Filmy Kahinka

Genre: Drama/Fantasy/  Director: Rahil Anil Barve Ratings:8/10   Tumbaad is a psychological horror film with strong visuals and metaphors. The protagonist Vinayak is a greedy man who knows how to please the goddess Hastar. That remains a secret  for a long period when it was time to introduce the process to his young son who will forward the legacy. Director Rahil Anil Barve and Adesh Prasad gave us memorable cinematography. Actor Sohum Shah did a wonderful job.  

  Genre: Drama/Romance/  Director: Ritesh Batra Ratings: 8/10 Sanya Malhotra who played the coy Gujarati girl is stunning and Nawazuddin Siddiqui in the role of the humble photographer with big dreams is brilliant. The chemistry is unique and a must-watch to experience a different insight on love. A story of different shades of love . A struggling photographer whose one capture changed the perspective of a shy topper in class. The film depicts the goal and achievement of people from different walks of life. Breaking all the barriers just to feel that momentary happiness is beautifully captured.

Genre: Drama/Romance Ratings: 8/10 Director: Ritesh Batra The film starts with the life of Mumbai where one part is hugely dependent on the  “Mumbai Dabbawala” . Ila and Mr. Fernandez are two broken souls who happened to get to know each other through the  tiffin service . The messages they exchanged through the letters gave them a ray of hope to dream for a life that is stuck somewhere in the maddening crowd. It’s a treat to watch both Irfan Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui together. Every expression and shot seems so beautifully crafted and meant for each actor.  

Genre: Docu-Series Ratings: 7/10 Director: Svati Chakravarty Bhatkal Aamir Khan’s production Rubaru Roshni is a story of loss and forgiving. The documentary covers the stories of families and their plight post a crime. It has shown the perspectives of both sides. A young child loses both parents to a political assassination, a nun who is battling with cancer loses her sister in broad daylight murder, an American woman who lost her husband and daughter in the gruesome 26/11 terror attack in Mumbai. It shows the perpetrators' insight and motives behind their involvement in these murders. The documentary goes in-depth to understand what compels a criminal mind. It opens up about how these people didn’t choose revenge but forgiveness to convey a strong message of a better world. In a time full of hatred and violence Rubaru Roshni gives hope. You can see them cry in front of the camera and open up about their fear, pain, remorse, guilt, respect, gratitude. It’s a soul-stirring film whic

Comedy/Action/Romance Ratings: 8/10 Director: Vasan Bala     This film is one of the stylish films. Surya (Abhimanyu Dasani) suffers from congenital insensitivity who idolizes the Karate Mani (Gulshan Devaiah) since childhood. Due to the disorder, he couldn’t feel any pain and as a result, he is always bullied at school. His grandfather (Mahesh Manjrekar) stood rock solid and helped him to develop his skill through watching action movies. His love interest is the badass Supri (Radhika Madan) who is supremely skilled like him.   It can be easily considered as one of the superheroes  in  Bollywood  which has all the flavors. Witty Dialogues, Great action sequences, and fresh new promising actors. A must watch for full entertainment and certainly can be touted as the new age cinema. Director Vasan Bala did all justice to live up to the expectation of a new approach and is impressive .  

Genre: Drama Ratings: 7/10 Director: Aijaz Khan Hamid is a little boy who lost his father and wants to search his father through Allah, the Almighty. His mother explains to  him that 786 is the number of Allah. In order to reach his father, he calls in that number and God answers him one day. The call is received by none other than a CRPF Jawan whom Hamid thinks as God and asks him to send his father. They developed a beautiful relationship amidst the hatred that engulfs the city. The film is an achingly beautiful portrayal of loss, pain, anger, and love in one of the world’s most troubled and militarized zones, Kashmir. With this simple story filmmaker, Aijaz Khan tells a thousand tales and conveys a very important message. Excellent performances by the actors especially the little kid. He will tear you apart every single time you see him on screen. A must watch .

Genre: Drama/Action Ratings: 8/10 Director: Vikramaditya Motwane Three friends start to make videos on corruption in their self made YouTube channel “Insaaf”. They put on masks and tries to stop people who break rules like jumping the red light, cutting trees. What started off as a small project, it became serious when people started to request them for bigger causes. Bhavesh Joshi (Priyanshu Painyuli) got involved in a water scam and is murdered by the mafia. Siku (Harshvardhan Kapoor) left the project in the halfway and planned to leave for America for a settled job. But the death of his best friend who died for the cause stopped him and made him take revenge. He set out to make videos and started to post again in the name of his friend Bhavesh Joshi. He continued to fight against corruption along with his only friend left Rajat (Ashish Verma). When we think of Bollywood Super Hero films there are very few to name. But some films which are highly underrated are Bhavesh Joshi and Mard

Genre: Drama/Thriller Ratings: 9/10 Director: Anubhav Sinha After Mulk, director Anubhav Sinha is here with another relevant prevailing socio-political issue with Article 15. It is one of the most awaited films of 2019. Police Officer Ayan Mukherjee (Ayushmann Khurrana) who is an upper-class Brahmin but caste blind is posted in a small village in Bihar where he encounters the deep-rooted casteism around. Two Dalit girls got missing and found hanging in a tree after two days of his service. Shooked by the incident and the way the case is handled by his own officers and the people around he was helpless in many ways. But with the strength of his intuition and guts, he undergoes the rigorous challenges to solve the case to find the lost girl who was still missing.  As his girlfriend (Isha Talwar) rightly said “Hero Nahi chaiye Ayan bas aise logh chaiyeh jo Hero ka wait nah kare”, Ayan takes action on the case with his gut feeling fighting all the odds. Despite Corrupt officers, Politician

Dream Girl is a laugh riot! Ayushmann Khurrana is on fire. This will be his second success post Article 15 in 2019. The complete cast of this movie is well crafted and each character is unforgettable.    The famous duo of Vicky Donor fame Annu Kapoor and Ayushmann Khurrana are back with a bang as father and son. They have some wittiest dialogues in the movie. In this, an educated but jobless Karamvir is desperate to prove his father. He is popular in the locality for playing the role of Sita in the local plays of Ramayan. Everyone loves him and some take his blessings for any good work. But his father is unhappy with the attention that his son was gaining as playing a female character instead of a male. To gain his father’s trust Karamvir lands up in a call center looking for a job unaware of the fact that was a “Friendship Call Center” where 99 percent of the employees were women. Since he was desperate and also confident of his female voice playing the role of Sita, he convinced the

Despite the huge controversy of copyright issues, Bala has emerged as a winner in terms of acting, witty dialogues, and direction The age-old stigma of certain issues which is still very much prevalent has been portrayed in a subtle way avoiding the route of predictable climaxes The elements of small city life and its obsession towards  films, acting, social media is hilarious Ayushmann Khurrana has left no stone unturned to make this character so believable with his prowess. The agony of a young man losing hair prematurely and how it affects his personal and professional life has been delivered fantastically The huge debate doing the rounds of Bhumi Padnekar doing the role of a dark-skinned girl is not at all disappointing. She has delivered her part as the women who believed in her color and helped Bala to accept his real identity is really heart touching Yami Gautam as the popular Tik Tok sensation seems believable with a provocative thought that beauty is the prime thing in her lif

                                                            A Lifelong Splash This is a much-needed story that has never been told much unlike other crimes, a story not in news much, a story that has never been discussed much, the way it should be, a story that celebrates the women who suffered yet proved to be triumphant. It is the story of an acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal, who was attacked by one of her family friends who could not bear the rejection of his romantic advances. It is her journey where she fought with her inner self to face the harsh reality and file a PIL for the acid ban. Her fight is still ongoing and only half the battle is won. She is still fighting with many campaigns and has been recognized as a role model for being the face of women’s empowerment globally. She represents the beauty of living a life without regrets, grit and courage. Meghna Gulzar along with Deepika Padukone delivered this much-needed story responsibly and sensibly. They brought the subject