Shubhra Gupta

2 weeks ago | indianexpress.com | Shubhra Gupta

The gorgeous vistas of the Kullu and Lahaul valley become the backdrop for a story of loss and healing. Subhadra Mahajan’s debut feature, out in a limited release after a festival run (Karlovy Vary, Trivandrum), is about a Delhi-based young woman recovering from heartbreak. Nia (Dheera Johnson) spends her time being miserable, being coaxed to eat by housekeeper Bhemi (Thakri Devi).

2 weeks ago | indianexpress.com | Shubhra Gupta

Rana Naidu is back for a second-go-round, and this season is as kinetic as the first, fists and bullets flying. It also dials down the crassness, which is a good thing. The close ties that keeps the Naidu parivaar together are still intact, though, and that gives this heavy-on-action saga the occasional emo touch, which we saw in the first season.

3 weeks ago | indianexpress.com | Shubhra Gupta

The Life Of Chuck movie review: Based on a slim Stephen King novella, ‘The Life Of Chuck’ is a near-faithful cinematic adaptation which aims at giving us the warm fuzzies-in-this-dark-and-dismal-world, and succeeds, more or less. Just like the story, the film starts backwards, where we see Marty (Chiwetel Ejiofor) reconnecting with his ex-wife Felicia (Karen Gillan) even as the world is coming to an end.

3 weeks ago | indianexpress.com | Shubhra Gupta

Me: Oh brain, braaaain. It’s that time again. Me: Don’t sulk. You know the drill. Brain: Mmmmph. Me: Oh there you are, gtg, brb. Brain: I thought it’s been six years, maybe they had forgotten about the fifth edition of Housefull. Didn’t you have enough after the fourth? What kind of a masochist are you? Don’t you know when to stop? Me: Who asked for a speech? Just doing my job. Bfn. Groan! Minutes later:Brain: So? Me: Mmmmph. Brain: Hahaha. Spill it.

3 weeks ago | indianexpress.com | Shubhra Gupta

Two brothers stuck in an impossible situation spiralling out of control without a lid in sight, in a Living-In-Two-Indias set-up: the premise of Stolen is sharp and current, and it starts out by pushing its unprepared protagonists, and us, into a state of high alert. Gautam (Abhishek Banerjee) is in a swanky SUV outside a train station in the dead of night, waiting for his ‘chota bhai’ Raman (Shubham Vardhan) to alight from a horribly delayed train.