…the film works largely because the director injects tenability into his four main characters . Kaun Kitne PaaniMein is a heartwarming satire on the water scarcity executed with care and compassion. The film is shot in rural areas of Odisha where we can actually sense the parched mood of the famished humanity.

This a small film with a big heart. Not devoid of flaws but none of them fatal.

The creative zest to tell a rock-solid story in a language that is both virile and sensitive comes from director Kabir Khan himself who films S Hussain Zaidi’s fantasy novel with a reliable quotient of compelling scenes and characters. Dark sinister and utterly riveting, Phantom is a brave ballsy thriller that yanks Kabir Khan aeons away from the arcadian idealism of Bajrangi Bhaijaan.

Words of praise seem hollow when it comes to a film that describes a life so inspirational.

As you watch the talented but largely anchorless actor Vinay Pathak slip easily into the part of the real-life freedom fighter Gaur Hari Das , you feel he is holding back when he could easily let go. The same is true of Ananth Narayan Mahadevan’s noble bio-pic.

Brothers may not appeal to those who look for laughter in times of despair.There is barely room for a whiff of a smile in this dark sanguinary and seductive tale of destruction and redemption told in a free-wheeling style that accommodates derivations and innovations without apology or awkwardness. Definitely one of Akshay Kumar’s glorious achievements.

Go , laugh a while at the engaging antics of our two suicide bomber heroes. They are a riot. No pun intended.

Drishyam is the fourth remarkable film this July. The story of an ordinary family under extraordinary stress, Kamat puts his finger on the pulse of the original Malayalam film to convert into into an all-new gripping thriller.

Masaan is a film that takes more away from viewers than perhaps we we are willing to give away. It leaves us with no choice but to surrender our soul to its vision of a world where grief and bereavement are the incontrovertible home truths. The rest is transitory.

Masaan is great great great film. Not to be missed.

This Eid, go and spend 2 ½ hours with this amazing character called Bajrangi Bhaijaan. Rest assured, you’ll never again peer across the barbed fence with suspicion again.

Second Hand Husband is an impatient film. It wants to cramp the destinies of all its characters into one range of vision and quickly get them to sort out the marital mess that surrounds the storytelling like excessive topping in a pizza determined to have its fill.

This is a filling but not quite fulfilling comedy remarkable for keeping the situations in the script funny without resorting to cheap attention-grabbing tactics.