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'Chand Mera Dil' review: To the moon and back

New Delhi, May 23 -- Aarav (Lakshya) and his wife, Chandni (Ananya Panday), are cracking under the strain of caring for a newborn. Their frustrations boil over into an ugly yelling match. Aarav grabs ... Read More


'System' review: Unusual buddy film doesn't think its choices through

New Delhi, May 22 -- I was trying to keep an open mind about Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari's System when Neha (Sonakshi Sinha) says, "Uski vibe hamesha off thhi par woh murderer type kabhi nahi laga." And that ... Read More


'That Man from Rio': Belmondo, Brazil and Tintin

New Delhi, May 17 -- It began with Tintin. Herge's comic books about a globe-trotting journalist who keeps getting into scrapes was irresistible source material at a time when cinema's latest attracti... Read More


'Kartavya' review: Saif Ali Khan digs deep but film has a familiar bleakness

New Delhi, May 15 -- By the time four thugs corner SHO Pawan Malik (Saif Ali Khan) in his home, Kartavya has been simmering for an hour and 15 minutes. Threats are made; Saif folds his arms and tells ... Read More


'Dug Dug' review: Sparkling look at the commerce and curiousness of faith

New Delhi, May 9 -- Ritwik Pareek's film opens with the image of a temple on a hill after dusk, prayer bells on the soundtrack. This gives way seconds later to shots of distant highway traffic and a g... Read More


'Ek Din' review: Sai Pallavi the one spark in earnest, stilted romance

New Delhi, May 2 -- "Do you think you're Superman?" Meera (Sai Pallavi) scolds her colleague Dino (Junaid Khan) after he nearly gets run over saving a child who wanders into traffic. He protests, and ... Read More


'Michael' review: A bland biopic and a soulless PR exercise

New Delhi, April 25 -- It's telling that one of the producers of Michael is John Branca, an entertainment lawyer and co-executor of the Michael Jackson estate, played in the film by Miles Teller. This... Read More


'Model': A classic documentary shows fashion's human face

New Delhi, April 24 -- For the final flourish in a commercial for a leggings brand, a Busby Berkeley-like parabola of limbs is envisioned. Each leg will belong to the same model; the plan is to shoot ... Read More


'Toaster' review: Another effortful, unfunny Rajkummar Rao comedy

New Delhi, April 19 -- In the week of her passing, Toaster has a doozy of an Asha Bhosle joke. Distraught Glenn (Abhishek Banerjee) has to address the small gathering at his mother's funeral. To get t... Read More


Asha Bhosle's empire of desire

New Delhi, April 17 -- It's about an hour into Jewel Thief (1967). The plot is cheerfully sordid but the music has been respectable. Lata Mangeshkar has sung two chaste songs. Now it's time for some f... Read More