Badla. From the final scenes of Mirzapur's first season, till the closing shot of its latest one, vengeance remains central. And the form it espouses is one wholly characterised by brutal violence. Read More
While there is an illusion of granting agency to the women in contemporary Bollywood noir, little is done to explore the complexities and individual personalities of the characters. Read More
The three main characters set out to be heroes in the realm of art, but all that comes across is their hypocrisy. This film satirizes the liberal hero trope with a meta takedown of the industry it situates itself in. Read More
Animators, unlike other conventional filmmakers, are trained less to be thinkers but to become dreamers, idealists and spiritualists, more than anything else. They don’t care much about reality or society or politics Read More