Hindi Reviews

Same Same, Nothing Different

After the huge success of films like Dor and Iqbal, a Nagesh Kukunoor film starring Nagesh€™s chela -Shreyas Tadpade comes your way. Expectations for this flick too are running high. So here€™s how the plot goes.Shankar (Shreyas Tadpade), a Mumbai cook, in desperate need…

The right mix to create halla at the box office

An Ajay Devgan-Rajkumar Santoshi combo film always creates those vibes irrespective of the box office success. Take for example The Legend Of Bhagat Singh which didn€™t do too well at the box office but went on to receive the national award. With Halla Bol too,…

A complete lost affair

To begin with, the film revolves around Anthony Gonsalves (Nikhil Dwivedi)- a struggling actor who is picked up from the streets and handed over to Father Braganza( Mithun Chakraborthy) by the local gangster Sikander Bhai (Pawan Malhotra).Anthony finds himself a job at the local…

Poorly-Cooked Recipe

When Dhokha followed Awarapan which followed Woh Lamhe€¦ that came after Holiday, we knew that it was high and more time that Vishesh Films and the three Bhatts changed their formula. But they do not seem to have learnt their lessons at all!Time was…

Irreverent Blunder!

The importance of the three pillar of cinema €“ script, direction and editing €“ is not confined to live features but also extends to animation, documentaries and anything on movie camera. Nothing highlights this more than The Return Of Hanuman, a complete anticlimax after the…

It's a mob mob mob world

Before we get into the review of this caper, let me go off at a tangent. When I read the cast, I ruminated on the following points:Feroz and Anil last came together in the dark Feroz production Janbaaz, Anil and Nana were at loggerheads…

Outstanding Entertainment

Welcome (pun intended) to the world of Walt Disney in India! Yes, that€™s exactly how Aamir Khan, debuting as director, and his creative team package the film, making a classic entertainer that does not bore a second at 18 reels on a subject as socially-vital…

Surprise Package

They have pulled it off. Ten stories, each self-sufficient and completely diverse, yet almost always with a twist in the tale, are woven into one 100-minute film. Obviously in such a case, all stories cannot be bad, and all cannot be great either. But Gupta…

Lost Cause

The film is set between 1953 and 1965. Junior artiste Nikhat (Soha Ali Khan) goes through multiple casting couches from the age of 14 till she catches the attention of top star Prem Kumar (Rajat Kapoor) who gets her a big break. He also patronizes…

Madhuri Magic

Last shot of AAJA NACHLE has Akshaye Khanna (yes, he is there in the film) offering one large STARBUCKS coffee to Madhuri Dixit in the US of A. Curtains on the screen go down and my next seat cinegoer tells his girlfriend - "You know…