…amidst the high-wattage attention around the Dhanush-Amitabh pairing, less is paid to Akshara, whose performance, although sincere, sometimes looks a tad banal.

As does the film occasionally, a pity because Shamitabh’s striking story could leave you speechless.

Watch this one for fun on the run. As long as you’re not light-laugh-lactose intolerant.

Balancing characters, conspiracies and cities, director Neeraj Pandey admirably keeps Baby rich, yet tight, researched, non-sentimental and steely-eyed. Neeraj’s craft has grown – he’s taken trademark touches from films like Special 26 and A Wednesday, setting them here on a grand scale, with a breath-taking climax. The cinematography – desert dunes in nothing but shaded moonlight – is elegant while dialogues are robust.

For those expecting a science lesson though, this film provides only fleeting moments of diet-physics. Instead, the focus is on Hawking’s emotional discoveries, his “simple, elegant equation to explain everything” – love, hope and human endeavour, balancing the sadness of ‘If only’ with the courage of ‘What if…?’

This movie reportedly made Stephen Hawking cry. Watch it. You’ll see why.

Its amusing insights and bold message make PK hit home. Appreciate its truths – which aren’t so alien after all.

Happy Ending’s a fun film with a melodious, modern take on individuals and pyaar. It’s an NRI movie that side-steps dilemmas and pain. And it’s probably the first Hindi film where the heroine cheekily tells the hero, “Show your boobs!”, performed with polished elan. Wrapping Hollywood ribbons on a Bollywood heart, this is a nice ending – and a good start.

Rang Rasiya is a colourful triumph, director Ketan Mehta meriting applause for his portrait of painter Raja Ravi Varma, skillfully blending a biopic, a period film, a love story and a social critique, within a tight frame.

Sometimes, Haider wanders – elaborate background music frames some scenes too richly while the second half could’ve been tighter. But these are tiny ripples on this filmi lake. For the most, Haider is superb, witty, violent, tragic – magic.

To see or not to see is no dilemma here. Don’t miss Haider – he’s got chutzpah like none other.

…this delightfully roguish romance tickles everything fun-loving inside you.

That’s what makes it so khoobsurat.

Finding Fanny is funny, dark, yet bright, a shimmering ride through a Goa far from the tight-rooted Trikal, the touristy Dil Chahta Hai. Its drama keeps surprising – but also meanders, including around an overacting Russian and an unnecessarily macabre cat. It evokes an Almodovar-Anderson-Marquez-in-Goa feel, but occasionally, its cleverness grows obvious while little details – catch the changing colours of Ferdie’s petrol can – are overlooked.