A guide to all the movies that released this weekend. Read the reviews and take your pick!
Maari: Some nice bits can’t save a grindingly ordinary movie
Maari is Balaji Mohan’s announcement that directors can do 'mass' movies too. He wants to show the industry that he isn’t just the sweet guy who made Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi and Vaayai Moodi Pesavum . He wants to show he has chest hair. No more long, lyrical titles, please. Maari : one word, rhymes with massy. Read Baradwaj Rangan's >review of the Dhanush starrer here .
Bajrangi Bhaijaan: A generous leap of faith
The film is a good old school melodrama where messaging is more important than the form, where eyes go moist even when you know things are going larger than life. It is because the director takes the generous leap of faith from the ground of reality where India and Pakistan stand today. He underlines the importance of inclusiveness in these divisive times as a devout Hindu boy, the son of an RSS member, sets out to help a mute Pakistani kid to find her way back home. >Anuj Kumar writes.
