Kohrra, the new Netflix Original by Sudip Sharma, is, on the surface, about a murder investigation and how the Punjab Police is under tremendous pressure to track down the culprit. If you look at it from close quarters, it is about family dynamics and the lack of understanding between the parents and their kids. Under the garb of an investigative drama, the makers and the writers take the audience through the lives of the rich and the middle class families and all the while, slowly and steadily, uncomfortable truths come out. In this town topics such as equality and feminism have not reached the locals; it is always lived experience that makes individuals grow as human beings.
Kohrra is filled with parent figures who are unable to come to terms with the fact that their kids are individuals, they are allowed to have an opinion, and they intend to live on their terms.
Kohrra is filled with parent figures who are unable to come to terms with the fact that their kids are individuals, they are allowed to have an opinion, and they intend to live on their terms.
- 7/16/2023
- by Smriti Kannan
- Film Fugitives
We all must admit that well-made murder investigation stories will always blow your mind. If packaged and delivered properly, it is an ideal way to spend an afternoon understanding the nuances of a case and what goes on behind the scenes. Lately, there have been plenty of tales in this genre from various regions of the country, which helps the audience understand the local police and the native culture in depth. We have had Disney’s Kerala Crime Files and Shaitan, Amazon’s Suzhal: The Vortex, and Netflix’s Delhi Crime take the audience down roads that were seldom chosen by filmmakers in the past. The new Netflix original Kohrra, created by Gunjit Chopra and Diggi Sisodia and co-created by Sudip Sharma of Paatal Lok fame, brings you the story of a murder that shakes up a small town, putting the police under constant pressure ever since to catch the culprit.
- 7/15/2023
- by Smriti Kannan
- Film Fugitives
Deepa Mehta’s Beeba Boys may be an intense film about a Sikh mobster who leads his gang into a war to take control over the drugs and arms trafficking in Vancouver, but that doesn’t mean the film isn’t without its lighter moments.
In this clip, we see Katya (Sarah Allen), the beautiful woman that gang-leader Jeet Johar (Randeep Hooda) is dating, fresh from an extravagant shopping spree and accompanied by Harry (Steve Dhillon) and Nep (Ali Momen) as they join Jeet in his limousine. She gushes about how she thinks her parents will be impressed by Jeet, particularly because he looks like the host of a fictional television show. Her excitement isn’t met with much enthusiasm from Jeet or his crew.
Beeba Boys is new territory for Deepa Mehta, and in fact offers a rare moment where a woman is directing a gangster film. If anyone could take on this challenge,...
In this clip, we see Katya (Sarah Allen), the beautiful woman that gang-leader Jeet Johar (Randeep Hooda) is dating, fresh from an extravagant shopping spree and accompanied by Harry (Steve Dhillon) and Nep (Ali Momen) as they join Jeet in his limousine. She gushes about how she thinks her parents will be impressed by Jeet, particularly because he looks like the host of a fictional television show. Her excitement isn’t met with much enthusiasm from Jeet or his crew.
Beeba Boys is new territory for Deepa Mehta, and in fact offers a rare moment where a woman is directing a gangster film. If anyone could take on this challenge,...
- 10/5/2015
- by Adriana Floridia
- Cineplex
Stars: Randeep Hooda, Ali Momen, Sarah Allen, Waris Ahluwalia, Ali Kazmi, Steve Dhillon, Jag Bal, Gabe Grey, Dileep Rao, Gia | Written and Directed by Deepa Mehta
Beeba Boys starts with a scene straight out of Goodfellas: six men drive to a rendezvous, telling jokes and ribbing one another. They arrive at the—, three expensive-looking cars meeting outside a glitzy hotel, and Jeet (Randeep Hooda), the leader of the group, gets out, threatens the apologetic man receiving them and casually shoots him in the head before doing the same to his girlfriend, an act that is treated as the sequence’s punchline. This isn’t your ordinary gangster film, though – at least not aesthetically – because these men are Indo-Canadian Sikhs jostling for territory in Vancouver.
Unfortunately, this adds more novelty value than anything; though the spoken dialogue flits between Punjabi and English, different cultural events are exploited to the advantage of...
Beeba Boys starts with a scene straight out of Goodfellas: six men drive to a rendezvous, telling jokes and ribbing one another. They arrive at the—, three expensive-looking cars meeting outside a glitzy hotel, and Jeet (Randeep Hooda), the leader of the group, gets out, threatens the apologetic man receiving them and casually shoots him in the head before doing the same to his girlfriend, an act that is treated as the sequence’s punchline. This isn’t your ordinary gangster film, though – at least not aesthetically – because these men are Indo-Canadian Sikhs jostling for territory in Vancouver.
Unfortunately, this adds more novelty value than anything; though the spoken dialogue flits between Punjabi and English, different cultural events are exploited to the advantage of...
- 10/2/2015
- by Mark Allen
- Nerdly
Piers Handling, CEO and Director of the Toronto International Film Festival, and Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of the Toronto International Film Festival, announced the first round of titles premiering in the Galas and Special Presentations programmes of the 40th Toronto International Film Festival. There are some wonderful film-watching opportunities for fans of South Asian film, as a slate of films either produced in, set in, or with a connection to South Asia are included in the announcement. The following is taken from the Tiff press release, with some additional notes.
Galas:
Beeba Boys – Deepa Mehta, Canada – World Premiere
An adrenaline-charged violent Indo-Canadian gang war mixes guns, bhangra beats, bespoke suits, cocaine, and betrayal. Gang boss Jeet Johar and his loyal, young crew are audaciously taking over the Vancouver drug and arms scene from an old-style crime syndicate. Hearts are broken and family bonds shattered when the Beeba Boys (known as...
Galas:
Beeba Boys – Deepa Mehta, Canada – World Premiere
An adrenaline-charged violent Indo-Canadian gang war mixes guns, bhangra beats, bespoke suits, cocaine, and betrayal. Gang boss Jeet Johar and his loyal, young crew are audaciously taking over the Vancouver drug and arms scene from an old-style crime syndicate. Hearts are broken and family bonds shattered when the Beeba Boys (known as...
- 7/30/2015
- by Katherine Matthews
- Bollyspice
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