Writing this Kaagaz Ke Phool movie review while still feeling absolutely devastated by the film. As my teacher once said, Guru Dutt was a true “depressionist.” She told me that Guru Dutt, who was her father’s classmate, would always turn up with gloomy poetry—even when the assignment was to write a happy poem. I realised something similar …
I had always wanted to watch Anamika because of the songs I had heard from this movie. Not only am I a big fan of Kishore Kumar, but also of Lata Mangeshkar. I remembered both ‘Meri Bheegi Bheegi Si’ and ‘Bahon mein chale aao’ and would often sing them, both phenomenal, timeless pieces that will …
What a beautiful, timeless piece! Masoom plays on all the chords of human relationships, tugging not only at the innocence of a child on which the title is based, but also striking a chord with every character affected by that very innocence. It absolutely pulverises a father’s heart and plucks at the strings of a stepmother’s. Masoom has …
Directed by Abrar Alvi, Sahib Bibi aur Ghulam explores the longing and patience of an affluent woman for attention from his husband through the protagonist’s perspective. The Chhoti Bahu is the soul of the story. The plot runs in the flashback colonial Kolkata and the present 60s Kolkata. The protagonist is Atulya, who is also …
Guillermo Del Toro once said ‘The most tyrannical thing we invented is nice, the tyranny of nice chokes me. I think we are all complex people; we are all paradoxical people. 9 am You are a saint, 9:30 you are a ****, 10:30 you are a great father,11:45 you are a bad son and that’s …
Maqbool Review: The portrayal of gangsters in Indian Cinema has changed over the years. The 20s to early 50s were ruled by rural bandits and dacoits. Until industrialization, in the late 50s, there were westernized gangsters which were further glamourized by the 70s. The Dawood rule over Bombay, the arrival of parallel cinema in the …
In the 80s, Ardh Satya became one of the landmark films amidst the new wave of Indian parallel cinema. When popular cinema was a haven of escapism to attract the masses, Govind Nihalani’s Ardh Satya broke the boundary between reality and fantasy. His hero and villain are not one-dimensional caricatures serving the patriarchal fancy of …
Paan Singh Tomar movie is a 2013 biopic of a Chambal dacoit who lived many lives. It is directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia. Irrfan Khan stars in and as ‘ Paan Singh Tomar’. It is an ode to the late dacoit who fell prey to his unfortunate circumstances. The film was released around the same time …
Lootera is a 2013 Indian period romance set in the backdrop of 1950s India during the abolishment of the Zamindari system. Like Vikramaditya Motwane’s Udaan, Lootera too has the power of conveying emotions through the solitude and melancholy of the characters. Love, Betrayal, and Redemption At the beginning of the film, we are introduced to …
There are a lot of professions in India that fail to merit any attention primarily because they are unpopular in the eyes of the multitude. The popular opinion here hunts for either doctors or engineers. Then comes the creative fronts like actors, directors, and writers. You will often come across movies reflecting their lives. When …