Hindi Reviews
One more sports anthem in 2007
'Dhan Dhana Dhan Karenge Goal' - The tune is everywhere. Be it the opening moments of the film when it plays on subtly in the background as the flop-brigade of Southall football club comprising of men from Indian, Pakistani and Bangaldeshi origin try to find…
India's first ever ITEM FILM
OM SHANTI OM is truly a near 3 hour circus show in the offering. You get to see dozen odd item sequences one after another that tie the script together for a circus and turn out to be amusing and entertaining by themselves.So here…
Blunder
SAAWARIYA is a film which didn't have a story to begin with, ends abruptly in such a way as if the last few pages of the script went missing and Bhansali was threatened by the Sony guys to wrap up the film. Pronto start flashing…
Sorry, didn't understand!
Ram Gopal Varma can heave a sigh of relief. For a change, the focus would shift from him to Anurag Kashyap when it comes to bashing a director for a film made by him/her. At the end of the year, when the award for the…
Shahid-Kareena's DDLJ
Will this turn out to be the DDLJ for Shahid-Kareena? I am certain it would have pucca become one if not for the danger awaiting just a fortnight away in the form of OM SHANTI OM and SAAWARIYA. JAB WE MET is a film which…
Throws in a surprise
Now this one is the surprise release of the week. With JAB WE MET hogging all the limelight and NO SMOKING being in news as well, MUMBAI SALSA may have just been lost in the crowd if not for an endearing narrative which makes one…
Sriram reinvents thriller genre
Remember the theme music of 70s flicks like AMIR GARIB, FAKIRA and TRAIN amongst the more popular YAADON KI BARAAT, KAALICHARAN and of course JOHNNY MERA NAAM, which is considered no less than a cult classic today? When you hear similar music in the opening…
A tout 100 minutes escapist fare
First things first. Those who are saying that SPEED is a frame by frame copy of Hollywood flick CELLULAR have not seen at least one of the two films. That's because the fact remains that SPEED does find it's roots in CELLULAR but then grows…
Akshay is heart, soul and body
First things first. BHOOL BHULAIYAA could have been a very good movie instead of being just good which it turns out to be eventually if not for a lukewarm pre-climax and climax!The film has everything going in it's favor till the last 20 minutes…
Instead watch Neha's JULIE
* Jaya Bachchan sewing clothes a la Nirupa Roy in the dead of night to keep 'ghar-ka-chulha' running for her family of four.* Anupam Kher regretting not having a son when he himself hardly acts as a man of the house* Rani leaving…