Indian Cinema Reviews | Picking Rare Gems from thoughtful Indian Films

The intent of this leaflet is to hoard Indian cinema reviews from outstanding Indian movies. Being an avid Hollywood buff, I rarely get time to watch movies with Indian roots, but whenever I do I ensure I watch quality stuff.

Indian Cinema Review

There is something dearly about your roots. It feels as if you are home. Entwined in your mother’s arms. The precise reason I care to check my roots. I squeeze some time out to watch highly recommended Indian films that I think are worth the time.

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Revering all the Hard Work

I fathom making a movie entails a lot of hard work. There are Herculean aspects that simply cannot be overlooked. Right from a perfect Casting to painstaking details entailed in achieving that articulate Cinematography, filling the right frames with apt Music to acing the frames with impeccable Acting, days of diligent Editing, perfecting it with an orgasmic Screenplay and then eventually binding everything together to make it all work is no easy job. I respect that! I intend to be a part of it someday. When that day comes, I will hold it closer to my heart and will never let go.

Changing face of Indian Cinema

Indian Cinema has been growing at a very fast pace. Straight from A Movie intends to celebrate some of those rare flicks that have unveiled the jaded facade of mainstream. New directors have taken over the Indian Film Industry. Different ideas are being helmed even as we speak. People who can really act are slowly sauntering towards the spotlight, and we are standing at a rare developmental plateau with arms wide open, ready to accept the change.

This leaflet of Indian Film tries to celebrate some of those rare Hindi movies that were strong enough to break the shackles of one-way thinking.

If there was an Indian film I discovered that blew my mind away, I would put it here in this column. Make occasional visits to see what this gorgeous category has amassed over a time span.

Sahib Bibi aur Ghulam (1962): Unfathomable Grief and Longing

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 ...

Ugly Movie Review (2013): The Paradox of Human Integrity

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 ...

Maqbool Review (2003): A Tragic Tale of Legitimacy

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 ...

Ardh Satya (1983) Movie Review: An Infinite Circle of Immorality

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 ...

Paan Singh Tomar (2012) | From being a National Servant to an Outlaw

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 ...

Lootera Review (2013) | A Passionate Tale of Love, Betrayal, and Redemption

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 ...

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