Sunday, January 18, 2026

Mathu Vadalara 1

Two events inspired this movie - a delivery guy who cheated on camera while counting money and marijuana being grown inside a Hyderabad flat. The story-writer took these two things and charted out a twisted, complicated tale of three bachelors. Narration is witty, humorous, edge-of-seat and with constant twists, it becomes a good movie to watch. The serial episode shown at times is ROFL. At the beginning, it seems dull but picks up pace after about 30 minutes. Acting is mediocre by all but the tale makes up for it.

Rating: Good

Language: Average

Saturday, January 17, 2026

Dhurandhar

Very much resembled Gangs of Wasseypur - the greed for power, the backstabbing, etc. While that was set in UP and Jharkhand, this one is completely set in Pakistan. I guess its the first - an Indian movie set in Pakistan. It also has events that led to 26/11 terror attack - maybe fictional, maybe inspired by true events - hard to say. But a very bold movie indeed. Few scenes are very violent due to torture scenes. Well-taken. 

Language: Hindi
Rating: Good

Friday, January 2, 2026

Bhool Chuk Maaf

Very refreshing, unique and entertaining. The whole story of boy falling in love with girl and their family not agreeing and the girl eloping happens within the first few minutes while credits are being shown, and that makes one think what else could be there in the movie. But the actual movie starts from the eloping scene, which is very unique indeed! Every time we think movie is about to end, there is a twist in the tale and it keeps spinning. Not a moment to bore, instead lots of wit, freshness, divinity, honesty and 'do-the-right-thingy'. The dialog and dialog-delivery is good too, from one and all. The movie's very special and deserves a rating higher than Good but not really a Must-see.

Language: Hindi