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Monika Rawal Kukreja

Monika Rawal Kukreja

Hindustan Times

7Reviews
1Publication
Chandu Champion

Chandu Champion

2024 · Hindustan Times

This heartwarming tale celebrates the exemplary journey of an unsung and forgotten hero. The biographical sports drama presents Murli's triumphs and failures with equal impact.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

2024 · Hindustan Times

Writer-director Sriram Raghavan, five years since his last directorial Andhadhun, once again displays a spectacular example of what brilliant writing looks like. The film goes far and beyond, entering unchartered territories and immerses you in a world of deception, death and darkness.

Fighter

Fighter

2024 · Hindustan Times

Fighter is a full-on entertainer that engages and excites in equal parts. The near perfect screenplay keeps you invested and engaged to a point that you barely focus on the loopholes, and it's high on patriotism but never resorts to chest-thumping chants.

Animal

Animal

2023 · Hindustan Times

Animal's problematic premise has already been discussed since its teaser and trailer were unveiled. What the full film offers is a series of events, emotions and sequences leading up to a rather underwhelming climax, which is so rushed that you keep waiting if something more is yet to come post the end credits.

Fukrey 3

Fukrey 3

2023 · Hindustan Times

Fukrey 3 is a legit laughter riot. You can easily leave your brains at home, and sit back to enjoy this without thinking much or trying to make sense of what's happening onscreen.

Attack: Part 1

Attack: Part 1

2022 · Hindustan Times

John is often credited for carrying a film on his shoulders, however, with Attack, the actor and debutant director Lakshya Raj Anand took this a bit too seriously, as John, as a 'super soldier' is literally the single man out there, killing all the bad men.

KGF Chapter 2

KGF Chapter 2

2022 · Hindustan Times

With a screenplay that was all over the place, characters getting introduced at a pace faster than a meteoroid's crash, and a story that picked up only post-interval, I was a bit lost too early on in the film.