Dhurandhar is scripted, directed, and produced by Aditya Dhar, whose earlier directorial outing was Uri: The Surgical Strike. If the "Josh levels" were high in that film, Dhar takes them even higher in Dhurandhar. Although the film opens with a long disclaimer stating it is purely a work of fiction, most viewers can tell that... Continue Reading →
The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assasination Case – My Flash Review!
I was in Chennai on my summer vacation break in May 1991 when the dastardly and gruesome assassination of Rajiv Gandhi happened. In the very early hours of that day, I was woken from deep sleep to hear the breaking news. Since then, I have closely followed every detail of the investigation that ensued. I... Continue Reading →
Kesari Chapter 2 – My Flash Review
The tagline for Kesari Chapter 2 states that it is an untold story of Jallianwala Bagh. Indeed, it is because we have not read about this story or its main protagonist, Sankaran Nair, in our history books. Therefore, first, kudos to the makers for dusting this story from the archives and presenting it as a... Continue Reading →
Amaran – My Flash Review
India’s Most Fearless, a book authored by journalists Rahul Singh and Shiv Aroor documents true stories of heroism and fearlessness displayed by Indian soldiers in the line of duty. I have read this book and its follow up volume which give an insider account of the acts of valour and bravery of our Jawans which... 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 →
Manjummel Boys – My Flash Review!
At the start of the film, we are shown a random marriage party scene where a random skirmish erupts between two rival groups of young men who were together in the past. The random fight is shown as eventually being settled by a tug of war, right at the marriage hall between the groups. The... 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 →
The Railway Men – My Flash Review!
When you watch The Railway Men, what strikes you most are the highly superior production values and the making of the series. I haven’t seen one in recent times on Indian OTT platforms that has taken such painstaking efforts to recreate an Indian heartland town of the 80s. For people like me who belong to... Continue Reading →
Khufiya – My Flash Review!
Khufiya on Netflix as the title suggests, is a spy thriller based on the book – Escape to Nowhere written by Amar Bhushan, who himself has served in the R&AW – India’s “Agency”. Vishal Bhardwaj, co-writer and Director of the film knows a thing or two about adapting popular novels to films as seen by... Continue Reading →
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