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Movie Review : Student Of The Year 2

Posted on June 8, 2019 by amodini

Rating : 1/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2019 Running time : 2 hours 26 minutes Director : Punit Malhotra Cast : Tiger Shroff, Tara Sutaria, Ananya Pandey Kid rating : PG-13 Karan Johar’s films may not always make logical … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : De De Pyaar De (2019)

Posted on June 2, 2019 by amodini

Rating : 2/5 Genre : Comedy Year : 2019 Running time : 2 hours 40 minutes Director : Akiv Ali Cast : Ajay Devgn, Tabu, Rakul Preet Singh, Alok Nath, Jimmy Shergill Kid rating : PG-13 The bare bones: 50 … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Student Of The Year 2 (releases May 10th, 2019)

Posted on May 6, 2019 by amodini

Remember Student of the Year 1? Well, here’s edition #2! This one stars Tiger Shroff, yes he of the only dancing, no-acting school :). Also 2 new heroines make their debut – Tara Sutaria and Ananya Pandey (Chunky Pandey’s daughter). … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Kalank (releases 17th April 2019)

Posted on April 13, 2019 by amodini

Kalank is a set during the partition era and is replete with beautiful women and sets to gladden a Bhansali’s heart. It is directed by Abhishek Varman who also directed the entertaining “2 States”. The trailer looks interesting and although … Continue reading →

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What To Watch on Netflix and Amazon Prime – Edition #32

Posted on April 7, 2019 by amodini

– Made in Heaven (Amazon Prime, Series) From the makers of Gully Boy comes Made in Heaven. Zoya Akhtar, Alankrita Shrivastava (director of Lipstick Under My Burkha), Nitya Mehra (director of Baar Baar Dekho) and Prashant Nair direct. MIH is … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Romeo Akbar Walter (releases 5th April 2019)

Posted on March 30, 2019 by amodini

This spy movie stars John Abraham, Jackie Shroff, Boman rani and Goving Namdeo. Television actress Mouni Roy, who made her debut in Gold, plays the female lead. Although one wonders how much there will be for her to do since … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Kesari (releases 21st March 2019)

Posted on March 16, 2019 by amodini

Kesari is a historical movie about the battle of Saragarhi (1897). It stars Akshay Kumar, Parineeti and per IMDB Bhagyashree (of Maine Pyar Kiya fame)!! I haven’t see any of director Anurag Singh’s previous work, so am crossing my fingers … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Badla (2019)

Posted on March 9, 2019 by amodini

Rating : 3/5 Genre : Mystery Year : 2019 Running time : 2 hours Director : Sujoy Ghosh Cast : Amitabh Bachchan, Taapsee Pannu, Amrita Singh, Tony Luke, Manav Kaul Kid rating : PG-13 I went in with high expectations … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Badla (releases 8th March 2019)

Posted on March 2, 2019 by amodini

A mystery at long last! It is directed by Sujoy Ghosh who directed both Kahaani and it’s sequel and the very interesting short Ahalya, from Large Short Films.