Malik, set in a fictional village of Ramadapally, chronicles the life of Ahmed Ali Sulaiman Malik. Based on a couple of real life incidences and characters, Malik is also quite reminiscent of Kamal Haasan's Nayakan; though it is definitely not a copy of the Tamilian classic. Malik is devout Muslim who rises from being a common smuggler to becoming the 'Godfather' of Ramadapally and maintaining the peace between the Muslim and Christian communities that live in the village.

The movie…

Often touted as Mani Ratnam’s best work (and one of only two entries from India in Time's Top 100 movies till 2005 list), Nayakan was long on my To-watch list. The movie is a gangster-drama set in 60’s-80’s Bombay, revolving around Sakthivelu, a union worker's son, who is forced to flee to Bombay from Tamil Nadu after his father is shot down by the Tamil Nadu police. The movie is inspired by an actual Bombay underworld gangster named Varadarajan Mudaliar,…

After having heard of several references to this series throughout different mediums, I finally decided to start watching this series. And I must say that I was somewhat disappointed. While the premise of the movie seems good - and the final execution isn't too bad either - I must confess feeling that this was just another overhyped piece of art in the history of overhyped pieces of arts.

The lead characters (Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker and Carrie Fisher as…

It was supposed to be a weekend dedicated to the latest Nolan masterpiece. Instead, thanks largely, to an unusually dexterous combination of laziness and advanced planning by other Nolan fans, I found myself watching Dan Gilroy's directorial debut 'Nightcrawler'. For a comic book fan, the name summoned visions of the cerulean teleporter from the popular group of mutants from Marvel: X-Men. Indeed, during a somewhat slow, yet intriguing, buildup during the first few minutes, the thought of yet another superhero…