Kanoon is a very rare film considering its very nature. It is so rare that it’s very existence is a reason to celebrate for the Bollywood buffs. It is not only a songless film, which are rare in Bollywood even now, but also a taut courtroom thriller, again a genre nearly tried out even now. […]
Film Reccos
Tandav: The new Manoj Bajpayee Short Film is Actually a Trailer
There was a time when Manoj Bajpayee was the next big thing. He was not the leading man in Satya but he became synonymous with Satya instead of JD Chakravarthy who played the titular role in the film. This was a real acting star, someone who could take on the biggest and privileged dynasts of […]
The Marathi New Wave
Let us crunch a few numbers to begin with. Bengali films have won 22 SwarnaKamals (National Film Award for Best Feature Film) since the inception of the award compared to 13 Hindi, 11 Malayalam,6 in Kannada and 4 Marathi among others. But since 2000, there have been 3 each from Marathi, Malayalam and Hindi, easily […]
Sonakshi Sinha Unleashes inner Honey Singh in her maiden single
Sonakshi Sinha is back, but not in a film but in a music video, that too as a singer and not only as the singer. To be honest it is not sure whether to be elated or terrified with the prospect of Bollywood actresses releasing singles, especially after the ‘exotic’ stuff Pee Cee came up […]
Tarantino: The Cinephile Who Became an Auteur
Tarantino has morphed into such a pop culture phenomenon that it is impossible not be influenced by him, consciously or subconsciously. Quentin Tarantino has become synonymous with the word “cult” over the years but this cult has now gone mainstream and obliterated the very definition of cult. We are now eagerly awaiting his next film […]
Five Road Movies for Enriching Your Souls
This word when taken, leaves us in an array of possible imaginary positions, the one that dissonantly comes along is of the last road trip taken along with your loved ones, the ones you value the most. The last solved conflicts, the most vivid scene sense that you?ve carried along since then. All of this […]
The Ox-Bow Incident: Searching Optimism after a Mob Lynching
As the horrific images of the Dimapur mob lynching incident started appearing in my social networks, my mind raced to find parallels of this event. Had I seen something like this before? Not really! It does not mean that they never happened but they did not happen so close to my home and in the […]
Animes for Adults
There is always a general tendency to club all animation films as children?s films. Extremely radical animation works like those of Ralph Bakshi?s have always been sidelined by the mainstream critics of their times. Animation is by default expected to be primarily intended for children and cater to the sentiments of the family audience. The […]
Of Poetry, Longing and Music: Three Films for the Thinking Romantics
Over the years we?have seen many people celebrate the 14th of February commemorating a martyred saint. The cause for their celebration is surprisingly contrary to the violent end of the saint. Nevertheless, the day calls for an overflow of candyfloss in terms of cinema too. But how can a blog called Sordid Day recommend the […]