Shikhar Verma

Shikhar Verma

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  • About Dry Grasses
  • The Zone of Interest
  • Challengers
  • La Chimera

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  • 12x12

    ★★½

  • Brides

  • Berlin

    ★★★

  • Sikandar Ka Muqaddar

    ★½

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  • 12x12

    12x12 2021

    ★★½ Watched 23 Jan 2025

    Gaurav Madan’s 12x12 is an unhurried portrayal of the changing times, set in the oldest city in the country. A death photographer is the POV of the tale; but unlike Masaan, its approach to life, death, and everything in between feels a little stilted. The chapters are congruent with the central narrative, but never truly feel that they are impacting the same wisdom upon us as the overall themes here.

  • Berlin

    Berlin 2023

    ★★★ Watched 20 Jan 2025

    I do not like spy stories, but Atul Sabharwal’s “Berlin” which is rich in its period details sucked me right into its post-Cold-War slow burn. Inspired by John Le Carre’s espionage tales that often focus on human errors and other inabilities rather than high-strung thrills, the film follows Pushkin (Aparshakti Khurana) – a sign language teacher forced into the shadowy world of spy intrigue.

    Pushkin is recruited by the head of the Soviet desk, Sondhi (Rahul Bose) to retrieve information…

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  • Control

    Control 2007

    ★★★★½ Watched 08 Aug 2016 15

    The colour scheme is fuckin' black & white, and they fuckin' speak as if there's a golden shite. The fuckin' movies are all overblown, the fuckin' powers and all those fuckin' guns. The fuckin' people are fuckin' stupid, they fuckin' talk as if they know it.

    The fuckin' music is fuckin' fucked, what sadness can give, not a fuckin' thing could. The fuckin' love is fuckin' unreal, with all the fuckin' dance and all them fuckin' seals.

    The fuckin' cigarette is…

  • Blue Jay

    Blue Jay 2016

    ★★★★ Watched 05 Nov 2016 9

    "There's nothing wrong with my life. I should be happy. But there's this sadness and I don't know where it comes from."

    A lovely, melancholic stroll down the love that coulda, shoulda, woulda. If you are on a strict - one romantic movie a year diet, make sure that this is the one. 

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