Chandraprakash Dwivedi and Akshay Kumar serve us a tedious and overly talky...
Spoilers ahead… What we want is an action-packed epic. What we get is a series of monologues and dialogues, occasionally interrupted by action. Chandraprakash Dwivedi is best known for his 1991/92...
View ArticleLights, Camera, Analysis: Prashanth Neel (KGF 1 & 2)
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View ArticleThe Galatta Plus conclave, Session 2: ‘The changing landscape of Indian cinema’
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View ArticleInterview: Manoj Bajpayee
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View ArticleR Madhavan’s ‘Rocketry: The Nambi Effect’ tries to do too much, resulting in...
Spoilers ahead… The generic and conventional nature of the writing never lets you forge a deep and true emotional connection with Nambi Narayanan. Biopics are notoriously hard to crack because you are...
View ArticleInterview: Kichcha Sudeep (Vikrant Rona)
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View ArticleAnucharan’s disappointing ‘Panni Kutty’ is a satire on superstition with just...
Spoilers ahead… The acting styles are off – sometimes loud, sometimes underplayed. The rhythms, pacing, staging – they don’t add up to a cohesive experience. You may remember Anucharan from his superb...
View ArticleInterview: Taapsee Pannu (Shabaash Mithu)
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View ArticleSrijit Mukherji’s ‘Shabaash Mithu’, starring Taapsee Pannu, is a not-bad...
Spoilers ahead… The story of a woman who experiences so many downs in life and compensates with so many ups while playing should have been more unique. Quick, name five women cricketers! This question...
View ArticleInterview: Adivi Sesh (Major)
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View ArticleInterview: Sudha Kongara (The National Awards, Soorarai Pottru)
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View ArticleMohit Suri’s ‘Ek Villain Returns’ is a serial-killer sequel that’s about as...
Spoilers ahead… No, I have not spoiled anything for you. The film doesn’t need me. It does a pretty good job of spoiling itself. Remember Ek Villain? It was a superhit that said that a man can become a...
View ArticleInterview: Alia Bhatt (Darlings)
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View ArticleA small milestone at Galatta Plus
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View ArticleAlia Bhatt scores another big win as a survivor of domestic abuse in Jasmeet...
Spoilers ahead… The film is a domestic noir-cum-black comedy, and if the Alia Bhatt-Vijay Varma couple takes care of the domestic noir, Shefali Shah’s character keeps you in splits with her deadpan...
View ArticleInterview: Kamal Haasan (on the ’50th day of Vikram’ event organised by Galatta)
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View ArticleInterview: Aamir Khan (Laal Singh Chaddha)
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View ArticleAanand L Rai’s ‘Raksha Bandhan’, with Akshay Kumar and Bhumi Pednekar, is an...
Spoilers ahead… So why don’t all these interesting creative choices lead to a consistently interesting movie? Because the characters are given no space to establish themselves. You know that PSA where...
View ArticleAdvait Chandan’s ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’, with Aamir Khan and Kareena Kapoor,...
Spoilers ahead… The first hour is wonderful, but slowly, a sense of dullness sets in. The film, though never unwatchable, gets into repeat mode. The Forrest Gump character is like the feather we see at...
View ArticleInterview: Anurag Kashyap (Dobaaraa)
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