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'The Ink-Stained Hand and the Missing Thumb': Migration, grief and a ghost story

New Delhi, July 25 -- There is a stillness to The Ink-Stained Hand and the Missing Thumb. Yashasvi Juyal's assured debut, which premiered at the 60th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Cz... Read More


'Baby Do Die Do' review: Assassin film has a wonderfully textured Mumbai

New Delhi, July 4 -- There's a genuinely interesting film hidden inside Baby Do Die Do. It just takes far too long to reveal itself, and even then, it refuses to answer the questions that matter. The... Read More


'Welcome to the Jungle': This Akshay Kumar film is relentless chaos

New Delhi, June 26 -- At 164 minutes and 50 seconds, Welcome to the Jungle doesn't just overstay its welcome, it practically moves in. The third film in the Welcome franchise arrives with a gargantuan... Read More


'Brown' review: Karisma Kapoor is intriguingly frayed in this neo-noir series

New Delhi, June 6 -- After Mentalhood in 2020, Karisma Kapoor returns to the OTT space with the seven-episode series Brown. As the titular Rita Brown, Kapoor steps firmly outside her comfort zone with... Read More


'Shape of Momo' opens up conversations about gender, family and belonging

New Delhi, May 24 -- In Tribeny Rai's film Shape of Momo, one of the most revealing details is the symbolism of a woman who does not know or care about shaping a momo properly. Rai, one of the first f... Read More


'Pati Patni Aur Woh Do' review: A curiously disengaged comedy

New Delhi, May 15 -- Pati Patni Aur Woh Do belongs to that familiar subgenre of Hindi comedy where men create catastrophes through lies and cowardice, then expect applause for surviving the consequenc... Read More


'The Sheep Detectives' review: Ovine whodunit has a tender heart

New Delhi, May 9 -- This 100-minute film opens with the MGM lion bleating instead of roaring, setting the tone for a cutesy yarn, or a "herder mystery", a clever pun used in the promotions. Three Bags... Read More


'The Devil Wears Prada 2' review: Sequel manages high expectations

New Delhi, May 2 -- The original 2006 film The Devil Wears Prada, adapted from the novel by Lauren Weisberger, was a glossy workplace comedy that quickly became much bigger than its premise of a stres... Read More