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Table No 21: Movie Review Rating: 3.0/5

Rating: 3.0/5 The year 2013 starts with Aditya Datt’s latest movie Table No 21, that features Paresh Rawal, Tena Desae and Rajeev Khandelwal in the leads. Table No 21 is not a big budget movie, but it has created some buzz for two crucial reasons: 1) Its promising subject and 2) It has been widely [...]

January 26, 2013No CommentRead More

Son Of Sardaar review by Anupama Chopra Rating: **

India, Nov. 13 — Direction: Ashwni Dhir Actors: Ajay Devgn, Sonakshi Sinha, Sanjay Dutt Rating: ** In 1923, Buster Keaton directed a delightful comedy titled Our Hospitality, about a multi-generational family feud. The last descendent of one family returns to his native village after many years. The rival family wants to kill him but they [...]

November 14, 2012No CommentRead More

Skyfall, James Bond, Movie review Rating***

Rating*** Daniel Craig remains Bond incarnate in the new James Bond film Skyfall which is often dazzling and always audacious, writes Robbie Collin. ‘Ladies and gentlemen, I’m delighted to inform you that Skyfall is Daniel Craig’s best Bond film yet and easily amongst the top three of the entire franchise. Sam Mendes, you bloody genius, [...]

November 1, 2012No CommentRead More

‘Mayilu’ intelligent, but not engrossing

Film: “Mayilu”; Cast: Shri, Shammu, Ananda Vel, Murugan and Ponnusamy; Director: Jeevan; Rating: **1/2 “Mayilu” is an intelligent film about the effect of superstition on the lives of families in Tamil Nadu. If you were to dissect the film minute by minute, you may probably find a few thought-provoking moments, otherwise slow and boring screenplay [...]

October 26, 2012No CommentRead More

‘Chakravyuh’ resolutely etched, firmly grounded drama Movie Review – Rating: ****

Film: Chakravyuh; Cast: Arjun Rampal, Abhay Deol, Anjali Patil, Esha Gupta, Om Puri, and Manoj Bajpayee; Director; Prakash Jha; Rating: **** “Becket” beckons Bollywood once again. The immortal French play by Jean Anouilh was furnished with a sensitive renewability by Hrishikesh Mukherjee in the 1973 movie “Namak Haraam” and then again by Govind Nihalani in [...]

October 24, 2012No CommentRead More

Shudra The Rising Review: Rating***

Rating*** Release Date: 19 Oct 2012 Genre: Social Language: Hindi Director: Sanjeev Jaiswal Producer: Sanjeev Jaiswal, Nitin Mishra Cast: Gauri Shankar Shaji Chaudhary More Cast & Crew Story: Shudra The Rising movie highlights the depth of evil human mind can succumb, to cling on to power and supremacy. Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post [...]

October 19, 2012No CommentRead More

Student of the Year movie review: Rating***

Rating*** Director: Karan Johar Cast: Sidharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Rishi Kapoor, Ronit Roy, Ram Kapoor Think of a quintessential Karan Johar film and opulence, grandeur, style and candy floss emotions come to mind. Not to forget, the song-and-dance extravaganzas with a lavish sprinkling of stars. And Student Of The Year is just that [...]

October 19, 2012No CommentRead More

Movie Review: Bhoot Returns Rating**

Rating** (Horror) Cast:Manisha Koirala, Alayana Sharma, Madhu Shalini, J. D. Chakravarthy Director: Ram Gopal Varma Ram Gopal Varma’s repertoire of films can be classified in basic two categories, good and bad. And Bhoot Returns made in the 3D format can be listed as the worst of the lot. The film plunges directly into the genre [...]

October 12, 2012No CommentRead More

Movie Review: Aiyyaa Rating***

Rating*** (Comedy) Cast:Rani Mukherji, Prithviraj Director: Sachin Kundalkar The Deshpandes are no ordinary brood. And Aiyyaa is no ordinary film. Wildly wakda (read twisted) in more ways than one, it is a film that defies definition. It careens from the dreamy to the delirious, the realistic to the raucous, and the perfectly logical to the [...]

October 12, 2012No CommentRead More

Movie review: Chittagong Rating****

Rating**** (Action, drama) Cast:Manoj Bajpai, Delzad Hiwale, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Barry John, Dibyendu Bhattacharya Director: Bedabrata Pain A little-known but hugely significant chapter of the Indian freedom struggle constitutes the narrative kernel of Chittagong, scientist-turned-filmmaker Bedabrata Pain’s directorial debut. As far as period sagas go, this is anything but average fare. This simple, sure-handed and easy-flowing [...]

October 12, 2012No CommentRead More