Movie Reviews

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  Movie Review: Straight

  DOSTANA and FASHION brought homosexuality out of the closet. One assumes STRAIGHT would take it one step ahead. It would look at gays, the relationships, the emotions. It doesn't. On the contrary, it talks of a person who's confused of his sexual preferences, one who doesn't know if he swings or not, is in fact homophobic.

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  Movie Review: Barah Aana

  Most film-makers often feel [and rightly so!] that a title should reflect the content of a film. But with a title like BARAH AANA, you're completely clueless. That's because director Raja Menon's choice of the subject is equally unique. He enters an alley that most storytellers don't risk entering.

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  Movie Review: Aloo Chaat

  Hrishikesh Mukherjee started a trend. Simple stories narrated in the most simplistic manner. His movies inspired a generation of film-makers and a lot of storytellers even today pay homage to Hrishi-da through their movies.

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  Movie Review: Firaaq

  Film-makers across the globe have often told stories of calamities/riots/disasters -- natural and unnatural -- and the aftermath. FIRAAQ, which marks the directorial debut of actress Nandita Das, also looks at the lives of common men after the riots in Gujarat.

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  Movie Review: 'Firaaq' a graceful, glorious homage to human spirit

  Nearly flawless, almost pitched perfectly to show the trauma of those who lose limbs, lives, love and faith in a communal carnage, Nandita Das' directorial debut leaves you speechless.

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  Subhash K. Jha speaks on Gulaal

  The blossoming of Anurag Kashyap into a formidable storyteller who bends all the rules of filmmaking, acquires a startling new definition with this film about student unrest during times of intense politicizing.

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  Movie Preview: Straight

  In the midst of central London, a successful Indian restaurant called 'Gaylord' is run by a Londoner of Indian origin called Pinu (Vinay Pathak). A well off businessman, Pinu however, is a very insecure and under-confident man, who views his own life as a string of tragicomic moments.

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  Movie Preview: Firaaq

  Firaaq is an Urdu word that means both separation and quest. The film is a work of fiction, based on a thousand stories.

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  Movie Preview: Videsh - Heaven on Earth

  Vibrant and irrepressibly alive, Chand (Preity Zinta) is a young bride leaving her home in Ludhiana, India, for the cavernous landscape of Brampton, Ontario, where her husband Rocky (Vansh Bhardwaj) and his very traditional family await her arrival.

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  Movie Preview: Aa Dekhen Zara

  Ray Acharya (Neil Nitin Mukesh), a struggling photographer has nothing going for him... until he inherits a very 'special' camera from his grandfather which changes his life in a way that he could not have imagined in his wildest dreams.

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  Movie Preview: Ek - The Power of One

  Nandu is an orphan. At a very young age, he knew and saw the hard realities of life and had but no choice to learn the guerrilla antics of survival in the concrete jungle called Mumbai.

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  Movie Review: Gulaal

  Accuse him of thinking abstract, but you cannot accuse Anurag Kashyap of following the stereotype. In GULAAL, the storyteller attempts to tell multiple stories in one film. Student politics, a separate state for Rajputs, an intense love story that has a disastrous end..

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  Movie Review: Jai Veeru

  In the good old days, formula films comprised of 6 songs, 7 action films, 5 blast and chase sequences, a few emotional moments, a couple of comic scenes and of course, the romantic portions.

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  'Little Zizou' - a comic insight into the world of Parsis (preview)

  After penning award-winning scripts like "Salaam Bombay!", "Mississippi Masala" and "The Namesake", writer-photographer Sooni Taraporewala has donned the director's hat for her self-written maiden venture "Little Zizou" - a rib tickling take on the Parsi community.

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  Movie Preview: 42 Kms

  Five ordinary but unique stories with different journeys and different destinations but the same 42 kms to run! It's an inspirational journey of perseverance and personal triumph.

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  Movie Preview: Daddy Cool

  Movie Preview: Daddy Cool

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  Movie Preview: Kal Kissne Dekha

  Nihal Singh from Chandigarh is a seemingly simple yet unconventional boy. He talks too much, questions everything and builds complicated gadgets in this spare time. He has a brilliant mind and an oddball sort of charm

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  Movie Preview: Barah Aana

  Barah Aana is a comedy of real life set in today's Mumbai. The story revolves around three unlikely friends: a driver (Naseeruddin Shah), a watchman (Vijay Raaz) and a waiter (Arjun Mathur).

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  Movie Preview: Jai Veeru

  Once inseparable pals, Jai (Fardeen Khan) and Veeru (Kunal Khemu) find themselves on opposite sides of the law, each feeling betrayed by the other. In fact, the only person who hates them more then they hate each other is a ruthless gangster Tejpal (Arbaaz Khan).

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  Movie Preview: 'Gulaal'- tale of love, deceit and power

  Fresh from the success of "Dev D", director Anurag Kashyap's latest offering "Gulaal" is a political drama complete with emotional ingredients like love, greed, deceit and power.

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  Movie Review: Dhoondte Reh Jaoge

  Surprise, surprise, surprise! DHOONDTE REH JAOGE is a pleasant surprise, frankly. Let's admit, we've witnessed a spate of nonsensical comedies in the past and laughed during most of them actually. DHOONDTE REH JAOGE is also non-stop nonsense, but, thankfully, with a story.

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  Movie Review: 13B

  Do you believe in spirits? Have you had paranormal experiences? If the answer is in the negative, 13B would try to make you believe in them.

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  Movie Preview: Aloo Chaat

  Movie Preview: Aloo Chaat (March 13, 2009)

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  Movie Preview: 99

  Movie Preview: 99 (May 1, 2009)

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  Movie Reivew: Kisse Pyaar Karoon

  Certain themes worked in the '70s and '80s. But they seem completely out of place in today's times. You can't connect with them, plain and simple. That's the issue with KISSE PYAAR KAROON?