Weekend Watch: 'Jawaani Jaaneman' and 'Maska'
Wondering what to watch this weekend? Our contributor Shloka recommends Jawaani Jaaneman and Maska.
★★★½
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Movie Review: 'Thappad’
A quiet, unassuming, undramatic piece that leaves you thinking, asking, evaluating, and ultimately, looking at life in a wholly altered way.
★★★½
Movie Review: 'Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan'
Sparkling wit and an important core message, keeps you invested in Shubh Mangal Zyaada Saavdhan even if it doesn’t fully come out of its comfort zone as much as one would have hoped.
★★★½
Movie Review: 'Love Aaj Kal'
A sh-t show from start to finish that is so irredeemably bad, it will put you off going to the movies for weeks.
★
Movie Review: 'Malang’
Deliciously dark and twisted in parts, with edgy characters, but too many conveniences and loopholes in its plot and contrived inconsistencies prevent it from being the gem it could have been.
★★½
Movie Review: 'War’
A film that’s stylishly stupid, glamorously dumb and beautifully foolish and yet, somehow, works!
★★★½
Movie Review: 'Kalank’
An overlong, over-cooked, often cumbersome slog that occasionally fires up because of its glorious leads, but eventually peters out.
★★½
TV Review: Kareena Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra on ‘Koffee With Karan’
Sassy, spontaneous, sexy and stylish PC & Bebo were at their sizzling best in the finale of Koffee With Karan.
Read MoreMovie Review: 'Total Dhamaal’
Madhuri Dixit and Anil Kapoor have fun with their parts, but that’s nowhere near enough to salvage this banal, tacky and lacklustre comedy.
★★
Movie Review: 'Gully Boy’
Zoya Akhtar’s film about a slum-dwelling youngster with big dreams who refuses to let his relatively bleak circumstances cripple the longings of his heart, is a triumph, thanks to a ‘rap’turous performance by Ranveer Singh.
★★★★½
TV Review: Sara and Saif Ali Khan on ‘Koffee With Karan’
In Sara we stan. An episode that smacked of genuine wit, articulate guests and authenticity. Saif was classy as always, and Sara, we’re rooting for you gurl!
Read MoreTV Review: Katrina Kaif and Varun Dhawan on ‘Koffee With Karan’
As the two stars took centre stage, it was Katrina Kaif with her astonishing self-awareness and emotional intelligence, that proved to be the episode’s major highlight.
Read MoreTV Review: Aamir Khan on ‘Koffee With Karan’
A little more engaging thanks to Khan, because of whom more current topics were covered, but perhaps host Johar needs to learn how to strike a balance between fun and content – it’s either too much of one or the other.
Read MoreTV Review: Akshay Kumar and Ranveer Singh on ‘Koffee With Karan’
Boys just wanna have fun: Ranveer and Akshay’s madcap energy and bromance kept me engaged and rescued this week’s show from being stuck in the doldrums.
Read MoreTV Review: Alia Bhatt and Deepika Padukone on ‘Koffee With Karan’
The season opener ticked the prerequisite boxes and both Deepika and Alia individually were affable, but there was nothing really ground-breaking here that hasn’t been witnessed before.
Read MoreMovie Review: 'Raazi'
An engaging, intelligent and well intentioned thriller with yet another riveting performance by Bhatt.
★★★★
Movie Review: 'Pad Man'
Has the distinction of being that well intended venture that entertains and educates in equal measures, and one that dares to think outside the box and attempts to challenge an archaic mindset.
★★★
Movie Review: 'Padmaavat' ('Padmavati')
Keeps you invested and in awe of its beauty despite its many inconsistencies, with a show-stopping turn by Ranveer Singh, who gives us an antagonist for the ages. I'm not sure why they just didn't call it Khilji.
★★★½
Movie Review: 'Tumhari Sulu'
A gem of a film with a sparkling turn by Vidya Balan.
★★★★
Movie Review: 'Golmaal Again'
Forgettable, but an entirely entertaining one time watch.
★★★