...But a comedy about Class Wars. Sreehari Nair tells us why.
The Dulquer factor is the only saving grace of this witless, charmless sham posturing as satire, feels Sukanya Verma.
'I may sound snobbish but I am genuinely tired of responding and saying thank you on Facebook, on Twitter, on phone calls. People are calling from everywhere. There is all this excitement and different groups are throwing parties. I have to attend them or else they will think I am snooty.' Meet Masaan director Neeraj Ghaywan.
Masaan is an immense achievement for a first-time filmmaker and must be applauded, says Raja Sen.
Sukanya Verma looks at 2019's winners and washouts so far.
'It is a male-dominated show, but that does not mean that the female characters do not stand out.'
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly at the movies!
'I don't remember the last time I was this invested in the characters of a story since Doordarshan's golden age or early days of cable television boom,' applauds Sukanya Verma.
A look at the arrivals.
Joginder Tuteja lets us know what to expect.
Sukanya Verma lists the movies she grabbed at MAMI this year.
Hardcore action, romance and politics, April has a lot to offer!
'This film is a product of a dangerous trend to take just a sprinkling of truth, mix it with free-flowing speculation and present it as historical facts,' says Manavi Kapur.
Love was certainly in the air, as Bollywood's star couples celebrated Karva Chauth together.
These movies may or may not have got critical acclaim, but when it comes to sheer eyeballs, these films did their job rather well.
Check out the star arrivals.
'The most difficult thing in the world is to convince someone to put Rs 20 crore on your movie script.'
'Life is so unpredictable.' 'Devastating beyond words.'
A look at the awards night.
True misogyny is when you stop being curious about women, and Milind Dhaimade directs his actresses with a sense of wonder. Tu Hai Mera Sunday has delightful women characters, sketchy men, and individual threads that work better than the whole package, feels Sreehari Nair.
'Mulk gets a lot of things right, including its vision of the country as a place where underneath the punctilious, forced-secular surface there are volatilities waiting to go off,' says Sreehari Nair.
'If anybody wants me to act in their film for free, just make me sing all the songs!' 'I don't even care about the script.'
'Peddlers isn't a movie of grand cinematic achievements, but one of small yet startlingly original victories.'
Aseem Chhabra's take on the highlights of Indian cinema this year.
