The first few events in Ullozhukku (Under Current), directed by Christo Tomy, happen in quick succession. Life falls through Anju’s (Parvathy) fingers before she can chart a plan. From a wide-eyed ...

In the midst of the pandemic, the Chhattisgarh police in Raigarh decided the best way to encourage public safety measures was to use Bollywood film dialogues in their posters, re-interpreting Bachchan ...

There is no mainstream filmmaker in India who – for over 35 years – has pushed himself and his art the way Mani Ratnam does, with each new film an attempt to challenge the boundaries of mainstream ...

When you watch enough bad movies in life, common sense goes for a toss. The most obvious things – like language – stop making sense. For instance, deep into the hellfire that is Wild Wild Punjab, I ...

Adarsh Gourav started his career as the younger Rizwan in Karan Johar’s My Name Is Khan (2010), alongside Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol (Khan essayed the older Rizwan). It was, however, the role of Balram ...

Tillu (Siddhu Jonnalagadda) is back and so is his deadpan humour. After being pulled by Radhika (Neha Sshetty) into a pool of dirt in the first film, he is scared of commitment on the personal front ...

Jithu Madhavan fully understands the excitement this thin plot can generate and instead of zooming past this idea to get to the “story”, he fills up the first half with some of the most random moments ...

Premalu’s biggest LOL moment takes place when the romance tries to address the biggest problem we see with its predecessors. In a clever bit of self-referentiality, it acknowledges its protagonist’s ...

The megastar has nothing to prove to anyone yet he continues to remain in the form of his life, a good four decades into his legendary career. His last two years, for instance, have included a wide ...

It’s an approach that doesn’t really require the makers to take a stand on a real incident, but this approach removes an element of authenticity you usually get easily in films based on real-life. So ...

The film tackles many complex themes such as parental sexual abuse, murder, superstition, death, grief, and redemption. But above all, it is a tale of female solidarity, strength, love, kindness and ...

Actors’ fees and a lacklustre promotional campaign are among the problems that industry insiders pointed to while dissecting the failure of the Akshay Kumar-Tiger Shroff film at the box office. In ...