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Continue reading →: Chhapaak (2020) – A Slow Moving Battle After an Acid Attack
I watched this film when it first came out with my mother in the cinema, but I have not watched it after that, but now it felt like a good time to see it once more. Spoilers for the film below! In December 2012, a reporter named Alka meets with…
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Continue reading →: RRR (2022) – A Roaring Anti-Colonial Rampage With Questionable Homegrown Politics
This review was a long time coming, so yeah, prepare for a big one with this if you skip the film plot summary in the beginning. Spoilers for the film below! In 1920, during the British Raj, the Governor Scott Buxton and his wife Catherine visit the village in the…
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Continue reading →: Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women (2003) – Womanhood at a Time of a Gender Apocalypse
A movie which is not for everybody, because of its subject matter, which is important, but it is not a perfect movie. It gets its message across, but in a way which is not intersectional, nor does it acknowledge any oppression not centered on women or the strict gender binaries. …
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Continue reading →: Nazrana (1987) – Marriage Melodrama and Blatant Colorism!
This is one of those films which was a hit in the 1980s, though overshadowed by larger blockbusters, and rarely seems to be remembered now. I don’t know why, but I do have a kind of fondness from films of this time, even if like this film the scripts are…
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Continue reading →: Gargi (2022) – The Monsters Are Very Human
This is a re-review, because the one I originally made was not as detailed, and I hardly dove into the films uncomfortable themes as I should have. So, changing that now, with more maturity and analysis skills at hand. Spoilers for the film below! In Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Gargi is…
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Continue reading →: Gully Boy (2019) – Rising Through the Power of Rap
Having recently been re-discovering Indian hip-hop this film seemed like a must watch, and what a splendidly made film it is! Spoilers for the film below! Murad Ahmed lives in the Dharavi slums in Mumbai, Maharashtra, with his alcoholic and abusive father Aftab Shakir Ahmed, his younger brother, and his…
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Continue reading →: Taal (1999) – A Long Rhapsody on Love Across Class Lines and Music Genres
This is a re-review because I wanted to see this film again with new eyes. It was also the 27th anniversary of this film recently and I wanted to see it because of that, but also because even though it is flawed it is still a great film. Spoilers for…
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Continue reading →: Main Vaapas Aaunga (2026) – Memories of the Partition so that the Present Never Forgets
This is a film which took a few watches to fully comprehend, and it is a brilliant film, if imperfect, yet something in its imperfections make sense. A film which honestly needs to be watched a few times, since it has a pace and story which will make you cry…
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