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BY SIDDHARTHA MUKHERJEE “There will be Blood” actor Daniel Day-Lewis once said, “I suppose I have a highly developed capacity for self-delusion, so it’s no problem for me to believe that I’m somebody else.”...
BY SIDDHARTHA MUKHERJEE Adapted from Mohan Sikka’s ‘The Railway Aunty’, a short story published in 2009 that was part of the Delhi Noir anthology, the film unbuttons, unbuckles and unstraps its scenes slowly, silently: it’s one...
BY SIDDHARTHA MUKHERJEE Adapted from O. Henry’s ‘The Last Leaf’, Vikramaditya Motwane renders his Midas-touch to ‘Lootera’ and, like so many of his film’s frames, bathes it in the golden rays of the sun. This...
BY SIDDHARTHA MUKHERJEE Directed by Bill Condon Starring: Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Kevin Kline, Josh Gad, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Audra McDonald, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ian McKellen and Emma Thompson Disney’s live-action revamp...
BY SIDDHARTHA MUKHERJEE 1.Direction The director has selected a brilliant cast ensemble and it is impossible to empathize with their brazen manipulation and scheming. Every character in this intriguing tale is grey; they have...
BY SIDDHARTHA MUKHERJEE Thematic obfuscation The film is rather an interesting story from an unfamiliar terrain of supernatural thriller which is sliced straight from native folk-lores. The film maintains its enthralling suspense for most...
BY SIDDHARTHA MUKHERJEE Principal flashpoint of the narrative Abhishek Kapoor uses The Gujarati phrase ‘Kai Po Che’, the full-throated cry used when young boys are flying and ‘cutting’ kites, as an apt metaphor and creates...
BY SIDDHARTHA MUKHERJEE See the film not as a champion of ‘desi’ or ‘shuddh’, but a victory for romance. Ironically, this movie belongs to a banner that has faced criticism for their glossy marriage-obsessed...
BY SIDDHARTHA MUKHERJEE Convoluted plot In this convoluted plot treacheries unveil at each stage without rendering any predictability. The first half is racy and pulsating where each of the character’s establishment adds to the...
BY SIDDHARTHA MUKHERJEE Moral The film captures UP in all its notorious glory, with goons, and guns; and slips in allusions to the “patriotic” versus “anti-national” debate that controls the political discourse in the...
