Buno Haansh (Dir.: Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury; Cast: Dev, Srabanti, Tanushree et al.) Warning: This review may contain spoilers! Buno Haansh, director Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury’s latest film starring Dev is based on a story by the popular author Samaresh Majumdar. The storyline follows the trajectory of a guileless young man’s descent into a world of…
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Review: The Bridges of Madison County
The Bridges of Madison County (Dir.: Clint Eastwood; Cast: Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep et al.) In the first few minutes of? The Bridges of Madison County, you get an idea of the general direction the story will take. Essentially,?The Bridges of Madison County is a story of a relationship of two people. A relationship which…
Review: Hasee Toh Phasee
Hasee Toh Phasee (Dir.: Vinil Mathew; Cast: Parineeti Chopra, Sidharth Malhotra) Nikhil (Sidharth Malhotra) is visiting a wedding when he falls in love with the bride’s sister, Karishma (Adah Sharma). Jump to seven years later: Nikhil and Karishma are engaged to be married in a week at the end of a seven-year courtship. Cue for…
Review: Dosar
Dosar (The Companion) (Dir.: Rituparno Ghosh; Cast: Konkona Sensharma, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Chandrayee Ghosh, Pallavi Chatterjee, Parambrata Chatterjee et al.) Koushik (Prosenjit Chatterjee), on the way back from a short (supposedly official) trip with Mita, his married colleague with whom he is having an extra-marital affair, meets an accident. While the accident claims Mita’s life, it…
Review: American Hustle
American Hustle (Dir.: David O. Russell; Cast: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence et al.) American Hustle is the top dog at the Oscars this year with 10 nominations, including the big ones for Best Motion Picture, Best Director and Best Performance in Leading and Supporting Roles for both actors and actresses. It…
Review: English Vinglish
English Vinglish (Dir.: Gauri Shinde; Cast: Sridevi, Adil Hussain, Mehdi Nebbou et al.) English Vinglish is a little gem ! Gauri Shinde’s story of a simple Indian housewife-entrepreneur (yes, you read that right!) and her little act of courage to earn respect from her own family is feel-good, funny and tear-inducing- all at the same…
Review: Gravity
Gravity (Dir.: Alfonso Cuaron; Cast: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney et al.) Gravity is a tremendous experience. I can’t say if this comes closest to experiencing space without being there, because: first, I haven’t been there and second, this is the only space-themed 3D movie I have watched. Having said that, Gravity sure is “one hell…
Review: Lincoln (2012)
Lincoln (Dir.: Steven Spielberg; Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones et al.) The Steven Spielberg-directed Lincoln won two Oscars. But it could have easily won a couple more. Dealing with a momentous period in the life of the larger-than-life Abraham Lincoln and the events around him in his final years, the film achieved…
Review: The Lone Ranger (2013)
The Lone Ranger (Dir.: Gore Verbinski; Cast: Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer et al.) I watched The Lone Ranger on a flight entertainment system on a long flight back home. It is an ideal film for such purposes: passing time and having a few laughs on the way. Some have described the film as “Jack Sparrow…
Review: Tasher Desh (The Land of Cards)
Tasher Desh (The Land of Cards, Dir.: Qaushiq Mukherjee; Cast: Tilottama Shome, Rituparna Sen, Anubrata Basu, Imaad Shah et al.) Tasher Desh is Qaushiq Mukherjee’s vivid, violent take on Rabindranath Tagore’s eponymous play. Qaushiq (or Q) bases his film on Rabindranath’s timeless work and uses the play like a tool to create something very novel,…