Love’s a swipe away

Netflix’s new romantic comedy Love Hard tries too hard, but is full of Christmas vibes “…Just one thing everybody wants. There in the bars, and through the smokescreen of the crowded restaurants – It’s love. Yes, all we’re looking for is love from someone else.” These achingly beautiful lyrics from the Oscar-winning musical drama La […]

Shades of Modern Love

Netflix anthology Feels Like Ishq has a fresh take on romance   What’s that one theme that sells like hot cake, every single time – in plays, movies, shows or any other medium? It’s love! Romance has been a genre that has been explored on-screen gazillion times. So much so, that whenever there’s a new […]

Revisiting Ray

The modern retelling of legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray’s short stories in Netflix’s Ray is lost in translation, but shines in parts There’s no two ways about it that it takes an immensely talented individual to create a masterpiece. But to deconstruct a “master’s piece” and present it to the audience in a different time period, […]

A tale of two tigresses

Sherni documents the man vs wild conflict, and is also a metaphor for the deep-rooted patriarchy in society A man mimics a tiger – in the opening shot of Sherni. The so-called “social animal”, as we humans are often referred to, seems to take the role of the “wild animals.” In this man vs wild […]

An ode to womanhood

Netflix’s Tribhanga explores nuances and complexities of a mother-daughter relationship Being a woman was and never has been an easy task – especially in a patriarchal society like India. Here, a mother is synonymous to a ‘care-giver’ and for her to have desires and dreams of her own are deemed wrong. Such a thought is […]

Real Housewives of B-town

Netflix’s Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives lacks authenticity, but has the elements of entertainment in place “Why the f**k should I watch a show about four women who don’t have jobs? Why are these pre-menopausal women getting on my nerves? They all pretend like they work, but what do they actually do?” These questions are […]

Gatham review: A forgettable psycho saga lacking thrills

Telugu film Gatham attempts to create a Hollywood-style thriller, but leaves no lasting impact “Every human being has a bit of a psychopath in him. But only a few bring it out and you’re safe as long as you maintain distance from them…Unless they knock on your door.” These lines appear on screen at the […]

Kaali Khuhi Review: Strong storyline, yet fails to create impact

Kaali Kuhi, starring Shabana Azmi, tells the tale of an insidious age-old practice through paranormal lens An ancient well situated amidst a village holds horrors of the past. When dug open, by mistake, the haunting begins. This, to summarise, is what Terrie Samundra’s Kaali Kuhi’s(The Black Well)  prelude tell us. As the story proceeds, we […]