Ajeeb Daastaans, On Netflix, Has Two Winners And Two Losers
A good thing about shorts is that the bad ones don’t make you suffer for eternity. Their ephemeral lifespan quickly takes you from one narrative to the next without boring you to death.
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Manav Kaul
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Ajeeb Daastaans, On Netflix, Is An Uneven Mix Of Mediocrity And Merit
If not for the well-performed purpose of Geeli Pucchi, Ajeeb Daastaans might have been a considerably diminished metaphor for storytelling
Ajeeb Daastaans, On Netflix, Is A Patchy Four-Film Collection
Anthology films are currently in fashion. The good thing about the format is that in most anthologies, there is at least one stand-out entry.
Saina Doesn’t Deviate From The Formula Of The Bollywood Sports Movie
Saina alternates between exciting match sequences and dull stretches that seem tacked together like a highlights reel of the athlete’s life
Saina Is A Humanity-For-Dummies Biopic Of An Iconic Indian Athlete
Did I learn anything new about Saina Nehwal that Wikipedia could not cover? No. Are we proud of Saina Nehwal? Yes. And perhaps that’s the only answer an Indian sports biopic cares for.
Trailer Talk: Saina, In Which Saina Nehwal Must Forge Her Own Path
Saina tells the story of Nehwal from her childhood in Haryana to her professional career and aim to be world number one
Nail Polish Is A Mishmash Of Courtroom Drama And Psychological Trauma
This 2 hour film isn’t entirely sure of what it wants to say, but is entertaining in its indecisiveness
What Would A Bollywood Remake Of Succession Look Like?
From Pankaj Tripathi as Logan Roy to Vikrant Massey as Kendall, here’s our dream cast for the Hindi adaptation of HBO’s Succession
Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyun Aata Hai Movie Review: An Unsubtle, Bewildering Fever Dream
Prostitution, pedophilia, middle-class apathy – there’s too much weight put on the half-baked script and the film collapses quickly
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Ghoul Review: The Demons Within
Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of the Netflix show, starring Radhika Apte, is its view of horror as more of an instrument than a language
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Tumhari Sulu Movie Review
Directed by Suresh Triveni, this film about a woman who becomes a radio jockey never gets too risque but Vidya Balan lifts the underdeveloped screenplay by just acting the hell out of it
