Bollywood

UDTA TEER REVIEW: STAR CAST DISAPPOINTS

Udta Teer, starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Sara Ali Khan, attempts to turn Indo-Pakistani espionage into a farcical comedy. Reviewed by Arnab Banerjee, the film’s promis...

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TU HAI MERI KIRAN: OBSESSION FAILS TO FLY

Arnab Banerjee reviews Karan Rawal’s Tu Hai Meri Kiran, a science-fiction thriller about obsessive love that struggles to transform an intriguing premise into a compelli...

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PRAHAAR REVIEW: JUSTICE AND HEROISM

Prahaar examines Ujjwal Nikam’s role in landmark terror trials, championing due process while struggling to humanise its protagonist. Arnab Banerjee reviews Avinash Arun...

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YASH CHOPRA: BOLLYWOOD’S TIMELESS MAJNU

Monojit Lahiri remembers Yash Chopra, Bollywood’s quintessential romantic filmmaker, whose films transformed love, longing, poetry, music and old-world values into an en...

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DRISHYAM CONCLUSION: TRUTH, DECEPTION, SURVIVAL

The final Drishyam chapter returns to Vijay Salgaonkar’s world of lies, memory and moral ambiguity, writes Arnab Banerjee, as Abhishek Pathak explores whether a carefull...

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VIBE FINDS COMIC RHYTHM

When Incompetence Becomes Comic Heroism: Arnab Banerjee reviews Vibe, Kunal Kemmu’s action-comedy spy thriller starring Sparsh Srivastava, Preity Zinta and Vanshika Dhir...

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DAAYRA CHALLENGES JUSTICE MORALITY

Arnab Banerjee reviews Meghna Gulzar's Daayra, a morally ambitious crime drama where Kareena Kapoor Khan and Prithviraj Sukumaran confront justice, vengeance, and the uneasy b...

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STAR POWER DROWNS HAIWAAN’S THRILLER

Arnab Banerjee reviews Haiwaan, Priyadarshan’s remake of Oppam, arguing that an intriguing psychological thriller is overwhelmed by Akshay Kumar’s star persona, im...

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TOXIC REVIEW: AMBITION WITHOUT ARRIVAL

Dr Piyush Roy examines Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups, exploring Geetu Mohandas and Yash’s visually ambitious gangster epic, its extraordinary cinematic influences, r...

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MIRZAPUR MOVIE REVIEW: BIGGER, BLOODIER

Arnab Banerjee reviews Mirzapur: The Movie, examining its ambitious leap from streaming to cinema, Pankaj Tripathi’s commanding performance, Rajasthan’s striking v...

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UDTA TEER REVIEW: STAR CAST DISAPPOINTS

Udta Teer, starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Sara Ali Khan, attempts to turn Indo-Pakistan...

October 26 2026

TU HAI MERI KIRAN: OBSESSION FAILS TO FLY

Arnab Banerjee reviews Karan Rawal’s Tu Hai Meri Kiran, a science-fiction thriller...

October 25 2026

(NOT) A FORGOTTEN FREEDOM FIGHTER OF GOA

Libby de Liberdade: A Century of Courage, Conscience and Goa’s Freedom explores ce...

October 24 2026