Shilajit Mitra
The Hindu
Sitaare Zameen Par
2025 · The Hindu
Khan — one of the most didactic superstars India has ever produced — needs to surround himself with more Satbirs. An ideal Aamir Khan film can be both entertaining and edifying. But when the balance tilts, it's just annoying.
Fighter
2024 · The Hindu
Fighter is a film about loving your nation, though that's a secondary concern. It is, first and foremost, a film about loving Hrithik Roshan. Siddharth Anand directed two of the most visually compelling action films of recent years, War (2019) and Pathaan (2023). Fighter offers impressive visual fidelity, seamlessly blending real-world aircrafts with what must be computer-generated models in the trickier scenes. However, the dialogue writing is painfully off, and the film's one-note triumphalism and sentimentality dampen the fun.