have not achieved closure, this would certainly be among the... Continue Reading →
Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil – My Flash Review!
Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil (In front of Guruvayoor Temple), a Malayalam film is directed by Vipin Das whose last film Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey was a terrific film on the feminism theme told in a satirical way. The director's reputation preceded this film as I started to watch it. However, Das makes this as a light-hearted... Continue Reading →
Laapataa Ladies – My Flash Review!
As the colourful credits roll, you are indeed taken back to the times of those Doordarshan serial days and you get a sense of what you should expect. The opening shot of a very young couple getting married in the hinterlands makes you wonder if it is a child marriage. This is 21st-century India and... Continue Reading →
The Kerala Story – My Flash Review!
The Kerala Story was released in theatres in May 2023. Yet, it found its way on OTT just recently. The reasons for this are not unfathomable. This film is reportedly based on real-life stories of Hindu/Christian girls from North Kerala getting radicalised and taken to Syria as part of an ISIS master plan. To a... Continue Reading →
Fighter – My Flash Review!
After War and Pathaan, filmmaker Siddharth Anand comes up with another full-on action film that feeds on the same theme of the Indian fauj taking on terrorists from the other side of the border. And what a time to release the film – The Republic Day weekend when already Nationalistic fervour is on a high... Continue Reading →
Three Of Us – My Flash Review!
After Kaathal, this is another film that is slow, poignant and heavy on emotion. You will not be alone if you felt that the film was a longish cinematic version of the sweet Vodafone commercial featuring a pug that follows a young boy wherever he goes (You and I, in this beautiful world…). A major... Continue Reading →
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