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Continue reading →: CTRL (2024) Analysis – Beginning to Break Up – Part 1
So, I have watched this film many times since it was released, and I thought I would do an analysis on it, since the film has really caught by attention, and I felt like I couldn’t talk about it all in a review post without spoiling it all. But I…
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Continue reading →: Love Sonia (2018) – It Takes a Village to Do Evil
This is a dark film, just don’t watch it if you are not in the mood. This film does not pull any punches son the subject matter, so watch it with caution if you cannot take it. Summary: Sonia’s father sells her sister Preeti to pay off his debts. Sonia…
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Continue reading →: Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare (2020) – Femininity and Freedom
I had not yet seen this film, yet it was kinds lying on the search bar of Netflix for me. I guess because 2020 was the kind of year it was that there was so much going on, that I missed this film all together, and only years later have…
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Continue reading →: The Fall (2006) – Love Letter to Stories and the Wonders of Our World
This film is something which I have long been anticipating coming to MUBI. I’ve heard so many good things about and it is so nice to finally be able to see it!! Summary: In silent-era Hollywood, stuntman Roy Walker is brought to a hospital after an on-set accident. There, he…
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Continue reading →: Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham… (2001) – A Modern Classic That is Hard Not to Love
I had to get to the classics eventually, and I suppose what better to start with than the film we all have seen many times and love from our younger years. Summary: Rohan Raichand is returning from school back home when he makes a stop to greet his grandmother Lajwanti…
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Continue reading →: Joji (2021) – One Man’s Madness Into Murder
A long time ago I heard some really good things about this film. I had high expectations, especially since it is inspired by Macbeth by William Shakespeare. Summary: It is the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in India and on a rubber plantation in Kerala lives the Panachel-family; Jomon, the…
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Continue reading →: NH1O (2015) – Wild Wild Country
This is a brutal film, which I would not suggest seeing with a full stomach, and it hits on very important points as well, which makes it an interesting watch. Summary: Arjun and Meera are on their way to their holiday on the highway NH10 from Delhi when they witness…
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Continue reading →: Noor Jahaan (2018) – More a Romance Than a Remake
This film is based on the Marathi film Sairat (2016) (my review in link) and since I have already seen the Hindi remake (my review in link), I thought I’d watch the Bengali version of this story to see how much they altered or did not change from the original…
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Continue reading →: Eklavya: The Royal Guard (2007) – A Shakespearean Dharma Drama
This has to be one of my favourite films of all times. So happy to finally talk about it here! Summary: In the kingdom of Devigarh, Queen Suhasinidevi dies, and with her death secrets begin to open about the royal family. There is something rotten in the kingdom of Devigarh,…
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Continue reading →: Laapataa Ladies (2024) – Simple Feminism in a Sanitised Village
It seems that India has chosen this film to represent itself in the 2025 Oscars. So, I thought I’d check it out and review it. Summary: In the Nirmal Pradesh in 2001, Deepak is travelling with his new bride Phool Kumari to his village after the wedding ceremony. They get…
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