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Jodhaa Akbar : Review
16 February 2008 | Movies, Movie Reviews | No Comments
A drama of epic proportions, Jodhaa Akbar is at its core an intimate love story that's set against the spectacular sweep of the Mughal era. It's about the romance that gradually blossoms between Emperor Akbar and his wife Jodhaa, the Rajput princess with whom he enters into a marriage of alliance. It's also the coming […]
My Name Is Anthony… doesn’t thrill
13 January 2008 | Movie Reviews | No Comments
Ask any serious movie buff and he'll agree that there's nothing worse that suffering a boring film. Sitting in my seat watching director E Niwas' latest film My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves unfold on screen, I felt like I was being punished for a crime I didn't commit.
The film itself is hard to describe because […]
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Santoshi back in form with ‘Halla Bol’
11 January 2008 | Movies, Movie Reviews | No Comments
Halla Bol is a typical Santoshi product, which re-opens wounds, is raw and hard-hitting and has life-like situations, with a saviour who pricks your conscience. Frankly, Halla Bol is, without an iota of doubt, a film that reflects the current times. You can easily draw parallels with real life. Of course, there're cinematic liberties; it's […]
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Welcome :Movie Review
22 December 2007 | Movies, Movie Reviews | No Comments
WELCOME follows the same path as David Dhawan and Priyadarshan movies. The mantra is simple: Lock your brains at home, throw your worries out of the window for the next 2 hours and get ready to embrace a world where logic and sense have no place… In short, WELCOME remains faithful to the genre from […]
Taare Zameen Par : Review
19 December 2007 | Movies, Movie Reviews | No Comments
TAARE ZAMEEN PAR heralds the birth of a topnotch storyteller — Aamir Khan. To choose a story that's a far cry from the mundane stuff that's being churned out like factory products, requires courage and conviction and to execute it with panache is a rarity. Those who somewhere nursed a grudge that the camera follows […]
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Dus Kahaniyaan : Review
7 December 2007 | Movies, Movie Reviews | No Comments
Sometimes, a short story of 10 minutes or a music video of 4 minutes has a better story to tell than most 2.30 hour movies. It would be unfair to club DUS KAHANIYAAN in the same category as DARNA MANA HAI, DARNA ZAROORI HAI and SALAAM-E-ISHQ. Not only because the genres are as diverse as […]
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Aaja Nachle : Review
30 November 2007 | Movie Reviews | No Comments
Sadly, AAJA NACHLE is below the mediocre mark and doesn't meet the humungous expectations that you associate with the Yashraj - Madhuri combo. What's the problem? Without a doubt, the script! What starts off as a story that seems real and identifiable becomes a fairy tale in the latter hour. Also, with a title like […]
Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal : Review
23 November 2007 | Movies, Movie Reviews | No Comments
Southall United Football Club is facing its deepest crisis ever. Bankrupt, with no stars, no coach, no sponsors, no takers, no spectators and most importantly, no owner. After the City Council sends an eviction notice, it's the last chance to save the ground, the club and their honour. Shaan [Arshad Warsi] takes up the challenge […]
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Saawariya disappoints
10 November 2007 | Movie Reviews | No Comments
In a nameless picturesque town straight out of Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge, a free-spirited dreamer befriends a melancholic girl who spends three nights at the bridge waiting patiently for someone to return. By the time our hero learns that she already has a lover for whom she waits, it's too late, because over the course […]
Om Shanti Om : Review
9 November 2007 | Movies, Movie Reviews | No Comments
OM SHANTI OM tells the story of Om [Shah Rukh Khan] and Shanti [Deepika Padukone]. Om is a junior artist in the 70s. Shanti is the reigning superstar. He is her biggest fan. He is in love with her. Om dreams of being a superstar, but an incident changes his life forever. Om dies in […]
No Smoking : Review
27 October 2007 | Movies, Movie Reviews | No Comments
The movie begins innocently enough. K (John Abraham) is a heavy smoker and an unapologetic one at that. His wife Anjali (Ayesha Takia) is fed up with his habit and is set to leave him. There are early signs of the trouble ahead, when K, in his bathtub, has a surreal dream of being lost […]
Jab We Met : Review
26 October 2007 | Movies, Movie Reviews | 1 Comment
Aditya [Shahid Kapur], an industrialist, is heartbroken as the girl he loves is getting married to someone else. Unable to muster up the courage to return home, he drifts out of the gathering and aimlessly boards a train, bounding away into the night. As destiny would have it, he meets Geet [Kareena Kapoor] — a […]
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