- Drishyam The Conclusion - Review
wogma rating: Watch some day, maayyybe… (?) quick review: There is convenient story writing and there is convenient narrating. This supposedly conclusive episode can be blamed of both. It still gets you to shift in your seat a bit towards the climax, even if it fails to get you to the edge. Streaming Partner: Netflix Review The house was almost full!! It was such a heartening visual. You could sense the excitement in the audience. We were cer…
- 9 days ago 5 Oct 26, 4:37pm -
- The Vvaan - Review
wogma rating: Watch if you have nothing better to do (?) quick review: When mythology takes fantasy for granted it produces a Goddess that needs a man to save her; and supposedly also an item number and comic relief to make her myth commercially viable. Review The Vvaan took me to the stories that are told during poojas*. Only that it doesn't do any more than I would have imagined. And therefore, I spent most of the time watching the movie in won…
- 19 days ago 25 Sep 26, 6:26pm -
- Daayra - Review
wogma rating: Watch but no rush (?) quick review: Do you have faith in the judicial system? Are you ok with the response time? Do criminals deserve justice? Can cops play God? If a movie makes you ask so many questions, it has done something right, even if it isn't well-paced or detailed. Review A film that makes you uncomfortable. A film that makes you introspect over your beliefs. Is a film that has been made reasonably well. But the pacing is…
- 22 days ago 22 Sep 26, 2:41pm -
- Haiwaan - Review
wogma rating: Watch if you have nothing better to do (?) quick review: Makes you wish you could take some editorial calls to see if that made the movie better. At its current length and uneven pace though, it'd be wise to skip it unapologetically.Streaming Partner: Sony Liv Review Scene after scene, I heard myself thinking, "At least, it's not slapstick." That tells you almost all you need to know about the film. Then one looooong scene tells yo…
- 33 days ago 11 Sep 26, 3:34pm -
- Mirzapur – The Movie - Review
wogma rating: Watch some day, maayyybe… (?) quick review: Happy to see more of the same? That is exactly what you'll get. Any newness is done with, with elan.Streaming Partner: Amazon Prime Review You are told repeatedly, again and again, ad nauseum about the power of this so-called throne. Not once, do you see it. In fact, continuing from the series, you see its vulnerability—in the power that is held over it by politicians, in how powerles…
- 40 days ago 4 Sep 26, 5:27pm -
- Alpha - Review
wogma rating: Watch but no rush (?) quick review: Like any ol' new-age action film. Only with women, so that's fun. The action is slick. The lost-and-found story is right out of '80s Hindi films. Plus, of course, the seemingly inevitable dose of 2010s-20s patriotism. Review The set-up of this set-up for YRF's spy universe is as interesting as it is amusing. The execution has a certain quality that makes it unintentionally funny. It is slick in th…
- 3 Jul 26, 7:26pm -
- Welcome To The Jungle - Review
wogma rating: Don't bother (?) quick review: It's cute! Not the film. No. It's cute that they felt the need to offer logic. Even cuter that there is an attempt at metaphors. Why bother? When the intent is to evade tax by making the most terrible film possible ?😉Streaming Partner: JioHotstar Review Nothing, absolutely nothing, is sacrosanct in Welcome to the Jungle. Language, age, objectification, racism, casteism, disabilities, to name a fe…
- 26 Jun 26, 6:42pm -
- Cocktail 2 - Review
wogma rating: Watch some day, maayyybe… (?) quick review: Philosophy and non-trivial conversations are the ends. A love triangle and non-funny jokes are the means. Hardly a shocker that the ends don't justify the time and energy spent on the means, despite some good performances and better ambience.Streaming Platform: Netflix Review Boy meets immature girl. Boy meets another immature girl. Does that make the boy mature? The tone of the film ma…
- 19 Jun 26, 2:05pm -
- Main Vaapas Aaunga - Review
wogma rating: Watch but no rush (?) quick review: At 2.5 hours, you're rooting for a 95-year-old to get answers so he can die in peace. And then you witness one of the most brilliantly done end credit scenes. I call that a movie well-made even if it doesn't engage through its runtime. Review Yes, it is long. And it is slow. And yes, it could have been crisper and snappier, which is why it feels a tad self-indulgent. Some side stories come out of…
- 12 Jun 26, 6:11pm -
- Pati Patni Aur Woh Do - Review
wogma rating: Watch if you have nothing better to do (?) quick review: Just because we have seen worse, doesn’t make a borderline slapstick attempt at rom-com entertaining. Yes, despite its whacky, hilarious premise. Review Girl asks boy to play fake boyfriend. The reasons are irrelevant, for now. Everything that can go wrong, does. And more. Now, add the reason—a politician is after the girl's life. More things to go wrong. Oh boy is married…
- 15 May 26, 6:25pm -
- Bhooth Bangla - Review
wogma rating: Don't bother (?) quick review: In which Akshay Kumar competes with himself to yell his lines louder than he did in the previous scene. Yes, that's the only takeaway. Review "Do I really want to spend more time writing about this one? Isn't it enough that I've already spent 4+ hours and hundreds of rupees on the trip to the theatre?" These are questions I find asking myself often. And it's hardly a surprise that they came to me for…
- 17 Apr 26, 5:02pm -
- Dhurandhar The Revenge - Review
wogma rating: Watch if you have nothing better to do (?) quick review: What I disliked in Dhurandhar, I disliked even more in this one. None of what I liked was carried forward here. And the propaganda that was subtle and annoying, is now blatant and amusing. Streaming Partner: JioHotstar Review The success of an action film is to wow you with its choreographed moves. That of a violent film is to get you to gasp with every act of brutality. That…
- 20 Mar 26, 6:27pm -
- Assi - Review
wogma rating: Watch for sure, preferably in theatre (?) quick review: The tone is one of frustration, not preachiness. It is not, "We know better than you." It is, "How have we collectively reached here?" This philosophical take alone makes Assi a meaningful experience. And there's a lot more.Streaming Partner: Zee5 Review Disclaimer: My family is acquainted with a member of the crew.The gut doesn't wrench. You are watching a rape on screen. Eve…
- 20 Feb 26, 6:54pm -
- O’ Romeo - Review
wogma rating: Watch if you have nothing better to do (?) quick review: Constantly tries too hard to be cool, clever, and pulpy making the 3-hour run tiresome. Review Bombay of the 90s, more specifically, Bollywood of the 90s.Western.Spanish influence.Pulpy. Quirky.This seems like the checklist the makers wanted to include in O' Romeo. And, of course, violence. Lots of it and the gorier, the better. We get it. They are ruthless—antagonist, prota…
- 14 Feb 26, 12:59am -
- Mardaani 3 - Review
wogma rating: Watch but no rush (?) quick review: An intense issue. A gripping telling. A tad dramatized. A slump in the climax. But a worthy watch, even if on OTT. Review Human life is invaluable or human life has no value—depending on where and to whom you are born. This is the nasty truth that Mardaani 3 takes a stab at. Of course, there are other systemic issues it battles through its righteous cop protagonist, Shivani Shivaji Roy. It attac…
- 30 Jan 26, 10:28pm -
- Border 2 - Review
wogma rating: Watch if you have nothing better to do (?) quick review: What you expect is what you get in Border 2. Border (1) again. The warfare seems unending, just like the film. The same laboured lines with forced energy and brief, cursory, and measured attempts at balance.Streaming Partner: Netflix Review Border 2 is an ode to its brand. Not even war films, in general, it is an homage to the first episode. What's more, it is set in the same…
- 24 Jan 26, 1:07am -
- Ikkis - Review
wogma rating: Watch but no rush (?) quick review: A Hindi war film that points to the futility of war and doesn’t spend all its time glamorising it is a win, even if this one isn’t among the best war films out there.Streaming partner: Amazon Prime Review I have become wary of Hindi war films because of the chest-thumping and the full-throated endorsement of war. Of course, it is valiant, what our defence forces do for us. But that we ought t…
- 2 Jan 26, 6:07pm -
- Dhurandhar - Review
wogma rating: Watch some day, maayyybe… (?) quick review: Carries a disconcerting undercurrent of provocation, propaganda and victimhood, even though it is a well-made film that engages through its 3.5-hour-long runtime.Streaming partner: Netflix Review This wannabe Gangs of Wasseypur might not match up to its aspirations, but it has enough meat in its story to keep you engaged for one watch. Yet it reeks of performative nationalism channelled…
- 5 Dec 25, 11:04pm -
- De De Pyaar De 2 - Review
wogma rating: Watch but no rush (?) quick review: An unexpectedly mature take on a difficult dilemma faced by parents. It'd have been nice, though, if the makers were as secure about their story as its protagonist is about himself. Yes, the silly humour is arguably unnecessary. Streaming Partner: Netflix Review As an educated, progressive, modern parent, I have always wondered what curveball my kids would throw at me. Where would I draw the lin…
- 14 Nov 25, 11:41pm -
- Thamma - Review
wogma rating: Watch if you have nothing better to do (?) quick review: No effort to create anything of substance. Some attempt at world-building. But why would a hollow universe interest anyone?Streaming Partner: Amazon Prime Review It was really nice to watch a fantasy world created with consistent rules and some thought. Unfortunately, the world doesn't really hook. It didn't capture my interest as I found myself drifting out of its realm a li…
- 31 Oct 25, 10:30pm -
