Hindi Reviews

Sirf 24 Ghante - Engrossing Fare

In the last few weeks I have suffered some long-n-surreptiously-boring films. Hence I walked in with a fair amount of trepidation in a cloistered preview theatre to watch an east-meets-west titled film €˜Deadline-Sirf 24 Ghante€™. And two hour and a few minutes later, I had…

More Honey Than Money

There was a coffee advertisement where tennis star Sania Mirza is overwhelmed by the weight of expectations to know that parents had been naming their daughters Sania after her name. I hope she doesn€™t watch Sangeeth Sivan€™s mad-cap-sleaze-flick €˜Apna Sapna Money Money€™ for it seems…

Crappy Incest-Fest

How can a Neuro surgeon double up as a gynecologist? Beats me€¦And you too shall feel like beating a hasty retreat out of the stuffy cinema hall showing €˜Janani€™, a weird family drama gravitating between being an incest-fest to making a joke out of artificial…

The Road to Destiny - Not Worth it

Amitabh Bachchan is one of the busiest brand ambassadors in the country on the small screen. He promotes anything from detergent powders to batteries to chocolates. Now he must add in-film promotion of Brand Big B as well. Especially after a B-grade in-the-can-for-a-long-time film €˜Rehguzar€™…

Bad Marketing of a….

A promising film kept under wraps for a wee bit longer can spoil the curiosity surrounding it. That€™s exactly the problem with Bhupendra Gupta€™s €˜Unns€™ that boasts of some sincere performances but with such ridiculously low publicity and a release in merely two theatres in…

It’s Time to Go Dhoom Guys

Those blue-diamond-eyes make the king of thieves go €˜Krazy Kiya€™ on her €˜Dhoom Again€™ beats. And that€™s not all guys. If you wish to saunter your way into the magnificent world of fantastic babes, brilliant-stunts-n-special-effects and whistle-evoking locations then Sanjay Gadhavi€™s ode to Fantasy €˜Dhoom…

Tepid Love Story

Good intentions don€™t always translate into a good film. That€™s exactly the case in €˜With Luv Tumhara€™ where director Kamal Nathani successfully intends to make a good clean film with decent performances, wedded-to-nature locales and melodious music. But the predictability factor in this love story…

Buddy…Time to take a break

Tears for fears. Anyone€¦ I am a sucker for sob stories and love to let the stream of emotions glide through the eyes. But while watching €˜Babul€™ each time that urge welled up, the effect was diluted by the simplistic superficiality of the treatment meted…

Runway to nowhere

It€™s a perfect example of the final product failing to match the enormous hype. For the convoluted plot, a stream of uninspired star cast, ear-splitting-music and a torturous almost-three-hour length makes €˜Bhagam Bhag€™ a heap of suffering. And if you want the dope on the…

I-C-U Ghost

This one€™s a different kinda ghost. For her body is still alive-n-breathing. The playful spirit has the €˜network€™ to €˜roam€™ around, sermonize, sing songs and also co-ordinate medical operations. And lots more€¦Arjun Rampal€™s debut production €˜I See You€™ is an indulgent exercise in cinematic liberties.…