Movie Review

The Disciple (film released on Netflix); Cast: Aditya Modak, Arun Dravid, Sumitra Bhave, Deepika Bhide Bhagwat; Direction: Chaitanya Tamhane; Rating: * * * * (four

Ajeeb Daastaans (film on Netflix); Cast: Jaideep Ahlawat, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Armaan Ralhan, Abhishek Banerjee, Nushrratt Bharuccha, Inayat Verma, Konkona Sen Sharma, Aditi Rao Hydari,

Hello Charlie (film on Amazon Prime); Cast: Jackie Shroff, Aadar Jain, Shlokka Pandit, Elnaaz Norouzi, Rajpal Yadav, Girish Kulkarni; Direction: Pankaj Saraswat; Rating: * *

The Big Bull; Streaming on Disney Hotstar; Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Sohum Shah, Ileana D’Cruz, Nikita Dutta, Saurabh Shukla, Mahesh Manjrekar, Ram Kapoor; Director: Kookie Gulati;

Joji (film on Amazon Prime); Cast: Fahadh Faasil, Baburaj, Unnimaya Prasad, Joji Mundakayam, Sunny PN, Alister Alex; Direction: Dileesh Pothan; Rating: * * * and

Streaming on Netflix; Pagglait; Cast: Sanya Malhotra, Sayani Gupta, Shruti Sharma, Raghubir Yadav, Ashutosh Rana, Natasha Rastogi, Sheeba Chaddha, Aasif Khan, Meghna Malik, Jameel Khan,

The Illegal (film on Amazon Prime); Cast: Suraj Sharma, Shweta Tripathi, Adil Hussain, Neelima Azim, Iqbal Theba, Hannah Masi, Jay Ali; Direction: Danish Renzu; Rating:

Mumbai Saga; Cast: John Abraham, Emraan Hashmi, Mahesh Manjrekar, Amole Gupte, Suniel Shetty, Kajal Aggarwal, Rohit Roy, Anjana Sukhani, Prateik Babbar; Direction: Sanjay Gupta; Rating:

Roohi; Cast: Rajkummar Rao, Janhvi Kapoor, Varun Sharma, Alexx O’Nell, Manav Vij; Direction: Hardik Mehta; Rating: * * (two stars) BY VINAYAK CHAKRAVORTY Stree was

Bombay Begums (web series); Cast: Pooja Bhatt, Shahana Goswami, Amruta Subhash, Plabita Borthakur, Aadhya Anand; Direction: Alankrita Shrivastava; Rating: * * * (three stars) BY