Hindi Reviews
‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha’ – unconventional genre that works
The million dollar question making the rounds is – Does “Love Sex Aur Dhokha” have a story?’ The answer is yes. In fact, there are three stories, each of them being shown in episodic manner with ‘Love’, ‘Sex’ and ‘Dhokha’ being the plot drivers for…
‘Hello Zindagi’ doesn’t bowl you over
A rebellious teenage daughter Kavita (Mrunmayee Lagoo) of a traumatised couple doesn’t know what to do with her life. So she takes off on a journey away from home with a lonely, neglected but brave middle-aged woman to Goa where she saves turtles… and herself.…
‘Thanks Maa’ romantic homage to Mumbai
He’s 12, homeless and he refuses to adopt the swaggering amorality of his friends on the street. They call him Municipal Ghatkopar because that’s the address where he was dumped as a child. But he prefers to be known as Salman Khan.Strongly reminiscent of…
‘Atithee..’ a one-episode sitcom
Be Ajay Devgan’s guest. So many films about the guest as an intruder. But this one takes the creak. And yes we do mean creak. The plot sets out to portray the ‘bin bulaye mehmaan’, or uninvited guest, as a pest rather than a guest…
‘Right Yaaa Wrong’ – is the right choice
Don’t breathe. Don’t dare even blink. And please forget that visit to the loo. Damn, even the bag of popcorn will be forgotten on your clenched lap.“Right Yaaa Wrong” is the surprise shocker of the year. If you’ve forgotten that jump-out-of-the-seat feeling then it’s…
Teen Patti is a hatke experience
Teen Patti Movie Review – Teen Patti begins with Venkat Subramanium (Amitabh Bachchan) invited to the presitigious Cambridge University by Mathematics genius Perci Trachtenberg (Sir Kingsley). On meeting, Venkat an eccentric mathematics scholar himself narrates his personal tale of his invented theory and his tryst…
Straight - Sampurn Wire
Its December 1992 and curfew time in Malvani, Mumbai’s north western suburb when Suryakant Sarang aka Surya (Siddharth) arrives back in Mumbai from an out of town trip. Communal riots have broken out in the area mostly dominated by Muslims. Surya is stopped by the…
Love Aaj Kal - Full Of Love And Romance
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 begins with how a Boy and Girl meet, have a breezy year long affair and then decide to go for…
Luck - Really Lucky
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 be called as one of those stylish flicks of Sanjay Dutt with nothing new to offer in terms of…
New York - Best Show Of Bollywood
Instantly the innocents were tortured sans any clarifications pertaining to 9/11 incident. It’s out and most of imbecility that American Security Forces had rippled down their lives. They paved the way for turning them into terrorists. Who bears the fault? Kabir Khan elaborately blends the…