Sushant Singh Rajput Archives

Sonchiriya Review: A Masterful Look at Daakus With Existential Issues

Set in the ravines of Chambal in 1975, Sonchiriya resembles a Western, but presents itself as an atmospheric mood piece. The dacoits in the movie ponder deep questions like, do the deaths they inflict serve a higher purpose, and is their life meant to be their punishment?

Poulomi Das June 26, 2016

Bollywood

Sushant Singh Rajput, the Bollywood Outsider, Who Showed India How to Live Life on His Own Terms

Sushant Singh Rajput starred in Chhichhore last year, a film that centred around suicide, and the way we treat life as some kind of competition. What he leaves behind is proof of an attempt at living a life, of trying to make sense of its intricacies and puzzles, of giving it all to decode it.

Poulomi Das June 6, 2016

Bollywood

Arré Checklist: How Protest Publicity Can Make Manikarnika and Super 30 a Hit

Now that Padmaavat has set the trend and Manikarnika is due to follow, the floodgates are open for protestors to come together against “offensive” films. Sinhal Classes will be perfect protest partners for Hrithik Roshan’s Super 30.

Dushyant Shekhawat June 4, 2016

Bollywood

Why Sushant Singh Rajput’s Byomkesh Bakshy Stands Out from the Rest

Dibakar Banerjee’s Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! is a masterful, atmospheric murder mystery but an even better coming-of-age film. Sushant Singh Rajput doesn’t essay Byomkesh as the standard brooding type. Instead, he captures a boyish charm that allows us to witness the making of a detective.

Poulomi Das June 1, 2016

Bollywood

Chhichhore Review: A Heartwarming Excursion Into College, Friendships, and Failures

Nitesh Tiwari’s Chhichhore is an unabashed acknowledgement of male failure. If Dangal eulogised individual glory, Chhichhore contradicts it, attempting to universalise an oft-neglected fact: Even losing is a sport.

Poulomi Das May 23, 2016

Bollywood

Drive Review: This Netflix Heist-Action Drama is a Pile-up of Fiascos

Drive seems to be either completely unaware of its sub-standardness or weirdly boastful about it. It’s a nightmarish love child between the Dhoom series and the Fast and Furious franchise.

Poulomi Das April 24, 2016

Bollywood

Why Not Reviewing Dil Bechara Does No Justice to Sushant Singh Rajput’s Legacy

In the absence of a suicide note from Sushant Singh Rajput, the media and his fans worked themselves into a tizzy trying to make sense of what happened. To Rajput’s supporters, Dil Bechara will always be an important film due to it being his last, but using it to silence critics is a disservice to his legacy.

Dushyant Shekhawat March 30, 2016

Pop Culture

Diljit Dosanjh: The Unsuitable Boy of Bollywood

Diljit Dosanjh is an unlikely hero for Bollywood. I can’t remember the last time someone with such son-of-the-soil appeal made it as a leading man in a mainstream film.

Karanjeet Kaur March 25, 2016

Pop Culture

The Sports Biopic That Will Never Be

Why should we expect any truthing from Dhoni, The Untold Story? When have our sports biopics ever revealed any untold stories?

Pawan March 10, 2016