Movie Reviews

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  Mayank Shekhar's Review: Tum Milo Toh Sahi

  The word ham - hamster, hammy - is a pet one of Indian film reviewers. Most audiences can't tell a ham from a burger. But I have a suggestion for you to figure when an actor's hamming it up on screen. Observe them closely. They emote - twitch their foreheads, roll their eyeballs, uncomfortably move their hands around, scream for attention - even when lurking in the shadow.

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  'Tum Milo Toh Sahi' exudes scent of goodness, watch it!

  Just for the pleasure of watching Nana Patekar and Dimple Kapadia together, this quaint and sincere look at love across three generations is well worth a 'dekko'.

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  Theatre Review: Five Point Someone

  Most film buffs are now familiar with Chetan Bhagat's Five Point Someone, a piece of fiction (or is it fictionalised fact?) that centres on life at the Indian Institute of Management.

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  'Tum Milo Toh Sahi' about timeless love (Preview)

  Love knows no age or time - this is the theme of director Kabir Sadanand's romantic comedy "Tum Milo Toh Sahi", which is releasing Friday.

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  'Pankh' of gender confusion and imaginary love (Preview)

  Taking flight after almost two years, Bipasha Basu's much-awaited movie "Pankh", which traces the gender dilemma in a young man who falls in love with an imaginary alter ego, is all set for a Friday release.

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  Movie Review: Mittal V/S Mittal

  If you observe director Karan Razdan's body of work, you'll realize that he has, quite often, made women-centric movies that defy stereotype.

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  Movie Review: Hum Tum Aur Ghost

  The sheer delight of watching Arshad Warsi play the lead rather the supremely self-assured sidekick gives this otherwise pale romantic comedy a cutting edge.

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  Movie Review: Well Done Abba

  Drawn from the innermost recesses of its extraordinarily versatile, profound and prolific creator's mind, somewhat like the water that emerges from Boman Irani's well at the end of this delicately-drawn satire on babu-giri and red tapism, "Well Done Abba" is a little sparkling gem of a film.

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  Movie Review: Lahore

  Combining sports and politics is not an easy thing to do. But then it's not that difficult either, considering the two are inextricably intertwined specially in the Asian subcontinent. Debutant director Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan dares to visit the forbidden territory.

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  Movie Review: Shaapit

  There are good spirits and bad spirits waltzing all over the place. All we have to do is reach into the past and pull out the relevant ghoul, and we are into the realm of the spooky cool.

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  'Shaapit' about curses and how they work (Preview)

  After bringing to limelight unfulfilled desires of spirits in films like "Raaz" and "1920", director Vikram Bhatt is back with his third horror outing "Shaapit". Releasing Friday, it explores how a curse works through generations.

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  'Lahore', easing India-Pakistan ties through sports (Preview)

  The "greatest bond" between two countries torn apart by politics and religion is sports, is what the upcoming film "Lahore" which deals with kickboxing and takes a ring-side view of India-Pakistan relations hopes to portray.

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  Movie Review: Love Sex Aur Dhokha

  The million dollar question making the rounds is - Does "Love Sex Aur Dhokha" have a story?' The answer is yes. In fact, there are three stories, each of them being shown in episodic manner with 'Love', 'Sex' and 'Dhokha' being the plot drivers for the respective tales.

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  Movie Review: Na Ghar Ke Na Ghaat Ke

  Congress’s ‘aam aadmi’ (note: it’s never the ‘aam aurat’) tries as hard to enter the nation’s economic agenda as he does to slip in to our popular films.

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  Movie Review: Hide & Seek

  Luckily, the unravelling of the mystery of the murderous mall is not a disappointment. "Hide & Seek" packs in a punch.

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  Movie Review: Right Yaaa Wrong

  Don't breathe. Don't dare even blink. And please forget that visit to the loo. Damn, even the bag of popcorn will be forgotten on your clenched lap.

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  'Right Yaaa Wrong' about friends turning foes (Preview)

  After making forgettable appearances in movies like "Heroes" and "Fox", action star Sunny Deol is back again with "Right Yaaa Wrong". Releasing Friday, it is about two friends who turn foes in their quest for supremacy.

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  Movie Review: Road, Movie

  Just a thought before I review this film... When you saunter in for the screening of a movie directed by a celebrated film-maker, a movie which has had a good run at film festivals, a movie which tilts towards art house cinema, it is expected that the critic shower the film with lavish praises and speak of it in glowing terms.

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  Movie Review: Thanks Maa

  In a vital sequence from this film, the warden of the reformatory [Alok Nath] gives the street kid [Shams Patel] a bar of soap, tells him that he should have a bath pronto and should, therefore, undress in front of him. Before the street kid realises what his intentions are, the warden starts fondling with the kid's hands. The street kid snaps, he realises that something is wrong and flees from the reformatory the same night.

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  Movie Review: Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?

  One of my childhood memories is that of several relatives visiting us in Mumbai [presumably for a few days], but overstaying their welcome. Those days, the atithis were never looked upon as 'intruders'.

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  'Atithi tum kab...?' about unannounced guests (Preview)

  Ajay Devgan and Konkona Sen Sharma feel their upcoming flick "Atithi tum kab jaoge?" is a laugh riot that shows how young couples in Mumbai deal with an unannounced guest.

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  'Road, Movie' about journey of cinema (Preview)

  After playing a spoilt brat in "Dev D" and a thief in "Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!", Abhay Deol is back to entertain viewers with his next "Road, Movie", which releases Friday. But this time he plays a "sheltered young man who wants to see the world" and finds salvation by screening cinema across a desert.

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  Subhash K. Jha on 'Karthik Calling Karthik'

  Desolation is a distant cousin to suburban seclusion. And "Karthik Calling Karthik" is an interesting if flawed fable of the damned.

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  Movie Review: Teen Patti

  The earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. That's so true! Let's face it, money is the root of all evil. When we have more, it is never enough. This is exactly what Leena Yadav's TEEN PATTI tells you.

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  Movie Review: Karthik Calling Karthik

  Have you ever received a call from yourself? Is it possible in the first place? There are several theories doing the rounds about the two Karthiks in this movie. So what is it? Is Karthik hallucinating? Does he have a double role? Or a split personality? For most parts of the film, you actually buy the explanation that Karthik does receive calls from, well, Karthik.