‘Kedarnath’ (2018) (dir. Abhishek Kapoor) is an age-old star-crossed lovers story set against the backdrop of the devastating floods that...

‘Badhaai Ho' (2018) is a surprisingly quiet film about a family struggling to cope with a woman's late pregnancy. The premise is...

In one of the first few scenes of 'Aamhi Doghi' (2018) we see the young female protagonist as a child, listening to a speech about...

‘Fantastic Beasts: the Crimes of Grindelwald’, the second in the installment of the pre-Harry Potter franchise, is a frustrating...

‘Nancy’ is a psychological thriller about a woman who lives out her life vicariously. In a dead-end job with an ill mother, you wouldn’t...

There is a particular word in Japanese to describe “forest-bathing”, which is touted to be a cure for depression. ‘Vision’ takes this...

‘A Tramway in Jerusalem’ is an episodic film sketching vignettes of conversations and encounters that function as little windows into the...

‘Maya’ is a meandering journey into the life of a war reporter who decides that the best therapy for trauma is a visit to Goa. The...

‘Shadow’ ('Ying') is a visually arresting spectacle that tells a version of the Three Kingdoms story, a period of history known as...

'Amar' is a wonderful look at the agonies and ecstasies of first love and the illusions it comes with. Opening with a beautiful floodlit...

‘Up in the Air’ is many things: a romance featuring a middle-aged couple’s casual yet passionate story, a comedy about a weary old-timer...

'Manto' (2018) is a biopic on one of India (and Pakistan)'s finest short story writers, Saadat Hasan Manto. The opening shot plunges us...

'Stree' (2018) is a horror-comedy based on an urban legend about a female ghost who haunts a town that killed her for daring to elope...

'The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society' is a film as vapid and pretentious as its awfully quirky title. By turns attempting to be...

'Easy' is a television series with each episode telling a single stand-alone story that takes off on a concept or a particular...

'An Insignificant Man' (2016) is a fascinating documentary that traces the movement of an idealist-activist into the political sphere....

'Bareilly ki Barfi' (2017) is a love triangle set in a small town buoyed by a strong cast of colourful characters (except, glaringly, the...

'Sacred Games' (2018) is a gripping original series where familiar elements -- a cat and mouse chase between a cop and a gangster, the...

'Andhadhun' (2018) is, at face value, a thriller and a mystery centred around a yesteryear film actor who can't seem to get enough of his...

'Lady Bird' is a coming-of-age story retold in its actual setting, with characters that are usually turned into caricatures--the rich...