Haseen Dillruba Review: Wild, wicked but with warts
Nothing that goes on in this story actually prepares you for the end. If the test of a thriller lies in keeping its audience guessing, "Haseen Dillruba" would pass the test.
Nothing that goes on in this story actually prepares you for the end. If the test of a thriller lies in keeping its audience guessing, "Haseen Dillruba" would pass the test.
Mumbai Saga; Cast: John Abraham, Emraan Hashmi, Mahesh Manjrekar, Amole Gupte, Suniel Shetty, Kajal Aggarwal, Rohit Roy, Anjana Sukhani, Prateik Babbar; Direction: Sanjay Gupta; Rating: * * (two stars)
It leaves you intrigued all the more because the man who gets it so right -- Iranian-American filmmaker Ramin Bahrani -- has never lived in either India.
"Penguin" (film in Tamil and Telugu languages streaming on Amazon Prime); Cast: Keerthy Suresh, Lingaa, Advaith, Mathi; Direction: Eashvar Karthic; Rating: * * and 1/2 (two and a half stars)
A kind of a comedy that comes in once in a while with refreshing dialogue, new situational comedy elements and is just plain fun.
As audiences, one can go in to enjoy the dances on the remixed Punjabi tracks; Street Dancer 3D is worth every penny in that regard, but more than that everything else takes a backseat.
The effort to make the film a comedy shows and the desperate manipulation of situations to make them look improvised and comic does not materialize to give any results.
Meghna Gulzar’s honest attempt to convey a story strengthened by the performances of its actors is an important movement in the genre of socially realist cinema that has seen a kind of contemporary revival in the film industry. The only crucial difference being that this time, this movement in cinema is not being heralded by the ones on the outlines, but by the mainstream actors of Bollywood.
Loosely based on the historical life of Tanaji Malussare and the Battle of Sinhagad (1670), Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior is a brave attempt to fictionalise popular regional folklore to create something entertaining.
Good Newwz epitomizes a complete family entertainer, a genre that has progressed from derogative remarks on marriage, women, etc to something much more.
