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Bawaal film review: Varun Dhawan and Janhvi Kapoor can’t rescue this ill-conceived travelogue
Directed by Nitesh Tiwari, Bawaal has a preposterous premise that goes into weirder territory by the minute.
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Netflix’s Kohrra review: Dense writing and exceptional performances power this excellent show
Barun Sobti as Garundi is a revelation in this grisly, unrelenting show about love’s many toxic forms.
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The Trial Pyaar Kaanoon Dhokha review: Kajol cannot rescue an adaptation that sinks well before it can soar
Directed by Suparn Verma, The Trial is surprisingly inert despite having an overflowing keg of emotion and ambiguity to dive into.
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Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One review: Tom Cruise take practical filmmaking to dizzying new heights
Tom Cruise is an incomprehensible force of nature in a film that delivers the expected and still takes your breath away.
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Neeyat review: Vidya Balan anchors a largely enjoyable Knives Out-like mystery
Directed by Anu Menon and fronted by an excellent Vidya Balan, Neeyat is as entertaining as it can, at times, feel ludicrous.
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Prime Video’s horror series Adhura review: Ishwak Singh and Rasika Dugal are in their element, despite the cliches
Adhura is about bullying, the shelf-life of trauma, the very nature of abuse and its influence that cripples not just an individual, but entire institutions.
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Zee5 film Tarla review: Huma Qureshi and Sharib Hashmi lift this life-affirming film
Directed by Piyush Gupta, Tarla is a sweet, life-affirming story about seeking purpose.
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Review: Despite its Flaws Kartik Aaryan and Kiara Advani starrer Satyaprem Ki Katha contests commendable territory
Littered with flaws and anchored by an uneven Kartik Aaryan, the film aspires to at least challenge convention, beyond its essence.
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Ending of The Witcher Season 3, volume 1 explained: Henry Cavill groans and grunts some more in perfect send-off
Cavill’s unemotional turn as Geralt that become the stuff of pop culture mash-ups bows out on a high.
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Netflix film Lust Stories 2 review: Konkona Sen Sharma and Amit Sharma save the day
The second film, directed by Konkona Sen Sharma and starring Tillotoma Shome, is easily the most interesting piece in this puzzling, hammy anthology on sexual desire and expression.
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The Bear Season 2 on Disney + Hotstar: A masterful return, sans the chaos that made Season 1 iconic
An array of elite actor cameos, a languid pace and a more studious lens elevate an unlikely hit into a near masterpiece.
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Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s Tiku Weds Sheru fails to live up to the promise of its own ideas
Directed by Sai Kabir, Tiku Weds Sheru on Amazon Prime Video trains its eyes on the road less travelled before hurtling down familiar paths in kamikaze fashion.
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No Hard Feelings review: Jennifer Lawrence’s latest film is a brave attempt to revisit the sex comedies of yore but falls short on laughs
Though sluggish in parts, unfunny for stretches, No Hard Feelings at least turns the clock back to a time when sexual energy didn’t automatically translate as menace.
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Film review | Adipurush has the hint of scale but falters in just about every department
Director Om Raut’s much-anticipated retelling of the epic is bogged down by poor VFX, tepid performances and the inability to imagine beyond the ordinary.
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Film review | Ezra Miller’s The Flash isn’t quite the resurrection DC wished for but is a foundation to build on
DC’s 'The Flash' is a messy soup of elements that hint at promise, gurgle innovation and spits out mediocrity at the end of it all.
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Film review | Chris Hemsworth’s Extraction 2 leaves no gob un-smacked with a delirious and dizzy sequel
Directed by former stuntman Sam Hargrave, 'Extraction 2', which drops on Netflix on June 16, is everything you’d want an action film to be — raw, brawny and without the gummy interference of bloated CGI.
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Vicky Kaushal and a new middle cinema for millennials
Vicky Kaushal’s films might oscillate between good and bad but his portrayal of timidity and self-effacement is consistent with millennial anxieties and methods of self-preservation.
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10 Years of Bhaag Milkha Bhaag: A sporting tale that echoed a country’s coming of age
A lot of things came together for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag to become the revered artefact it must be deemed.
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After Farzi, Shahid Kapoor’s Bloody Daddy cements his second coming as the anti-hero
Bloody Daddy is everything its title suggests it would be: Bloody, hoarse, cruel and also ecstatically funny in parts.
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Ending of Never Have I Ever Season 4 explained: Why Mindy Kaling's Netflix show feels like a descendant of Hindi cinema in the end
Never Have I Ever bows out as a sweet rom-com having significantly moved the needle on Asian representation.
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In Season 2, Asur remains a plucky, audacious show that attempts to mix science and faith
An unlikely hit with an ambitious first season, Asur in its second coming retains its oddball charms.
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Hansal Mehta’s Scoop on Netflix offers insights on the transition of news from gathering to making
The six-episode series, featuring Karishma Tanna and Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub, is a sobering portrayal of journalists who lust for exclusives and explosives.
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Spider-man: Across the Spider-verse review: Sensational film with a tasteful Indian twist
Pavitr Prabhakar as the Indian Spiderman is a hoot in this beguiling and, at times, overwhelming sensorial voyage across multiple universes.
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Ajitpal Singh’s Fire in the Mountains is a near perfect study of life as it ‘actually’ is in the hills
Fire in the Mountains pulls the cloak off life in the hills, fetishised by Hindi cinema for decades.
