Rarely has a movie worked so hard at being outrageous…

Scenes from a marriage that actually isn’t worth saving…Sanjay Mishra stars as a rude husband trying to win back the affections of his wife in Harish Vyas’s movie.

Alia Bhatt shines in a muddled and improbable spy thriller…

Despite strong performances, Iranian director Majid Majidi’s first Indian movie is barely convincing.

There is a Hallmark quality to Dan’s lack of direction, which is presented without adequate explanation. But there is also a lived-in quality to Chaturvedi’s study of life-threatening illness, which is rarely explored by the movies with any seriousness.

Despite the efforts taken to ensure that the labyrinthine turns through the 139-minute movie are never confusing, the filmmakers are unable to avoid the twin curse of repetition and redundancy. Deo aims for conversational humour that evolves organically from the moment, but the running length could have been cut significantly limiting its impact. Blackmail has a satisfying neatness and roundedness that are usually missing from such films, but some of the manufactured clutter could have easily been avoided.

This crusade against black money has its moments…

As erotic as changing a light bulb…

Pad Man proves that sometimes, the message is far more important than the way in which it has been communicated.

Kashyap’s trademark caustic humour and tendency to upturn expectations serve him well in many moments. There are scenes in Mukkabaaz that will not find place in a regular film, including Bhagwan’s humiliation of Shravan and the tense conversation between Sanjay and Bhagwan.