All stories by DEEPA GAHLOT
Shekhar Home Review: Riveting Watch
Rediff.com13 hours agoSix episodes are not enough, applauds Deepa Gahlot.
Life Hill Gayi Review: Groan-Worthy
Rediff.com5 days agoVinay Pathak, Divyenndu Sharma and Kusha Kapila are comfortable enough in their comic skins to play their parts with ease, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha Review: Old-Style Romance In The Age Of Tinder
Rediff.com2 Aug 2024Right from the lofty title, Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha keeps aiming to be an epic, and keeps falling short, discovers Deepa Gahlot.
Bloody Ishq Review: We've Seen It All Before
Rediff.com26 Jul 2024Bloody Ishq comes off looking even more shoddy and ill-conceived when there is so much superior content to entertain the horror buff, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Showtime Season 1 Part 2: Little To Offer
Rediff.com12 Jul 2024There is a lot more to Bollywood than the unguarded glimpses Showtime offers, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Kakuda Review: Neither Scary Nor Funny
Rediff.com11 Jul 2024Since Kakuda is made for OTT, the film might find its audience of horror fans but it is not particularly scary, and not the least bit funny, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Wild Wild Punjab Review: Sober Version Of The Hangover
Rediff.com10 Jul 2024This is the kind of film to watch with friends and maybe a six-pack. It has some risqu bits but nothing so vulgar that the pause button would need to be hit if Mummyji walks into the room, notes Deepa Gahlot.
Mirzapur 3 Review: Too Much Gore
Rediff.com5 Jul 2024Pankaj Tripathi anchored the first two seasons with his performance. Here, he is made to sit it out for most of the show, and none of the actors, except for a fiery Ali Fazal, have the charisma to hold the viewer's attention, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Paradise Review: Riveting!
Rediff.com1 Jul 2024Prasanna Vithanage's Paradise leaves the audience to read between the lines and draw their own conclusions about the frailty of human nature, and how easily violence seizes the most unexpected prey, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Stree 2 Promises More Chills
Rediff.com26 Jun 2024It looks like Stree 2 has been granted a bigger budget for VFX and sound, bringing with it a promise of more chills, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Sights And Dazzle Of Japan
Rediff.com25 Jun 2024Tokyo -- the songs Japan, Love In Tokyo and Sayonara from the 1966 Hindi film automatically pop up in the mind -- is buzzing and crowded like any other metropolis, discovers Deepa Gahlot. The modern apartment blocks are built cheek by jowl, so close together that one can open the window and borrow sugar from the neighbour in the next building. One of the fears of the Indian traveller is the unavailability of vegetarian food. Every city and town in Japan has an array of Indian restaurants that serve every variety of cuisine, right from Gujarati to Punjabi to Andhra and Kerala meals.
Review: Kota Factory 3 Gets Darker
Rediff.com21 Jun 2024The new season takes the students out of their preoccupation with studies to other problems -- jealousy of another's easy success, a blip in a romance, financial crunch, meltdowns, discovers Deepa Gahlot.
Bad Cop Review: Dj Vu
Rediff.com21 Jun 2024Bad Cop is not unwatchable. For older viewers, there may even be some comfort in the familiar, notes Deepa Gahlot.
Luv Ki Arrange Marriage Review: Loud Comedy
Rediff.com14 Jun 2024If this were a French farce, nobody would have batted an eyelid if the father of the groom and mother of the bride fell in love and wanted to marry. But here, some crude comedy is generated with a dash of melodrama, feels Deepa Gahlot.
Gaanth Chapter 1: Jamnaa Paar Review: Boring
Rediff.com11 Jun 2024It introduces random characters, goes on several wild goose chases and is incapable of holding onto any thread of the plot, sighs Deepa Gahlot.
Will Kalki 2898 AD Be A Game-Changer?
Rediff.com11 Jun 2024The Kalki Universe might just take off, but it will still owe its gee-whizery to Hollywood movies, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Review: Gullak 4: Pleasant Watch
Rediff.com7 Jun 2024The new season coasts along on the simple anecdotes that make up the piggy bank of family lore; the performances are as wonderful as before, but the sharpness of humour is starting to dull a bit, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Dedh Bigha Zameen: Pratik Gandhi's Show All The Way
Rediff.com31 May 2024Pratik Gandhi once again proves that he is an actor who can bring any character to life with his dedication to his craft and instinctive understanding of what the role requires, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Aranmanai 4 Review: Dull!
Rediff.com31 May 2024The Hindi dubbed (badly) version of the Tamil hit Aranmanai is out, and it turns out to be lengthy, noisy and mostly tedious, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Savi Review: Anil Kapoor Saves The Day
Rediff.com31 May 2024Divya Khossla does not have the magnetism to carry a film by herself. If it weren't for Anil Kapoor playing his part with far more gusto than required, Savi would have been tough to sit through, points out Deepa Gehlot.