Murtaza Ali Khan, Author at The Sunday Guardian Live

Ludicrous scenarios redeemed by solid acting

The three siblings Chandan (essayed by Sumeet Vyas), Chanchal (played by Maanvi Gagroo, and Chitvan (essayed by Amol Parashar) are back with yet another...

Powerful script with powerhouse performances

Consider a scene in Gone Kesh wherein the girl protagonist first realizes that she is suffering from a severe case of hair loss. While...

Oozes with cinephilia, but leaves a lot to be desired

During an early scene in Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota a man tells his impressionable young grandson, Surya, about his adventurous youth. Among other...

Not a bad cinematic experience, despite its flaws

There is a scene in Triple Frontier wherein survival becomes more important than money for the film’s five protagonists, all military veterans, who are...

Film Review: Female superheroes are here to stay for good

During a scene in Captain Marvel a male fighter pilot makes a sexist remark in front of her female colleague saying that ‘cockpit’ is...

Dull, boring, purposeless: Chaubey’s worst film

One of the biggest problems that the Indian society continues to face is the caste system. But if there is an even bigger problem...

Film Review: A gripping tale of Mumbai’s street-rap scene

There is a scene in Gully Boy where in a girl with a dusky complexion spray-paints a hoarding publicizing a fairness cream with the...

Film Review: Choreography, visuals elevate a predictable plot

When a filmmaker like James Cameron makes a promise there is every reason to believe that sooner or later it would be delivered. In...

Film Review: Honest effort marred by a disjointed screenplay

Hyperlink cinema isn’t still very common to Hindi cinema. And good hyperlink cinema is even rarer to come by. Pia Sukanya’s debut comic thriller...

Film Review: Hard-hitting war drama makes all the right moves

On 18 September 2016 four terrorists attacked an army base near the town of Uri in the Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir. As...

New wave of Indian cinema: 2018 will be remembered as a golden year

The year 2018 has proven to be a rather peculiar year for Hindi cinema. While it witnessed big-budget, star-studded films like Zero, Thugs of...

Film Review: An action-packed film about women safety

In the year 2010, Hindi cinema witnessed an interesting turnaround in popular taste with the success of Abhinav Kashyap’s Dabangg, starring Salman Khan in...

Film Review: Acting and screenplay outshine the plotline

With the advent of internet the world started to shrink which brought everybody closer than ever. But at the same time it created new...

Film Review: Predictable script, groundbreaking visuals

During an early scene in Shankar’s 2.0, the much-awaited sequel to his 2010 blockbuster Enthiran, an old man standing in a long queue likens...

Film Review: Would have passed as an entertainer back in 2012

Back in the ‘90s, Sunny Deol was nothing less than a personification of macho superstardom. For most part of the decade and beyond he...

Film Review: Marred by lazy writing, uninspired direction

Vijay Krishna Acharya’s Thugs of Hindostan begins with the story of a powerful Indian ruler who is forced to surrender after his young son,...

Film Review: Saif’s Baazaar is all about money and moral values

During a brief scene in Gauravv K. Chawla’s Baazaar, Shakun Kothari, the Gujarati business magnate essayed by Saif Ali Khan, asks Rizwan Ahmed, his...

Film Review: A film that succeeds in living up to its promise

Hindi cinema these days is consciously focusing on stories based in the Hindi heartland. The diaspora is no longer the primary target of Hindi...

Film Review: Absurdist comedy with Marquezian undertones

Fed up of his two querulous daughters who can’t stand each other, the father helplessly asks a man, “I just don’t understand why my...

Film Review: Nawazuddin makes us feel Manto’s inner pain

There is a scene in Nandita Das’ Manto wherein Saadat Hasan Manto, the eponymous writer on whom the film is based, tries consoling his...

Biggest film of the year from the Northeast

Sanjib Dey’s III Smoking Barrels is being touted as the biggest film of the year from Northeast India. The film’s trailer was recently launched...

India’s Historic Trifecta: Tribal President, OBC PM and Dalit CJI to lead India together

Waqf may test NDA’s Muslim support in Bihar

Rudderless Congress runs aground

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