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my rating - sadly, i dont seem to share gods appetite for benevolence and altruism. if i dont agree with your review, im not gonna recommend it...... as simple as that. the only case i'll make an exception is if the review is exceptionally admirable...all that weird talk about it being ''well written'' beats me. ( according to most pples standards 90% of them are well written and thereby deserve an HR). a bit of a hedonist....doodling, movies, music and reading take up most of my time, in that order. of late i've redeemed a childhood passion of playing music. i'm always on the lookout for new experiences. im also into social psychology and personality theories. most of the stuff i read is on these two subjects. people watching is another favourite pastime. anybody who thinks we'd get along, do contact :). my writing - of late i feel i get far too rhetorical in my reviews... but i must admit i enjoy writing and making my reviews imaginative...add pretentious and substandard!. but i hope im improving gradually. my rating scale - * - suicide! genocide! call the cops! ** - yaaaawnnn....you'd rather spend the evening washing your undies *** - slight recommendation...try this on a boring afternoon..dont forget the popcorn **** - wonderful...worth each and every cent and much more ***** - masterpiece i'd like to thank everyone for their wonderfully appreciative comments, thankfully, i havent tasted flak yet, barring some cathartic outbursts by spacejunkie...:o)
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Zen and the Art of Hollywood Replication
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Reviewed Paap
“I made Paap not to express a creative urge but to take full control of the production of the film”. Probably the only quality Pooja Bhatt, in herRead more...
Insipid
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Reviewed Maqbool
Ishq..junoon hai ki havas, khuda jaane Dil namaazi hai ki kaafir, khuda jaane With these words, Pankaj Kapoor puts a resounding stamp on his astonishing porRead more...
The underbelly of life
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Reviewed Paanch Songs
Kiske liye raah chalte ye jhooti hansi Kaise sahein telephone ki khaamoshi Soone bistaron pe so rahe Beeti khusbuon ko ro rahe Neeche sadke kehti hain aa Read more...
My opinion
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Reviewed Company
Ram Gopal Varma’s underworld saga finally unfolded last Friday. Several film buffs hoped that this would be the Great Indian Gangster Movie, our answer tRead more...
Of ballas, golas and a package full of laughs
Reviewed Lagaan
The audience cheers fervently, there is prolonged applause and every heart thumps with joie de vivre. No, this is not Hrithik Roshan being conferred another rRead more...
Best Picture?
Reviewed Gladiator
On the 26th of March Gladiator won the Oscar for the best picture to be showcased in the USA. This event made many grimace and many guffaw, and that is the usRead more...
Beautiful Jungle
Reviewed Abu Dhabi, UAE (AUH)
Finally, flying with Gulf Air offers something nice! A stop at Abu Dhabi’s tree-like airport. No matter how terrible the airlines, they do pick some of tRead more...
Confessions of a bored spectator
Reviewed Zubeidaa
As the opening credits roll, a red cloth flutters on the screen...it goes up...goes down....goes up again...keeps flying and finally settles to cover the wholRead more...
Religious Cinema-treading the road less travelled
Reviewed The Message
The music - dramatically riveting, the dialogue - astounding, the cinematography - a romance with the desert, the movie - well...just good. That’s the bRead more...
Readable, but forgettable
Reviewed Selective Memory - Shobha De
Shobha De....brought up in a narrow minded, middle class family has surfed through many waves of life. From a rebellious teenager to a modish model and a frusRead more...
The Fire of Genius
Reviewed Gaja Gamini
It must have been in a streak of goodness that God made Maqbool Fida Husain make a movie. But, perhaps like Noah, Husain too will need a great flood to be valRead more...
He came, he saw...he conquered
Reviewed Josh - Bollywood
Cliched, but the perfect description for shahrukh khan’s scene stealing performance in josh. the awe inspiring show by king khan is the best part of thRead more...
Can you cheat death?
Reviewed Final Destination
Yes...you can. a teenager acquires the power to foresee death and to understand its ways. everyone is doomed for that final destination ....everyone has toD-Read more...
In defence of homosexuality
Reviewed Heavenly Creatures
This is a movie about two girls....complete opposites, and they say opposites gel together. it is a movie that comes from a much acclaimed australasian directRead more...
Booooooooooooo!!
Reviewed PIA
An airline is probably one of the most difficult things to review. most airlines have certain privildeged routes. for instance.. I flied gulf air from delhi tRead more...
Simply Magnificent
Reviewed Love Story - Erich Segal
I was persuaded to read Love Story about two years ago and since then i’ve been thankful to my friend. it is really difficult to find apt words to descriRead more...
In a class of its own
Reviewed Class, The - Erich Segal
The book tells you about the lives of five extraordinary men from the 1957 class of Harvard, their triumphs and their failures. The five men hail from very diRead more...
Uhhuh!!!!!
Reviewed Life Is Beautiful
This is a movie i’d been wanting to see since 98 when my friend had told me something about the story. it won awards at cannes, the oscars and every otheRead more...
Oh so elegant!
Reviewed Interpreter Of Maladies - Jhumpa Lahiri
I picked up this book for in flight reading, expecting a lot cause had been making waves after winning the pulitzer prize. and it lived up to each and every oRead more...
Abracadabra.. gilligilligilli.. chhoo!
Reviewed Mohabbatein Songs
Yep...abracadabra. thats what jatin lalit have done here. taken 3 albums....mumbled some infamous mantra and turned them into one album. the three albums beinRead more...
The Captain’s Shield Passes On
Reviewed Captain America: Brave New World
When I sat down to watch Captain America: Brave New World, I wasn’t sure what to expect. As the fourth installment in the Captain America series and the 35th Read more...
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Rated on elizadolittle's review
Commented on nelsaan's review
this was an interesting film.. but definitely not as good as its made out to be.. i agree with you :)
Rated on nelsaan's review
Commented on own review
you're right, it doesn't matter much to the average viewer, hindi or english. but im a bit of an idealist you see :). besides, even if i'd not known about this, i would have disliked the movie.
'These movies are losing the audience after each movie.' im not sure if they are, but populism is the worst measure of quality. 'First of all we are talking about reviewing a movie and not about film making so your above sentence does not make any sense to me.' well, nothing you have said Read More...
’’When there are flaws in KJ movies then they are nit-pickings for him and the same flaws in other movies are major flaws for him’’ i haven't read khalid mohamed's reviews on karan johar's movies. i just know that he gave them 5 stars. what i think is this - you have limit Read More...
’’Honestly, there’s just no sliver of hope, redemption or humanism in this rather depressing saga of crimelords versus crimelads...' there really isn't any humanism in the movie. what you talk about came so late in the movie that i didn't care what happens to maqbool or his bab Read More...
nice to hear from you again amjad. im not saying that because its a social convention but because it really is interesting answering your comments. 'Do you really think these movies deserved a five star rating?' in short, oh yes! i loved both of them. i've grown to like KKHH a little less now Read More...
Commented on shutupmukul's review
i liked this movie quite a lot. i liked the fact that it is one of the most sentimental movies i've seen. the sentimentality gets corny, repetitive, contrived, manipulating and melodramatic but it still touches you. thats karan johar's real achievement. he's taken the most abused genre and made one Read More...
Rated on shutupmukul's review
thanks everyone :) amjad, its nice to read your views. lets discuss them briefly. first, i don't know if my hunch about how people would react to the movie is any good. the only reviewer i respect is khalid mohamed and his views are pretty much the same as mine on this ( if you haven't read it, Read More...
Commented on Faridoon's review
nice to see a review from you after so long. i read your letter to the editor in TOI. that made me wander into mouthshut after more than a year :). there are a lot of new people. it doesnt charm me like it did earlier, i've moved on to stuff that seems more interesting (discussion boards).... but it Read More...
Rated on Faridoon's review
Commented on mindcrime's review
bertolucci directed the godfather... breaking news :). i thought it was a gentleman named francis ford coppola.
Commented on sureshmehcnit's review
i wonder if mira nair's cinema can be called as indian as the others'. i would put honey irani on that list too :)
Commented on premjit's review
i liked this movie. i read the stuff about muslims being sketched as the aggressors and all that in khalid mohamed's review. im not sure if the director really meant it that way.. in case you havent read his interview in the times of india of november 10, i'll quote him - '...i feel Manoj Bajpai Read More...
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