Apologies for taking so long to get to this film, I just needed some time for the conversations around Twitter to cool down about it, then I was sick, and also have a life apart from this blog, hence the long wait for those who have wanted this review from me. I just needed to … Continue reading Tere Ishk Mein (2025) – Fire, Water, and Self Destruction
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Hamnet (2025) – For Grief is Crowned With Consolation
After a long time I went to the cinema, seated myself in a chair, and from a seat far back I watched this film. I was not able to see all the acting details, since I was not as near seated as I wished, but I still saw this film in a movie theatre, with … Continue reading Hamnet (2025) – For Grief is Crowned With Consolation
Dhurandhar (2025) – Brutal, Bloody, High Class Propaganda
There are some films which you have seen and heard so much about you just have to watch them for the sake of watching them if nothing else. This is the case for me with this film, a kind of film I would never watch on the big screen, and who I know I am … Continue reading Dhurandhar (2025) – Brutal, Bloody, High Class Propaganda
Haq (2025) – An Understated Drama of Relationships and Law
I was in the mood to watch a Muslim Social, and attempted to watch a few old films, but I ended up landing on seeing this one, which had come to Netflix not so long ago. And it is a very good movie, a return to form in a positive way, and something of an … Continue reading Haq (2025) – An Understated Drama of Relationships and Law
Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari (2025) – Much Fun, Yet Not Much Sense
I am literally starved for good rom coms and this film is all fun and games, until one watches till the end and realises that it is merely OK. Synopsis: Sunny Sanskari proposed to his girlfriend Ananya Bhatia, only to be rejected. He learns that she is planning to marry Vikram Singh, a man whom … Continue reading Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari (2025) – Much Fun, Yet Not Much Sense
Homebound (2025) – A Beautiful Moving Portrait of A Friendship and Interwoven Systems of Oppressions
I was finally able to watch this film, and oh boy it was an experience I will not soon forget! Synopsis: Two friends from a North Indian village, Mohammed Shoaib Ali, a Muslim, and Chandan Kumar, a Dalit, pursue police jobs seeking dignity, but their friendship strains as desperation grows in their quest to fulfil … Continue reading Homebound (2025) – A Beautiful Moving Portrait of A Friendship and Interwoven Systems of Oppressions
Bison Kaalamaadan (2025) – Between Middling Battles A Star Rises
Another Selvaraj film has come and of course I had to see it! Synopsis: In rural Tamil Nadu in the 1990s two men are at war to control the area; Pandiaraj and Kandasamy. Amidst their battles, "Vanathi" Kittan becomes a rising Kabaddi star as he aims for the national team at the Asian Games. Spoilers … Continue reading Bison Kaalamaadan (2025) – Between Middling Battles A Star Rises
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 family wealth to invest in … Continue reading Param Sundari (2025) – Stereotypes and Superficial Love
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 it all works! Synopsis: Nilesh … Continue reading Dhadak 2 (2025) – Of Honor of the Self and to the Original Tamil Film
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 seen on the big screen … Continue reading Saiyaara (2025) – Reminded Me Why I Love Indian Cinema
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