For telling it like it is, for giving the national hero a befitting cinematic homage and for opening up the vistas of dreams that every working class youngster lives and dies with, Sachin: A Billion Dreams deserves a standing ovation. For giving us a documentary that is neither dry nor pedantic nor over-eulogistic, the entire team of this film deserves a “We Love Sachin” sweat-shirt each…. Signed by the man.

Hindi Medium with excellent production values and a strong local story, is undoubtedly a great canvas with a strong message.

Overall, while the film is interestingly told and is engaging, the last scene, though it talks about a happy ending, unsettles the purist.

Maatr is a raw and powerful tale that is crisply told albeit a tad fictionalised.

Overall, the minor lapses in the portrayal of journalism as a profession, notwithstanding, ‘Noor’ is an enjoyable, breezy film which pivots around strong issues but is light-hearted too.

There is room for everything and everyone in this baggy after-thought including a cute baby who is part of the film’s climactic stunts. The baby, named Brian after the late much-missed Paul Walker, has a ball.
We do too. We don’t miss Walker. There is no pause for nostalgia here.

Though this film tells us why death need not be feared, I came away from it feeling a profound sense of melancholy. It makes us experience the final futility of life without disrespecting the art of living. And that’s no small achievement.

The film is a sincere attempt at recreating Poorna Malavath’s historic feat and conveying the message of empowering the girl child.

Naam Shabana is a film of rude awakening, reminding us how much maturity in vision treatment execution and the performances, a film can achieve provided it stops looking for reasons to make audiences happy. Watching this film is a joy, although nothing really happy happens to Shabana. We are just happy that she can fight her own battles even when the odds are stacked skyhigh against her.

Phillauri is a well made film from debutant director Anshai Lal and is worth a watch.