Paloma Sharma

Stories by Paloma Sharma

Review: Fault In Our Stars is obsessed with making you cry

Review: Fault In Our Stars is obsessed with making you cry

Rediff.com   4 Jul 2014

The Fault In Our Stars exists merely for the purpose of being soppy and pleasing the already existent fan base, writes Paloma Sharma.

Review: A Million Ways to Die in the West is a Vanity Project

Review: A Million Ways to Die in the West is a Vanity Project

Rediff.com   20 Jun 2014

A Million Ways To Die In The West could have done better with more editing and less Seth McFarlane, says Paloma Sharma.

Review: Heaven Is For Real is really fake

Review: Heaven Is For Real is really fake

Rediff.com   20 Jun 2014

Heaven is for Real is a well scripted drama that manages to warm your heart, but its religious undertones are a bit annoying.

Review: Grace of Monaco doesn't make much sense

Review: Grace of Monaco doesn't make much sense

Rediff.com   13 Jun 2014

Grace of Monaco is a shoddily written film, says Paloma Sharma.

Review: Filmistaan is absolutely flawless

Review: Filmistaan is absolutely flawless

Rediff.com   6 Jun 2014

Filmistaan has a strong plot and well-developed characters, says Paloma Sharma.

Review: The World Before Her is a disturbing watch

Review: The World Before Her is a disturbing watch

Rediff.com   6 Jun 2014

What makes The World Before Her stand out is that it has the courage to ask what nobody else does: who is the Modern Indian Woman? Paloma Sharma reviews the film.

Review: Maleficent fails to realise its full potential

Review: Maleficent fails to realise its full potential

Rediff.com   30 May 2014

Maleficent ends up disappointing after a decent start, says Paloma Sharma.

Review: The Raid 2 is too gory to stomach

Review: The Raid 2 is too gory to stomach

Rediff.com   30 May 2014

The Raid 2 is dominated by a lot of unnecessary violence, says Paloma Sharma.

Review: Heropanti could do with more action and less drama

Review: Heropanti could do with more action and less drama

Rediff.com   23 May 2014

Heropanti tries to deliver a highly confused sermon on love and freedom of choice, which ultimately comes down to much sasur-damaad (b)romance.

Review: Mighty Raju is mighty awful

Review: Mighty Raju is mighty awful

Rediff.com   16 May 2014

Mighty Raju is a toned down version of Krrish 3.

Review: Million Dollar Arm suffers from Disney's brand of stereotyping

Review: Million Dollar Arm suffers from Disney's brand of stereotyping

Rediff.com   9 May 2014

The film may have a point when it questions the treatment of players as commodities, it overdoes the white saviour act a bit, says Paloma Sharma.

Review: Avoid Yeh Hai Bakrapur if you can

Review: Avoid Yeh Hai Bakrapur if you can

Rediff.com   9 May 2014

Yeh Hai Bakrapur starts off on a promising note but loses steam soon after, says Paloma Sharma.

Review: Manjunath is a brave film

Review: Manjunath is a brave film

Rediff.com   9 May 2014

Manjunath is a lesson in humanity we all need at the moment, says Paloma Sharma.

Review: Purani Jeans is unabashedly sexist and unoriginal

Review: Purani Jeans is unabashedly sexist and unoriginal

Rediff.com   2 May 2014

Purani Jeans lacks vision, originality and the spunk one expects from a college romance film, says Paloma Sharma.

Why you MUST watch 1999's Tarzan

Why you MUST watch 1999's Tarzan

Rediff.com   1 May 2014

Don't waste your money on the latest Tarzan. Watch the old film instead.

Review: Revolver Rani is a confused film

Review: Revolver Rani is a confused film

Rediff.com   25 Apr 2014

Revolver Rani could have been the movie of the year. It ended up as a confused film that can't decide who, or what it wants to concentrate on instead, says Paloma Sharma.

Review: Brick Mansions is laughable and entirely incomprehensible

Review: Brick Mansions is laughable and entirely incomprehensible

Rediff.com   25 Apr 2014

Brick Mansions never slows down enough to let you enjoy the brilliance of David Belle's liquid movements and never speeds up the story to keep you from yawning, writes Paloma Sharma.

Review: Don't watch this Samrat & Co

Review: Don't watch this Samrat & Co

Rediff.com   25 Apr 2014

Samrat & Co. might be about an extraordinarily observational man's fight against crime but as far as cinema goes, this film is a crime against the genre.

Review: Tarzan is so bad that it's actually good

Review: Tarzan is so bad that it's actually good

Rediff.com   25 Apr 2014

Tarzan is one of those rare scripts that Hollywood should have faxed to Bollywood and let them do it their way because only Karan Johar could have saved this film with a decent love triangle and loads of family melodrama, writes Paloma Sharma.

Review: Son of God is more propaganda than cinema

Review: Son of God is more propaganda than cinema

Rediff.com   25 Apr 2014

Son Of God is an epic fail, rants Paloma Sharma.