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I'm American, of Chinese descent, and am mainly on Mouthshut to offer my perspective on some of the latest Hindi film releases. Hopefully despite not being Indian (nor South Asian), I will still be able to share some relevant comments. Cheers. :-). Bollywood, Doctor Who (science-fiction TV show), EastEnders (soap), labor movement, progressive politics
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Reviewed Shakalaka Boom Boom
Director Suneel Darshan retains his well-honed emotional sensibilities at key effective moments, as well as his trademark ear for good music and his belief in sread more...
A comedy with a story too
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Reviewed Deewane Hue Paagal
I saw DHP a couple months ago, but never got around to posting a review of it on MouthShut until now. The movie is overall entertaining. It works for me becauseread more...
Mediocre, unremarkable, overrated
Reviewed Bluff Master - Bollywood
I went into this movie with neutral expectations. And that’s basically still how I feel about the movie now - netural. There’s nothing horribly objectread more...
A friendship legend
Reviewed Dosti - Friends Forever
(As pointed out by someone in the comments section, my review below is lacking a plot summary. I tend to avoid a plot summary in my reviews because I worry abouread more...
Good movie that couldn't find its audience?
Reviewed Dil Jo Bhi Kahey
I saw Dil Jo Bhi Kahey last Friday in the movie theater here near San Francisco. I loved it, and the three other people I saw it with liked it too, but I can unread more...
Groundbreaking and watchable, but flawed
Reviewed My Brother Nikhil
Rating: 7.5/10 I wanted to love this movie, but in the end I only have mixed feelings. If it wasn’t for the good intentions of it, the trailblazing nature read more...
Refreshingly emotional; decent timepass
Reviewed Barsaat -2005 Bollywood
Once again, I have to buck the trend here and write a positive review for a movie most on MouthShut think is too ’’typical.’’ I disagree. Atread more...
Style *and* story, not style over story
Reviewed Dus
Superb! In principle I don’t approve of violent movies without a social message, so I can only give Dus an 8/10.But I really liked it a lot. Despite ’read more...
Packs a lot in, well
Reviewed Page 3 - Bollywood
This review is a bit late I know, but I only just got to see Page 3. The movie has distinctive characters; it is an exciting, surprising movie; it comments on sread more...
Boring, badly-written, badly-acted
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Reviewed Kaal
If you’re not sure whether to see ’’Kaal’’, and might want to watch ’’Waqt’’, do yourself a favor. Definitely watchread more...
Good movie, but horribly sexist
Reviewed Aitraaz
Overall Aitraaz gets a 7/10 from me. I would say, watch this if you are a fan of Akshay, Kareena, Priyanka, or the director duo of Abbas-Mustan. Otherwise you cread more...
Well-intentioned & watchable,with good moment
Reviewed Bewafaa
I’m posting what I thought of Bewafaa, which I have seen twice already, because some of the recent reviews have been so down on it. It’s not a bad movread more...
KHGN is pleasant, funny, with good characters
Reviewed Kyun! Ho Gaya Na
Overall I give Kyon Ho Gaya Na a 9.5/10. Without a doubt, it is one of my three favorite movies from the fifteen or so I saw last year! There’s a review onread more...
Good timepass movie
Reviewed Love in Nepal
This is a movie starring Sonu Nigam. That’s right, he acted in this movie. It was released early in 2004. It is a funny love story with some thriller mixedread more...
Safe and style: GErman excellence
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Reviewed Skoda Kushaq
I bought my Skoda Kushaq 1.0 TSI Ambition last August from Noida showroom. Now almost nine months have passed, so I thought it will be better write what I feel.read more...
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Hi, thanks for the positive comment! Yes, I've seen Amadeus -- it's one of my favorite movies. I do agree that Shakalaka Boom Boom isn't up to that, but then, it'd be very hard to! Yeah, definitely, Upen Patel in his third movie was no Tom Hulce as Mozart, and Bobby Deol no F Murray Abraham. : read more...
Commented on Sanjita's review
Hi, I liked the movie too. I'm wondering why you chose 'not recommend' when you say overall go for it in the text of the review and gave the movie three stars?
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Commented on akshai78's review
Rohit_Roy, with respect, I hope you read the review before rating it 'Not Useful'. The review is accepting of different points of view regarding the movie, including hatred of the movie, and both criticizes and praises specific scenes and other specific aspects of the movie. The review is also s read more...
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Well-organized, well-thought-out, balanced review that analyzes the movie well. Unlike you, I think Maya leaving Rishi makes sense though. I think Maya can't love Rishi in any sexual way, because she basically grew up as his step-sister and thought of him as a brother. That's why she should n read more...
Hi Kalia, thanks for your comment on my Dosti review. Juhi doesn't appear until the second half, and truthfully her role is not that big. But I think the first half is worth watching too, despite Bobby and Lara not being that good. Let me know what you think of the movie when you see read more...
Hi Anand, thanks for your comment. Glad you liked the reveiw. I think the opening minutes after the car race do give enough of a flavor of the rest of the movie for you to judge what it will be like, so if you didn't like that, it's safe to say the rest of the movie wouldn't be that appealing to read more...
Commented on akshaykhiladi's review
I read that Dosti did well at the box office in some parts of India also, just not in Mumbai. Box Office India, at http://www.boxofficeindia.com , classified it overall as a 'below average' in India -- so, at least not a flop. That's great that it did well in the UK!
Commented on deepanjali123's review
Hi, good review, but I don't think he fell in love with Bipasha's character because of her money. I think it was more pure than that. Also, I think it would be good if you could format the review a bit more so that all sentences are capitalized. But there were only a couple sentences that weren read more...
Hi Anand, brilliant review for a brilliant movie! You might reveal a little too much of some of the best scenes, but on the other hand, I guess people haven't seen the movie yet need a little extra information and push to give it a try. I also feel that the movie is as worthy of praise as mo read more...
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Anand -- Thanks! Yeah, I thought Akshay was fine in GM. I just was expecting at least some kind of story from the movie, or at least character development! :-) moviezombie -- Thanks. I didn't know the distasteful dog scene came straight from There's Something About Mary. Hmm, I don't know wh read more...
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Commented on riziculous's review
Hi, please format your review. It's hard to read everything all jumbled up together. Cheers. :-)
Commented on Aradhana_'s review
Oh okay, LOL. It's fixed now, hooray. I notice a lot of other people are bashing the movie ... Will maybe comment on their reviews now.
Hi, strong review as always. I loved all the music too. It's even better in the context of the movie itself. It's too bad none of Nadeem-Shravan's work last year seems to have be nominated for any of the award shows. Hopefully they will work together again someday. Are you going to wr read more...
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