One of the high points of Talvar is a long climactic sequence in which two investigating teams sit across a table and have a go at each other as they strive, with no holds barred, to get their respective points across.

Talvar is a must watch.

Kaun Kitney Paani Mein goes where Hindi cinema rarely ever does. For that alone it deserves to be seen.

Manjhi – The Mountain Man pays a price for exactly the opposite – it errs on the side of excess. Its makers go overboard with the sturdy but rather stolid pieces available to them.

A lighter touch might have made Manjhi – The Mountain Man a markedly more convincing biopic.

Drishyam is gripping in parts but is anything but an unblemished humdinger.

Dripping pain and poetry in equal measure, the film presents intertwined stories of repression, rebellion and repentance set against the funeral pyres of a Varanasi cremation ghat.
Vicky Kaushal and Shweta Tripathi deliver a pair of luminous performances that stay with you long after the film is over.

This dazzling debut film is an unmissable gem.

Scale of ambition: gargantuan. Quality of VFX: out of the ordinary. Content: only occasionally gripping. Final impact: pretty strong.

A lighthearted film about a deadly serious subject could have easily gone horribly wrong. Guddu Rangeela doesn’t. It is lively, droll and occasionally thought-provoking.

Barring the stray rough edges, Guddu Rangeela is eminently watchable.

An ensemble cast of seasoned character actors who know their onions inside out but aren’t quite sure of their Haryanvi dictions raises Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho a few notches above the median.

Recommended with a rider: this certainly isn’t time-pass fare.

…is as entertaining and engaging a film as any that Bollywood has delivered this year. Do not miss it.

A warm, charming and bittersweet family drama, Piku turns the genre completely on its head.

The result is a magnificently original film that delivers a memorably unique movie experience.