Nawazuddin Siddiqui is not romcom material, notes Deepa Gahlot.
Heeramandi, a passion project that took off after years in development and planning, mirrors Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film-making's finest and frustrating features, observes Sukanya Verma.
It is said money doesn't buy happiness, and the show proves it -- there is romance, heartbreak, affairs and murder. A place that should be heavenly quickly turns into a hell of misery, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Merry Christmas has a breathtaking climax that will have you sighing like you've never sighed in a Sriram Raghavan movie before, applauds Sukanya Verma.
Kajol's mere presence has the potential to overshadow her co-stars, but surprisingly, we get to see her modest camaraderie light up the talents of the stunning supporting cast, observes Divya Nair.
After making you uncomfortable, the series ends abruptly, leaving you with a bitter aftertaste of a self-absorbed world that is too eager to move on, notes Divya Nair.
The five-time champions finished last in IPL 2024 with everything going wrong for them. This time, MI is focused on ensuring that everything goes right, and that their journey towards a sixth title is back on track from the beginning.
Merry Christmas brims with Sriram Raghavan's signature style and ample cheeky look-what-I-did-there moments.
To name your movie after Bollywood's most dhinchak hero and craft something so dull borderlines on sacrilege, feels Sukanya Verma.
The Archies is an evergreen thought passed on from generation to generation. But Sukanya Verma wishes it had some of the comic's tee-hee humour and hyuk hyuk too.
Pucker those lips and blow out a loud whistle for Chopra, Priyanka Chopra, applauds Sukanya Verma.
Bhediya is an easy, entertaining watch, raves Sukanya Verma.
Critics of Hindi cinema are a disparate, colourful, bunch that evoke much derision and tut-tut among its own tribe, but Chup's distant understanding of their influence and idiosyncrasies fails to give the loathing any real impact, notes Rediff.com Principal Movie Critic Sukanya Verma.
Looop Lapeta is wacky, funny and vibrant, all at the same time, observes Namrata Thakker.
Phone Bhoot's fizzy fuel isn't enough for feature length fun, observes Sukanya Verma. Phone Bhoot Review
What makes Wonder Women brilliant is the breeziness of the events and issues it tackles without delving on it too much or surrendering to it completely, observes Divya Nair. Wonder Women Review
Shamshera's problem is a shocking inability to support its bombastic ideas with gripping drama. The result is the wastage of not one but two Ranbir Kapoors, observes Sukanya Verma.
'It's very heartening because it's a kind of underdog story and you know, we're not a big film, we're not with big people, we have not been able to plaster ourselves all over the place to make ourselves be seen and watched.' 'But still, we have managed to somehow get here.'
Cirkus is boring and puerile, notes Sukanya Verma.
Any movie about time loops is bound to draw comparisons with the Bill Murray classic, Groundhog Day but Palm Springs holds rather well on its own, raves Sukanya Verma.
'Art should be judged by the way it is made and not by who is in it.' 'We should get better pay cheques now, because there is a huge gap. I hope that happens in time.'
Things may seem too nice to be tru,e but the affable energy of its harmonious cast makes Potluck a rare light watch on the desi OTT scene, feels Sukanya Verma.
Katrina Kaif has been adding a pinch of her dazzling personality to each of her looks. Tiger 3.
Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani packs in abundant entertainment and hat tips to the KJo brand, observes Sukanya Verma.
A screenplay and superstar in perfect tandem, it doesn't get better than this, applauds Sukanya Verma.
JugJugg Jeeyo is a David Dhawan comedy, not directed by David Dhawan, observes Sukanya Verma.
The Rings of Power has a visual distinction and vibe entirely of its own, observes Sukanya Verma.
Meenakshi Sundareshwar is a Basu Chatterjee slice-of-life packaged in a glossy ad film whose source of heart are its two genuinely likeable leads, feels Sukanya Verma.
Metro Park 2 has the same cliched jokes, sighs Moumita Bhattacharjee.
Rubina Dilaik, Amruta Khanvilkar and Nia Sharma burn the dance floor, observes Namrata Thakker.
'In Mumbai, isolation is a very different isolation.' 'It's not about actual physical loneliness.' 'It's the loneliness in the company of others, and I felt that that is a very Mumbai thing.' 'You can be travelling in the ladies compartment squashed against everybody's armpits and still be really, really sad and alone.'
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is a roller-coaster ride to be enjoyed on a summer afternoon, recommends Namrata Thakker.
Lara Dutta nails her character's daunting temperament, Soha Ali Khan's sophistication is tailor-made for the part, Anya Singh conveys a tidy blend of shy and spirit, but it's Kritika Kamra's hilarious Kareena-fication that makes her the life of this willy-nilly game of thrones, observes Sukanya Verma.
Something in Alia has surely changed after Gangubai. Her entire performance is about proving to herself and not to the world what she can do, feels Sukanya Verma.
Director Rahul Nair's gabby comedy looks at the difficulty of dating in the digital age in a manner that's equal parts shallow and silly, notes Sukanya Verma.
Kabir Khan's '83 is an ode to a game changing chapter of Indian cricket history, pitch-perfect partnerships between openers and tail enders, knowing your mate's strengths as well as your own, seizing that one moment that defines the rest of your life, applauds Sukanya Verma.
GA reader Harish Anand Thilakan gives us the low-down on the cafe and its offerings.
In an address at the Indian Council of World Affairs, he said Nepal wants to take the relations with India to the next level, but at the same time added: "We should be mindful equally that healthy relations require continuous nurturing, creative thinking, promptness and readiness to understand each other in changing dynamics."
Amy Alea is a style chameleon. And she's forever ready to channel her inner Aphrodite.
