Movie Reviews

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  Movie Review: Click

  Post KYAA KOOL HAI HUM and APNA SAPNA MONEY MONEY, Sangeeth Sivan has got saddled with the image of making laughathons. Partly also because his non-comedies like CHURA LIYAA HAI TUMNE and EK - THE POWER OF ONE fell flat on their face. With CLICK, Sivan proves that he's at home in horror segment too.

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  'Click' to unravel the past in photographs (Preview)

  Sangeeth Sivan's maiden attempt at horror "Sandhya" may have never been released but the director has re-attempted to chill audiences' spine with his upcoming horror outing "Click", releasing Friday. The movie deals with dark secrets in photographs.

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  'Toh Baat Pakki' - middle-class family's groom-hunting circus

  Versatile Tabu is back after a three-year hiatus to showcase an Indian middle-class family's perpetual search for a suitable groom for their daughter in the comedy "Toh Baat Pakki", which releases Friday.

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  Movie Review: My Name is Khan

  MY NAME IS KHAN makes two strong statements. The first: B.C. and A.D. are designations used to label years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. There's a third designation now - 9/11.

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  Movie Preview: Zokkomon

  Zokkomon is the thrilling and heart-warming live action adventure of an ordinary boy who finds the strength to face extraordinary challenges.

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  Movie Review: Subhash K. Jha on Striker

  "Striker", as we can well see, was not an easy film to make. It's not an easy film to see either. The vast near-epic scale scope and expanse of the slum saga stretches into two hours of a non-linear narration where time passages are made without borders.

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  Movie Review: Striker

  Some stories seem very interesting on paper. You get hooked, perhaps captivated. But there are times when these stories lose sheen when translated on celluloid.

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  Movie Review: Road to Sangam

  One look at the promos of ROAD TO SANGAM and you realize that this isn't one of those films you watch every week. ROAD TO SANGAM, in fact, pricks your conscience and mirrors a reality.

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  'Road To Sangam' a rare passionate paean to patriotism (Movie Review)

  This is a small, tender idea, executed with a certain amount of elan and loads and loads of heart. Writer-director Amit Rai's debut film is a Gandhian parable done up in shades that are at once, pristine, noble, gentle and funny.

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  Subhash K. Jha on Rann

  "Rann" is that rare cinema about the collective conscience which we often like to think has gone out of style. Like Mehboob Khan's "Mother India" and Hrishikesh Mukherjee's "Satyakam", "Rann" shows how tough it is to hold your head high up in dignified righteousness in a world where ethics crumble faster than cookies in wide-open jar left out too long in the sun.

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  Movie Review: Ishqiya

  Get ready for tangy, pungent, sizzling and spicy stuff. Be forewarned, ISHQIYA isn't the fluffy, candyfloss, saccharine sweet story of lovers breaking into songs in mustard fields. In ISHQIYA, you just don't know what turn the story may take next. Not just the story, even the characters here are so impulsive and unpredictable.

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  Movie Review: Rann

  Ramgopal Varma is itching to tell a new story in his movies. You may garland him for his efforts or loathe him if you feel letdown, but you need to hand it to him for picking up stories that defy stereotype.

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  'Rann' of business and conscience in media (Preview)

  After scanning the underworld, filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma now shifts the focus on the modus operandi of the Indian media in "Rann", which is releasing Friday.

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  Watch 'Ishqiya' for its rustic appeal (Preview)

  Steamy visuals, colourful expletives, Gulzar's lyrics, impressive star cast - "Ishqiya" promises all this and much more. Coming from Vishal Bhardwaj' stable, the film, which is releasing Friday, will give a rustic feel to the audiences just like "Omkara" did.

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  Movie Review: Veer

  Everyone's awaiting VEER with bated breath. The film industry will get another breather if VEER goes the 3 IDIOTS way at the box-office. The junta will have one more fascinating genre to look forward to, if VEER appeals to them. But your hopes go crashing as reel after reel of VEER unfurl.

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  Subhash K. Jha talks about Chance Pe Dance

  At one point in this heart warming journey into the life and trials of this Bollywood struggler a kid in the school, where our struggler-hero teaches dancing, wonders how their teacher ji manages to wear such trendy tee-shirts when he lives in a car and has no money for food.

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  Movie Review: Chance Pe Dance

  The film industry attracts thousands of hopefuls every single day. Most don't make it. But the struggle continues... CHANCE PE DANCE tries to present the story of a hopeful - his dreams, his aspirations, his struggle and his eventual triumph.

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  'Chance Pe Dance' realistic film about strugglers (Preview)

  After giving a hit with their debut vehicle "Ishq Vishk" (2003), actor Shahid Kapoor and director Ken Ghosh have teamed up once again for "Chance Pe Dance", about strugglers trying to make it big in Bollywood. It is releasing Friday.

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  Subhash K. Jha on 'Pyaar Impossible'

  Pair impossible? You bet! Uday Chopra as the geek in love and Priyanka Chopra as the unattainable self-declared 10-on-10 beauty is a bit of a long shot.

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  Subhash K. Jha on 'Dulha Mil Gaya'

  There is only one reason why this hideous satire gone awry can be tolerated for a bit. Sushmita Sen playing the broadly satirical and hugely self-important Shimmer just simmers on screen!

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  Movie Preview: Idiot Box

  Subhrojeet Chakraborty (Sushant Singh) is given the assignment of enhancing the T.R.P of a T.V. serial consisting of 52 episodes by the Queen of Indian Television Ms. Anekta Kapoor (Jyoti Gauba).

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  Movie Review: Pyaar Impossible

  SHREK [and its instalments] has been one of the most loved movies of our times. An ogre falls in love with a princess and after overcoming their share of obstacles, the couple live happily ever after.

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  Movie Review: Dulha Mil Gaya

  The recipe is simple and uncomplicated..Take MY FAIR LADY.
  Add DULHAN WAHI JO PIYA MAN BHAAYE. Spray NASEEB APNA APNA.
  Sprinkle DILWALE DULHANIA LE JAYENGE and RAB NE BANA DI JODI.
  Hey presto, DULHA MIL GAYA is ready to serve.

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  Movie Review: Accident on Hill Road

  What do you do when you, accidentally, bang into someone on the road? Flee from the spot? Call for help? Dial the cops? Rush the victim to the hospital?

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  Movie Review: Raat Gayi, Baat Gayi?

  After almost five years, accomplished actor Saurabh Shukla returns to the director's chair with RAAT GAYI, BAAT GAYI?, a film that's making the right buzz. Making an adult comedy that talks of one night stand is tough. But giving the serious issue a humorous take is tougher.