Baradwaj Rangan’s piece on Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaaya

March 9, 2010 | Aarohi

LOVE, FACTUALLY

Gautham Vasudev Menon’s very real, very true-to-life, very messy romance is yet another effort, this year, that pushes the envelope far beyond the realms of “safe” commercial cinema.

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Baradwaj Rangan reviews Striker

February 6, 2010 | Aarohi

BOARD EXAM

A carrom whiz is constantly tested by life in a beautifully textured docudrama that keeps us at an arm’s length.

FEB 7, 2010 – SURYA (SIDDHARTH), THE MINOR-LEAGUE LEADING MAN of Striker – I hesitate to call him … Read More

Baradwaj Rangan reviews Rann / Ishqiya

January 30, 2010 | Aarohi 1

The ever-tightening web of news-channel foul play forms the focus of an engrossing melodrama. Plus, a wickedly entertaining desi-Western that pulls its punches.

Rann: RAM GOPAL VARMA’S RANN OPENS with the sun glowering on a sweltering metropolis. Inside the homes, … Read More

Baradwaj Rangan reviews Tum Mile

November 14, 2009 | Aarohi

RAIN DEARS

A love story set against a great downpour isn’t all that it could have been – but it isn’t nothing either.

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Baradwaj Rangan reviews Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani & Jail

November 8, 2009 | Aarohi 8

The unlikely team of Raj Kumar Santoshi and Ranbir Kapoor serves up a comedy that casts a spell (well, at least for a while). Plus, the latest Madhur Bhandarkar exposé.

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Baradwaj Rangan Reviews POKKISHAM (Tamil; 2009)

August 30, 2009 | Qalandar

EXCERPT:

“I wanted to shake these bratty SMS-era youngsters by the shoulder and tell them that this story needs this pace – if it’s a slow film, it’s because it isn’t set in a fast world. I wanted to … Read More