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Uday Bhatia
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Uday Bhatia
@yooday
Film critic, Mint Lounge. Author, 'Bullets Over Bombay: Satya and the Hindi Film Gangster'
- Can't relate, saw it in IndiaThe silence in the theatre during this scene was something special
- "Indian women are a strange mixture of submission and dominance" is a crazy opening for a jury citationIndia's Official Entry for the 2024-25 Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film Category at the 97th Academy Awards (Oscars 2025) is " Laapataa Ladies (Hindi)"
- Fine, I'll take the bait. ANIMAL is one of the ugliest Hindi films ever. Review: lifestyle.livemint.com/how-to-lounge/…
- Nobody knew about Queen Elizabeth II until
00:17Nobody knew Mahatma Gandhi before a film was made about him. — Narendra Modi He has lost his senses for sure… - KK's ability to go loud without straining, without losing his beautiful clear tone, was unparalleled. This is so sad
- "Patel’s nameless character dons a monkey mask and molds his alter ego after the ape-like Hindu demigod Hanuman... The film features an escort named Sita..." No way this is releasing here“Monkey Man” might not make it to Indian cinemas in one piece if the studio capitulates to potential CBFC demands, and there is the possibility, given the movie’s themes and symbolism, that it may not be released in India at all: trib.al/kAKl847
- Spent my childhood wishing the Indian team were ruthless serial winners; they are now and I can't stand them
- Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali, butchered on @PrimeVideo, which seems to be the only platform streaming it in India. Just look at the amount of image cropped because they want to fill the whole screen (Criterion print on the left)
- I feel like I write the same aghast review every time a Hindi historical releases. Anyway, SAMRAT PRITHVIRAJ is bad lifestyle.livemint.com/how-to-lounge/…
- In this one shot in GUIDE, the camera looks down at Dev, then swivels up to catch a reflection in a mirror of Waheeda standing below, swivels right to catch a climbing Dev's reflection in another mirror, and then further right to see him at the window, looking down at Waheeda
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Let’s do Favourite cricket picture of 2023.
This is an abomination! Both AI and fascists appropriating Miyazaki's painstakingly soulful work for cheap clicks and rage bait.
