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Movie Preview : Toilet – Ek Prem Katha (releases August 11th, 2017)

Posted on July 22, 2017 by amodini

If you search the web, you find many articles on the lack of proper toilet facilities in rural India – especially for women. This is the subject for this romantic tale. It stars Akshay Kumar and the much-slimmed-down Bhumi Pednekar, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Bahubali2 (The Conclusion)

Posted on July 15, 2017 by amodini

Rating : 3.5/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2016 Running time : 2 hours 47 minutes Director : S. S. Rajamouli Cast : Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty, Ramya Krishnan, Sathyaraj, Tammanah Bhatia, Nasser Kid rating: PG Now that we’d … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Jab Harry Met Sejal (releases 4th August 2017)

Posted on July 8, 2017 by amodini

A not so clever pun on “When Harry met Sally”, which is a very different story, this one stars Shahrukh as Punjabi Harinder, and Anushka as Gujarati Sejal Shah. Looks cute. And it’s directed by Imtiaz Ali. High hopes etc. … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Bahubali (The Beginning)

Posted on July 1, 2017 by amodini

Rating : 3.8/5 Genre : Historical Year : 2015 Running time : 3 hours 17 minutes Director : S. S. Rajamouli Cast : Prabhas, Rana Daggubatti, Ramya Krishnan, Sathyaraj, Nasser, Tamannah Bhatia, Anushka Shetty Kid rating: PG Bahubali came and … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Dear Zindagi (2016)

Posted on June 25, 2017 by amodini

Rating : 3.5/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2016 Running time : 2 hours 30 minutes Director : Gauri Shinde Cast : Shahrukh Khan, Alia Bhatt, Kunal Kapoor, Ali Zafar, Angad Bedi Kid rating: PG Dear Zindagi is a coming-of-age, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : M.S. Dhoni – The Untold Story (2016)

Posted on June 20, 2017 by amodini

Rating : 3.9/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2016 Running time : 2 hours 20 minutes Director : Neeraj Pandey Cast : Sushant Singh Rajput, Kiara Advani, Anupam Kher, Disha Patani, Kumud Mishra, Rajesh Sharma Kid rating: G I hadn’t … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Raabta (releases 9th June 2017)

Posted on May 27, 2017 by amodini

Raabta’s trailer promises an interesting story – rebirth/time-travel maybe? I’m being optimistic with the time-travel hopes, of course 🙂 . This is the first directorial venture for prolific film producer Dinesh Vijan, who’s run the gamut from producing tasteful crowd-pleasers … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Hindi Medium (releases 12th May 2017)

Posted on May 12, 2017 by amodini

Irrfan Khan, Deepak Dobriyal and Pakistani actress Saba Qamar star in Saket Chaudhary’s (he also directed the very lovely “Pyaar ke Side Effects”) “Hindi Medium”. In the film Qamar’s character says that in India, English isn’t a language – it’s … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Jolly LLB 2 (2017)

Posted on May 6, 2017 by amodini

Rating : 3.4/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2016 Running time : 2 hours 20 minutes Director : Subhash Kapoor Cast : Akshay Kumar, Huma Qureshi, Saurabh Shukla, Annu Kapoor, Sayani Gupta, Kumud Mishra Kid rating: PG This is what … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Meri Pyaari Bindu (releases 12th May 2017)

Posted on April 29, 2017 by amodini

Abhi (Ayushmann Khurana) and Bindu’s (Parineeti Chopra) love-story comes at us 12th May. Look promising. The film will continue the saga told of in the trailers, which are 5 in all, all conveniently embedded below for your viewing pleasure. Chapter … Continue reading →

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