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Continue reading →: Aiyyaa (2012) – Desire Amongst the Realm of the Senses
This is a re-review since the one I made before was not really a review or an analysis or anything like that. So, changing that now with this one with more analytical skills, as well as more maturity. Synopsis: Meenakshi is a Marathi Brahmin woman with a bad luck of…
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Continue reading →: Veerana (1988) – Wonderful Aesthetics, Weak Plot
Back again with the lower grade Hindi cinema here. This time with an all time classic! Synopsis: Mahakal is is a God in league with the Devil, as well as with Witches who serve him. One night after one of their servants had been killed Thakur Mahendera Pratap Singh goes…
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Continue reading →: All We Imagine as Light (2024) – The Raw Beauty of Unfulfilled Desires
There is something about a film that just grabs you, pulls you into its world, and this film did it with me as I watched it, drowning in its beauty within the frame and its simple but effective storytelling. Synopsis: Prabha and Anu are migrant workers from Kerala working at…
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Continue reading →: Khoobsurat (2014) – A Disney Fairy Tale for the Modern Age
I had not seen this film for a while so it was time for a re-watch and it just made me fall in love with it again. Synopsis: Mrinalini “Milli” Chakravarty is a physiotherapist who takes a job working for the paralysed King Shekhar Singh Rathore in Rajasthan. There she…
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Continue reading →: Chameli (2004) – A Night in the Life of a Sex Worker
I think I had tried to watch this film before, but couldn’t complete it. So now, watching it again the whole way through, I found myself enjoying what I saw. Synopsis: On a rainy night in Mumbai, Aman Kapoor, an investment banker, meets the street-smart but cheerful sex worker named…
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Continue reading →: Gumnaam (1965) – A Masala Thriller With Fun Songs
Venturing again into the 1960s with this classic film! Synopsis: A man named Khanna arranged the murder of Seth Sohanlal and who makes three mysterious phone calls after the event after paying off the driver who hit the drunk man. Khanna then calls Seth Sohanlal’s niece Asha who screams from…
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Continue reading →: Aarzoo (1999) – Sangam With Assassinations
This is one of those films that has to be seen at least once. It is by no means perfect, but it has a good heart, even though it ends up being a wild ride with twists and turns to an ordinary love triangle we have definitely all seen before.…
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Continue reading →: Laal Singh Chaddha (2022) – Please All, Offend None, Centrist Filmmaking
So this is a long review/analysis that borders more on the analysis part. It is a bit long, I had a lot to say, and after watching the film a couple of times I finally landed on my thoughts on it. Years later after the film came to OTT but…
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Continue reading →: Nadaaniyan (2025) – An Undercooked Romance Inside a Pro-Divorce Story
Hoy boy, the film which had no expectations, delivering on some, while definitely going to be Meme fodder for the internet for the foreseeable future. Synopsis: In an elite South Delhi high school Pia Jiasingh has just told to her two friends Rhea and Sahira that she has a boyfriend.…
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