The 2003 remake of the Tamil hit ‘Kaakha Kaakha’ starring Surya & Jyothika, is expected to deliver a major punch! Directed by Nishikant Kamath and produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah, FORCE had the strong backing commercial products require. Does it manage to deliver? ACP Yashwardhan (John Abraham) heads a covert team of anti narcotics cops Atul (Mohnish Behl), [...]
Continue reading...24. September 2011
‘Mausam, a film by Pankaj Kapur’ - raised a lot of hopes and expectations. A film by one of the finest actors of Indian film industry, coupled with the fact that his directorial debut stars one of today’s most talented hearthrobs. Add to that the fact that it is a father son duo, makes it [...]
Continue reading...12. September 2011
Just like the earlier ‘factory’, Yash Raj Films has developed the art of turning its talented in house assistants to debutante directors. The only 2 differences being, unlike the ‘factory’ lot, these products are always larger than life, even while dealing with simple strugglers (Band Bajaa Baaraat, Lafangey Parindey) and secondly, they are pleasant to [...]
Continue reading...18. August 2011
After last year’s multistarrer hit Raajneeti, Prakash Jha’s Aarakshan has been in the news for various reasons. First being him managing to get Amitabh Bachchan on board. Later Ajay Devgn walked out of the film for reasons known to all who saw Raajneeti, then for Saif and Prateik’s diction issues and finally the current controversy [...]
Continue reading...11. August 2011
Researching a drug for Alzheimer’s, Will Rodman is forced to shut down his animal testing when one of his apes, Bright Eyes, goes ballistic in the lab. Left with no option but to euthanize the beast, Will smuggles its baby out of the facility, unaware that it has inherited the drug’s effects from its mother. [...]
Continue reading...28. July 2011
After his debut debacle, Rohit Shetty’s name has become synonymous with slapstick comedies like the ‘Golmaal’ series & ‘All The Best’. Now he returns with his favourite actor to his favourite genre, ACTION! And for audiences expecting that, ‘Singham’ does not disappoint. Based in Shivgad village, the loved, respected and famous local lad, Bajirao Singham (Ajay [...]
Continue reading...18. July 2011
The posters of Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara do tend to remind one of The Hangover, the promos sort of remind one of Dil Chahta Hai. The fact that people get reminded of while watching the film is life, a slice of it. Three friends decide to implement a pact, that before the first marriage in the [...]
Continue reading...3. July 2011
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. This 1998 Guy Ritchie flick is considered a text book, for believers, in adapting, making slice of life movies with crime as its basic premise. In more common parlance, it is like taking Life in a Metro and setting it in the world of Satya. The result, will be [...]
Continue reading...3. July 2011
An Amitabh Bachchan film is always an event, to celebrate, to enjoy, to tear down, to cry. Ever since most of the people I know of, have started watching movies, AB has been the epitome of superstardom. All his movies have enjoyed a following which makes / breaks his film. Be it Black and Paa [...]
Continue reading...1. July 2011
Transformers gave todays children (and teenagers) a new wave of entertaining cinema. Inspired by toys from Hasbro, suddenly every child (and the child in me) wanted to have an action figure of the Autobots. Having long animated conversations with my then 5 year old son about the battle of the BOTs seemed to be a [...]
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4. October 2011
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