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Shaapit (18 March 08:42) |
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Post RAAZ and 1920, you expect an enthralling horror film, with chills aplenty, from Vikram Bhatt. You presume his third horror film SHAAPIT would be even more scarier than his earlier w... |
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Lahore (17 March 08:11) |
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A title like LAHORE gives you the feeling that it's an Indo-Pak story. The fact is, it is, but it's about kick-boxing, a sport that hasn't been presented on celluloid before, at least on... |
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Love Sex Aur Dhokha (15 March 03:19) |
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Be forewarned...
LOVE SEX AUR DHOKHA is not the archetypal/mundane/formulaic stuff that one has grown watching.
LOVE SEX AUR DHOKHA is not for the faint-hearted.
LOVE SEX AUR DHOK... |
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Na Ghar Ke Na Ghaat Ke (12 March 02:40) |
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A wide majority of Hindi movies look at urban issues. Right from the outfits to the lingo, there's no denying that Hindi movies also look at West for inspiration. In real life too, burg... |
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Hide Seek (12 March 02:19) |
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Generally speaking, a film starring relative newcomers and helmed by a first-time director comes with zilch expectations. And if the film in question happens to be a suspense-thriller, ... |
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Right Yaaa Wrong (12 March 02:08) |
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Appearances can be deceptive. Somehow, I've not been able to connect to the promos of RIGHT YAAA WRONG. And now, after I've watched the film, I genuinely feel that the promos don't do j... |
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Road Movie (05 March 04:02) |
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Just a thought before I review this film... When you saunter in for the screening of a movie directed by a celebrated film-maker, a movie which has had a good run at film festivals, a mo... |
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Rokkk (05 March 03:20) |
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Horror films made in India follow standard rules and guidelines. Every possible ingredient that viewers have witnessed since the Ramsay era automatically finds its way into horror films ... |
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Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge (04 March 07:58) |
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One of my childhood memories is that of several relatives visiting us in Mumbai [presumably for a few days], but overstaying their welcome. Those days, the atithis were never looked upon... |
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Thanks Maa (04 March 07:57) |
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In a vital sequence from this film, the warden of the reformatory [Alok Nath] gives the street kid [Shams Patel] a bar of soap, tells him that he should have a bath pronto and should, th... |
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Karthik Calling Karthik (26 February 02:19) |
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Have you ever received a call from yourself? Is it possible in the first place? There are several theories doing the rounds about the two Karthiks in this movie. So what is it? Is Karth... |
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Teen Patti (26 February 02:07) |
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The earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. That's so true! Let's face it, money is the root of all evil. When we have more, it is never enough. Th... |
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Click (19 February 02:00) |
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Post KYAA KOOL HAI HUM and APNA SAPNA MONEY MONEY, Sangeeth Sivan has got saddled with the image of making laughathons. Partly also because his non-comedies like CHURA LIYAA HAI TUMNE an... |
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God Tussi Great Ho (15 August 04:12) |
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When it comes to escapist cinema, a gifted writer can make his imagination run really wild. Think of a crazy story, come up with outrageous and zany
situations, rope in actors who'd look... |
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Bachna Ae Haseeno (15 August 04:03) |
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BACHNA AE HASEENO is special. Ranbir Kapoor is cast opposite teen deviyaan -- Bipasha Basu, Deepika Padukone, Minissha Lamba. It's produced by a premier
production house, the credits rea... |
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Singh Is Kinng (07 August 04:54) |
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Just a word of caution before you watch this film: SINGH IS KINNG is not for the intellectuals or those pretending to be one.
Itâs not for the hard-nosed critics either.
Now read o... |
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Ugly Aur Pagli (01 August 04:06) |
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UGLY AUR PAGLI is a bizarre and uncanny title. But catchy and attracts instant attention at the same time. It's for this reason that you expect UGLY AUR PAGLI to be one wacky ride, what wi... |
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Mission Istaanbul (25 July 04:29) |
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Terrorism is a global issue and varied film-makers across the globe continue to make movies/documentaries/short films that expose the ghastly face and effects of terrorism. Apoorva Lakhia ... |
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Money Hai Toh Honey Hai (25 July 04:15) |
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David Dhawan and Priyadarshan triggered off a trend -- of making brainless comedies -- and thus began a wave of leave-your-brains-at-home laughathons. Inspired by the success of these ha-h... |
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Kismat Konnection (18 July 04:38) |
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Simple stories, told in the simplest manner, have been the hallmark of all Aziz Mirza films, right from RAJU BAN GAYA GENTLEMAN to CHALTE CHALTE. KISMAT KONNECTION, the veteran's new outin... |
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Contract (18 July 04:27) |
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First SATYA. Then COMPANY. Later D. Ramgopal Varma ventures into the territory he's most comfortable in -- Underworld. CONTRACT looks at terrorism, besides the inter-gang rivalry. But, unf... |
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Mehbooba (11 July 03:30) |
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A film like MEHBOOBA makes you nostalgic. It takes you back to the cinema of 1990s, when an altogether new breed of film-makers took over Bollywood. Multiple heroes, lavish sets, scenic lo... |
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Love Story 2050 (04 July 03:16) |
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LOVE STORY 2050 has elicited tremendous response for varied reasonsâ¦
* One, its one-of-its-kind sci-fi fare, with a big chunk of footage devoted to VFX.
* Two, the pre-release hype, ... |
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Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na (04 July 12:42) |
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Two decades ago, the Mansoor Khan-helmed QAYAMAT SE QAYAMAT TAK, starring two newcomers [Aamir Khan, Juhi Chawla], focused on teenage love, with parental opposition acting as an obstacle. ... |
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Thodi Life Thoda Magic (28 June 01:39) |
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Cinema is usually classified as commercial and artistic, but a genre that hasn't been attempted in India as yet is absurd cinema. Absurd cinema basically depicts a writer's confused and lo... |
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Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic (27 June 04:10) |
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A film like THODA PYAAR THODA MAGIC makes you nostalgic. It takes you back to the light-hearted, feel-good cinema made by directors of calibre like Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Basu Chatterjee... |
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Via Darjeeling (27 June 03:49) |
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Some ideas translate into interesting, 2-hour films. But some ideas, though translated on screen, make you feel that they're best suited for television. That's what you experience when you... |
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De Taali (20 June 04:25) |
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If you've watched the promos of DE TAALI, you'd expect a film with tremendous youth power. You'd expect gags, gimmicks, laughter-n-sunshine and lots and lots of fun. But DE TAALI is anythi... |
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Haal-e-dil (20 June 04:00) |
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This common question is addressed to the producer [Kumar Mangat], director [Anil Devgan] and lead actors [Amita Pathak, Nakuul Mehta, Adhyayan Suman] of HAAL-E-DIL: What actually did you s... |
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Khushboo (20 June 04:00) |
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Love stories can never go out of fashion, at least in Bollywood. KHUSHBOO, directed by Rajesh Ram Singh, tells the story of a Sikh girl and a Tamil boy, the ups and downs in their relation... |
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Mere Baap Pehle Aap (13 June 03:29) |
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The name Priyadarshan is synonymous with comic fares. It instantaneously conjures up images of several entertaining films he has attempted over the years. Naturally, you expect his new out... |
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Summer 2007 (13 June 03:15) |
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Quite often, a burning issue that hits front-page news makes it on the Hindi screen as well. SUMMER 2007, directed by Suhail Tatari, also projects a disturbing issue: Farmers committing su... |
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Aamir (06 June 02:37) |
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Sometimes, big things come in small packages. On face value, AAMIR doesn't really look enticing. The director is a first-timer [Rajkumar Gupta], the protagonist [Rajeev Khandelwal] also fo... |
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Sarkar Raj (06 June 02:35) |
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Sequels are dicey business. No matter how much you improvise on your new script, you cannot escape comparisons. And when you attempt a sequel of a critically acclaimed film that's a huge b... |
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Hastey-Hastey (30 May 04:00) |
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The reason why a majority of films go unnoticed is courtesy the weak storyline first. The other factors come later. HASTEY HASTEY - FOLLOW YOUR HEART also suffers for this reason. The stor... |
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Woodstock Villa (30 May 04:00) |
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Hindi cinema is slowly waking up to hardcore thrillers. Earlier this year, Abbas-Mustan's RACE chartered a totally novel path. The twists-n-turns in the plot moved in a serpentine manner, ... |
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Don Muthuswami (24 May 12:55) |
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Nowadays, with corporate houses being in the spotlight for their multiple films, one begins to think - whatever happened to producers who built an empire in the 1960s, 70s and 80s? One of ... |
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Dhoom Dadakka (23 May 04:51) |
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Comedies are the flavor of the season and more and more film-makers are following the formula re-invented by David Dhawan and Priyadarshan. Entertainment is the key word, while a logical s... |
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Jannat (16 May 01:03) |
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The Bhatts never run out of stories. In their new outing JANNAT, Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt have yet another new story to tell. This time, it's all about match fixing and bookies. But wait! I... |
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Jimmy (09 May 03:41) |
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By a strange co-incidence, the new releases of last two Fridays have been poor clones of the 1970s/80s formula. Two weeks ago TASHAN and last week's MR. WHITE MR. BLACK were perfect exampl... |
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Bhoothnath (08 May 09:19) |
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Teaming two superstars [Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan] in your directorial debut is as good as impossible. Opting for a novel story -- the relationship between a spirit and a mortal -- ... |
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Anamika (02 May 04:00) |
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Film scripts are like rubber band. Try stretching the band beyond a point and it's sure to give away. The script of ANAMIKA suffers for this reason!
Director Ananth Narayan Mahadevan pres... |
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Mr. White Mr. Black (02 May 04:00) |
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It's tough to make a comedy. It's even tougher to make people laugh. With MR. WHITE MR. BLACK you realize that director Deepak Shivdasani's intentions may be sincere, to make a full-on ent... |
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Tashan (25 April 08:08) |
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Hindi movies have undergone a sea-change in terms of content. From crude, been there seen that, done to death kind of movies, to films with substance, the audience tastes have changed over... |
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Sirf - Life Looks Greener on the Other Side (25 April 03:00) |
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Anurag Basu's LIFE IN A METRO mirrored the lives of people living in a metropolis; their individual stories running parallel, rarely crossing each other's path. SIRF takes a look at the re... |
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Hope and a Little Sugar (18 April 02:02) |
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Good things come in small packages. HOPE & A LITTLE SUGAR [English] is a fine example of this adage. On face-value, you would be least interested in jumping the queue and grabbing its tick... |
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Krazzy 4 (11 April 12:51) |
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It would be wrong to slot KRAZZY 4 as a comedy. Sure, KRAZZY 4 remains faithful to the ongoing trend of providing laughs at the oddest of things, but it's more of a masala fare that's remi... |
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U Me Aur Hum (11 April 12:49) |
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Aamir Khan has raised the bar with TAARE ZAMEEN PAR. Comparisons between Aamir and Ajay Devgan, who makes his directorial debut with U ME AUR HUM, would be erroneous, but you can't turn a ... |
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Bhram (04 April 08:50) |
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Sometimes, you miss out on a few movies due to their uninspiring promotion. You're so put off by the quality of promos/posters/billboards that you are in no mood to leave everything and ru... |
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Khuda Ke Liye (04 April 01:23) |
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If given a choice between Pakistani movies and Pakistani TV shows/serials, I'd settle for the small screen any day. Not that all serials ['dramas' is what they call them in Pakistan] are e... |
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