Entertainment takes on the tripe that our cinema enjoys dishing out and turns it into some kind of a queasy crap-convention that knows it is making little sense most of the time and is not apologetic about its lowbrow aspirations.

Since its protagonists are largely loathsome in their self serving attitude, this is not an easy film to like . But ultimately it is a satisfying blithe and breezy slice-of-life experience with dialogues and scenes that ring true most of the time. The film marks the confident debut of its lead pair and director.

Their time starts now.

Like Vidya Balan’s multiple disguises the film’s ability to surprise never flags. If Bobby/Bilkis revels in a sense of adventure the narration doesn’t lag behind.You can find flaws here. But you won’t hold them against the film. That’s a guarantee.

This is by far the most spectacular of the Transformers films that you are likely to see. It has heart and it has balls. It has a grip and nerves of steels and yet it melts into disarming chunks of storytelling that read like episodes from American sitcoms from the 1960s. The world never seemed more compelling in its chaos.

In trying for a merger of mayhem and emotions the film finally falls apart like the shattered pieces of a broken heart.

We expect so much and get so little. That’s life.

To come across a film with so many talented actors all under one roof is a delightful experience. Chal Bhaag is one of those hectically plotted adventure stories where the fast flowing fund of ideas and words indicate the presence of minds that understand the grammar of commercial cinema.

Light on top and substantial underneath, this is the Rang De Basanti of the post-Modi era. Thoughtful and at times brilliant, it tells us a great deal about the state of a culture and people searching for reasons to keep the spirit of nationalism alive as self-serving corruption grown all around us.

It doesn’t matter how shallow the take on the life and times of Spiderman this time might be. The audience is given a huge dose of visual effects to lull the senses into a feeling of an impending storm.They will love it.

Although the final impression is that of a super-hero who lost his relevance.

Better luck next time.

There is a laboured attempt here to prove that animation has come to animated life in Indian cinema. Sadly, it ends up proving only the opposite. We’ve a long way to go. If you want to see a credible dramatically deft adaptation of the Mahabharat, check out B R Chopra’s televised version.

As for animation, Indian cinema should leave it alone.

You wait for the horror to get sexy. Instead the sex gets progressively horrific. No Satan or its messenger can be as scary as Emraan Hashmi chewing on his two heroines’ lips as though he has just relinquished vegetarianism.