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Three of Us: Back to the Origin

By |January 23rd, 2024|Analysis, reviews|

By Pankaj Sachdeva In Three of Us, Avinash Arun takes us on a journey to contemplate the realm of memories. Do our memories define us? Do we cease to exist if we forget our memories? Do we eternally remember some of our memories? He tells the beautiful story of Shailaja (Shefali Shah), who is on the cusp of losing her memories due to dementia. Before she forgets everything, she takes a trip with her husband, Dipankar (Swanand Kirkire), to the quaint hamlet of Vengurla. She seeks rediscovery of the girl she was before age caught up with her. She seeks forgiveness [...]

IIF Podcast: Merry Christmas

By |January 17th, 2024|Analysis, Podcasts|

Film critics Rahul Desai, Ishita Sengupta and Uday Bhatia discuss Sriram Raghavan's Merry Christmas.

The Losing and Gaining in Past Lives

By |December 18th, 2023|Analysis|

Pankaj Sachdeva writes about Past Lives.

IIF Podcast: Gulmohar

By |March 4th, 2023|Analysis, Podcasts|

Film critics Rahul Desai and Uday Bhatia discuss the new Disney+ Hotstar original, Gulmohar.

Aftersun: The luminosity of an aftermath

By |January 23rd, 2023|Analysis, movies we loved, reviews|

Rahul Desai writes about AFTERSUN.

Monica, O My Darling: Of Snakes and Ladders

By |December 23rd, 2022|Analysis|

Pankaj Sachdeva delves into the themes and easter eggs of Vasan Bala's Netflix hit, Monica O My Darling.

She Said: The journalism of listening

By |December 7th, 2022|Analysis|

Rahul Desai writes about SHE SAID, one of the definitive journalism films of our times.

Looop Lapeta and the Legend of Savitri and Satyavan

By |March 7th, 2022|Analysis|

Pankaj Sachdeva writes about Looop Lapeta and the legend of Savitri-Satyavan in Hindi cinema.

IIF Podcast: 83

By |December 29th, 2021|Analysis, Podcasts|

Film critics Rahul Desai and Tanul Thakur discuss Kabir Khan's 83, and the abysmal year for Hindi cinema in 2021.

IIF Podcast: Bob Biswas

By |December 6th, 2021|Analysis, Podcasts|

Film critics Rahul Desai and Tanul Thakur discuss the Sujoy Ghosh-written Bob Biswas.

Queen: Khud Hi To Hain Hum Kinare

By |December 3rd, 2021|Analysis|

Pankaj Sachdeva writes about the songs of QUEEN.

Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar: The power of pink

By |June 7th, 2021|Analysis, AnalysisDisplayLarge|

Read Pankaj Sachdeva on Dibakar Banerjee's latest, Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar.

IIF Podcast: Eeb Allay Ooo!

By |February 19th, 2021|Analysis, EditorPicksSmall, Podcasts|

Critics Rahul Desai & Tanul Thakur discuss the triumph of Eeb Allay Ooo!, Prateek Vats' critically acclaimed film now streaming on Netflix.

Review: Pareeksha – The Final Test

By |August 7th, 2020|reviews, ReviewsDisplaySmall|

Rachit Raj reviews Prakash Jha's latest, Pareeksha, a social drama streaming on Zee5.

The tragic masculinity of Music Teacher

By |July 2nd, 2019|Analysis, Critics Speak, movies we loved, reviews|

An essay on the haunted protagonist of Sarthak Dasgupta's MUSIC TEACHER.

(Young) Review: IT

By |September 14th, 2017|reviews, Young Critics|

Our young critic Rohan Murti is back with his review of Hollywood's latest horror sensation, the Stephen King adaptation, "IT".

Film Review: Pavan Kripalani’s PHOBIA

By |November 11th, 2016|reviews|

A review of one of the better Hindi-language 'mainstream' horror films in recent memory: Pavan Kripalani's Radhika Apte starrer, PHOBIA.

Vijay Varma: The red-bloodedness of ‘PINK’

By |September 30th, 2016|Interviews|

We speak to Vijay Varma, an actor who, overnight, has become a sensation for lending an uncomfortably real face to the entitled and misogynistic injustice of the film, PINK.


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