While ‘Bad Girl’ certainly has heart, sometimes it's hard to relate to its protagonist, who seems to be fighting a personal battle rather than attempting any feminist endeavour to question caste hierarchy.Read at source
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The News Minute
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by Subha J. Rao
This is probably one of those very rare Kannada films that speak about caste without couching it in pleasant, acceptable language.Read at source
While Gowtham Tinnanuri’s ‘Kingdom’ is highly ambitious, it forgets what makes storytelling compelling: clarity, character, and connection.Read at source
Bharathy Singaravel of The News Minute wrote "There’s a few hints of moralising in the film — to tick the Tamil message padam (transl. film) box — but it is a minor aspect.Read at source
If you are looking for a movie that might comfort you, The Girlfriend is definitely not it.Read at source
Despite little nuance and a rushed and easy resolution to a problem that plagued the young couple, DeAr is a fun watch and deserves praise for positive portrayals of several subjects that Tamil cinema has failed at earlierRead at source
by Cris
The film thrills in an icy sort of way, keyed as it is by a very smooth script and packed with some smart direction.Read at source
