Manjari Makijany
Review Of Spin: Is The Blandest Depiction Of NRI’s La-la-Land
Spin(Disney-Hotstar) Starring Abhay Deol, Meera Sial, Avantika Vandanapu Directed by Manjari Makijany Rating: * ½ Besides the food on the tables of the restaurant named ‘Spirit Of India’ where most of this vapid drama unfolds, the true spirit of India is abysmally absent from Spin , a clumsy spin on the India-American experience so contrived and mawkish, it initially felt like a caricature of the Indian experience in the US. But no. These people mean serious business. So meet Rhea(the very lovely Avantika Vandanapu),a 15-going-on-40 | Click Here...
Review Of Skater Girl: Turgid, Touristy, Trite But Agreeable
Skater Girl(Netflix) Starring Rachel Sanchita Gupta ,Shafin Patel, Amrit Maghera, Jonathan Readwin and Waheeda Rehman Directed by Manjari Makijany Rating: *** 10 minutes into the film,and I was convinced this was Slumdog Millionaire on a skating board in Rajasthan.Then 45 minutes later something magical happened. She is called Waheeda Rehman. I don’t know how or where this enchantress, now in the winter of her life, showed up as a doppelganger of Gayatri Devi,telling us why she would fund a skatepark in Rajasthan.We appreciate. I was h | Click Here...