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'Alpha' review: Alia Bhatt-starrer shows Spyverse needs urgent repairs

New Delhi, July 3 -- The YRF Spyverse is now running on vibes, star cameos and whatever ridiculously catchy new jingle with placeholder English lyrics Sanchit and Ankit Balhara have cooked up. After t... Read More


'The Furious' is a glorious synthesis and an instant martial arts classic

New Delhi, June 28 -- Navin and Wang Wei start off with an action film's version of a meet-cute: a misunderstanding and a fight. They don't yet know they have a common purpose, or that they've been ba... Read More


'Cocktail 2' review: Homi Adajania's film is maddeningly lightweight

New Delhi, June 19 -- Over the past month, a rumour that Rashmika Mandanna and Kriti Sanon were playing a couple in Cocktail 2 caught fire. It grew to the point that the stars were actually asked abou... Read More


'Disclosure Day' review: Spielberg can't reinvent the alien film this time

New Delhi, June 14 -- When his compatriots were making paranoid thrillers in the 1970s, Spielberg was busy perfecting a different kind of film, one so successful it hastened the end of the New America... Read More


'Main Vaapas Aaunga' review: Partition film is heartfelt but unadventurous

New Delhi, June 12 -- Six months later, we're back in Sargodha. Main Vaapas Aaunga journeys to the same Pakistani city Dharmendra visits in Ikkis. Both journeys represent the last wish of a man at the... Read More


'Bandar' review: A coldly effective film limited by its narrow focus

New Delhi, June 5 -- I'm not proud of it, but I don't always make it through the end credits in screenings, especially when it's Friday morning and reviews have to be filed. I did, however, watch the ... Read More


'Shape of Momo' review: A finely tuned film about family and finding oneself

New Delhi, May 30 -- The title of Tribeny Rai's debut is a mild criticism. Bishnu (Gaumaya Gurung) can make momos, they even taste fine-but they look weird. It's a running joke in the family. "No one ... Read More


'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