The Top.Reviews
  • Ginny Weds Sunny
    October 9, 2020

    Ginny Weds Sunny

    "The business of matchmaking is once again at the forefront"
  • Bad Boy Billionaires
    October 6, 2020

    Bad Boy Billionaires

    "Comes at an opportune time, when the income inequality has reached stratospheric levels in many countries, prompting conversations about the true worth of billionaires."
  • Khaali Peeli
    October 2, 2020

    Khaali Peeli

    "The sort of baloney that recycles every done-to-death stereotype of the masala genre in the most lacklustre manner"
  • Serious Men
    October 2, 2020

    Serious Men

    "Captivating and complex portrait of underdog ambition"
  • C U Soon
    September 1, 2020

    C U Soon

    "Seems to be asking: Do you really need to step out anymore, even to watch this movie?"
Film Reviews
  • Cosmopolis

    Cosmopolis

    Cosmopolis Director: David Cronenberg Writers: David Cronenberg, Don DeLillo Stars: Robert Pattinson, Sarah Gadon, Paul Giamatti David Cronenberg is the greatest filmmaker in the English-speaking world, who has been continuing to make provocative and deeply thoughtful films when other claimants...
  • Amour

    Amour

    Amour Writer-director:Michael Haneke Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert Amour (meaning ‘Love’) stars Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva and Isabelle Huppert. The narrative focuses on an elderly couple, Anne and Georges, who are retired music teachers with a daughter...
Book Review
Short Fiction Review
  • Mannat

    Mannat

    November 6, 2020
    Mannat | short film, presently streaming on MXPlayer. Writer-director: Arpita Pattanayak Stars: Mandakini Goswami, Ashwath Bhatt, & Anamika Shukla   A feel of loneliness and emptiness is created in the opening...
Joy of Fashion
  • Border

    Saving a sari border

    October 24, 2020
    Could love be having to say you are a sari? It certainly could. This border belonged to a sari gifted to my sister Yashodhara¹ 35 years ago, on 4th September 1985 by...
  • Garad

    Garad — pure silk sari with red border

    October 24, 2020
    The original saree (header pic; on the extreme left) was a Garad saree from Bengal, worn traditionally by married women when performing a puja. It is made of pure...
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