Gora Piggybacks on the Glorious, Messy Casualness of Ritwick Chakraborty
The Hoichoi series expects to get away with its shoddiness by having the actor in a role that needs him…
2 weeks ago
Bengali Review
Golondaaj on Hoichoi Turns A Great Real Life Story into a Preposterous Movie
The film's persistent reminders of Lagaan doesn’t help its case.
1 month ago
Mandaar, on Hoichoi, is a Visceral Epic that Intrigues and Entertains in Equal Measure
Actor Anirban Bhattacharya’s directorial debut has all the formulaic ingredients typical of an Indian web series: violence, sex, revenge, explicit…
2 months ago
Tokhon Kuasa Chilo is a Regressive, Confused Film Pretending to be Anti-Fascist
The film, set in present day pre election Bengal, stars Saswata Chatterjee and Soumitra Chatterjee.
2 months ago
Birohi, on YouTube, is the Cinematic Equivalent of a Locally Brewed Cocktail
Anything goes in Birohi, the village at the centre of Pradipta Bhattacharyya's web series.
3 months ago
Munshigiri, On Chorki, Is The ‘Literary Crime Thriller’ You Don’t Expect It To Be
Echoes of Amitabh Reza Chowdhury’s first film Aynabaji, also starring Chanchal Chowdhury, are built into his latest
3 months ago
Busan International Film Festival 2021 Review Roundup: The Rapist, Pedro, House Of Time And The Road To Kuthriyar
These Indian films all depict isolation, loss and grief in some way
3 months ago
Mukhosh, on Hoichoi, is hard to care about
Anirban Bhattacharya is wasted in Birsa Dasgupta’s remake of Malayalam hit Anjaam Pathiraa.
4 months ago
Once Upon A Time In Calcutta Review: A Heartbreaking Fairytale About A City That Survives
Premiering at the Venice International Film Festival, Aditya Vikram Sengupta's third film imbues poetry even in the most desolate scenes
5 months ago
‘Once Upon A Time In Calcutta’ Articulates Complicated Feelings For A Changing City
Aditya Vikram Sengupta’s third feature, that premiered at the Venice International Film Festival, is both his most ambitious and conventional…
5 months ago
Binisutoy Review: A Film about Companionship that Plays like a Puzzle
Atanu Ghosh’s new film, starring Ritwick Chakraborty and Jaya Ahsan, is not easy to like, and is all the more…
5 months ago
Srijit Mukherji’s REKKA, On Hoichoi, Is An Infuriatingly Shoddy, Incoherent Mess
REKKA is not the first show of its kind, and it’s not going to be the last. This is standard…
5 months ago