Salim Shaikh

Salim Shaikh

Favorite films

  • Peppermint Candy
  • I Saw the Devil
  • Parasite
  • Dil Chahta Hai

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  • The Concubine

    ★★★

  • Time to Hunt

    ★★★★

  • Oldboy

    ★★★★

  • Three Colours: Blue

    ★★★★

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  • The Concubine

    The Concubine

    ★★★

    It is lushly illustrated and had some fascinating set designs, in addition to so many erotic scenes. It exposed me to a new revelation, since I was unbeknownst to the fact that period dramas can be infused with such sensuality, eccentricity & eroticism. Set during the early 'Joseon Dynasty', the story revolves around one of the Concubines (Jo Yeo-jeong) of the previous King (Park ji-yeong). The story also encompasses themes of political propaganda, obsession, revenge and has some erotic scenes of…

  • Time to Hunt

    Time to Hunt

    ★★★★

    Time To Hunt is fabulous piece of action thriller set in dystopian Korea. The film has all the elements to consider it to be worth-investing-your-time maybe there's more than that. The cinematography is riveting and musical background helps to intensify the atmosphere. Especially, actor Park Hae-soo was marvelous, his arrival gives a new shape to the storyline. Precisely, the real fun begins when he hits the screen and starts hunting and he's so intimidating that the fear he inflicted on…

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  • Oldboy

    Oldboy

    ★★★★

    I was galvanized after seeing that one of my friends did a post regarding 'Oldboy' recently. Even after watching it so many times, film doesn't steam off its charm. It definitely not one of those films 'you watch & forget'. Rather, it demands multiple viewings to dissolve the membrane upon its seemingly linear narrative, every time you watch it you find a piece of puzzle. It grows on you, the more you gaze at its intrinsic texture, the more it gazes…

  • Your Name.

    Your Name.

    ★★★★

    Even watching it exactly after 6 months yet it feels same as fresh as the aroma of petrichor. Like a morning breeze that swiftly touches & shelters inside your skin pores. A transcendence cinematic experience that cannot be replicated nor be faded with time but ululates in ecstasy and I'll treasure it deep inside core of my heart.

    ______ Your Name (2016)