‘Heroes can come from unlikeliest of places’ Movie: Neerja Starring: Sonam Kapoor, Shabana Azmi and Shekhar Ravjiani Directed by: Ram Madhvani Written By: Saiwyn Quadras Year of Release: 2016 When we started aaLAWchak, we made a policy that we will cover movies related to law and the legal system. However, we believe that there are…
Joe Miller: “We’re standing here in Philadelphia, the, uh, city of brotherly love, the birthplace of freedom, where the, uh, founding fathers authored the Declaration of Independence, and I don’t recall that glorious document saying anything about all straight men are created equal. I believe it says all men are created equal.” Movie: Philadelphia Starring:…
“Live a Life, that is worth writing about” Movie: Main aur Charles Starring: Randeep Hooda, Adil Hussain and Richa Chadda Written & Directed by: Prawaal Raman Year of Release: 2015 ‘Main aur Charles’ is such a slow movie in the first half that you will wish that you leave the theater instantly. The movie picks…
“As real as it gets” Movie: Court Starring: Vira Sathidar, Vivek Gomber, Geetanjali Kulkarni, Pradeep Joshi and Usha Bane Written & Directed by: Chaitanya Tamhane Year of Release: 2015 Court is a very harsh and satirical comment on the ethos of this country. Interestingly, the writer has chosen to comment upon them through the system…
Movie: Talvar Starring: Irrfan Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma, Tabu, Sohum Shah Directed by: Meghna Gulzar Written By: Vishal Bhardwaj Year of Release: 2015 ‘Sometimes, truth is stranger than fiction’ At the first instance, Talvar appears to be another movie trying to commercialize one of the most controversial murder mystery of our times, the Noida Double…
Movie: The Paper Chase Starring: Timothy Bottom, John Houseman and Lindsay Wagner Directed by: James Bridges Year of Release: 1973 Adapted From: The Paper Chase by John Jay Osborn, Jr. Prima facie, The Paper Chase appears to be like any other college themed movie. It tells the story of a first year law student at Harvard…
In the Capital, everybody is somebody and it is a common phrase to say ‘To Jaanta Hai, Mera Baap Kaun Hai’ Movie: No One Killed Jessica Starring: Vidya Balan and Rani Mukherjee Directed by: Raj Kumar Gupta Year of Release: 2011 No one killed Jessica tests this attitude of the Capital of the World’s largest…
Movie: Anatomy of a murder Starring: James Stewart, Lee Remrick, Ben Gazzara, Brooks West Directed by: Otto Ludwig Preminger Year of Release: 1959 The recent documentary India’s Daughter has caused quite a stir in India due to the lewd comments of the rapist stating that the “girl should not have fought back” and the lawyers…
Movie: OMG Oh My God! Starring: Paresh Rawal, Mithun Chakraborty, Govind Namdeo, Mahesh Manjrekar and Akshay Kumar as Lord Krishna Directed by: Umesh Shukla Year of Release: 2012 OMG Oh My God! is an official remake of the 2001 Australian comedy ‘The Man Who Sued God’. Originally the makers had adopted the film ‘The Man…
Movie: The Rainmaker Starring: Matt Damon, Danny Devito, Mickey Rourke and Danny Glover Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola Year of Release: 1997 The Rainmaker sees the law from the eyes of a novice lawyer, who has just entered the profession and wants nothing other than making it big in the profession. He however suffers from…
‘Trials are too important to be decided by juries’ Movie: Runaway Jury Starring: John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman and Rachel Weisz Directed by: Gary Fleder Year of Release: 2003 At it’s first glance, the title seems funny. However, when you probe and delve further into the movie, the title seems appropriate. The movie ‘Runaway…
Movie: Witness for the Prosecution Starring: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich and Charles Laughton Directed by: Billy Wilder Year of Release: 1957 There is certain penchant for old classic movies, they are enigmatic and yet so simple. The film adaption of the Agatha Christe who-dunnit novel really holds this close. The stellar performance of Charles Laughton…