Go for Guru

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Reviewed Guru (2007)

Apr 05, 2007 5232

Before the long weekend, here’s yet another review on a movie which I distinctly enjoyed in parts. Guru is a simple movie, the second half of which makes youRead more...

Just about passable

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Reviewed Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd

Apr 05, 2007 3788

Good movies are all alike, bad movies are bad in their own special way. Honeymoon Travels is not a good movie at all; compared to the tripe that Bollywood disRead more...

Painfully bad

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Reviewed Nishabd

Apr 04, 2007 3595

Perhaps what is more deplorable than some of the movies which Bollywood frequently churns out is the sheer number of people who actually go and watch the trasRead more...

Engaging

4

Reviewed Namesake

Apr 02, 2007 3929

The Namesake is an interesting movie. It is not a great movie, but it’s a good one. Adaptations of books into movies have never been easy, and rarely has it bRead more...

The dockside

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Reviewed Red - Bollywood

Mar 29, 2007 4107

Red – the dark side is, quite expectedly, Vikram Bhatt’s tribute to crass, unworthy and unwatchable cinema. As the movie progresses, you realize how bad an idRead more...

Refreshingly different in parts

3

Reviewed Eklavya: The Royal Guard

Mar 27, 2007 2752

After a long hiatus, I am back to writing reviews. And what better to start with than the ferociously advertised Eklavya – the royal guard. The movie is a sucRead more...

Grotesque filmmaking at its best

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Reviewed Apocalypto Movie

Jan 11, 2007 4157

I hated this movie. Hated it because it was a shoddy attempt at making a film which is supposed to matter – in some curious, lopsided way. There is no doubt tRead more...

The greatest composers in India

Reviewed Ten Best Hindi Music Directors

Jan 10, 2007 9711

Creating a list of ten music directors is not without it pitfalls. Because, very soon you realize that it would be more interesting if you could rank them as Read more...

Absolutely sublime

5

Reviewed Aparajito

Jan 06, 2007 3001

For a person who watched the second movie of the trilogy before the first, Pather Panchali, *watching Aparajito was an amazing and path-breaking experience. ORead more...

The death of poetry

Reviewed Twenty Worst English Songs

Jan 06, 2007 2517

Deciding upon the worst songs ever is tough as it is potentially inflammatory. There is always chance of comments appearing out of nowhere on your review, jusRead more...

How Johnny Cash became Johnny Cash

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Reviewed Walk the Line

Jan 05, 2007 2653

Walk the line is a sweet, meandering biopic on the darkness of Johnny Cash’s life, a man who was never as simple as he looked. Starkly different from the brutRead more...

A look at the year gone by

Reviewed Ten Best Bollywood Movies of 2006

Jan 04, 2007 5143

If one looks at the releases from Bollywood in the year 2006, one would be surprised to see a surprising number of rather well-made movies, which proves two tRead more...

The weekend review on favorites...

Reviewed Twenty Best English Songs

Dec 29, 2006 7437

It’s that time of the week when you post something on your favorites, and if you are exceptionally bored, post something which requires a fair amount of thinkRead more...

Weighed down by over-expectation

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Reviewed Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota

Dec 29, 2006 4097

Given that Naseeruddin Shah is such a fine actor, and has directed awesome plays over the many years of his chequered career, Yun Hota to Kya Hota, his directRead more...

Below expectations

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Reviewed Corporate

Dec 27, 2006 3748

I finished watching Corporate. And immediately I realized that if someone from an engg. college would have written a movie script on a similar theme,he would Read more...

Coming of age

5

Reviewed Black Friday Songs

Dec 26, 2006 2123

With the album Black Friday, Indian Ocean has finally come of age. I remember the first time I watched them perform at our college, astounded at their technicRead more...

A few personal favorites

Reviewed Twenty Best Hindi Songs

Dec 23, 2006 19546

Choosing a meager twenty songs as your favorites out of the vast treasure trove of Hindi Film Music(HFM) is a humongous task. But since I have nothing much toRead more...

Satire and humor at its rawest

5

Reviewed English August - Upmanyu Chaterjee

Dec 21, 2006 6224

This is one of the funniest books I have ever read. And probably the best attempt at humorous and mind-bending satire by an Indian author. It all starts with Read more...

A powerful film on a weather-beaten topic

4

Reviewed The Pianist

Dec 18, 2006 2805

A somewhat late review on a wonderful film. The Pianist, released in 2002, is a magnificent movie, and by far, Polanski’s most polished and personal work. PoRead more...

Could have been better

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Reviewed Saw

Dec 15, 2006 3399

Saw is one overhyped movie. And although there is a lot of stuff to get really scared about in this film, the scariest is the acting.What’s painful aboutRead more...