Articles By: Vikram Bondal
Iron Man 3 Movie Review: Third Time’s The Charm!
In Hollywood, the announcement of a third part of a franchise or a “Threequel” as most would call it, is usually cause for dread, the reason being that even some of the greatest movie franchises have met their doom at the hands of the dreaded Part 3! Vikram BondalMore Posts
Godavari: A Sublime Journey of Life, Love and All That!
A friend of mine who loves watching Telugu movies had been recommending Godavari to me for a year. I’d heard quite a bit about this movie. Unfortunately for me though, my Telugu is barely functional at the most and it helps me sit through the usual Masala flicks starring my usual favourite, Mahesh Babu, But [...]
Dabangg 2 Movie Review: Pandeyji Ne Baja Di Dimaag Ki Seeti!
Ah Sequels! Sequels have always been the bane of any self-respecting cinephile’s existence. The usual formula that a sequel follows is to identify what did work in the original, and crank it up from 1 to 5, 10 or in some god-awful cases 100 (Michael Bay, I’m looking at you here). Other than a handful [...]
Faasle – Vijay – Parampara! Yash Chopra’s Trilogy Of Terrible!
Yash Chopra, who can be described as the grand vizier of Bollywood possessed a body of work that any other director would only aspire to achieve. He has tackled various subjects, some safe, and some rather controversial. He has worked across diverse genres and his movies have ranged from big budget visual extravaganzas (Waqt, Chandni) [...]
Trishul! A High Voltage Drama Par None!
Trishul! 3 years after the record breaking classic that Deewar was, Yash Chopra set out to make another high voltage drama about a son’s vendetta against an errant father. While Deewar was set in the big bad streets of Mumbai, Trishul shifted the location to the plush and sophisticated environment of upper class Delhi. Vikram [...]
The Guard: The Luck of the Irish
Irish Cinema! While the volume of movies coming out of there is not as fast and heavy as their English neighbours, in terms of quality they have been doing quite decently for themselves, mostly independent cinema covering diverse genres. Movies like Once, Intermission, Hunger, The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Inside I’m Dancing etc have [...]
Mugamoodi! The Dark K(Night) doesn’t quite rise here
I have been a fan of Mysskin ever since I watched Anjathey for the first time back in college. He has been one director who excels at taking up old stories and presenting them on screen in a totally different format and doing the same in a manner that doesn’t insult the viewer’s intelligence. It [...]
Gangs Of Wasseypur 2! Keh Ke Le Liya Boss!
Let me start by saying, that I am NOT an Anurag Kashyap fanboy. Sure, I was around when he was blogging on PFC, I among many others have seen the man evolve from just another anti-establishment rant machine to a messiah of the Indie-cinema movement, I have witnessed him take on the star system, especially [...]
Eega Movie Review: Revenge of the Musca Domestica
A year back, I was randomly reading through the filmographies of various directors of Tollywood and landed up on the page of SS Rajamouli. There was an entry for his forthcoming movie called Eega which apparently was a bi-lingual with a Tamil version called Naan Ee being shot simultaneously. What caught my eye was that [...]
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