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Wogma rating: The keen must watch on screen; else TV/online
Quick review: If festival releases have to belong to the typical Hindi masala genre, might as well be this kind. It’s relevance to today’s times is striking. Interestingly, Thugs of Hindostan includes enough of the trappings to make you cringe and yet manages to keep you entertained.
Wogma rating: Even the keen, wait for it to come on TV/online
Quick review: A sincere attempt to be smart could have been appreciated, had it been a little less superficial in its approach to the business world.
Wogma rating: Watch if you have nothing better to do
Quick review: Dialogue-heavy. Has a supposed agenda which doesn’t connect because it feels exaggerated despite being one close to my heart – a woman’s struggle between own aspirations and family. The real agenda is even more tiresome.
Wogma rating: Must see - on the big screen
Quick review: The movie doesn’t take its basic premise further and yet goes way beyond it. The relationship nuances touched upon are rarely seen in films. Free of drama, glamour, action, this ‘it is what it is’ family drama, is a thoroughly engaging and insightful entertainer. Just the one ‘apology’ scene makes the film a winner.
Wogma rating: Catch on TV/online for sure
Quick review: A meaty story and a gory film which deviates from the typical possessed body horror storyline. Chills the spine as a horror film about supernatural phenomenon should even though I am not convinced horror films should be made at all.
Wogma rating: Even the keen, wait for it to come on TV/online
Quick review: A different but thin story-line that stretches too long, most of which you know from the trailer, including the 2-3 funny lines. ‘Different’ gets some points though.
Wogma rating: The keen must watch on screen; else TV/online
Quick review: An absolutely absorbing first half written, performed and executed so well that the slightly convoluted and stretched second half cannot mar the experience.
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