There is not a single artiste or technician in Neerja who has bummed out on the job. A whole lot compassion and conviction have made a miracle of a movie called  Neerja happen.

No expense has been spared to ensure that Girish Tairani post-debut vehicle catches the audiences’ fancy. But flaunting urban affluence and trying to write dialogues which try hard to sound  like  the metro-youngsters internet babble gives this film an embarrassing aspirational aura.

As you watch this slush of a rom-com only one thought keeps coming to mind. Would someone please slash the slosh?

Spotlight puts the spotlight on the trauma without  creating hype or drama. It’s an achievement that doesn’t call for a standing ovation. It gets it without trying.

Fitoor is one of the most disappointing literary adaptations ever attempted in Indian cinema. Director Abhishek Kapoor had earlier done Chetan Bhagat’s 3 Mistakes Of My Life (Kai Po Che). This is less Dickens, more Mills & Boon. Kashmir has a lot to be happy about. Wish we could say the same about Charles Dickens.

Sanam Teri Kasam moves forward with no lofty aspirations, except to tell a tale of star-crossed lovers with charm, simplicity and sincerity. It succeeds in doing that.

Alas, the film itself doesn’t match up to the glory of its stunning visual velocity or its leading man​’s ​ towering performance. This is Madhavan’s Raging Bull. By far his career’s finest performance. The film could have been better, though. Much better.

For my money and time, Akshay Kumar is the most watchable star in Bollywood today. See Airlift. You will know why. Unlike the other superstars his growth is constant. Every film—and I include his steady stream of comedy films—finds him touch base with  new depths of emotions within himself.

Akshay Kumar nails the role of an unsung hero in this heart-stopping thriller…

Tarantino’s Western is coldblooded, too calculated to actually be considered chilling. In Tarantino’s territory the violence is perpetuated with flippancy. His characters don’t care about human life. And frankly, we can’t bring ourselves to care whether these characters live or die.