There are films that entertain. And make you happy. Then once-in-a-while you get to watch a film that makes you say ?? hey what the heck?¦Let??s give life another shot. In other words, you are injected with an unparalleled energy that bolsters your confidence and…

You wonder what Hindi cinema has come to. After the poetic, languorous and tender Dilip Kumar-Madhubala alliance in "Mughal-e-Azam" comes the leery, sordid and sadistic Mahesh Manjrekar-Sameera Reddy liaison in "Musafir"."Musafir" is certainly a grey and grim departure from conventional cinema. It gives us…

Years ago, the late O.P. Ralhan made a film called "Hulchal", which was about a mistaken murder conspiracy. The pace was maddening.The new "Hulchal" certainly doesn't lose the race to pace. Its plot about mistaken perceptions of family pride and ego is narrated with…

Abhi and Rewa, the two protagonists of Ram Gopal Varma's fascinating study of the dynamics of the man-woman relationship within a metropolitan setting, are on their way back after watching an average kitschy movie."The same routine stuff, the same things being said over and…

"Which era do these people belong to!" Rani Mukherjee exclaims about the Pakistani girl and the Indian man who live with the "idea" of love for 22 years.Old yet passionate, frail yet sublime, the estranged lovers in Yash Chopra's eagerly awaited film are no…

A star is born! As the predatory social-climbing seductress who can go to any length to satiate her lust for life, Priyanka Chopra rocks the scene like never before.Her character, appearance, demeanor and moralities are all inspired by Demi Moore in Barry Levinson's "Disclosure".…

Once upon a time he was the sleek specialist. But now, Punkaj Parasher's take on Paul Verhoeven's box-office hit "Basic Instinct" is so deplorably dull, you wonder why he ever bothered to get into it.This is basically an extinct version of "Basic Instinct". Or,…

Straight away, let's give debutant director Anupam Sinha his due. He has tried to dodge the formula in some areas of his film, never mind the artistic liberties whereby some European resort is passed off as London.Never mind the wholesale relocation of the Hollywood…

It's okay to be purposelessly chic at times."Popcorn Khao...Mast Ho Jao" belongs unapologetically to the cool school. It borrows heavily from the Archies comic strip. Newcomer Abhishek Kapoor makes a pleasantly scrambled Archie while Yash Tonk - full of cheesy chutzpah and gulping gusto-is…

Let's get one thing clear right away. "Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahaa" isn't a bad film. It's a boring film. And that's worse than being bad.In the absence of a gripping plot, cohesive narration and coherent characterisations, "Dil Ne..." simply fragments scatters and falls…