Tanu Weds Manu Returns : The Bugle's Verdict

Tanu and Manu’s wedding didn’t need to return. This movie didn’t need to happen. Tanu Weds Manu had provided ample laughs and a genuine story that was self-sufficient and didn’t require a sequel in the first place. Nevertheless we don’t believe in judging a book by its cover, or for that matter its inherent predictability, and went ahead to watch this farce (Yes, farce). It turns out, sometimes the said judgment by the cover should...

Mad Max - Fury Road : The Bugle's Verdict

What a lovely day! The general reaction of the cinema crowd was in rhythm with the film’s subtitle. Mad Max re-awakens after 30 years, and how! This is one movie series that just keeps on getting better with the years. Seriously! George Miller has to be quite the twisted guy for dreaming up the plethora of even more twisted characters we got to witness in all his films but regardless, his visualisation of the vestiges of the human race...

Bombay Velvet : The Bugle's Verdict

Jazz, Vintage cars, lust for power and crime - Anurag Kashyap takes the essential elements from a typical Martin Scorcese film, and presents a chronicle of the Bombay crime syndicates in their infancy, circling around the classic tale of the underdog aspiring to be the top guy. The film presents us with a lot of parameters to be judged upon, and is quite an intricate subject, considering the Phantom films name tag attached to it. The...

Piku : The Bugle's Verdict

Let’s be straight – this movie is full of shit! Literally, not figuratively. If it was up to us, we’d rather name the film ‘Stool’, but let’s proceed with the existing title and get to know Piku a little better. Amitabh Bachchan plays Bhaskor Banerjee, a senile, 70-year-old Bengali man, who lives with his daughter Piku. Like most people at his age, his primary time-pass is being concerned about imaginary medical ailments, and...

Gabbar is Back : The Bugle's Verdict

Gabbar asked – “Kitne aadmi the?” In reply a roar was heard . A house-full theatre caused it. Why the film was named ‘Gabbar is Back’, couldn’t be fathomed by either me or that theatre full of people. Whether or not it was worthwhile, is an entirely different discussion. Let’s get into it. Akshay Kumar is Professor Aditya (No surname). He teaches Class Xth physics in Degree College, using local goons as examples for Newtonian...