Great Great Masti is stuck in  a time-warp.Innuendos , comparing penises to bananas and referring to pubic hair asjhaad(bush),  are no longer cool even in school back-benches.Shockingly the female actors are shown to participate in scenes where woman’s body parts are likened to plots of land and real estate.

Staggeringly engaging , remarkably rugged and unexpectedly  romantic Sultan is every bit the comprehensive blockbuster it  promised to be.Watching the accomplished storytelling and the deft characterizations in Sultan it is hard to believe that this work comes from the director of Mere Brother Ki Dulhan and Gunday.

This is film that doesn’t flinch from the fearful ugliness of existence. It’s also a brutal and haunting reminder of how rapidly the lines dividing the law-makers and law-breakers are disappearing. ‘Raman’ and ‘Raghav’ are no  longer the archetypal Villain and Hero that we sought in our cinema for moral comfort. They are now the best of friends and our worst of enemies.

No, you really can’t pluck holes in Nagesh Kukunoor’s enchanting excursion into the heart of innocence and salvation. This is a heartwarming ode  to the dying spirit of the human and selfless compassion .Moving funny and memorable, the two child actors are miraculous.

Ditto the film.

Te3n grips us from the first frame. It is a thriller with a heart, soul and  most exceptionally, a conscience.

With fresher dialogues, more credible situations and a less clunky attitude to that thing called love Do Lafzon Ki Kahani could have been a far more gratifying ode to romantic yearnings.

Well Akshay, sorry to say this. But this is the most flaccid comedy of your career.

This film is certainly not for the squeamish or the weak at heart. But for those  who are familiar with Ram GopalVarma’s appetite for the  abominable, Veerappan is just the beast to grab at your nearest theatre.

Not since Ritesh Batra’s The Lunchbox have I seen an Indie film addressing itself to the ageless issue of  human desolation and individual grief with such warmth, dignity grace honesty and humour.

Sarbjit has immense poignancy at its heart. But the execution of the theme of a homesick dying man imprisoned in a hostile country often tends to lean dangerously close to populism.