The return of the Masala Movie

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Reviewed Dhoom 2

Nov 28, 2006 1999

The nineties were a much more simpler time for us movie-goers. We didn’t demand much and the filmmakers were more than happy not to comply . Action movies conRead more...

Where's the ada ?

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Reviewed Umrao Jaan -2006 Bollywood

Nov 10, 2006 3403

JP Dutta is known for the length of his movies . His last movie (L.O.C) has the distinction of being one of the longest Hindi movies ever made . A running timRead more...

Broadway? Bollywood? Tim Burton? You Decide

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Reviewed Jaaneman

Nov 01, 2006 4844

When I first saw the trailers for this movie , I thought "Oh no , not another of those stupid love triangles! No way am I going to watch this !" . But after aRead more...

The best-laid schemes o' mice an 'men .....

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Reviewed Don: The Chase Begins Again

Oct 21, 2006 1726

<-------Pointless Discourse ------> Being a megalomaniac bad-ass is much more fun than being the hero.... 1.You get to do the craziest things without Read more...

Where the mind is without fear...

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Reviewed Rang De Basanti

Feb 06, 2006 1630

...and the head is held high Where knowledge is free Where the world has not been broken up into fragments By narrow domestic walls Where words come out fRead more...

Too Hot to handle !

Reviewed Five Best Masala Movies of Bollywood

Dec 30, 2005 6694

In the Good Old days when Men were Men and the only form of entertainment in India was good old’ Doordarshan and the local cinema, life for movie-goers Read more...

The best of the best ( Highly Unlikley)

Reviewed Ten Best Bollywood Movies of 2005

Dec 28, 2005 3753

This is supposed to be a review of the ten best movies of 2005 but due to a combination of various unavoidable factors including plain laziness and that fact Read more...

The movie everyone loves to hate

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Reviewed The Mexican

Jul 22, 2005 2038

This is one movie that everyone loves to hate . To tell you the truth , it’s one of those movies that you will either like a lot of hate it completely .Read more...

Pretty Decent

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Reviewed Paycheck

Jul 12, 2005 2569

When you see names like John Woo, Ben Affleck and Uma Thurman involved in the same movie , you cant but help feel a little apprehensive . After all , these peRead more...

No sex please , we're Indian !

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Reviewed Masti

Jun 22, 2005 3594

I’ve seen very few Hindi movies these days that are outright funny . Most are low-grade comedies with bad timing , corny sound effects and way too much oRead more...

The ones that got away

Reviewed Five Hindi Films Which Did Not Deserve To Be Hits

Jan 08, 2005 3036

Sorry guys. I ‘m having a bad case of writer’s block and just cannot think of a witty introduction to my review . So without further ado here is mRead more...

Stylishly Pointless

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Reviewed Musafir -2004 Bollywood

Dec 29, 2004 3905

Being a couple of bored college students , me and my buddies like nothing better than watching a movie with lots of guns , explosions , item numbers and ?manlRead more...

Not for the squeamish

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Reviewed Dev

Jun 14, 2004 3114

Every once in a while, a movie comes along that just gets to you, moves you, and makes you think -long and hard. You know the kind of movies I am talking abouRead more...

The title says it all

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Reviewed Run - Bollywood

Jun 04, 2004 4051

I’m a die hard optimist .... after several unfortunate experiences with Abisheiks previous movies ( except maybe Kuch naa kaho ) I ignored the warnings oRead more...

Great Phone at it's price

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Reviewed Sony Ericsson T230

Jan 26, 2004 13901

I was on a look out for a new phone to replace my trusty-but-ageing warhorse , the Nokai 3310. What I was looking for was a compact phone with a colour screenRead more...

Steven Speilberg: Analyze this !

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Reviewed Koi Mil Gaya

Aug 21, 2003 1857

’’This is going to be Hritik’s Comeback film!’’ . How many times have you heard that one before ? Lots , i’m sure . Well , afterRead more...

3 hour tourist brochure

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Reviewed Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon

Jun 28, 2003 6529

I really , really wanted to enjoy this movie . Knowing Sooraj R Barjatya from previous movies ( MPK, HAHK HSSH) , I knew that this would be high on melodrama,Read more...

A sight for sore eyes

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Reviewed Aankhen - New (2002)

Oct 16, 2002 4388

DISCLAIMER: This is for those people , who for a lack of a better term , I choose to call “ Overly Zealous Anti-pseudo-intellectual Police” . You Read more...

Food for thought

Reviewed My Ten Least Favorite Foods

Oct 15, 2002 1665

It’s said that a way to a man’s heart is through his stomach .However with the kind of foods that I am about to list here you would be well adviseRead more...

Hook , line and sinker

Reviewed General Tips on TV Advertisements

Oct 03, 2002 3571

I am no expert on advertising so I am writing this review from a layman’s-point of view. First of all what makes a good advertisement? I don’t knRead more...