Guilty starts Kiara Advani is the lead role.

Guilty: Finally, a Bollywood film that actually gets sexual abuse

Cleverly written by three women, Guilty pulls off quite a feat for rape-ambivalent Bollywood

16 Mar 2020 8:33 PM

Thappad can not just make you re-examine those incidents, but it can also insert a disquieting voice inside as you do so, one that says what you were feeling then, matters.

Thappad movie review: One tight slap to patriarchy and its power-play

Thappad opens with a montage of scenes in which characters are introduced through some common themes.

29 Feb 2020 7:00 AM

The mindset game: An officer isn’t always a gentleman

The Supreme Court did not stay the high court order, and yet the government didn’t implement it for nine years.

23 Feb 2020 3:38 AM

SMZS is a joyous film with a dizzy, crazy pace.

Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan movie review: Gay love in the Indian family

Aayushman here plays the catalyst for syappa and change and is often made to carry the heaviest dialogues.

22 Feb 2020 6:29 AM

Review: Be afraid, be very afraid. They could make a sequel to 'Bhoot 1'

How spooky is it really if everyone except the characters knows there's a bhoot about?

21 Feb 2020 1:21 PM

Review: Kal, Imtiaz Ali’s films were irritating. Aaj, they are insufferable

You're better off glaring at the head of the guy in front

14 Feb 2020 4:12 PM

Muslim women sit in a protest against CAA/NRC at Shaheen Bagh in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Photo: Bunny Smith)

Shaheen Bagh: Silent roar of the lambs

Two women in the security-check tent also had black bands covering their mouths.

12 Feb 2020 4:41 AM

Shikara should have also declared that it has simplified the story to let nothing interfere in the narrative of the tragedy of a people.

Shikara movie review: Kashmiri Pandits, with a saffron spin

Shikara declares, at the very onset, that it has mostly used real refugees and not actors for an authentic look and feel.

08 Feb 2020 1:16 AM

Aditya Roy Kapur is quite cute and in the film he is not allowed to keep his shirts on for very long.

Malang movie review: Madness of the boring kind

A cat and mouse game begins where cops chase killer to save cops, but the killer is always a step ahead.

08 Feb 2020 1:11 AM

Writer-director Nandita Das with Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who plays Manto

Living with Manto, finding Mantoiyat

Manto the film was critically acclaimed, not just at Cannes, but at several international films festivals.

07 Feb 2020 1:37 AM

A Shaheen Bagh protester holds up a slogan in support of the Constitution.

Shaheen Bagh: How a peaceful protest became a ‘mudda’ for BJP

There's no guessing where this long train of events from 'Chakka Jaam' to 'goli maaro gaddaaron ko' is going

04 Feb 2020 8:50 AM

Sharjeel Imam (L) and Aasif Mujtaba. (Photo: Reuters)

Shaheen Bagh: how the peaceful protest became a ‘mudda’ for bjp

Polls & the anatomy of a protest.

04 Feb 2020 1:26 AM

Street Dancers and Rule Breakers often have dance face-offs which Inayat’s group wins, but then she returns with her head covered to her conservative Muslim family.

Street Dancer 3D Movie Review: Simple film made grand by its rousing finale

Till now, dance and talent reality shows relied on a heavy dose of filmy drama to catch our attention and keep us engaged.

25 Jan 2020 3:37 AM

In Panga, that dream, that yearning, is pivoted on real talent and achievements and is nurtured by more than just self-belief. It is cradled by a supporting family.

Panga Movie Review: Team Panga, take a thigh-five

One half of Panga is devoted to reminiscing and yearning for the life left behind.

25 Jan 2020 3:32 AM

It is to the film’s credit that it manages to turn even this act of saving a widow from burning herself over her husband’s pyre into some sort of evil design.

Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior - Thrilling action flick marred by twisted agenda

The broad outlines of the story are true and based on the Battle of Sinhagad that took place on the night of February 4, 1670.

11 Jan 2020 1:18 AM

The writers have not so much cast Deepika as Laxmi, but have cast Laxmi, the girl who wanted to compete in Indian Idol, as a Bollywood heroine.

Chhapaak movie review: Brave and significant, but also very filmy

One reason for that, of course, is that in the patriarchal priority list, women’s sexual violation is a blot on the khandan, acid attack not quite.

11 Jan 2020 1:14 AM

On certain family occasions in the film, this outer ring tightens to stifle the inner one, which consists of the husband and wife.

Good Newwz movie review: Baap kaun? Doesn’t really matter

In Good Newwz, this audacious message sits inside two circles, or in the womb of the small circle crouching inside a larger one.

28 Dec 2019 2:15 AM

Salman Khan is physically very stiff or he has a terrible case of piles.

Dabangg 3 movie review: Chulbul Pandey is dead! Long live Chulbul Pandey!

Irritating other people’s crotches gives this dim Chulbul many jollies.

22 Dec 2019 7:05 AM

Mardaani 2’s last scene, powered by Rani Mukherji’s superb acting as she channels her character’s raw rage, is iconic.

Mardaani 2 movie review: Powerful performances that dip into our rage

Mardaani 2 is short, and its very clever editing adds tension, pace and heightens suspense.

14 Dec 2019 1:42 AM

Pati Patni Aur Woh, written by Kamleshwar and directed by B.R. Chopra, starred Sanjeev Kumar, Vidya Sinha, Ranjeeta and oodles of raunchy, forbidden fun.

Pati Patni aur Woh movie review: A rather dull remake of a lewd affair

This Pati Patni Aur Woh, set in Kanpur, 2019, has a mild twist in terms of the characters.

07 Dec 2019 1:29 AM

Suparna Sharma