Movie Reviews

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  Movie Review: Bombay to Bangkok

  Nagesh Kukunoor is back to the genre he began his career with -- a light entertainer. In his new outing, BOMBAY TO BANGKOK, he goes a step further and incorporates every ingredient available on the shelf that constitutes atypical Hindi film. This one's not 'same-same, but different' from Kukunoor's earlier films!

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  Movie Preview: Rama Rama Kya Hai Dramaaa

  For the men the grass looks greener on the other side of fence. This attitude is well captured in this forthcoming comedy film Rama Rama Kya Hai Drama. The story of the film revolves around three married couples - Prem (Ashish Chaudhary) and Khushi (Amrita Arora), Santosh (Rajpal Yadav) and Shanti (Neha Dhupia) and Mr. and Mrs. Khurana (Anupam Kher and Rati Agnihotri).

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  Movie Preview: Sunday

  Movie Preview: Sunday

  Characters

  Ayesha Takia as Seher - She can imitate a thousand different cartoon characters and that's what makes her such a wanted dubbing artiste. Then she finds herself 'wanted' in a different sense altogether - by gangsters, by taxi drivers and by the cops - as a murder suspect.

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  Movie Preview: Bombay To Bangkok

  Shankar, a petty thief, in desperate need of money steals from the local Don and escapes his way into a team of Doctors heading for relief work to Bangkok but loses the all important money bag in the chaos. In Bangkok his world turns upside down at a bar where he bumps into lovely Jasmine.

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  Movie Review: My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves

  In the 1970s, the foot-tapping number from AMAR AKBAR ANTHONY, 'My name is Anthony Gonsalves', proved a chartbuster and despite innumerable songs invading the Hindi screen in the intervening period, the song still lingers. MY NAME IS ANTHONY GONSALVES uses the wordings of the popular track, but will the movie be remembered as the song in question? Now that's a tough one!

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  Movie Review: Halla Bol

  In the 1990s, rape, violence, power, crime, fraud and abuse -- issues that concern us daily, nationally as well as internationally, were being depicted on the Hindi screen with unfailing regularity. Films that raised a voice and raised an issue faded into oblivion because a different genre [comedy] gradually took over. The issues concerning the common man remained dormant on the Hindi screen.

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  Movie Still: Jodhaa Akbar

  Check out lovely Aishwarya in Jodhaa Akbar!

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  Movie Still: Halla Bol

  Check out the movie still from Halla Bol starring Ajay Devgan and Vidya Balan!

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  Movie Preview: Yaariyan

  Every human being in order to fulfill his dream travel on the wings of desires to meet his destiny. Some do so within the walls of their villages, some travel to towns and cities and some cross over all the seas to distant lands. We have over the years, left a mark on almost every aspect of life, may it be UK, Canada, US, Africa, Fiji, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Middle East, and so on. Every day thousand from India land in these countries with dreams in their eyes. Almost all of them have success story to tell.They all know how to be successful, and are fully aware of what they are supposed to do, but are happy in not acknowledging it.

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  Movie Preview: My Name is Anthony Gonsalves

  For an ordinary guy, Anthony Gonsalves has an extra-ordinary dream. His dream is to become an actor. Anthony works as a bartender in Jimmy's Pub in Bandra, Mumbai. His job is to run the joint smoothly, while the bosses concentrate on their own work of specialization.

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  Movie Review: KHOYA KHOYA CHAND

  To recreate the bygone era is not only strenuous, but a challenging task as well. It's equally arduous to capture the essence of Bollywood of 1950s and 1960s with precision on celluloid. In that respect, Sudhir Mishra's KHOYA KHOYA CHAND succeeds in transporting the viewer to the golden era.

  Although the story doesn't focus on any person in particular or highlight any incident or event, the director drops enough hints to draw parallels with real life characters. So far, so good!

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  Movie Review: Dus Kahaniyaan

  Sometimes, a short story of 10 minutes or a music video of 4 minutes has a better story to tell than most 2.30 hour movies.

  It would be unfair to club DUS KAHANIYAAN in the same category as DARNA MANA HAI, DARNA ZAROORI HAI and SALAAM-E-ISHQ. Not only because the genres are as diverse as chalk and cheese, but because each 10-minute story in DUS KAHANIYAAN has something to say. At times, the message is loud and clear. At times, feeble. But there's no denying that DUS KAHANIYAAN is refreshingly different from the episodic films we've witnessed in the past.

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  Movie Review: Strangers

  Unconventional stories are being told on the Indian screen, thus breaking away from the monotony. STRANGERS, directed by Aanand Rai, is one such film. It charters a hitherto unchartered path altogether!

  Substitute the Indian faces with non-Indian actors -- French/Italian/German -- and STRANGERS would easily pass off as a foreign film since the concept is very unlike what we’ve seen on the Hindi screen so far.

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  Movie Review: Welcome

  Welcome to the crazy, mad, funny, outlandish, outrageous, zany world of WELCOME, directed by Anees Bazmee, who gave us the rib-tickling NO ENTRY. Bazmee is a veteran when it comes to leave-your-brains-at-home comic capers, having penned and helmed non-stop laughathons in the past.

  The question is, does WELCOME make you break into guffaws? The question is, does WELCOME measure up to the mammoth expectations surrounding it? The question is, will WELCOME be as big a hit as NO ENTRY?

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  Movie Review: Taare Zameen Par

  Come to think of it, after two back-to-back hits [RANG DE BASANTI, FANAA], Aamir Khan could've given a positive nod to any masala flick and chosen to work with anyone he desired. But he preferred to make a film on a dyslexic kid, make him the focal point of the story and don three caps -- producer, actor and director.

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  Movie Review: Showbiz

  Movie Review: Showbiz

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  Movie Review: Return of Hanuman

  Movie Review: Return of Hanuman