Reviews

By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Anna: Kisan Baburao Hazare” Director: Shashank Udapurkar Cast: Shashank Udapurkar, Tanishaa Mukerji, Rajit Kapur, Govind Namdeo, Kishor Kadam, Sharat Saxena and Daya Shankar Pandey Rating: **1/2 This biopic of the social…

By Haricharan Pudipeddi Film: “Ammani”  Language: Tamil Director: Lakshmy Ramakrishnan Cast: Lakshmy Ramakrishnan, Subbalakshmi, Nithin Sathya, George Mariyan and Sri Balaji Rating: ****1/2 Actress Lakshmy Ramakrishnan, who likes to tell her stories through strong, free-spirited…

By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Saat Uchakkey” Director: Sanjeev Sharma Cast: Manoj Bajpayee, Kay Kay Menon, Aditi Sharma, Vijay Raaz, Annu Kapoor, Nitin Bhasin and Anupam Kher Rating: ***1/2 Before things fall apart in this…

By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Inferno”; Director: Ron Howard; Cast: Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones, Irrfan Khan, Omar Sy, Ben Foster, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Ana Ularu, Ida Darvish and Cesare Cremonini; Rating: *1/2 Not all novel adaptations…

By Troy Ribeiro Film: “The Girl on the Train” Director: Tate Taylor Cast: Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett, Rebecca Ferguson, Justin Theroux, Luke Evans, Edgar Ramirez, Laura Prepon, Allison Janney, Darren Goldstein, Lisa Kudrow, Lana Young…

By Subhash K Jha Film: “Remo; Director: Bakkiyaraj Kannan; Cast: Sivakarthikeyan, Keerthy Suresh Rating: *** “Remo” is a film about cross-dressing. Men masquerading as women, I thought, could only be aesthetic in the hands of…

By Haricharan Pudipeddi Film: “Remo” Director: Bakkiyaraj Kannan Cast: Sivakarthikeyan, Keerthy Suresh, Sathish, Saranya Ponvannan, Rajendran and Yogi Babu Rating: **1/2 When you walk into a Sivakarthikeyan film, especially one like “Remo”, you can’t expect…

By Haricharan Pudipeddi Film: “Devi” Director: Vijay Cast: Prabhudheva, Tamannaah Bhatia, Sonu Sood and RJ Balaji Rating: *** If you are a regular watcher of Tamil movies, especially the spate of horror-comedies that have come…

By Subhash K. Jha Film: ‘Tutak Tutak Tutiya’ Director: Vijay Starring: Prabhudheva, Sonu Sood, Tamannaah Bhatia Rating:* “Tutak Tutak Tutiya” is designed as a grand farce where everyone gets to have a wish come true….

By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Queen Of Katwe” Director: Mira Nair Cast: Lupita Nyong’o, Madina Nalwanga, David Oyelowo; Rating: ****1/2 (four and a half stars)  Rating: ****1/2 (four and a half stars) There she is,…

By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Tutak Tutak Tutiya” Director: Vijay Cast: Prabhudheva, Tamannaah Bhatia, Sonu Sood, Murali Sharma and Rajiv Thakur Rating: **1/2 “Tutak Tutak Tutiya” is a typical potboiler worth its ticket price. It is…

By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children” Director: Tim Burton Cast: Asa Butterfield and Eva Green Rating: *1/2 You know one of those films that are so bad, they are good?…

By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Mirzya” Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Cast: Harshvardhan Kapoor, Saiyami Kher, Art Malik, Anuj Choudhary, Anjali Patil, Om Puri Rating: ** Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s “Mirzya”, loosely inspired by the eternal love story…

By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children”  Director: Tim Burton Cast: Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Chris O’Dowd, Allison Janney, Rupert Everett, Terence Stamp, Ella Purnell, Judi Dench, Samuel L. Jackson, Kim Dickens,…

By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Storks” (3D Animation); Directors: Nicholas Stollar, Doug Sweetland; Rating: ***1/2 Rating: ***1/2 While the nation and its favourite cricket commentator swooned over Dhoni’s biopic over the weekend, a tender sweet…

By Troy Ribeiro Film: “M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story” Director: Neeraj Pandey Cast: Sushant Singh Rajput, Disha Patani, Kiara Advani, Anupam Kher, Bhumika Chawla, Ram Charan and Herry Tangiri Rating: *** This biopic is far…

By Subhash K Jha Film: “Bridget Jones’s Baby” Director: Sharon Maguire Cast: Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth and Patrick Dempsey Rating: * What’s with this avalanche of chick flicks at a theatre close to you? Two…