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Tuesday, November 11, 2025
TopicFilm review

Topic: film review

Made In China review: Rajkummar Rao-starrer could use dose of its own medicine for a boost

Good performances cannot save this predictable storyline from being an underwhelming experience.

Sunny Deol’s Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas sets a new bar — for how bad Bollywood can get

The film is downright bizarre with bad acting by the lead pair, unimpressive music and staccato storyline.

Ayushmann Khurrana’s Dream Girl starts with hilarity and ends in disappointment

Hilarious and witty to begin with, this comedy loses track in the second half and leaves you wishing for better writing.

Chhichhore tackles a difficult issue with simplistic solutions but plenty of charm

Using flashbacks and nostalgia, 'Dangal' director Nitesh Tiwari makes a vital point about the pressure to not even say the word ‘fail’.

Prabhas-starrer Saaho a big-budget mess with no plot, bad acting & special effects overdose

With excessive and repetitive special effects than all of Avatar, Saaho starring Prabhas and Shraddha Kapoor is a must-miss.

Looking for John Abraham’s Batla House? Take a left onto snoozeville

Nikkhil Advani’s film Batla House manages to hit the politically correct notes but fails at making an entertaining movie.

Mission Mangal launches well but goes out of orbit

The feel-good underdog tale will suit Independence Day audiences looking for patriotic josh, but crowd-pleasing tactics & lack of subtlety derail this mission.

Jabariya Jodi is just that — forced and confusing, with zero chemistry

Parineeti Chopra and Sidharth Malhotra film Jabariya Jodi tops the list of abysmal movies released so far in 2019.

Uttam Kumar’s Saptapadi is the 1960s’ inter-faith love story that rings true even today

Saptapadi’s famous, moving Othello scene, which was directed separately by Utpal Dutt, deserves special praise.

Kangana’s Judgementall Hai Kya is the mental health thriller you were waiting for

Dark, funny, and full of suspense, Kangana Ranaut and Rajkummar Rao-starrer film gets the subject right — for most part.

On Camera

BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

The impact of all this upheaval is unmooring. We search for the BBC to confirm that Britain still exists and find it missing.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.