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This section contains film reviews and musings around films in general. Exploiting the liberty of getting to choose the films I review, I have largely gone with the ones which moved or delighted or entertained me.

As each film is unique and has its own story to tell, which may vary widely in scope and subject, I feel comparing one with another does not often doing justice to either. Hence, the reviews on this site refrain from rating the films on a scale and are limited to a subjective commentary 🙂

Reviews

Indian Cinema

Pather Panchali

AparajitoSailing

Apur Sansar

Ray’s Calcutta Trilogy

Megha Dhaka Tara

Subarnarekha

Dosar

Noukadubi

Royal Bengal Rahasya

Moner Manush

Meghe Dhaka Tara (2013)

Raajneeti

Gangs of Wasseypur

Barfi

Swades

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

English Vinglish

Hasee Toh Phasee

Buno Haansh

Chander Pahar

Ebar Shabor

Ugly

Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!

Bombay Velvet

Tanu Weds Manu Returns

Labour of Love (Asha Jaoar Majhe)

Tamasha

Asomapto (Incomplete) (2016)

Village Rockstars (2017)

World Cinema

Children of Heaven

Autumn Sonata

Saving Private Ryan

Minority Report

Notting Hill

The Bridges of Madison County

Moneyball

Real Steel

The Dark Knight Rises

Where is the Land

Life of Pi

The Lone Ranger

Lincoln

Gravity

American Hustle

Interstellar

Jurassic World

The Jungle Book

Dunkirk

Killers of the Flower Moon

Miscellaneous/ Musings/ Commentary

Play Review: Tritiyo Onko, Otoeb

The Two Types of Cinema

Rituparno and Rabindrasangeet

The Worship of Mediocrity

Interstellar: A commentary on the human condition

Andhadhun: A rabbit’s story

A Suitable Boy (2020)

Westworld, Dark and The Man in the High Castle: An exploration of parallel themes and shared ideas

The Queen’s Gambit (2020): A few of my favourite things

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