Anurag Kashyap's lovers have no enemies to shoot, says Sreehari Nair, and so they take aim at each other.
'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.
'Apart from being total eye-candies, Saif and Shahid are very good actors. Saif is that classy man, who would open the door for you and pull chairs for you. Shahid would come to the sets with headphones on. He had a boyish charm.' Kangana Ranaut gets in Rangoon mode.
Business is better than usual in Bollywood.
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The film gets repetitive after a point.
The film hits theatres tomorrow, July 25.
Next week, US Secretary of State John Kerry travels to India for the fourth annual US-India Strategic Dialogue
Raja Sen takes stock of the Oscar 2015 nominations.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'This is the year of the three Bs -- Budapest, Boyhood and Birdman -- and if you love the movies, one or all three of those will feature in your top bracket in English language cinema this year.' Raja Sen takes stock of the recently concluded Golden Globes.
The film is all about how a weak, good for nothing is suddenly transformed into a boxing champion by the power of true love.
There is a group of La La Land haters -- especially jazz aficionados who feel the film gives too much importance to a white man who sets out to save the musical genre associated with the African American community, points out Aseem Chhabra.
An upcoming film on Mohammad Azharuddin promises to be a potboiler, though not a true biopic.
Movies like Jungle Book, Conjuring 2 helped Hollywood capture its biggest share of the Indian box office this year. Can Bollywood keep up? Urvi Malvania reports.
Oscar nominations 2014: According to Raja Sen, this year's chosen ones are (mostly) loud and showy examples of the best in the craft.
The vote was tied 7-7 until... Aseem Chhabra/Rediff.com reveals how Court was chosen as India's nominee for the Academy Awards.
Rukh may be lit like a YouTube Short Film, and may have its share of other technical problems, but there's something disturbingly original about director Atanu Mukherjee's vision, Sreehari Nair feels.
Birdman. Boyhood. The Grand Budapest Hotel...
Gautam Gulati talks about his film Azhar and how life has changed post Bigg Boss!
Looking at the most touching Hindi movies inspired by true-life events.
At 148 minutes, Spectre feels like the longest Bond film of all time, says Raja Sen.
I fear for our collective inability to wrestle the plague of rape in this nation, says Prathmesh Kher.
Strange Fruit will never quite sound the same again, says Raja Sen after watching 12 Years A Slave.
Review: Saif and Katrina make Phantom a joke
Mad Max: Fury Road has a very realistic chance of sweeping the Oscars, predicts Raja Sen.
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.
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens 'can be likened, in essence, to a new Salman Khan actioner where the core audience goes in with a checklist knowing they'll get some cheeky dialogue, some trite punchlines, an item song and one eventually shirtless fight scene,' says Raja Sen.
Sreehari Nair is *not* impressed by this lot of films at all.
Part of what make Ee.Ma.Yau so special is its ability to focus our attention on things that conventional movies throw away under the pretext of storytelling, says Sreehari Nair.
Raja Sen wishes Francis Ford Coppola, the legendary filmmaker who transformed The Godfather into an immortal screen classic, a happy 75th birthday.
Happy 60th Birthday, Bruce Willis.
Siddharth Roy Kapur will take charge as managing director of the Walt Disney Company India from January 1.
There is more than what meets the eye to the wealth accumulated by Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal.
Watch the trailers and predict the winner.
India scored at the recently-concluded Telluride Film Festival, reports Aseem Chhabra.
'This is a film that trumpets out its sex -- it is content in being a girl's version of the archetypical boy's locker-room picture.' 'And if it was just that, that would have been fun too, but Lipstick Under My Burkha doesn't want to affect your senses, it wants to control your mind!' Sreehari Nair comes away unimpressed.
'I didn't get any recognition in Kerala for this film and it has definitely hurt me. When the whole world is celebrating the return of Sanskrit, my state is busy ignoring it.' Vinod Mankara talks about his award-winning film, Priyamanasam.
Let the grandeur do the talking instead of the gags, says Raja Sen.
'While military acts such as the Uri surgical strikes are one option, cultural, economic and diplomatic isolation should also be part of the arsenal,' argues Sankrant Sanu.
Bollywood's fortunes might not hinge on Pakistani actors and singers, but the forced ban on them sends out a disturbing message.
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