
As Shiv and Tara get to know each other on a deeper level, emotions run high when both must decide how to handle the health of their loved ones. An unlikely bond forms between both parties, in which the duo begins spending a ton of time together. It turns out that both their loved ones (Shiv’s wife and Tara’s husband) have fallen into comas. Shiv (Naseeruddin Shah), an elderly professor, and Tara (Kalki Koechlin), a woman in her late twenties, meet under peculiar circumstances at their community hospital. Stars: Pankaj Kapur, Shreya Sharma, Dolly Ahluwalia Bold and heartfelt, The Blue Umbrella is one you won’t want to miss. When Rajaram, Khatri’s assistant, pockets the sacred umbrella, Biniya will stop at nothing to reunite herself with her most prized possession. When she comes into possession of a blue Japanese umbrella, her fellow villagers become smitten by the beauty of the artifact, particularly Khatri, a local shopkeep that wants the umbrella for himself. Runtime: 97 minutes The Blue Umbrella (2005)īiniya is a 9-year-old girl living a small life in a small village. Stars: Taapsee Pannu, Parvathi T., Vinodhini Vaidynathan A clever extrapolation of the home invasion subgenre, Game Over manages to stand tall as an effective psychological thriller with a number of brilliant homages to tech, gaming, and one’s identity. Her egg-shell life is shattered though when a notorious serial killer selects Swapna as their next target. Living alone, she spends her time consumed by video games, fearing the dark, and doing whatever she can to get through her anxieties. Swapna (Taapsee Pannu) is reeling from a horrid trauma. Stars: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Shweta Tripathi, Irrfan Khan Loaded with powerhouse performances, Haraamkhor manages to branch into multiple genres (comedy and drama, specifically) while delivering a relatable and rather fearless story about a teacher-to-student fling that evolves into something much bigger. As their secret relationship deepens, friends, relatives, and outsiders start picking up on their love. Shyam ( Nawazuddin Siddiqui), a school teacher, begins an extramarital affair with Sandhya (Shweta Tripathi). Stars: Abhishek Bachchan, Aditya Roy Kapoor, Rajkummar RaoĪ piercing romance-drama, Haraamkhor ( The Wretched) takes place in the small village of Gujarati. Balanced somewhere between comedy, drama, and thriller, Ludo is a big film with a lofty and evolving premise, and we’re fans of the grand effort. All four tales intertwine, along with the fates of many players. We’re treated to a gangster drama, a sex-tape rescue mission, a cat and mouse struggle for treasure, and a murder mystery. Writer/director Anurag Basu’s anthology crime drama is a mesmerizing Indian-ensemble film divided into four segments, with each story representing the different colored sides of a ludo game board (including the dice).
