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Hindi Movie Reviews

Critic verdicts on the latest Hindi releases.

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Luck - Really Lucky

Luck - Really Lucky

Jul 9, 2009

This couldn’t have been a perfect launch for Shruti Hassan or then a comeback for Imran Khan after a dud like ‘Kidnap’. Luck can not even…

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Love Aaj Kal - Full Of Love And Romance

Love Aaj Kal - Full Of Love And Romance

Jul 7, 2009

When your previous film was a runaway success, how does one shoulder the burden of it? We’ll suggest in Imtiaz Ali’s style. Love Aaj Kal…

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Zor Lagaa Ke Haiya - Family Entertainer

Zor Lagaa Ke Haiya - Family Entertainer

Jun 16, 2009

Ooh! It’s realms of cherishing moments for film buffs of B-town. Bounded to a much knotty situation of multiplex owners-producers…

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Kambakkht Ishq - Just Okey

Kambakkht Ishq - Just Okey

Jun 16, 2009

Persistent flops on the row and Akshay Kumar had no big options other than jumping for the show of grandeur. With promos running high on…

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Paying Guest - Not Goog

Paying Guest - Not Goog

May 22, 2009

Whoops-a-daisy! You’ll regret this to be the ever-made biggest mistake in your lifetime. Step into theatres presuming this to be a comedy…

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99 - One Short From Century

99 - One Short From Century

May 8, 2009

Exquisitely, it’s a great weekend for all film buffs who felt like thrown out of kilter sans releases. Gone are those unremarkable Fridays…

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8 x 10 Tasveer - Best Thriller Movie

8 x 10 Tasveer - Best Thriller Movie

Mar 23, 2009

Well, here’s another new genre of ‘Supernatural Thriller’ persistently hitting screens sans a pause. Glimpse through previous weeks’…

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Ek The Power Of One - Very Good Entertailner

Ek The Power Of One - Very Good Entertailner

Mar 16, 2009

It isn’t all the same this weekend. Three films with different genres hitting screens should be a real fiesta for all film buffs… If Aa…

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Straight - Sampurn Wire

Straight - Sampurn Wire

Mar 15, 2009

Its December 1992 and curfew time in Malvani, Mumbai’s north western suburb when Suryakant Sarang aka Surya (Siddharth) arrives back in…

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Kal Kissne Dekha - Below Average

Kal Kissne Dekha - Below Average

Mar 14, 2009

Alas, looks like long-listed supernatural-thrillers aren’t gonna end in Bollywood. Why do filmmakers penning a thriller-script actually…

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Sikandar - Surprice Package

Sikandar - Surprice Package

Mar 12, 2009

Followed by deep recessions of pitiable scarcity of good stories, Bollywood is back on the stroke of big jackpot in box office. No worries…

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Aa Dekhen Zara - Passable show to Kill Time

Aa Dekhen Zara - Passable show to Kill Time

Feb 14, 2009

Obviously, very few auteurs composed unique fictions on the supernatural thriller genre. Well, none presumed to go for the most speculative…

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New York - Best Show Of Bollywood

New York - Best Show Of Bollywood

Dec 22, 2008

Instantly the innocents were tortured sans any clarifications pertaining to 9/11 incident. It’s out and most of imbecility that American…

 Naughty Krishna is Cool

Naughty Krishna is Cool

Nov 21, 2008

When it comes to Animation Movies, we are still no match for the western fare. Both, in terms of idea as well as execution. Animation…

 Debauched 'Musafir' no work of pop art

Debauched 'Musafir' no work of pop art

Dec 9, 2004

You wonder what Hindi cinema has come to. After the poetic, languorous and tender Dilip Kumar-Madhubala alliance in "Mughal-e-Azam" comes…

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Talented cast overshadows cliched 'Hulchul' plot

Talented cast overshadows cliched 'Hulchul' plot

Nov 20, 2004

Years ago, the late O.P. Ralhan made a film called "Hulchal", which was about a mistaken murder conspiracy. The pace was maddening. The new…

 'Naach', a sensitive film

'Naach', a sensitive film

Nov 12, 2004

Abhi and Rewa, the two protagonists of Ram Gopal Varma's fascinating study of the dynamics of the man-woman relationship within a…

 Harking back to sublime yesteryear romances

Harking back to sublime yesteryear romances

Nov 12, 2004

"Which era do these people belong to!" Rani Mukherjee exclaims about the Pakistani girl and the Indian man who live with the "idea" of love…

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Priyanka shines in 'Aitraaz'

Priyanka shines in 'Aitraaz'

Nov 12, 2004

A star is born! As the predatory social-climbing seductress who can go to any length to satiate her lust for life, Priyanka Chopra rocks…

 Extinct version of 'Basic Instinct'

Extinct version of 'Basic Instinct'

Oct 29, 2004

Once upon a time he was the sleek specialist. But now, Punkaj Parasher's take on Paul Verhoeven's box-office hit "Basic Instinct" is so…