Fireflies is an imperfect film about flawed characters who disguise their spiritual ennui in tailored postures of sophistication.It’s not a great film. But it’s sincere and a largely well-crafted piece of cinema about fractured lives frozen in compromised relationships.

You may not think much of the characters’ shallow shindigs during the time of exceptional stress. But one thing is for sure. You’ve never seen anything like this in Hindi cinema.

For all its sins of excesses HNY is a full-on paisa-vasool experience. It is a rollicking rumbustious ode to the spirit of whopping howling shrieking and bantering camaraderie. Filled with tongue-in-cheek episodes of hip-swaying audacity the all-pervasive madness is infectious.

Ignore the malicious comments on the film. Go see Sonali Cable. It is a very original and intelligent script, deftly edited and performed. Yes , debutant Charudutt Acharya is a better writer than a director.His characters are must have appeared far more interesting on paper. But then, cinema is not about the written word only. It’s a lot more.

Wild and wacky Tamanchey is an enjoyable rollercoaster rider about two mismatched criminals on the run who fall hopelessly in love.

You know where this reckless couple is hurling to. But that doesn’t stop this bang-bang affair from being a fun ride .

Jigariyaa is splashy flamboyant colourful earthy take on Romeo & Juliet. The film gives us an impressively intuitive debutant Harsh Vardhan who seems to know more about love in Agra than tragedy in Shakespeare.

Star-crossed love against the backdrop of the Taj Mahal played out a high octave… Yes, it works.

Ekkess Topon Ki Salaami deserves a 21-gun salute. It has a heart and it doesn’t hesitate in letting it show.

Bang Bang gets the boredom quotient bang-on. The rest is all noise and fury about a diamond, Kohinoor no less, stolen from a British museum. The way the thief carries the precious ‘diamond’(which looks like a paperweight) around in his pocket goes to show how little a certain group of filmmakers respect the audiences’ intellect.

Vishal Bhardawaj’s third Shakespearean sojourn is his best yet.Haider is like a painting viewed from the road inside an art gallery…distant yet vivid,unforgettable layered lifelike and yet exquisitely poetic.

Earthy robust and virile Desi Kattey is the macho gun gaan that fans of Anurag Kashyap and SanjayGupta’s cinema would identify with. If you like stories about boys on a rampage this one will make your heart swell with manly pride.