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Dhurandhar - Ghayal, Ghatak, Kasainuma, Mashallah

In 1983, a typical Hrishikesh Mukherjee comedy called Rang Birangi was released, starring Amol Palekar, Parveen Babi, Farooque Shaikh and Deepti Naval. It also had the peerless Utpal Dutt playing the role of a police inspector called Dhurandhar Bhatawdekar. That idiosyncratic name has stuck with me all these years, lurking in my subconscious mind, till it was revived by this week's release titled Dhurandhar. But any similarities between that movie and this begin and end wit

Haq - Qubool hai, Qubool hai, Qubool hai

Where does religion end and unquestioned doctrine begin? What is faith if you don't live it and breathe it? Why are we certain of something without really knowing anything about it? These questions are at the heart of Haq , the superb movie released today in theaters. Based on the more than 4 decades old Shah Bano Supreme Court case that rocked India in the 80s, and that set the stage for the identity and religion based politics that is now the coin of the realm, it is a shar

Singham Again - Never again

I must have missed the new memo from NCERT on the age of Indian civilization. All this time since childhood, I had always heard of "...

Jawan - Param Bakwaas Chakra

Question - What do you get when you try to eat idli dipped in saag paneer soaked in a bowl of hot and sour manchow soup? Answer - An...

Kuttey - Dog hai ji dog

Kuttey, directed by nepo baby Aasman Bhardwaj, son of Vishal and Rekha Bhardwaj, and now available on Netflix, tries to be quirky and...

Selective Outrage - Rock rocks

Just finished watching Netflix’s first ever live comedy special, the Chris Rock special called Selective Outrage. He killed it with his...

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