Veere Di Wedding was worth every micro second of the long wait if we go by famous words uttered by the ever-articulate Swara Bhasker: "It's taken 105 years for mainstream Bollywood to make a film about four girlfriends and none of them are falling in love with the same guy." Truth. We haven't had a high-spirited… Continue reading Veere Di Wedding: Of filter-free, fun and fabulous Veeres
Category: Filmmaking
Filmmaking
Raazi: Eye Spy
“Trust your instinct. It won't fail you,” Khalid Mir tells Sehmat Khan, a college girl, as he sets her up for an exceptional journey she is about to take. The sound suggestion comes after training her for just a month, soon she will be assigned on duty to spy on her husband’s family. Director Meghana Gulzar’s… Continue reading Raazi: Eye Spy
102 Not Out: Two men and an empty nest
At long last, a pair of old men share the driving seat in an emotional movie ride. Statistics tell us that women outlive men in their lifespans. But what happens when their partners perish earlier and men are left alone in the empty nest? With 102 Not Out, director Umesh Shukla makes a gentle and entertaining attempt… Continue reading 102 Not Out: Two men and an empty nest
October: Slow Cooked Love
October is like that rare, precious and real moment which arrives in our prescribed lives completely unannounced. Like a soft petal, or a floating cloud, or a silent wave. Filled with calm and spontaneity. Making us wonder what to do with it. Savour it? Live it? Run from it? Fast forward it? Solid, ready, and patient, it waits… Continue reading October: Slow Cooked Love
Pari: Date With The Devil
The devil is in the detail: a simple story is fairly layered in the way it is told. Prosit Roy's Pari is definitely not a fairytale. In fact, it is scary, gruesome and quite confronting to watch in parts. Yet I left the theatre with a fuzzy feeling after an evocative, emotional climax and post… Continue reading Pari: Date With The Devil
Pad Man: Bleeding Glory
F*** you Jauhar, Pad Man is here. There is something quite endearing about a man holding a sanitary napkin in his hand and bringing it to his woman in the nick of time. Women, please add this to your list of qualities for the perfect man's CV: must source sanitary pad without qualms. When that… Continue reading Pad Man: Bleeding Glory
Kamna Chandra: The writer who made Raj Kapoor give life to her story in Prem Rog
“No, I won’t narrate to his assistant. Main kahani Raj Kapoor ji ko hi sunaoongi.” Even as a newcomer trying to break through in the late 70s, veteran writer Kamna Chandra was at her assertive best with his secretary Harish Bhibhra while she was trying to persuade him to get her an audience with the… Continue reading Kamna Chandra: The writer who made Raj Kapoor give life to her story in Prem Rog
Tumhari Sulu
I couldn't look beyond Vidya Balan's face throughout Tumhari Sulu. She has more than enough expressions to hypnotise her audience. Even if I did, it's only when she was using her body to convey something about her character. This setup was for that idiot reporter who asked her that ridiculous question. Now here is… Continue reading Tumhari Sulu
Shubh Mangal Saavdhan
A mother and a daughter have the most hilarious conversation about Alibaba and him finding the cave. This was my favourite scene of Shubh Mangal Saavdhan. Sugandha and her mother start to discuss the topic of sex in a rather awkward fashion and then end up questioning assumptions regarding male sexuality. Erectile dysfunction does not cross… Continue reading Shubh Mangal Saavdhan
Toilet: Ek Prem Katha
This bride won't budge. She'd rather not do it, thank you very much. Defecating in the bushes before the crack of dawn is not her thing. And so it takes a village, some revolution and the whole nation to build the woman a toilet. Toilet: Ek Prem Katha succeeds on so many levels it is… Continue reading Toilet: Ek Prem Katha
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