The Top.Reviews
  • Mission Mangal
    August 17, 2019

    Mission Mangal

    "Has its heart in place, if not all of its science—home or rocket"
  • Jabariya Jodi
    August 10, 2019

    Jabariya Jodi

    "Devoid of focus and logic and riddled with acting that borders on the shockingly amateurish"
  • Judgementall Hai Kya
    July 28, 2019

    Judgementall Hai Kya

    Saibal Chatterjee: "The reflections of the star's real-life run-ins with influential members of the industry and segments of the media are too obvious to be missed."
  • Pariyerum Perumal
    April 18, 2019

    Pariyerum Perumal

    Winner of the Film Critics Circle of India Award for Best Debut Feature | Le Festival des Cinémas Indiens de Toulouse
  • Kesari
    March 23, 2019

    Kesari

    "Tells us nothing new about the Battle of Saragarhi"
Film Reviews
  • Prometheus

    Prometheus

    A ‘prequel’ to a film classic is sometimes a much better marketing ploy than a sequel – especially when the first film began on an intriguing note. Ridley Scott’s Alien (1979) is a horror classic and it engendered several sequels by other...
  • Arbitrage

    Arbitrage

    Nicholas Jarecki’s Arbitrage is a political film, but its statement is disguised as family drama. The first factor that makes it highly political is that it is about a hedge-fund tycoon and investment bankers have become highly controversial after...
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