Category: Reviews
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Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables magnificent spectacle comes to Toronto
By Prof. Sehdev Kumar TORONTO: Two great writers of the 19th century – Charles Dickens in England and Victor Hugo in France – have told the stories of the lives of the forlorn and the marginalized in their societies with passion and poignancy. A hundred and fifty years later, these two novelists, through many films,…
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The Lunchbox review: Probably best directorial debut since Satyajit Ray in Pather Panchali
By Subhash K Jha Film: The Lunchbox Stars: Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur, Nawazuddin Siddiqui Writer and director: Ritesh Batra Rating: **** ½ (4 and a half stars) MUMBAI: In Mrinal Sen’s Khandhar desolation was defined and epitomized as much by Shabana Azmi’s face and physicality as it was by the architectural ruins where Sen shot…
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Shuddh Desi Romance review: The worst-ever movie by Yashraj Films
Flat and phoney, the self-conscious realism of the small-time gender-equations in Shuddh Desi Romance leave us untouched unamused and cold By Subhash K Jha Film: Shuddh Desi Romance Stars: Rishi Kapoor, Parineeti Chopra, Sushant Singh Rajput, Vaani Kapoor Director: Maneesh Sharma Rating: * ½(one and a half stars) MUMBAI: While watching light-hearted love stories also…