Freaking over Films

Director : Kapil Verma Cast : Taapsee Pannu, Vicky Arora Rating : 3/5 In one of her recent interviews, Taapsee Pannu had stated that she had been so profoundly stereotyped as an "action-heroine" that no one offers her romantic or comical roles anymore. But isn't that's pretty much a Bollywood thing, where visibility is so important that most actors don't mind getting typecast. And a bunch of them, who manage to survive the storm spend the later half of their careers trying to shed the image they've wonderfully crafted for years on screen. In case of Tapsee, if we keep aside a few forgettable roles she's played which may be either due to lack of visibility or lack of guidance in the industry (N-E-P-O-T-I-S-M) most of her roles have been a welcome change from the absolute abundance of girl-next-door characters in Bollywood films. Nitishashtra is no different. Playing it safe in her first short film outing, she sticks to her "an...

Director : Randeep Jha Cast:  Digamber Prasad Rating:  *** Review Kartaa as the name suggests, denotes an unmistakable reference to the doer, the executor. More often that not we believe that our destinies are governed by the almighty. But can we manifest our fortunes in our own hands? Kartaa answers that question! This short film unravels the journey of a small time real-estate agent who is scrambling through his way to successfully negotiate a property transaction, the owner of which is locked in jail. His days commence with his  struggle to start his scooter progressively getting miserable as he confronted by more real struggles for he is incharge of his wife and a school going kid. The story progresses through series of conversations unfolding the multiple layers of the protagonist.  Digamber Prasad carries the film beautifully as he plays a frustrated middle-aged man striving hard to balance the insecurities arising out a formidable career whil...