Hungama
Hungama and the Chaos that Became a Classic: Unlike many other films that released in the year 2003, Hungama was much more than a comedy that relied entirely on slapstick humor. From middle class chaos to the more sophisticated antics of misunderstanding and mistaken identity, Priyadarshan seem to have orchestrated a cacophony of delightful elements […]
Pati Patni Aur Woh
Love, Lies, and the Comedy of Temptation As expected, the audience’s response to the 2019 remake of the 1978 classic Pati Patni Aur Woh was not the same as for other rom-coms released contemporaneously. They had a ‘behind-the-scenes’ understanding of the movie’s deeper potential subjects to be addressed in a uniquely Indian fashion, however, the […]
Blue Is the Warmest Colour
Prior History to the Beginning of Blue Flame Exhibition There had been rumors that Abdellatif Kechiche’s Blue Is the Warmest Colour was to be showcased at Cannes and for some reason the energy was nice but also slightly puzzling. The film was largely sensationalized as bold and groundbreaking, a love story more than willing to […]
Womb
The Film that Dared Ask the Unthinkable Once the film Womb was released in the year 2010, it didn’t simply remain quiet, like most indie productions do; it made sure to announce itself to the world as a striking impression of meditation on grief, love and the cloning of a person. This Being said, the […]