Peddi Film Review: A Mishmash in Search of Meaning

Oh, Peddi. That ‘love track’ is really all kinds of terrible, isn’t it? I begin here only because, in a film full of slow-motion elevation attempts and reaction shots, it is this portion that evoked the strongest reaction from me. Peddi (Ram Charan) ogles Achiamma (Janhvi Kapoor), and this is rivalled only by the more…

The Girlfriend review: The girl who couldn’t say no

How do you rescue yourself from a bad situation when you’ve never been allowed to fend for yourself? When you’re huffing and puffing while carrying luggage upstairs (like in that first scene of The Girlfriend) and someone asks if you need help, what are you supposed to say? What are you allowed to say? Is it okay…