Set in Kashmir, Kaafir -- Dia Mirza's new show Kaafir, streaming on ZEE5 -- is about a Pakistani woman and her daughter who cross over to India and are held prisoner.
Amazing stories about some of our best loved movies from Bhavani Iyer who wrote them.
Kunal Kapoor's bland portrayal cannot bring out Babur's fascinating persona or self-deprecating temperament, feels Sukanya Verma.
'Oddly enough, everything Raazi cannot explain or put a finger on, it glosses over in the name of patriotism or watan-love; glorifying thereby the very sentiment it had set out to mock.' 'This is the unique tragedy of the film: it becomes less of a counterpoint to pseudo-patriotism and more of a companion piece,' says Sreehari Nair.
'It broke my heart when Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein did not work at the box office but little did I know that one day, it would become a cult film.'
'The producer will wear these gold ornaments, but they will not part with Rs 30,000 or Rs 50,000 to pay the writer.'
It reminds us why we like to watch films, writes Aseem Chhabra.
Sreehari Nair is *not* impressed by this lot of films at all.
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