Aug 2, 2010

Bollywood’s fascination to gangster movies dates back to days of Deewar which was a masala action flick loosely based on Haji Mastan. But after that the filmmakers turned to gritty and realistic gangster flicks like Nayagan, Parinda, Satya, Company etc. Milan Luthria with Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai takes us back to the days of Deewar and Dharmatma type masala...

Jul 29, 2010

After the super successful movie – Wanted last year on Eid, this Eid Salman Khan is coming up with another Masala action film Dabangg (which means intimidating).  The movie is a story of a corrupt police office Chulbul pandey played by Salman khan. He is an ordinary police officer who doesn’t care about anything until or unless it affects him, and...

Jul 24, 2010

Political Satires are rarely attempted in Bollywood as they are difficult to make and the last well made satire was way back in 1983 – Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron. The successful combo of Priyadarshan and Akshay Kumar which has given many successful comedies, this time comes up with a political satire – Khatta Meetha. Khatta Meetha is about a struggling road...

Jul 10, 2010

Was waiting for this one for sometime now, managed to slip out from my office and managed a 7:45 show at PVR Centra Chandigarh. Film is about a secret agent, Roy Miller (Tom Cruise) turning rogue and trying to sell state-of-the-art SUPER battery to some mafia. June Havens (Cameron Diaz) is traveling for her sister’s wedding, when Roy Miller uses her to...

Jul 10, 2010

Milenge Milenge was supposed to be released in 2005, but one problem after another problem, the delayed movie finally hits the screen this weekend. The promos aired on television gave the stale feeling and were not able to create a feeling that watching this movie would be a good idea for a nice weekend. A city-bred girl Priya (Kareena Kapoor) dreams of finding...

Jul 4, 2010

Films and Drama can be a really powerful tool to highlight socially relevant issues and create awareness and bring a change. However, these days cinema is all about non-sense entertainment. Aamir Khan is the only Bollywood actor, who has risen up to take up socially relevant issues in his movies and still get good box office numbers. He did it with Taare Zameen...

Jul 3, 2010

I Hate Luv Storys (IHLS) starts with bang with parody of some of the most adored and loved scenes from the mushiest romantic movies of 90’s (Read Yash Chopra, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Karan Johar’s brand of cinema), which now seems cheesy to us but soon settles downs slowly to be one amongst those only. Jay Dhingra (Imran Khan) lives with the belief “I...

Jun 19, 2010

Two weeks ago, a contemporary adaptation of Mahabharata was presented by one of the best story tellers Prakash Jha and now comes the modern day version of another great Indian epic Ramayana by one of the most talented directors – Mani Ratnam. As Raavan reloads the successful Quartet of Guru (Mani Ratnam, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai and AR Rahman),...

Jun 16, 2010

Akshay Kumar- Priyadarshan combo returns with Khatta Meetha after giving some of the most hilarious and successful movies over the years like Hera Pheri, Garam Masala, Bhagam Bhag, Bhool Bhulaiyya and De Dana Dan recently. Khatta Meetha is a remake of the 1989 hit Malayalam film, Vellanakalude Nadu starring Mohan Lal, also directed by Priyadarshan. It is...

Jun 7, 2010

Mahabharata is an epic which can be retold endlessly in different eras in different settings and it will still be intriguing if well made. Prakash Jha – a deft story teller who has to his credit hard hitting movies based on real life problems like Daamul (bonded labour), Gangajal (Bhagalpur incident) and Aparahan (Kidnapping Industry), takes up the...