Rang de Basanti exemplifies modern India’s understanding of patriotism and it promotes the sentiment in the most energetic way possible. The only way you can get the youth to talk about the true meaning of patriotism is by igniting the passion that drives it and that is what the director achieved with this film, forcing […]

The portrayal of cops in Bollywood had always been in shades of Black or White, barring Govind Nihalani’s Ardh Satya (1983), before Ab Tak Chappan changed the scenario. The film follows the life of a crime branch inspector and encounter specialist Sadhu Agashe (Nana Patekar), famous for his 56 kills. There are no emotional, patriotic

Adopted from a book by the same name on the true events of 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts, Black Friday is a riveting piece of cinema. The film narrates the cause, the process, and the aftermath of the bombings in such detail and honesty that it can easily be confused with a documentary. It comes with

Trust Rajkumar Hirani to bring out an unusual theme and turn it into a no-nonsense entertainer with a message. Very few films can compete with the freshness and feel good nature of this film that tells the story of a goon who sets out to become a doctor in his own unique way. The film

Nobody wrote tragedies better than William Shakespeare. And to interpret one of his greatest stories, Macbeth, in a Mumbai underworld setting, and be able to bring to life its complex characters on screen is an enormous achievement. Maqbool is a masterpiece, an acting manual for a generation of actors, and a guide on how to

The brilliance of cinema is in interpreting and bringing forward those aspects of our lives that we ourselves are blind to. Monsoon Wedding did so with such lucidity that it embarrassed a majority of the audience. The film brought on screen the conversations that were never to be heard, secrets that should never come out

Dil Chahta Hai changed the way we perceived Bollywood movies and in many ways how we made them. Before Farhan Akhtar introduced us to the emotional undertone of characters, colloquial dialogues, and a youth centric theme that doesn’t flare passion, all Bollywood films had used an outdated sketch of youth, without realistic upgrades. Dil Chahta