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Sukanya Verma's Film Reviews
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Kaalakaandi doesn’t always provide it, but there’s enough intrigue to play along.
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To kill goodness takes more than the might of a dazzling lightsabre or firing walkers. Its indestructibility is asserted in the most surreal and spiritual manner by the Skywalker siblings at crucial junctures of the story.
You don’t have to be a Star Wars nerd to enjoy its poignant pursuit of virtue.
Like a wise green man once said, ‘Through the force, things you will see.’
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If it were not for the talent involved, the reworking would descend into a good-looking journey of done-to-death red herrings. But, in their discerning presence and shrewd nuances, it offers an intrigue worthy of Poirot’s investigation and our time.
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Despite its love for feel-good, Tumhari Sulu isn’t stuck in a fool’s paradise and confronts the conflicts thrown in its path, feels Sukanya Verma.
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Secret Superstar’s cheerful, feel-good imagery of a rotten reality, captured gorgeously in cinematographer Anil Mehta’s lens and aided by Amit Trivedi’s soaring tunes, reflects a young adult’s hopeful perspective yet to be crushed by the weight of cynicism.
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With its fine zingers and feisty acknowledgement, Shubh Mangal Saavdhan does more for sex, both noun and verb, than any Hindi film can claim to in a long, long time.
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Like the rare dollop of jam, a nondescript man walking into the wild waves and a smiling lady from Dartmouth stood out and moved me with their profundity in ways I was expecting and still came out surprised.
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Jagga Jasoos ‘revels in its lavish imagination, meddlesome inquiries and delicious Bongness, never once pausing to catch a breath or make sense
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Her performance is a throwback to old-school histrionics and hysterics — it’s classic Sridevi…
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Just like those fun, fast and furious re-runs Bratt never gets tired of, it’s easy to warm up to the feel-good fervour of Gru and his ever expanding family every single time.