Baradwaj Rangan Movie Reviews

12th Fail
Review

Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s ‘12th Fail’ transcends the clichés of the ‘underdog makes it’ genre with pure, fine filmmaking

Leo
Review

Lokesh Kanagaraj’s ‘Leo” is a mixed bag: the 'mass' moments work, the dramatic ones don't

Aattam
Review

Anand Ekarshi's AATTAM is a superb 'emotional procedural' about truth and lies and the grey shades in between

Chaaver
Review

Tinu Pappachan's 'Chaaver' is a fascinating formal exercise; it takes a murder story and replaces excitement with highly stylised atmosphere

Dhak Dhak
Review

Tarun Dudeja’s ‘Dhak Dhak’ is a by-the-numbers female-bonding / empowerment story woven around a biking challenge

Little Miss Rawther
Review

Vishnu Dev's 'Little Miss Rawther' is a pleasant, quirky romance but it could have used more narrative heft

Khufiya
Review

Vishal Bhardwaj’s ‘Khufiya’ seesaws between a deeply personal drama and a spy thriller, and neither aspect comes across satisfactorily

Kannur Squad
Review

Roby Varghese Raj's 'Kannur Squad' is a very satisfying police procedural that plays like a massier version of 'Kuttavum Shikshayum'

RDX
Review

Nahas Hidayath's ‘RDX’, on Netflix, has okayish stunts backed up by solid emotional beats and appealing protagonists, and the result is a not-bad action movie

Iraivan
Review

I Ahmed's 'Iraivan', with Jayam Ravi and Nayanthara, is a super-generic and underwhelming serial-killer thriller

Chandramukhi 2
Review

P Vasu's 'Chandramukhi 2' is a generic "origins story" whose main achievement is that it is not totally unwatchable

Tora's Husband
Review

‘Tora’s Husband’, by Rima Das, is a stark, moving portrait of a man who retreats into his own worlds after the COVID lockdown

Chithha
Review

SU Arun Kumar's 'Chithha' is a solid, affecting story about child sexual abuse and how it affects all parties involved

Are You Ok Baby
Review

Lakshmy Ramakrishnan trains the camera on herself in ‘Are You Ok Baby’, but the meta-commentary struggles to coexist with a story about adoption

Jaane Jaan
Review

With Kareena Kapoor Khan, Jaideep Ahlawat, and Vijay Varma, Sujoy Ghosh’s ‘Jaane Jaan’, on Netflix, should have been more than just a generic watch

Mark Antony
Review

Adhik Ravichandran’s ‘Mark Antony’ mixes serious masala storytelling with goofy humour, and the result is inventive and entertaining

Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare
Review

Nithin Krishnamurthy's joyous 'Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare' / 'Boys Hostel' is both a chaotic comedy and an ode to the chaos of filmmaking

Boys Hostel
Review

Nithin Krishnamurthy's joyous 'Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare' / 'Boys Hostel' is both a chaotic comedy and an ode to the chaos of filmmaking

Jawan
Review

Atlee's 'Jawan' has a terrific Shah Rukh Khan in full-on 'mass' mode, but the film itself is far from terrific

Haddi
Review

Akshat Ajay Sharma’s rather generic ‘Haddi’, on ZEE5, isn’t a bad watch, but its main achievement is to serve as an example of ‘campy arthouse masala’

Kushi
Review

Shiva Nirvana's 'Kushi' is more about star power (Vijay Deverakonda, Samantha Ruth Prabhu) than convincing storytelling

Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A
Review

Hemanth M Rao's 'Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A’ is a beautifully understated and very real romance, with dashes of very real kind of poetry

Adiyae
Review

Vignesh Karthick's 'Adiyae' reduces its 'alternate reality' premise to a bunch of pop-culture jokes

King of Kotha
Review

Abhilash Joshiy's 'King of Kotha' is tailored for Dulquer Salmaan's stardom, but there's more style than substance

Baby
Review

Sai Rajesh's 'Baby', now on aha, is overwritten but it’s also a fascinating study of three individuals in love who keep making foolish choices

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