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Continue reading →: Awaara (1951) – The Debut Film That Swept Half of the World Under its Thrall
This is a film which I felt needed a re-review, not only because of my new more analytical take on these film reviews, but also just because it is a classic and deserves an in-depth look at it. Hope you enjoy this one! Always happy to do these re-reviews, since…
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Continue reading →: The Lunchbox (2013) – Feel Good Feast For The Soul
This film returned to my life after a while for doing another project for a family event coming later on, and I felt that it was time to watch it again, then write this review of it! Spoilers for the film below! In Mumbai, Maharashtra, a young wife and mother…
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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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