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Member Since:Aug 26, 2007
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Books: Cain and AbelMovies: No Man's Land,Barry Lyndon,Pan's Labyrinth,The Wind Will Carry us,The Godfather,Taxi Driver Music: U2,Nirvana,Pink Floyd,Bob Dylan,Creed
Books: Cain and Abel
Movies: No Man's Land,Barry Lyndon,Pan's Labyrinth,The Wind Will Carry us,The Godfather,Taxi Driver
Music: U2,Nirvana,Pink Floyd,Bob Dylan,Creed
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Of shades and colours
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Reviewed Black And White
If there is one scene in ’showman’ Subhash Ghai’s Black and White that underlines his ulterior motive, then that scene, I think, comes just before the excruciRead more...
Bloody Musical
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Reviewed Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
’Sweeney Todd:The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’ immediately introduces its hero in a breathless credit sequence: I mean Blood-Blood trickling througRead more...
Royal Trip
Reviewed Jodhaa Akbar
If there was one sequence in Jodhaa Akbar that singles out what I think of it then that would have to be the swordfight sequence between the two eponymous leaRead more...
Ranveer,Vinay aur Kaun?
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Reviewed Mithya
Forget Johnny Gaddar, Manorama Six Feet Under and Ek Chalis ki last local Rajat Kapoor’s Mithya IS the coming of age of the individual Bollywood film.ARead more...
Ho-Hum Bol
Reviewed Halla Bol
Rajkumar Santoshi’s Halla Bol could have been a blast but instead its just a missed opportunity and an ode to mediocrity.Halla Bol certainly has lofty amRead more...
2007:THE YEAR IN FILM
Reviewed Ten Best Hindi Movies of 2007
*DISCLAIMER:The following review is based entirely on personal experience and BOX OFFICE success(or failure) has no bearing upon it. *So, here I go.Honestly Read more...
Bollywood se pehle
Reviewed Khoya Khoya Chand
Khoya Khoya Chand is perhaps one of the few feminine films we see today.It is about a fragile girl’s trials and tribulations.It is about how she breaks Read more...
Pulp Friction!
Reviewed Johnny Gaddaar
Johnny Gaddar has been mischaracterized as a thriller much too often for my liking.It quite simply isnt one.It isnt a who dunnit or why dunnit?(you know answeRead more...
Aaja snore kar le!
Reviewed Aaja Nachle
There is not a lot to talk about Aaja nachle save that it is similar to Juliette Binoch’s Chocolat interspersed with potholes in the script.The problem rRead more...
Welcome to Bhansalipur!
Reviewed Saawariya
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Saawariya essentially serves a nihilistic notion of romance that is quite the contrary to the usual romances serving the notion oRead more...
70's homage? I dont think so...
Reviewed Om Shanti Om
Farah Khan’s interests have always been rather more superficial in terms of’re-igniting’ the genre(and it is by no means clear that the wordRead more...
Laaga yashraj par ek aur daag!
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Reviewed Laaga Chunari Mein Daag
The opening austere shots of Benares draw a parallel between the sacred and the voice that in a while we will soon get to identify as Rani Mukerji’s.ThisRead more...
Of Kafka-esque huffs and puffs
Reviewed No Smoking
There will usually be two reactions when you end up seeing Anurag Kashyap’s No Smoking 1.It was wicked! I cannot beleive I just saw that in Hindi 2.WhaRead more...
Jab we (almost) met
Reviewed Jab We Met
Imtiaz Ali take a bow!… personally believe that Imtiaz Ali is at present one of the two best screen writers in the industry(Anurag Kashyap being the other).AlRead more...
A maze half built
Reviewed Bhool Bhulaiyaa
Bhool Bhulaiya is the fourth time Madhu Mattom’s written story has been adpated to the big screen.Helmed by Priyadarshan this is a unique attempt at mixing hoRead more...
THIS THAT AND MORE
Reviewed Eklavya: The Royal Guard
They say it is fruitless dwelling on the past, but a couple of days back on seeing Eklavya-the royal guard on DVD I was confronted with the thoughts of what rRead more...
When a hollywood plot meets bollywood cliches
Reviewed Tara Rum Pum
How you even begin to explain what’s wrong about a film, that does nothing right to begin with? The one, the only, the real problem with Ta Ra Rum Pum is thatRead more...
Infantile comedy!
Reviewed Heyy Babyy
Talking of Heyy Babyy the first question that comes to mind is Why do the most beautiful always see fashion where everyone else sees silliness? What was VidRead more...
No deliver - yet money deducted as cancellation
Reviewed Swiggy
To Whom It May Concern, I am writing to formally bring to your attention an issue I faced while using your services, which has caused me significant inconvenRead more...
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Rated on Paulsb02's review
Commented on harjeet_rakhra's review
I'm shocked beyond beleif that such tripe has 100% recommendation rate on MS at this time.Its lifted straight from Goodbye Lover which in turn was a satiric spin on the classic noir film Double Indemnity.Symptomatically of Abbas Mustan the storyline is stretched too thinly, with many unlikely and im Read More...
Commented on indian1969's article
Whats this? "As of now Kimi Raikonnen stands in No 1 position, with Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso tagging him in No 2" Whats this?
Formula 1 2008 Season
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Hi Shubh_2, Thanks for the rating.I read you review,but I think this film is certainly better than Yaadein and Kisna,but thats not saying much is it? @Ips Thanks for the rating and the comment.
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Hi Paul, I wouldnt say Ghai failed altogether,but some of the scenes werent convincing enough at all,say,for instance the scene where the grandfathe is gifted a sherwani--you cant have a more manipulative scene than that--I dont see why such a scene would find its place in the film...
I didnt like the promos too much either--They gave too much away.The poster makes it obvious--the theme that is.. I am not against naming the title in English,but the use of English in films such as Black,Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi and Parzania did put me off a little... This film isnt in Englis Read More...
@Pri20 Thanks a ton.The seamier underbelly of life is a good way to put it.This one is closest to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,if you were to relate it to his previous films.
@Coolwater I'd say he's just as good if no better than in Scissorhands....Thanks for reading and rating. @Ips No,I havent seen the play.Burton has the perfect vehicle in Depp to cover such terrains. Perhaps the editing could have been better.I found the sound editing,awfully choppy to be hon Read More...
Rated on mritunjaymk's review
Commented on mritunjaymk's review
You tend to assume an awful lot while writing.Do you understand how snobbish this sounds--- 'selling intelligence to the stupid audience gussied up with humour'? Screenplay lousy in the first half?Really?
Commented on srininet1's review
'I have a feeling that Ashutosh became self-indulgent and made the movie according to his own tastes, just like how VVC made Eklavya. Ask VVC and he will tell you how intricately he designed the sets, etc...but the message or effect didn’t get conveyed to the audience. Same applies here.' I disag Read More...
Commented on CoolWater's review
Hi Again, If you havent seen Spartacus please do.It elicits numbed awe there is something about the monumentality of vast, ancient buildings, heroic edifices to past glories dwarfing the petty decadence of the humans below; the intricate set-designs that meld impressively with actual locations; t Read More...
Hi I found the Best Actress a bit of a surprise.Marion Cotillard over Ellen Page??? DDL was bound to win.Havent seen No Country for old men yet,so I wouldnt know,how good it was.But to be honest it is very flattering to put There Will Be Blood in the Best film nominee.Atonement,Juno and The Divin Read More...
The Oscars-2008
@Spike- Thank you Sir. @Coolwater Oh,I loved The Blue Umbrella.Easily one of the best films from the year gone by. Mithya was certainly not an attempt at anything cliched,and thank God for that.
@ Ips, Yeah I would have loved a Director's cut on No Smoking.Maybe its because it was Anurag Kashyap behind it(and not because of what No Smoking was). I was really intrigued by the figures K and Baba Bengali were.You know,K--charming and cocky,anarchist,with hidden terrors and emptiness.Simila Read More...
Coolwater, Ah,yes there might not be any such thing as a 'perfect film'.Historicals are always difficult to make.The only one that has ever worked for me was Kubrick's Spartacus(and perhaps it was because he followed the format of the Western instead of the usual 'epic' format). I guess its the Read More...
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