Director Shakun Batra keeps it all on a tight leash and skillfully mines the multiple conflict points as much for the humour inherent in them as for the dramatic frisson that they generate.

Kapoor And Sons is intense and incisive in its observation of human inadequacies but is always entertaining.

Does Teraa Surroor have any redeeming feature at all? Well, the length is a bit of a relief. The film’s runtime is 15 minutes under two hours. So, it isn’t as patience-trying as it otherwise might have been.

Jai Gangaajal is likely to be a letdown for those who expect it to be a worthy follow-up to Gangaajal.

But if you go in without too many expectations, you might find parts of its fairly palatable.

Zubaan stretches itself too thin at times in trying to raise its narrative tempo. In its quieter moments, however, it does manage to get its voice heard.

Watch it for the latter bits – and for Vicky Kaushal.

If only the disparate elements were better dovetailed into the larger picture it seeks to paint, Bollywood Diaries might have had more to write home about.

It is disappointing that it doesn’t because the premise did have a great deal of promise.

Mehta strips the tragic true story of all vestiges of overt sentimentality. Instead, he fills the depths of the understated but intensely moving drama with genuine, unsettling emotion.

So, in addition to being a portrayal of the gay experience in an unjust and insensitive society, Aligarh is a human drama with universal resonance. It encapsulates the plight of all dissenters.

It is a powerful story that tugs gently and delicately at the heartstrings.

It does not go overboard on attacking the lachrymal glands. But when it does, it is bang on.

Sanam Re is a surefire cure for insomnia. Its air of somnolence is so pervasive that a yawn a minute is absolutely guaranteed.

There is so much to admire in Fitoor that it is easy not to be put off by its ponderous pace and lack of contextual detailing.

Go for it because there might not be too many better films than Fitoor this year.

Sanam Teri Kasam is excruciatingly painful. The torture it inflicts has as much to do with its length as with what transpires between the start and end points.

This is an unmitigated disaster, a travesty of the medium that only a miracle can save from sinking without a trace.