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Continue reading →: Veer-Zaara (2004) – A Love Letter to a Punjab Without Borders
This is a re-review of the film since the one I made long ago was not my best work, and so changing that with this one. Have matured and all that, and I have more to say about this film. Synopsis: In Lahore, Pakistan, Veer Pratap Singh is a prisoner…
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Continue reading →: Devara: Part 1 (2024) – NTR Jr. Swims and Rides A Shark!
It has been a while since I’ve watched a Telugu masala. Saw this was on Netflix and was intrigued! Synopsis: In 1996 the police are in search of arms dealers and smugglers which leads them to a fishing village by the Red Sea where Singappa tells them a story of…
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Continue reading →: Bramayugam (2024) – Madness of Power
I know Halloween/Samhain has already passed, but for cinema lovers it is always a good time for horror. I only just discovered this director for myself, and so I thought it would be good to watch his films, since I love horror, and to start with the most semi-recent work.…
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Continue reading →: Param Sundari (2025) – Stereotypes and Superficial Love
It took me a few tries to get through this film, but I finally did it. There just something that you know feels “off” even for someone non-Indian like me, and this film just has that “off” feeling near constantly. Synopsis: Param Sachdev is a North Indian who uses his…
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Continue reading →: Saawariya (2007) – Dreamers In A Dream World of Dostoevsky by Bhansali
What to say about a film which was not a hit or ahead of its time, but instead feels like the unguarded fever dreams of a director with too much power and who decided to reject the audience by having reality be something to be disposed of almost all together.…
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Continue reading →: Dhadak 2 (2025) – Of Honor of the Self and to the Original Tamil Film
Wow! That is the first thought I had after finishing this film. This film had a lot of things making me favour it, with things I had heard from the news and the trouble it had had with the Censor Board for being so blunt with its messaging, and yet…
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Continue reading →: Lilya 4-ever (2002) – The Abandoned Are Their Own Guardian Angels
This is by no means a graphic film, and indeed it shies away from being graphic or brutal in anything but implication. I would say it is a movie if you are an elderly teen and up you should watch, but because of the bleakness of the subject matter of…
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Continue reading →: Saiyaara (2025) – Reminded Me Why I Love Indian Cinema
First off, if you have not seen this film, then I highly recommend you do so! No, it does not invent the wheel, but it has so many good things going for it which I get more into in the review. But this is a film that deserves to be…
