Aseem Chhabra

Former blue check. Author, bios of Irrfan Khan, Shashi Kapoor & Priyanka Chopra; fest dir New York Indian Film Festival; Columbia Journalism School grad.

[Quadcarl @Quadcarl]

This is the official trailer for NAZA. It’s being suppressed on every social media platform.

Please watch and share.

[Mel Gibson⭐ @MelGibsonxvyv]

Retweet if you believe Netanyahu is a war criminal.

[Aseem Chhabra @chhabs]

@film_waala Didn’t miss Yi Yi. It’s one if the best films made ever.

[Brian Rowe @mrbrianrowe]

Skyler Gisondo is a revelation in Primetime. He’s always been great, but as an aspiring actor navigating a questionable job opportunity while finding his voice and his confidence, Gisondo gives an astonishing dramatic breakthrough that ultimately becomes the heart of the film.

[Aseem Chhabra @chhabs]

Giving #TenzingNorgay the long deserved credit and making him as the central figure for the success of the 1953 mission to the Everest. I review @AppleTV's rousing #Tenzing. The film recently shown @TIFF_NET

This is my first piece in @kathmandupost.
https://t.co/el2kwFb5hI

[Aseem Chhabra @chhabs]

@tuhinat221b @PicturesPVR It was still a challenge at times and I don't know why the sound was so low. PVR will never acknowledge their fault. They always blame the distributor.

[Aseem Chhabra @chhabs]

@varshadylan How are you so sure about me and my understanding of gender and sexuality?

[Aseem Chhabra @chhabs]

Dorothy is a troubling film. Subbaraj doesn’t understand gender and sexuality!

[Atheist Bale @venomous_psych]

oru male friend trans aa maarunaa takkunu avan mela sexual feel varudhuna apa ivanuku la oru female friend irundhaa chance kedacha eppada podalam nu thirivaana?

indirectly disrespecting male and female friendships too

enna elavu pundave idhellam @karthiksubbaraj 🤮

[Aseem Chhabra @chhabs]

@shubhragupta Last year I had to walk out of a screening of Aranyer Din Ratri because the print had no subtitles. I had seen the film a few times, but subtitles immediately become essential when you realize it’s hard to follow Bengali.

[Aseem Chhabra @chhabs]

@SaharJunejo Gosh you want to keep on defending the film, then go ahead. This conversation is going nowhere. Bye!

[Aseem Chhabra @chhabs]

@shubhragupta At PVR? So annoying. Did you talk to the manager? Usually they have to turn on the subtitles files along with the DCP.

[X Global @X_Global_tv]

🚨 BREAKING:

Norway calls for Israel to be completely isolated globally, demanding that it be punished for its role in spreading unrest and chaos worldwide.

[Aseem Chhabra @chhabs]

@SaharJunejo Love between two male friends (and they are not shown to be gay) is very different from what happens in the end. I think the filmmaker is patting himself on back saying “Look how progressive I am.” But he makes some strange and implausible assumptions about gender and sexuality.

[Aseem Chhabra @chhabs]

@Aagan86 We are not exactly informed about it.

[Namrata Joshi @Namrata_Joshi]

Between absolute adoration and vile hatred lies a solid film that doesn’t quite communicate some things convincingly enough and topples towards the end #Dorothy …

[Film Treasure @Film_Treasures]

Pedro Almodóvar with his mother, Francisca Caballero.

[Daniel Lambert @dlLambo]

NYT now confirms it.

He knew about Oct 7.

He stood down IDF posts.

He moved a festival of kids a mile from the unmanned IDF line.

He slaughtered his own people to justify slaughtering 100 times more Palestinians.

It was all by design.

An evil beyond imagination

[Aseem Chhabra @chhabs]

@MukeshKumaravel I agree we shouldn’t advocate who should make what film. There are enough straight filmmakers who have sensitively explored gender and sexuality issues. Alas Subbaraj is not that filmmaker. The ending of Dorothy appears forced and gimmicky. It’s implausible.

[Aseem Chhabra @chhabs]

I liked parts of #Dorothy (in the first half). But I found the rest of the film implausible, with an ending that makes no sense. It's a film made by a straight man who has zero understanding of gender and sexuality, and the lives of LGBTQ people. Disappointing!