Bollywood’s Bitter PillSunday, June 16, 2013,11:48:17 AM
Stories based in medicine almost always make for interesting cinema (and television, if the number of American TV shows are any account) and the basis of Ankur Arora Murder Case is no exception. Producer Vikram Bhatt and director Sohail Tatari take the engagement level a notch higher....
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Merely PaglaSunday, June 09, 2013,10:20:33 AM
If you’ve ever watched a film first day first show in a multiplex, you will no doubt have been accosted by a TV camera crew at the exit to get a ‘junta reaction’ of the film. ....
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It's all about Bunny, honeySunday, June 02, 2013,10:27:03 AM
In the very last shot of Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, the camera simply swishes past Naina (Deepika Padukone), the romantic interest and settles on Bunny (Ranbir Kapoor), the leading man who looks straight into the lens with a knowing half-smile. This last shot leaves some room for interpretation. ....
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A love story without a heartSunday, May 26, 2013,09:51:16 AM
It’s just too bad that most of Bollywood has still not learnt the difference between a “good looking” film and a “good” film and makers believe that substituting the former for the latter will get the job of keeping audiences happy done.....
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This Car takes you on a bumpy rideSunday, May 26, 2013,09:51:16 AM
For some reason, Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke left an indelible impression in my memory when it first released. Never mind that it was a rip-off of Hollywood’s House Boat, that Juhi Chawla was particularly unconvincing as a Jayanti Iyer, and that the story was rather run-of-themill. ....
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Mum’s (not) the wordSaturday, May 25, 2013,09:26:02 AM
Were it not for Pedro Almodóvar’s trademark emotional kitsch, the film’s tempestuous barometer would seem hysterical. But this provocative melodrama barters skepticism for sanguinity, unfolding a beautiful elegiac tale of death, loss, birth and rebirth. ....
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The Price of AmbitionSunday, May 19, 2013,09:08:35 AM
It is important to pay attention early on in Aurangzeb as it kicks off with Rishi Kapoor’s voiceover. He introduces his “business” as a top cop and the roll of characters that are to play a part in this complex, intelligent plot that holds the promise of a taut thriller about power and money. At a thematic....
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The drama of passionSaturday, May 18, 2013,09:21:19 AM
It’s 1962 Moscow. A young Soviet army soldier, handsome in formal dress uniform, peers into the camera and smiles engagingly as he poses against a sparkling black limo.....
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Laugh at the walking deadSunday, May 12, 2013,06:11:51 PM
Finally. Zombies! It’s about time the general Indian population was alerted about the possibility of a post-apocalyptic world, where the dead walk and feast upon the living and bring them into their fold. I should admit that I’m a huge fan of the ....
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Student of the yearSunday, May 12, 2013,06:11:51 PM
Class 9. You’re fat. You’re insecure. You think you can dance. But you trip and fall. A lot. The mirror is your best friend. Time stands still when you’re in front of it. The reflection is your world. Only when you look away does time fast forward to the present, and you feel like a fool. ....
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Caste AwaySunday, May 12, 2013,06:11:51 PM
Don’t go by the title of the film; it is deliberately misleading. Kokanastha is not jingoistic as is impressed upon by the Brahmin supremacist title and the film’s poster depicting a khaki shorts-clad, lathiwielding RSS superman Khedekar. ....
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Four Shorts, One Great FilmSunday, May 05, 2013,09:09:59 AM
Amitabh Bachchan is in Bombay Talkies. Katrina Kaif is in it too. So are Randeep Hooda, Saqib Saleem, Ranvir Shorey, and Nawazuddin Siddiqui. And yet the promotion of the film is done on the strength of the directors’ names alone: Karan Johar, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar, and Anurag Kashyap.....
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Scoot out of the theatreSunday, May 05, 2013,09:09:59 AM
A scene from Shootout at Wadala released on the internet even before the film opened in theaters. In it, Manya Surve and his gang sit at a restaurant table and dissect the word ‘b****c**d’: it’s universality, moods, and interpretation across cultures. This is a very Tarantino-esque aside and it....
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Retro CocktailSunday, April 28, 2013,06:48:31 PM
An alcoholic rockstar rarely in control of his actions, a culturally-rooted girl who sings at bars and aspires to be Lata. An innocent resolve to guide that snowballs into a torrid affair. Love. Addiction. Tears. Karma. Sacrifice. Music. Music, above all else. This, in a nutshell, is Aashiqui 2: freshly....
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Another grim taleSunday, April 28, 2013,06:48:24 PM
The mocking title says it all. Based on the best-selling novel by Columbian author Santiago Gamboa — Perder Es Cuestión De Método, director Sergio Cabrera uses the genre and the racy narrative of the detective thriller to effectively satirise about a corrupt violence-ridden society where....
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It's witches with hitches Sunday, April 21, 2013,08:41:37 AM
Producers Ekta Kapoor and Vishal Bhardwaj’s take on Mukul Sharma’s short story is bit of a genre bender. Ek Thi Daayan strays from the conventional, formulaic, horror. Best to read the film, then, as a drama consisting spooky elements, with suspense and songs thrown in for good measure.....
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Flawed but FunnySunday, April 14, 2013,09:28:00 AM
Director Rohan Sippy remakes the French film Après Vous and upgrades it for Bollywood, ushering in smart choices and changes. Gone is the Paris-restaurantwaiter setup and replaced with the Bombay-theater-actor world. And while the level of humour remains intact, some of the....
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Some Brawn, No BrainSunday, April 14, 2013,09:28:00 AM
In the high-octane but tacky intro, Commando Karanvir Singh (Vidyut Jamwal) is taken prisoner by the Chinese on the pretext of being a spy and put through a year of torture. In the meantime, the political muscle in India decides to disown the soldier because it is now a game of international machinations.....
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Fukrey is a smartly directed light comedy of four loafers — Hunny, Choocha, Lali, and Zafar — with modest ambitions. Nonetheless the screenplay of Fukrey is quite ambitious because each of the four characters is shaped from scratch and there is a lot to cram. You get to know of all their dreams, their backgrounds....
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