Hindi Reviews
Robot
'Robot' is the kind of film that leaves you with an enthralling feeling once it ends. In fact you are almost breathless as the end credits start rolling since the action is so fast moving, energetic, imaginative and above all, well executed that you can't…
Life Express
What all about?It is a film about the dilemma faced by ambitious career women. Raising a family would interfere with the progress of their career. How can a woman take maternity leave for six months when her career is galloping forward. She has important…
We Are Family
What is it all about?The pioneer in Bollywood legal adaptation starts as a mature family comedy but as the reelprogress its ends up as a factory tear jerker as ordered by the Dharmas but the excellenceof Kajol and the brilliance of Kareena…
Champion street fighter
What is it all about?After not a quite memorable experience with ‘Badmaash Company’, Bollywood premiere production company YRF comes down on the streets of ‘Amchi Mumabi’ to find the ‘pyaar’ of the audience and succeeds to a considerable extant.The Story…Of course‘Lafangey Parindey’…
Hello Darling
What is it all about? Honestly, this comedy on male chauvinism had enough potential to ensure a decent run but the 2010 inspiration of the 1994 Kamal Hassan starrer ‘Magalir Mattum’ which in fact was inspired by Jane Fondas’ 1980 laughter ‘9 to 5’ is…
‘Aashayein’ essentially a pack of love songs
Film: “Aashayein”; Music Directors: Pritam Chakroborty, Salim Merchant, Sulaiman Merchant and Shiraz Uppal; Lyricists: Sameer, Kumaar, Shakeel Sohail and Mir Ali Husain; Singers: Neeraj Shridhar, Shaan, Tulsi Kumar, Shiraz Uppal, Zubeen Garg, Shafqat Amanat Ali, Shreya Ghoshal, Mohit Chauhan and Shankar Mahadevan;Director Nagesh Kukunoor’s…
Once Upon A Time a throwback to gangsterism in Mumbai
Film: “Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai”;Starring: Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi,Randeep Hooda, Kangna Ranaut, Prachi Desai;Directed by: Milan Luthria;It’s the way he looks at the camera. Almost as if it doesn’t exist. Ajay Devgn as Sultan Mirza is NOT Haji Mastan, please…
Khatta Meetha’, a satirical swipe at corruption
Film: “Khatta Meetha”;Starring: Akshay Kumar, introducing Trishna Krishnan, Kulbhushan Kharbanda;Directed by: Priyadarshan;First things first. This is not, repeat not, a comedy. Not by any yardstick. For those expecting a typical Priyadarshan-Akshay Kumar comedy “Khatta Meetha” is not your cup of tee-hee. For…
‘Shaapit’ of curses, witchcraft and other horrors
There are good spirits and bad spirits waltzing all over the place. All we have to do is reach into the past and pull out the relevant ghoul, and we are into the realm of the spooky cool.Vikram Bhatt’s “Shaapit” has a certain coherence…
‘Lahore’ takes spirit of sportsmanship across the border
Combining sports and politics is not an easy thing to do. But then it’s not that difficult either, considering the two are inextricably intertwined specially in the Asian subcontinent. Debutant director Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan dares to visit the forbidden territory.“Lahore” is about sports…
