Movie review – Dhamaka – Kartik Aaryan rocks the show in this tout thriller
A 90 minute film which unfolds over a few hours and has a plot based narrative, Dhamaka by all means is a difficult story to be told and even more…
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Review – Sanya Malhotra shines in Meenakshi Sundareshwar, Abhimanyu underplays his act
Pick the soul of Saathiya, sprinkle it with the sound of Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein, create a bit of 2 States atmosphere and jazz it all up with an…
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Movie review – Hum Do Hamaare Do – elevated by all around good performances of the entire cast, works well for family audiences
In a dimly lit room, Paresh Rawal sips over his whiskey, while enjoying an umpteenth rerun of Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore’s classic Amar Prem. He loves to reminisce the…
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Movie review – Dybbuk – Emraan Hashmi and Nikita Dutta starrer is an urban horror thriller with a difference
An urban horror thriller with Jewish folklore as the core backdrop – Now that’s something new indeed for a Bollywood film. Though over the years Vikram Bhatt, and earlier Ram…
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Movie review – Shiddat – A heartfelt romantic affair for those who are hopelessly in love
“Why me?”, she asks emotionally. “Because you, are well, you”, he says with a living heart After Kabir Singh, if there is a movie that has seen a simple question…
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Review – Thalaivii works for its powerful drama in the second half
Making a biopic is a tricky proposition. The biggest till date is Sanju and while the film emerged as an all time blockbuster, there were also accusations around it being…
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Review – Bhoot Police is fun while it lasts
Now this is what falls under the purview of being a timepass affair. A horror comedy that did promise chuckles when the promo was launched, Bhoot Police ensures that there…
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Movie review – Helmet makes for an easy watch, has a seamless narrative
Now this is one movie which pretty much belongs to ‘Ayushmann Khurrana genre’. Over the last few years, the actor has chosen many taboo subjects and delivered successes quite regularly.…
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Review – 200 Halla Ho – Amol Palekar is a revelation all over again in this hard hitting drama
Amazed, I was truly amazed to see Amol Palekar back in action. Last seen in a Hindi film exactly 20 years back in a brief role in Aks [2001], and…
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Movie review – Shershaah – Sidharth Malhotra delivers his career best in this solid entertainer
First things first. By all means, this must be the toughest role for Sidharth Malhotra to enact. While he has been a part of several popcorn entertainers as well as…
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Movie review – Dial 100 – Manoj Bajpayee does it again in this tense drama
Manoj Bajpayee is clearly on a roll. One outing after another, he has been delivering performances that are different from each other and are getting noticed by one and all.…
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Review – Hungama 2 is a shockingly poor show
The signs were there right at the time of Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal and Bumm Bumm Bhole as well. The man who had delivered a series of comedy hits, Priyadarshan, had…
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Exclusive Review – Toofaan – This Farhan Akhtar and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra film is a major winner
If Toofaan was a web series, it could well have arrived in two seasons. Reason behind that this film is practically two stories told back to back. Yes, when it…
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Exclusive review – State of Siege: Temple Attack – Well crafted action sequences are the core of this Akshaye Khanna starrer
The tone is set right at the beginning of State of Siege: Temple Attack with a well crafted action sequence as a prologue. Even as the two Akshays, Akshaye Khanna…
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Exclusive review – Collar Bomb – Jimmy Sheirgill’s film raises an important question around perception v/s reality
Do perceptions end up driving our beliefs? Is reality different from what it seems? Can prejudice lead to unexpected outcomes? These are some of the questions that Dnyanesh Zoting directed…
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Movie review – Haseen Dillruba – This Taapsee Pannu starrer is way too far fetched
As a teenager, I used to regularly pick up pulp fiction literature during my train journeys. It was a different kind of high altogether to grab a Surendra Mohan Pathak…
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Movie review – Shaadisthan doesn’t work at all, suffers from patchy execution
More often than not warning signs are there right at the time of announcement itself. In case of Shaadisthan, there wasn’t even a semblance of announcement. The promo wasn’t ‘promoted’…
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25 Years of Prem Granth – Rishi Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit’s social drama which was outdated even 25 years back
Time and again one comes across a statement that so and so film was way ahead of its times and hence it couldn’t do well at the box office. Same…
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Movie review – Sardar Ka Grandson – A surprisingly heartwarming movie by Arjun Kapoor and Neena Gupta
She is Sardar, a 90 year old Sikh woman who communicates via iPad, runs her multi-million cycle business, is forward thinking to bring on new designs and is attached to…
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Movie review – Radhe caters to the gallery, is just the kind of Salman Khan film for his fans
‘Radhe’, ‘Wanted’, ‘Ek Baar Jo Maine Commitment Kar Di’, ‘Blue Bracelet’, ‘Big Boss’, ‘Being Human’, and a lot more: These are the kind of tropes which are in abundance in…
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