"Nothing ever ends poetically.
— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) March 4, 2021
It ends and we turn it into poetry.
All that blood was never once beautiful.
It was just red.”
- Kait Rokowski
"Nothing ever ends poetically.
— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) March 4, 2021
It ends and we turn it into poetry.
All that blood was never once beautiful.
It was just red.”
- Kait Rokowski
With tech augmenting so much distribution (streamers), consumption (a screen in every pocket), buzz (social, youtube), and production (GenAI, VFX, virtual production, etc), it's the best time ever to be a filmmaker.
— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) June 27, 2025
Also the worst time.
#Ikkis is such an important film for an age where hoping for peace is sneered at as cowardice & armchair warmongering passes for patriotism.
— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) January 2, 2026
Releasing between Border 2 & Dhurandhar, it is a war film (like the former) & Pak-set (like the latter), but worlds apart from either
(1/4)
We've seen hundreds of car chases in cinema; many memorable. But that one in @onebattlemovie is next level. 🤯🙌🏽
— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) September 26, 2025
Too many #Bollywood songs obsess over love clichés (Dil, Ishq, Ladki, Daaru, Party, Bewafa, Tanhai, etc.).
— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) April 19, 2025
It's rare to find a well-made popular song that's used as a proper narrative device in an unconventional situation
Here are a few exceptions I've loved over the years 👇🏽
https://t.co/7DJRUEROHc
— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) December 14, 2025
Absolutely brilliant film.
Not just a whodunnit, but also a gripping howdunnit and whydunnit ... MUST WATCH.@rianjohnson has done the impossible by making a better murder mystery than the original @KnivesOut
In his last 4 movies, @LeoDiCaprio has played a fragile leading man haunted by the dark truths of his past, fading relevance & impending change.
— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) October 5, 2025
Sign of a very secure A-lister!
(One Battle After Another, Killers of the Flower Moon, Don't Look Up, & Once Upon A Time in Hollywood)
Rahman hasn't given a quality Hindi soundtrack for a decade now
— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) August 18, 2025
After Delhi 6 (2009), he'd been declining but still gave a noteworthy film per year (Rockstar, Jaane Tu, Raanjhana, Highway), but since Tamasha (2015), even great Hindi songs (forget full soundtracks) have been rare
https://t.co/7DJRUEROHc
— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) December 14, 2025
Absolutely brilliant film.
Not just a whodunnit, but also a gripping howdunnit and whydunnit ... MUST WATCH.@rianjohnson has done the impossible by making a better murder mystery than the original @KnivesOut
this shot from #JigraTeaserTrailer 😍
— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) September 11, 2024
blocking: intriguing, isolates alia, reveals her body lang
camera: peeks, pries, but calm
lighting: moody, mysterious, face-centric
set/art: lived-in, cozy, public-but-private
colour: tense, deep, nostalgic
technical mastery by @Vasan_Bala pic.twitter.com/hmuQLOGyDj
This is an appreciation tweet for @MrVijayVarma's shirts in #DahaadOnPrime
— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) May 20, 2023
Hard to remember the last time something as regular as a cuban-collar half-sleeve shirt elevated a character so much.
Take a bow Smriti Chauhan & everyone else involved. pic.twitter.com/vzgeDJ24Ow
These apps are called OTT, but nothing on them has been as OVER THE TOP as The Ba***ds of Bollywood.
— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) September 20, 2025
OMG what have I just seen in the middle of this last episode 🤣🫡🙃
Wait till the end. Don't drop out beech mein.
"Apne log jaat, joota, jabaan dekhte hain.
— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) June 19, 2025
In logon ka system cool hai, direct aankh mein dekhte hain"@urfvijaymaurya @SiddyChats #GullyBoy #Random pic.twitter.com/kxwg0w7nuS
*That* scene & the epilogue didn't work for me.
— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) April 27, 2025
But the first half of The Brutalist had me swooning.
I'm gonna rewatch Adrien Brody's "cycles of peoplehood" monologue many many times - what an actor! https://t.co/w20O01k2Ws
"Your silence is their tranquility"
— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) October 8, 2024
Powerful message by @Javedakhtarjadu to cap a fun little chathttps://t.co/CHoZcpycUv
One of my all time favourite films.
— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) April 12, 2024
RGV & the stellar cast got a lot of well-deserved plaudits, but the unsung heroes were Hemant Chaturvedi for his sepia closeups,
Jaideep Sahni for his uncompromising story & taut dialogues, Chandan Arora for his sharp cuts, and Dwarak Warrier… https://t.co/UVIenE6UgI
"History is not just a study of the past, it is an explanation of the present"
— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) January 19, 2024
- Paul Hunham (Paul Giamatti) in The Holdovers
Watch it! pic.twitter.com/Uef0UBqfFp
Madgaon Express is the The Hangover of Hindi films. Equally good too!
— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) April 2, 2024
----@kunalkemmu ke andar koot koot ke talent bhara hua hai.
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Second film this year after Merry Christmas that's rich in references and lands them effectively.
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Don't miss it.
Sriram Raghavan's flourishes in #MerryChristmas blew my mind
— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) January 13, 2024
Such confident film-making!
Completely different from anything he's made & anything you've seen
I have many problems with the story (particularly, how it ends), but the craft of the master director left me gasping 🤯
Michał Dymek of A Real Pain is gonna go places.
— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) February 1, 2025
What beautiful cinematography! Highly underrated.
Warm, natural, nostalgic.
Lovely colour grading too!
Another Sunday evening of feeling melancholic about a fictional past bygone, nostalgic for friends I've never even known, and homesick for an imaginary home .... thanks to the haunting themes of Mia&Sebastian, Yumeji, and The Godfather. Sigh.
— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) September 1, 2024
What a wicked film #MonicaOMyDarling is.@Vasan_Bala's best work yet.
— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) November 13, 2022
What shooting! What production design! What writing! Everything was A+. Fun music too.
What acting by everyone in this ensemble cast! Sikandar Kher is a revelation. But Radhika Apte takes the cake. My god!
Half way in, I was thinking: "Good romcom, but why Richard Linklater?"
— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) June 23, 2024
Then come the twists.
Then the movie itself takes new forms altogether 😲
Do watch this sexy sitcom, crime caper, dark comedy noir, & social commentary on ambient evil - all in one.https://t.co/lGThntfpjH
Liked 'Killers of the Flower Moon'
— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) December 10, 2023
It's got standard Scorsese themes of criminal machinations, nonchalant depravity, cynical violence, tragic betrayal, poignant guilt, & unbridled ambition in his typical sweeping style with an ensemble cast & epic setting.
Will win many awards!
LSD, Shaitan, Wasseypur, Talaash, Shahid, Kai Po Che, Queen, Aligarh, Trapped, Newton, Stree, Ludo, Badhai Do, and now Monica.
— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) November 17, 2022
Sure he wasn't the lead actor in a few of those early films. But still ... @RajkummarRao is racking up quite a body of work before he even turns 40.
The signs were visible in Dil Dhadakne Do itself many years ago, but now after AK vs AK, Thar, and #JugJuggJeeyo, it's clear that @AnilKapoor is well into a Bachchan-esque second innings.
— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) June 30, 2022
What a performance in JJJ! @Viacom18Studios @AndhareAjit
Just discovered a nice touch in the credits of The Namesake.
— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) March 19, 2022
A bit of an an easter egg!@MiraPagliNair @kalpenn pic.twitter.com/gPSpgpRb8F
Liked "Three of Us"
— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) January 2, 2024
Wish the dialogues were more 'local' (a lifelong-Konkani Kamat says 'bambai', a Dadar-native Maharashtrian says 'dikkat'). The song in the fort didn't sound local too.
Too indulgent in a couple of places. And what's with the name 🤔.
But good overall!
Oh no.
— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) December 31, 2023
Really liked his work in Eternal Sunshine, Batman Begins, The Best Exotic, Duplicity, MI Ghost Protocol, and so many more, but especially in Michael Clayton with him going "I am Shiva, the god of death" 🙏🏽 https://t.co/DqlDjkpn6W