Movie Reviews Articles
1: Partner
Some do's and don'ts you need to follow while watching PARTNER…
Lock your brains in the almirah, before you head for the nearby movieplex
to catch this zany entertainer.
Don'
2: Naqaab
The most shocking thriller of the year. With a tagline like that, the
expectation from Abbas-Mustan's new thriller rises ten-fold. Fortunately, NAQAAB
lives up to the hype and hoopla, to an exte
3: Aap Ka Surroor - The Moviee
Television producer. Music composer. Singer. And now actor. Oh yes, Himesh
Reshammiya wears many caps. Literally! Everyone's curious to know how HR is as
an actor? Is he a fine actor? Or has he
4: Apne
With SHRADDHANJALI, his directorial debut, Anil Sharma proved that he could make
you moist-eyed. With HUKUMAT, he proved that he could pull off a vendetta fare
with gusto. With GADAR, he proved
5: Awarapan
Choosing an interesting story is difficult. But doing justice to the story is
nothing short of an achievement. AWARAPAN, directed by Mohit Suri, gets it right
on both the levels -- on paper firs
6: The Train
Extra-marital affairs aren't new for Hindi moviegoers. So how different is THE
TRAIN from films that have hit the screens in the past? Well, it tackles this
issue and garnishes it with murder, l
7: Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
Really
big expectations? Oh yes! With the premier production house [Yash Raj] at the
helm of affairs and Shaad Ali in the director's seat, JHOOM BARABAR JHOOM is
expected to strike like a hurri
8: Shoot Out at Lokhandwala
Hollywood has often made films based on real-life incidents. Just one
incident/accident/encounter/catastrophe is enough to trigger off the imagination
of a storyteller.
In India, the trend of
9: Cheeni Kum
Hindi movies are getting more and more real. Till sometime back, certain themes
were kept locked inside the almirah, but delicate and sensitive issues and
relationships are slowly stepping out o
10: Ek Chalis Ki Last Local
Experimentation is the new mantra today. The past few monsoons have seen the
dream merchants envisioning stories that strike the right balance between real
and make-believe. 'Think out of the b
11: Life in a... Metro
The trend of narrating multiple stories in Hindi films continues. SALAAM-E-ISHQ,
HONEYMOON TRAVELS PVT. LTD., JUST MARRIED: MARRIAGE WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING and
LIFE MEIN KABHIE KABHIEE, all 200
12: Good Boy Bad Boy
A few decades ago, the Dilip Kumar starrer RAM AUR SHYAM worked big time due to
its novel premise, among other things. The concept of a seedha-saadha guy
and his street-smart twin brother and th
13: Ta Ra Rum Pum
Yash Raj created magic with speeding bikes [DHOOM]. Now's the turn of speeding
cars [TA RA RUM PUM].
The West has often made films depicting the rise, fall and subsequent rise of
sportspersons.
14: Kya Love Story Hai
Post Raj
Kapoor's SANGAM, the concept of love triangles have been cycled and recycled
over the decades. Debutante director Lovely Singh borrows everything from the
shelf and comes up with a fare
15: Shakalaka Boom Boom
Cut the crap about the Big B - SRK rivalry being the focal point of Suneel
Darshan's SHAKALAKA BOOM BOOM. It's Milos Forman's masterpiece AMADEUS that
SHAKALAKA BOOM BOOM borrows from.
After at
16: Provoked
Domestic violence is a universal issue. PROVOKED borrows from a real-life
incident -- a woman facing physical abuse and how she decides to put an end to
it. For any real-life story to leave an i
17: Namastey London
First things first! It’s said that NAMASTEY LONDON is the 2007 adaptation of
Manoj Kumar’s immensely likable PURAB AUR PACHHIM. Sure, NAMASTEY LONDON is
about a spoilt British girl of Indian ori
18: Hattrick
Till the ‘multiplex culture’ came to India, a majority of Hindi movies packed
multiple stories in those three hours. The stories were connected to one another
and would culminate into one clima
19: Just Married: Marriage was only the beginning
P.N.C.’s
PYAAR KE SIDE/EFFECTS was all about commitment. About a young couple that’s into
a serious relationship, but is not ready for marriage. Its theme as also its
execution was its USP.
Th
20: Water
Take
a bow, Deepa Mehta.
Deepa Mehta’s body of work includes several noteworthy films, notable among them
being EARTH and FIRE. But she reaches the pinnacle with WATER, her most
accomplished wor