Ok Jaanu is  far superior to the original Mani Ratnam film . Visually rich and textured to accommodate words and emotions in beautiful places in the heart, this is a tender and seductive return to form for a director who had lost his way, like Charutala in  Ok Jaanu.

Force 2 is not a great one for spreading the message of peace.  It would rather do its job of giving us stunts that keep us riveted  to our seats.But it does bring up the issue of a very disturbing political tragedy  whereby those who are caught spying are disowned by  their own country. It’s a chilling thought on betrayal and loss, not quite the mood that this upbeat fiery and feisty actioner wants to dwell on. But it really can’t really help acquiring a conscience while taking a well-aimed shot at giving Hollywood stunts films a run for their money.

Rock On 2 is pretty much the most engaging and authentic sequel I’ve seen coming out  of Bollywood in recent times. If as Shakespeare volunteered, music is actually the food of love, then this film is a feast.

This  is  a film that wears its heart proudly on its sleeve. Shot in glorious splashy colours and rustling up an African soundtrack that makes our hearts twirl and gambol, it sweeps you in its inspirational universe with  such earnest intentions , you wouldn’t want to say no to even its most manipulative moments when poverty almost becomes a pivotal character in the plot challenging the protagonists for a combat to the finish.

Mirzya makes us feel with time-stopping stillness when the only sound we hear is that of two hearts beating, that this is only was to feel love,  with a ferociousness that precludes options.No wonder we FALL in love. How else would a moviemaker like Mehrabe  able to catch the journey down  during the fall?

Interesting music pieces(Vishal-Shekhar), a furiously implosive background score(SouravRoy) and a principal cast that believes in the plot’s quintessential rags-to-riches logic tends to keep the storytelling afloat.However Banjo is unlikely to set the  boxoffice on fire. Its energy remains half-doused by over-statement.

Parched celebrates  the joie de vivre of shared grief among women who live their wretched lives on the edge and are only too happily to topple over when pushed and provoked.

Sometimes, feminism doesn’t need a full-blown messianic clarion call.A little tug, a firm push will do.Parched hits us where it hurts at the most.

And I don’t mean below the waist.

Raaz Reboot is not quite that scary. No way! We are way too cynical and habituated to the conventions of the horror to be shaken to our core. But yes, Raaz Reboot does have genuine moments of chills to offer , specially mid-way when the film’s Big Secret is revealed.

Pink grabs our collective biases and age-old notions about permissible boundaries for feminine behaviour by the shoulder and shakes them hard. This a film that can change gender equations in our society.

Baar Baar Dekho is about getting a chance of changing the mistakes in life without making them. But really, I can’t think of one thing I’d like to see changed in this film. Except maybe Sarika’s prosthetics when she plays dead. Someone overdid the mother’s wrinkles.