Movie Review

The series is terse, compact and largely free of digressions normally deployed to buy time

The sequel attempts to ground its narrative in a drably lit realism

Voice work lends stature to this enterprise

The series forces us to contemplate how often the quest for name and fame comes at a great cost

Director Ashish R Shukla just about succeeds in holding this irrevocably immoral world together

There is an elemental basicity to this warm-hearted film that tells us to heal the wounds inflicted on those we should value, before it is too late

The film is like an elegantly arranged symphony whose notes are not particularly profound

The director truly falters in his creation of the conflict between the romantic couple

The film refuses to be polished into passivity. It is restless, searching, a little untidy — like the youth it chronicles

The film is a formulaic, mild, sterilised representation of a musical genius

The series falls woefully short for all its innovative plot-shots

The film does well to let the characters speak for themselves

The film takes you from one bizarre conjecture to another, often dreary and unpredictable

The series, set in 1975 Bombay, is based on a true story

The performances are the only appreciable aspect of this film

The actor brings a whole lot of self-deprecatory humour to his parsimonious part

The film aims to lift the veil on many things, most importantly how dysfunctional relationships work under the garb of yaari-dosti, bonhomie and pyar-mohabbat of blood ties

For better or for worse, the early parts of the series unfold like a cross between Levy’s ‘Schitt’s Creek’ and the Sennott-starrer ‘Shiva Baby’

The film knows how to hold the audience without leaning too far backwards into compromises

The film falters in rhythm

To package wisdom and social commentary in a show with a quintessential delightful flavour remains the franchise’s biggest triumph

The premise has potential, but gets buried under overwriting, convenient arcs and dialogue that rarely rises above the obvious

The original was a surprise package; this one only has a deja vu feel to it

What elevates the film is its performances

The series is never in a hurry to reveal all its cards