I am not much of a Chetan Bhagat fan. Not because I do not like his books, but just because I have never got down to reading them. I prefer the Shiva Trilogy instead. But yes, there is no doubt his books make excellent movies. Based on Bhagat’s 3 Mistakes of My Life and adapted for [...]
Continue reading...17. February 2013
Let me begin by saying I’m not a film critic, nor am I qualified to be an Industry analyst. Like most people, I enjoy watching movies and admire the art of filmmaking. So why am i writing this? Honestly, it wasn’t something I planned, rather a feeling I could no longer ignore. It’s been over [...]
Continue reading...2. February 2013
A fantastic idea…3 brilliant plots…Beautiful cinematography…Some terrific performances…DAVID. Acclaimed director Bejoy Nambiar follows up post his brilliant debut in 2011 with Shaitan. His heart is definitely in the right place which is evident in the gem of an idea that he has with David. Then what goes wrong with the film? The sheer fact that many a [...]
Continue reading...14. November 2012
Written by Aditya Chopra, the film revolves around Major Samar Anand (SRK) a bomb diffusing expert, with 98 bomb diffusals to his credit. Akira Rai (Anushka Sharma), a live wire intern with Discovery Channel, happens to come across Samar’s story of bravado and unrequited love, wanting to shoot a documentary on ‘The Man who cannot [...]
Continue reading...28. September 2012
Kanji Viruddh Kanji was a landmark play in its time. Starring Sachin Khedekar and later replaced by Tiku Talsania, this play was, although inspired by the Australian movie - The Man who sued GOD, pathbreaking. The hindi version of the play - Kishen V/s Kanhaiya starring Paresh Rawal, is the immediate source for the film [...]
Continue reading...10. September 2012
Raaz, though inspired by What Lies Beneath, was a benchmark in 2002. It was a polished psycho-horror film, ahead of the curve then. It had a fresh pair and some wonderful songs. Followed by Raaz 2 in 2009, the film was still relatively different under the reigns of director Mohit Suri, with Emraan joining the [...]
Continue reading...15. August 2012
This is the 4th consecutive EID release of Salman Khan. The era that marks not only his resurgence but also that stamps his authority over everything Bollywood. Does he get lucky again this year? One of the biggest production houses of Bollywood, YRF, a director inclined towards making realistic cinema, mixed in masala (Kabul Express, New [...]
Continue reading...1. June 2012
Prathighat - A Revenge, the dubbed version of the Telugu hit, Vikramarkudu, has been seen a number of times in the past 2 years on the satellite channels. It was only a matter of time, before this 2006 runaway hit, directed by S.S. Rajamouli, the award winning director of Magadheera, was remade into Hindi, following [...]
Continue reading...5. May 2012
As the name suggests, the film though released as a part of a franchisee, is not a sequel to the 2008 Jannat. What the Bhatts have successfully managed is to continue their franchisees with the plot line (although inspired) being similar, which gives them a free hand to play around with the cast and characters [...]
Continue reading...6. April 2012
Sajid Khan’s sequel to the 2010 hit, Houseful, is the story of four fathers, four daughters and four prospective son-in-laws, thus ‘the dirty dozen’. Each father wants his daughter to marry the richest son-in-law, Each daughter thinks she is marrying the richest son-in-law. Each son-in-law is pretending to be the richest son-in-law. None of these [...]
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23. February 2013
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