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Swatantrya Veer Savarkar (2024)
A most relevant and necessary watch! Go see it.
This is a masterpiece is an understatement. I did not want the movie to end. I wanted it to keep going and tell me more I didn't know. I wanted it to undo all the wrong we have collective made to do to this great person. A person whose will and conviction is unsurpassable. We sit in our comfortable homes, however simple they may be, but the solitary confinement in a far away island that is laden with unspeakable tortures. Does the British empire have a place to hide its face? And then the stooges of the empire who sidelined this great man, what locus standii do they have. 1857 was the trigger to disarm the land and make it defenseless so the robbing and stealing of its resources could continue unabated. And top it with subhuman treatment of its people for generations. Once again, where is the British empire hiding its face. Millions starved to death or died in so called partition half baked and conniving. The movie is a must watch by all around the world. Beautifully presented keeping the attention on the most important and leaving me wanting to know more and keep listening to more.
Article 370 (2024)
A treat to watch.
Yami Gautam Dhar, you rocked. I wasn't very convinced about your talent from your previous projects, but this one made you shine. And what a fine women duo. Loved that this story was presented with woman character focus. The story and story telling did justice to the events that folks can remember from recent times. Arun Govil was just a delight to see in the prime minister role. The home minister delivered spot on. This was a once in a life time event, just as ram mandir was once in a millennium event, and the movie did complete justice to it. Kept pace and the dialogue was apt. Not over dramatized. Very satisfying and emotionally moving watch. Thank you to the team!!
Guthlee Ladoo (2023)
Not representative of reality
This is an artificial made up attempt to stereotype some arbitrary caste story forcefully embedded in current and present day India. Right to education is a right and no one needs to fight for it like the imaginary drama shown in this movie.
Showing this black and white distinction on so called caste line is a fake and poor attempt to creating a social message that is useful for no one.
The director is inexperienced and made no effort to create the subtle social issues that hide behind economic lines and right to education. Such cheap social thrill should be avoided and an attempt to movie with social message should have sincerity to the hues of grey that exist in the society.
Can really saving one person as the movie champions by a sporting event race solve the economic challenges problem anywhere? No.
1922 Pratikaar Chauri Chaura (2023)
A must watch for understanding an significant event from this century
We make such a big deal of WWII in movies like Bawaal where mindless ruthless kiling of unarmed people was done (eg. At Auschwitz). Something in Indian experience is equally important and must be known broadly and globally. A group protesting being beaten up for no crime done is fired down with rounds for bullets until all bullets were exhausted in the police line up's guns is like George Floyd 1000 times over. Should this be known and should 'Indian lives matter' be the slogan. We can't look at the world with a lens of convenience. This episode after the Jalianwala Bagh episode was the second 'Jalianwala Bagh' episode that the tyrannical British rule tried to hush up and succeeded to a large extent since no one today knows about Chauri Chaura. They should. Ravi Kishan's acting is superb as is his passion for this movie and this topic. Hats off for putting this project together. All kids and youngsters should watch.
Sarvam Shakthi Mayam (2023)
Such a beautiful journey
This is a treat for anyone who has been to many of these places and anyone who has never heard of the concept of a peeth. It is beautiful journey at the individual level and for the relationships each one of us is in our life. I wish it inspires everyone to make a similar trip for themselves just like it is doing for me.
The characters of the storyline are enhancing the variety of angles and concerns, skepticism, doubt, knowledge and shraddha. This is bringing along the range of viewership and tying up their interest while pushing the main theme of what to experience. That is the divine experience of the land called Bharat.
Shiv Shastri Balboa (2022)
Massive disappointment!
This movie didn't know where it wanted to go. It started with something sincere to its name but stayed with it for less than 5 minutes. After that it wandered and wandered and wandered. You kept hoping it will come back to the theme of Rocky, but it never did. It went through every single stereotype related to Indian Americans and first generation Indian immigrants. And made a soapy and weak presentation of engaging the audience emotionally, but miserably failed. Sounded like the makers thought of a great idea and then went on a snooze inspiring random walk. What a waste of a potentially good theme of a movie!
India Lockdown (2022)
So it was all about sex and abuse?
A sorry depiction of what was a triumph of human spirit of self preservation. To show that it got out the worst in us is only done by a person who is black in his heart. Completely lost the chance to make a movie that could be remembered for decades.
I hesitated to watch it but noticing some good actors, decided to watch it. The acting of those specific actors was good, the spirit of the movie is seriously inferior and lacking making a mark it could have made.
The only good person is the sex worker who saves a girl. Pretty much everyone else is challenged to be the worst version of themselves at the toughest time they have faced in life. Strange mentality of movie making.
Maja Ma (2022)
Pain to watch.
Extravagant exaggerated sexuality drama. Contorted boring and pushing an agenda narrative.
Maja Ma is one of the weirdest movies I've seen this year. The story starts in a certain way, brings in some unexpected twists, has ridiculous characters who make questionable decisions, and ends up like a typical daily soap saga.
The first thing that bothered me was Rajit Kapur and Sheeba Chaddha's characters, Bob and Pam Hansraj. They play the NRI couple with an absurd American accent and garbage mentality. Maybe, the writer and director purposely made them speak like that to show how they prefer speaking in an accent but have a narrow-minded mentality. But it is just uncomfortable to listen. Barkha Singh's accent is equally bad.
Mere Desh Ki Dharti (2022)
Important issues presented well
Enjoyable movie to celebrate 75 years of Indian independence. Farmer issues and urban-rural divided presented in an interesting way. Contemporary issues with agriculture and agri business is important for India and tying it with a positive objective story is a difficult task that this movie does very well. Touching at various places, applaud the actors and all the filmmakers involved in this project to have delivered a very good take on these issues.
Rocketry: The Nambi Effect (2022)
What a fabulously done job!
Absolutely every Indian should see and get inspired. R Madhavan has handled the story so extremely well. No nonsense and focused on advancing the story. The cast is a perfect choice, it doesn't digress for a minute from the story. And there are no other digressions, songs or musical. Job done just right for a story chosen that MUST be heard. Thank you, R Madhavan and Team.
Kedarnath (2018)
Sad sad state of Bollywood.
Gems of Bollywood would have a field day with this movie. How Bollywood depicts one community so predictably in a pattern and another community painfully predictably. Just sad that it continues to package entertainment with so much baggage of propaganda. That too in the backdrop of a catastrophic natural disaster. How much more cheap did you have to go?
C/o Kancharapalem (2018)
Typical depiction.
Messed up secularism of India packaged as usual. Love stories with a one directional message for religious proselytization. Gems of Bollywood is not limited to Bollywood. It is alive and well all over.
That Sugar Film (2014)
Thorough thoughtful sugary revelations
Watching this over and over is required by all around the world of all age. Manufactured food being shoved down our brains and throats has to be stopped. Consumers behavior needs to change and has to demand better food in our food supply chains.
Bangistan (2015)
Another lame attempt
Another lame Bollywood attempt to support the arbitrarily coined notion of Hindu terror. The motivation for the plot for why any Hindu would go to Poland to blast a human bomb is ridiculously weak.