Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Hostel: Part II 2007

  ★★½ Watched 10 Mar 2023

  Certainly an improvement over its maiden instalment.

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  Fresh 2022

  ★★ Watched 09 Mar 2023

  Visceral visuals but forgettable screenplay.

Popular reviews

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  Manorama Six Feet Under 2007

  ★★★½ Watched 24 Nov 2019 2

  This is one of the prime examples displaying why Abhay Deol will never ever face the criticism of being a ‘product of nepotism’ despite being from a prominent film family. The balls on the man to do such varied and ever interesting, not to mention unconventional, roles will certainly place him among the revered elites for the true lovers of Indian cinema.

  Now the movie. It’s possible that the reveal won’t make you jump in your seat but the slow…

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  Arjun Reddy 2017

  ★½ Watched 13 Nov 2017

  The problem with the ‘angry sexy man’ trope based dramas is that you take out the stylishly smoked cigarette and alcohol abuse, and the protagonist starts looking stupid. The stupidity becomes more pronounced if the story doesn’t tell you why the hell is he like that in the first place.

  That’s about how this extremely hyped ‘coming-of-age’ movie sums up for me.