Cast: Sudeep, Amrita Khanvilkar, Ahsaas Channa, Ashwini Kalsekar, Kenny Desai, Jyothi Subhash and Zakir HussainDirector: Ram Gopal VarmaRating: **1/2
It’s a vicious world out there. Anything can happen. “Phoonk” goes into the land of voodoo and black magic. Civilised society may frown at superstition and blind belief. But Ram Gopal Varma’s cinema functions according to laws [...]
Cast: Kay Kay Menon, Irrfan Khan, Soha Ali Khan, Madhavan, Paresh Rawal, Vijay MauryaDirector: Nishikant KamatRating: ** and 1/2
“Mumbai Meri Jaan” is a sincere attempt to capture the aftermath of the serial bomb blasts in Mumbai’s local trains that ripped apart the city’s lifeline on July 11, 2006, killing 80 innocent commuters and leaving scores [...]
Cast: Rahul Bose, Mallika Sherawat, Kay Kay Menon, Paresh Rawal, Pavan MalhotraDirector: Sanjay ChhelRating: *
This film means to be quirky, cute and comical. It ends up being a crashing bore. And the sound of the crash that you hear could be those plaster-of-paris props that adorn the stage where the cast enacts the worst version [...]
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Sohail Khan and othersDirector: Rumy JafryRating: *
Director Rumy Jafry’s directorial debut pretends to say something deep and indelible, but ends up being as profound as a bowl of soggy noodles staring at you for edible nirvana.Arguably one of the most botched-up comedies in recent times, “God Tussi Great [...]
Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Deepika Padukone, Minissha LambaDirector: Siddharth AnandRating: ***
Let’s get real. Commitment phobia is endemic among 20-something urban yuppies, especially in the metros. Siddharth Anand, a master at depicting urban mores - “Salaam Namaste”, “Tara Rum Pum” - this time pulls out all stops to expose the suave urbane heel who cannot [...]
Review by: Taran Adarsh IndiaFMJust a word of caution before you watch this film: SINGH IS KINNG is not for the intellectuals or those pretending to be one. It’s not for the hard-nosed critics either.
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Vipul Shah. Anees Bazmee. Akshay Kumar. Katrina Kaif. Four names for whom success has become a habit. That makes [...]
Cast: Mallika Sherawat, Ranvir ShoreyDirector: Sachin KhotRating: **
A romantic comedy that starts with a fart and a puke joke can only get better as it progresses. Sure enough, “Ugly Aur Pagli” brings us a kind of detoxicated sex comedy where the gender war is telescoped into a vivacious tongue-in-shriek war of words between an outwardly [...]
Cast: Govinda, Manoj Bajpai, Aftab Shivdasani, Upen Patel, Celina Jaitley, Hansika MotwaniDirector: Ganesh AcharyaRating: **
Give this film a chance. “Money Hai To Honey Hai” has a certain sincerity of purpose and a rather sturdy narrative that serves the comic purpose until interval. But that’s when the pace slackens, the interest-level droops and the chuckles drop [...]
Cast: Vivek Oberoi, Zayed Khan, Shabbir Ahluwalia, Nikitin Dheer, Shriya Sharan, Shweta BhardwajDirector: Apoorva LakhiaRating: ** ½
Mission Istanbul has some superbly skilful editing. The editor’s scissors snip through the material on international terrorism demonstrating a tailor’s tight command over size and measurement.In fact, editor Rajesh Singh’s work is so exemplary in the first half, you [...]
Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Vidya BalanDirector: Aziz MirzaRating: ***
“Kismat Konnection” is one of the sweetest and most endearing romantic comedies in recent times. Its beauty and charm lie in its truthful and transparent depiction of life.In one of the gloriously gossamer moments in “Kismat Konnection”, the hero - a harassed working-class entity and the kind of [...]