In an effort of Indian social realism, Mehta’s Canadian film set in India attempts to illustrate a very real cultural crisis in poverty stricken Delhi villages: child labour and abduction. While the film is sincere and quite clearly meticulously crafted, the story is flawed by on... Read More »
I’m on a realism kick I think mostly because I tend to watch more film psychology fare. The blockbusters this summer, have failed me continuously (not that there weren’t any entertaining ones; there were. There just hasn’t been anything with explosions that was memorable to me.).... Read More »
The Cinderella theme is a familiar and often poorly used storyline for many films. Oftentimes it becomes a saccharine sweet tale with ridiculously unbelievable plot twists and irritating, stereotyped characters. Good Morning Karachi however, with the exception of one curious miss... Read More »
Ankhon Dekhi, the latest film from Rajat Kapoor, begins with a young woman named Rita who confesses that she is falling in love with a man named Ajju. This information does not go down well with her family as Ajju is seen to have a bad reputation, so Rita’s father Bauji gathers t... Read More »
London-based writer-director Hammad Khan follows up his 2010 debut feature Slackistan with Anima State, which has its world premiere at this year’s HBO’s South Asian International Film Festival. The titles of Khan’s two films immediately express the fact that they are rather pola... Read More »
