Mumbai Saga Is A Spoof Movie In The Guise Of A Masala Movie
When a commissioner asks Savarkar, “What is this nonsense?”, I wanted to hug him and shout, “Ditto!”
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Mumbai Saga, On Amazon Prime Video, Veers Between Incoherent And Flat-Out Boring
On a good day, Sanjay Gupta’s films can be silly, entertaining fun. Today is definitely not that day.
Mumbai Saga Is An Inertly Acted And Criminally Outdated Crime Drama
Much of Sanjay Gupta’s new gangster film – as well as its filmmaking – is based in the 1990s
Mumbai Saga's Writing Is A Mess And The Acting Isn't Much Better
Sanjay Gupta has described Mumbai Saga as his most ambitious film but the ambition seems to be mostly expended on style and set-pieces rather than a coherent narrative or layered characters
Malayalam Films That Have Influenced Director VK Prakash
From Randu Penkuttikal to Arappatta Kettiya Gramathil, the director chooses films across genres that have inspired him over the years.
No Smoking: Appreciating Anurag Kashyap’s Psychological Thriller
No Smoking is not a perfect film, and not the director’s best, but it was brave in every way
Pagalpanti Movie Review: A Sloppy TikTok Video Stretched To A Torturous 2 Hours And ...
Pagalpanti is singularly unfunny. Stray jokes land but by the second hour, the film is an arid, flat wasteland that you must endure to get to the end credits
Pagalpanti Movie Review: A Film Which Dials Down The IQ Of Brainless Comedy
I’m all for harebrained comedies, but even nonsense needs to have a language.
Pagalpanti Trailer Talk: The Trailer Stays True To The Film’s Title
The film starring John Abraham, Pulkit Samrat, Arshad Warsi, Anil Kapoor and Ileana D Cruz, and directed by Anees Bazmee, releases on November 22
Why Milap Zaveri Went From Making Sex Comedies To Angry, Violent Films
Ahead of the release of Marjaavaan, the filmmaker speaks about the art of dialoguebaazi, his relationship with critics and why Satyameva Jayate was a direct response to the failure of Mastizaade
Batla House Movie Review: A Semi-Effective Police Portrait That Commits To Its Hero
Batla House is forced to take a stand. And it does, in good conscience. Which is more than can be said about other Hindi movies of whitewashed history
Batla House Movie Review: The Film Makes Its Point With The Subtlety Of A Sledgehammer
Scenes that capture his emotional landscape and his post-trauma stress don’t land. It’s far more interesting to see John Abraham in hot pursuit of criminals
