'At the end of the day, this is Bachchan's film.' 'Despite the distracting makeup, his famous baritone and indisputable flair for dedicated inanity lend Mirza an air of significance,' observes Sukanya Verma.
Jennifer Aniston returns to her news anchor duties, Akshay Kumar saves the day and 456 South Koreans fight to the finish in a bloody game of survival. Sukanya Verma suggests everything you can catch on OTT this week.
Not totally. Watch Rohan Sippy's Kuch Naa Kaho to know why.
Bajrangi Bhaijaan was Bollywood's biggest hit this year.
Lust Stories releases on June 15.
And yet the sham drags on for a couple of hours, accusing and amplifying everything in sight, to shoehorn its identity as a thriller, says Sukanya Verma.
'Even a hardcore nit-picker will struggle to find faults in this extraordinarily crafted television series that I rate as a must watch, an instant classic,' says Sukanya Verma.
Made In China is puerile, flimsy film-making, sighs Sukanya Verma.
Sukanya Verma lists the best mystery movies this past decade.
Class of '83 is no Ardh Satya and Bobby Deol is no Om Puri, notes Sukanya Verma.
The hits and misses of the week.
'Nice, clean, wholesome entertainment, which is a rarity these days. Maybe a bit too sweet to suit today's younger Dhoom-loving generation?'
Bhaiaji Superhit is bah baloney! sighs Sukanya Verma.
Force 2 loses steam over hastily established grievances, vendetta schemes and quick fix conclusions, feels Sukanya Verma.
It's raining book-to-screen adaptations on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma offers you a selection.
There's little to cheer about Sonakshi's solitary expression and lifeless chemistry with Arjun that makes for nearly three hours of the movie, says Sukanya Verma.
'Talwar se zyada dhaar chalane wale ki soch mein honi chahiye,' says the strategy-savvy Bajirao in Bajirao Mastani. Only if director Sanjay Leela Bansali had listened, says Sukanya Verma.
'What Super 30 really wants to say is Hrithik Roshan can be an action hero without showing off his sculpted torso,' says Sukanya Verma.
Sooni Taraporewala makes us root for her young characters even if we aren't entirely sure about the depth of their feelings, feels Sukanya Verma.
'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is every bit a horror film split into predictable hostility and periodic close calls,' says Sukanya Verma.
Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Baahubali still rule the box office.
'Jai Ho! Democracy is a hasty uptake of news channels and papers drawn into a skit that's too short on subtext to be a realised satire and too silly to be taken seriously', writes Sukanya Verma.
Sukanya Verma looks at all the movies he's made so far. Tell us your favourite in the poll.
What was meant to be a toast to life and its many gifts suddenly became Sushant Singh Rajput's last hurrah, a this-is-it, a tearful goodbye, feels Sukanya Verma.
Sukanya Verma wishes filmmakers would stop using rape as a plot point to execute reckless ideas of justice. Especially when it has little to do with social sentiments but more to flaunt its leading man in a valiant, chest-thumping light.
Alia Bhatt, animated treats, action masala and comic book adaptations, OTT is quite the goodie bag this week.
Sukanya Verma lists her five BEST and WORST Bollywood movies of 2019.
A promising premise, except it's a poorly planned trip that goes nowhere and infuriates with its inadequacies.
Take a look at star arrivals!
From silver screen and small, here are Sukanya Verma's 10 favourite male performances of the year.
Jabariya Jodi constantly confuses tacky as terrific, feels Sukanya Verma.
War is an ode to such star power, one that pits Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff together for the first time and capitalises on their famous idol-idoliser energy to draw us into a world of espionage, action and camaraderie.
This brand of funny by the virtue of I-know-I-cracked-a-bad-joke doesn't quite tickle, says Sukanya Verma.
A look at this week's hits and misses.
Badla wears the air of a cold, civil, old-fashioned whodunit, which treats its premise like an insidious game and characters with undisguised suspicion, feels Sukanya Verma.
Mentalhood is far from an ideal comeback but it's nice to be reminded of Karisma Kapoor's radiant and lively screen presence again, says Sukanya Verma.
