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maharashtra
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Take a bow, Salman
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Reviewed Dabangg
For once, I completely agree with Nikhat Kazmi –the movie critic of the Times of India. This film is seriously good, definitely not meant for fans of serious ciread more...
It is all about sacrificing ji
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Reviewed We Are Family
This is why I love the johar chopra itsallaboutlovingyourfamily brigade. Their ability to completely distort relations till you have no clue what being real mearead more...
Hinterland Dirama
Reviewed Ishqiya
Fun on the run - the rather non-specific promotional tag for the film actually is a pretty good description of the film Ishqiya. It’s desi Chase - guns, seread more...
Heal the Woman
Reviewed Eat Pray Love - Elizabeth Gilbert
Eat, Pray, Love is a book that comes highly recommended - from places as diverse as The Guardian to Julia Roberts. It is funny in that self-deprecating way thatread more...
SNAP ? Not quite
Reviewed 8 X 10 Tasveer
While Kukunoor has always been an impressive director, starting with Hyderabad Blues, it is only after I saw For that I regarded him with something approaching read more...
Sawaal ka moonh tod jawaab
Reviewed Slumdog Millionaire
Throughout, the film reminded me of Amitabhs earlier films. Where he grows up an orphan in the big bad world known as Bombay, has an exceedingly tough childhoodread more...
Life After TimePass Films
Reviewed Ghajini (2008)
“Aamir’s film” lives upto expectations in many ways and in some ways it disappoints. There is a taut story line on a definintely “hatke” theme. The performancesread more...
Women give up at 40?
Reviewed Sex and The City
With a serial as succeful as sex and the city and a subject so doable in holly wood, I guess the making of this film was just meant to be. Carrie, Miranda, Charread more...
All you get is high-brow slop
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Reviewed Dance, Dance, Dance - Haruki Murakami
A noir mystery that has as its premise, urban existential angst. If reality bores/annoys you and you veer towards living in your head, it has infinite appeal. Iread more...
It's all about not leaving
Reviewed U Me aur Hum
Hindi films are almost single-mindedly devoted to churning out love stories and have the standard format of hero, heroine and villain. Despite this, their attitread more...
The Examined Life
Reviewed Anuranan
Anuranan(resonance) is a bengali film dubbed and released in hindi. I saw this film after reading 2 newspaper reviews. Khalid Mohammed clearly thought he had noread more...
We The Colonised
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Reviewed Inheritance of Loss, The - Kiran Desai
Kiran Desai’s novel is unique in the braveness of its sheer scope and the simpleness of its telling. Set in Kalimpong in the time of the gurkha uprising in Westread more...
Like This Only :)
Reviewed Om Shanti Om
Farah khan’s Om Shanti Om IS a fun-filled affectionate tribute to the hindi film industry. If that sounds like I am stating the obvious, look at the strange rearead more...
Mast hai mast hai mast hai mast hai
Reviewed Jab We Met
The ghisa pita formula of rich boy meets bubbly, lively girl is given a wonderful fresh look by director Imtiaz Ali. I wont go into the story at all. Suffice itread more...
Eklavya at the Oscars
Reviewed Eklavya: The Royal Guard
Eklavya has been chosen as the Indian entry in the foreign language film category at the Oscars. It was competing against the following films: Chak de India, Garead more...
Sabse Bada Machhli Kaun?
Reviewed Manorama Six Feet Under
I had wanted to see this film ever since the promos started airing.; it looked like a genuine suspense film, unlike hindi suspense films that have absolutely noread more...
Update Your FKGK
Reviewed King of Bollywood: Shah Rukh Khan and the Seductive World of Indian Cinema - Anupama Chopra
FKGK - Faaltu Ka General Knowledge The front-page news in today’s supplement has Shahrukh Khan declare that he is “hurt” over statements that he cannot act.Afteread more...
AVOID!!
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Reviewed Delta Air Lines
Thanks to Delta, I am sitting here cooling my heels in my cousins apartment in Herndon, instead of flying back home to mumbai. My flight was at 6 35 in the evenread more...
PARIS!
Reviewed Paris
Its better in Paris. In many ways this is the truest thing about the city. Aesthetics dominates life in Paris. So it is no wonder that the visitor is simply dazread more...
Words for everything
Reviewed History of Love, The - Nicole Krauss
This is probably the best story I’ll ever read. A beauty of a book – a gem. I was spending some time at crossword before a film and was flipping through books wread more...
Best Horror Comedy, Full Paisa Vasool!
Reviewed Thamma
Introduction I have always been a big fan of horror comedy; whenever any such movie is released, I must watch it. But this time, my excitement was next level beread more...
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Commented on own review
hi sidz, thanks. ya i sound like am really promoting this film :) i think it stems from the fact that i think a lot of people wont get the fact that the film is actually a spoof, though a good-natured one, on bollywood. thanks again, ciao
Javeed: sure, that would be sad. looks like you did not appreciate the film though.
thanks so much for the rrc jitendra
Thanks Jitendra. :)
PS: the cast performance is rated 5 for the incredible hamming by all the lead actors.
Commented on moviezombie's review
currently reading the book - girl with the dragon tattoo ie - really liking it too. had no idea it was madeinto a film. so relieved to see the film is well made and not a botch up of the book.willdefinitely catch it.
hi - saw the film a while ago. i liked it but honestly could not wrap my head around the father-son relationship - in general i have lots of opinions on being a permissive parent. i would rather the pushy parenting of indians not that i condone it but i see it as infinitely better to the barely ther read more...
true, it is the emotion that stands out in a good, memorable scene. - have loved all those scenes you mentioned too. Havent thought of my own favourites but there are so many from bollywoood really that we still discuss. I was thinking yesterday of Juhi in QSQT and her portrayal of an innocent girl read more...
hi i was sort of enjoying the film but when the film wrapped up, i suddenly felt like - 'what was that?' it did not register - this film. Like you say, i liked the references to cinema, the desert panorama, satish kaushik! and all that but somehow, it all added up to a disappointment - it was like t read more...
will hopefully see it tonite - will come back and comment then :)
havent seen this yet - the film has been getting soso reviews. but will see it for sure now
hey havent seen the film, being out of town n all but the revus convince me to catch it on dvd. as usual loved reading your take :)
Commented on neena-23's review
how absurd is it to say that u want to see a 'normal' character? the whole strength of this film came from the fact that we got an insight into the lives of those who are different from most of us. really liked your insight on the film
small things that added up - there was something forced like an exhortation to feel a certain way (melodramatic). awful background music and the obama look-alike......stuff like that lost the flow of the film
this is one of those films i dont want to criticise - it is so well-intentioned! it just did not work for me.
see now tha's the sort of review we want to read. keep writing :) Dev D is so deserving of all the praise heaped on it - definitely one of my favourite films. Abhay Deol has this amazing self-deprecatory charm - noone does it the way he can. And like you said Mahi Gill's portrayal of paro redefine read more...
hi sandy :) thot u wud prefer an alias like babukabab. thanks for the fulsome praise!
hmm.....a little more explaining in terms of why she went to these extremes.....ya i guess that would have helped. though like i said, her motives seemed clear to me.
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