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Movie Review : NH10 (2015)

Posted on March 15, 2015 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B00TPIAAX0″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link] Rating : Good (4/5) Genre : Thriller Year : 2015 Running time : 1 hours 54 minutes Director : Navdeep Singh Cast : Anushka Sharma, Neil Bhoopalam, Deepti Naval, Darshan Kumaar Kidwise Rating: A … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Dozakh – In Search of Heaven (20th March 2015)

Posted on March 13, 2015 by amodini

This small budget movie about religion and religious tolerance comes via a newbie director. It stars the fantastic Lalit Tiwari, whom you might remember from Shyam Benegal’s Hari-bhari. I hope this film releases in the US and does well, because … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Ugly (2014)

Posted on March 9, 2015 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B00TJG07CW” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Rating : Good (4/5) Genre : Thriller Year : 2014 Running time : 2 hours 8 minutes Director : Anurag Kashyap Cast : Ronit Roy, Tejaswini Kolhapure, Surveen Chawla, Rahul Bhat, Vineet Singh, Girish Kulkarni … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : NH10 (releases 13th March 2015)

Posted on March 2, 2015 by amodini

Watching this trailer makes my hair stand on end. And that’s not the chief reason I want to watch NH10 – it’s director Navdeep Singh, who in 2007, gave us the exceptional “Manorama 6 feet Under”. This film stars Anushka Sharma … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Badlapur (2015)

Posted on February 25, 2015 by amodini

Rating : Good (3.8/5) Genre : Thriller Year : 2015 Running time : 2 hours 14 minutes Director : Sriram Raghavan Cast : Varun Dhawan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Kumud Mishra, Vinay Pathak, Yami Gautam, Huma Qureshi, Radhika Apte, Divya Dutta [amazon_link … Continue reading →

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What To Watch On Netflix Instant – Edition #24

Posted on February 21, 2015 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B00HYTOUCE” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]The Prey (“La Proie”, France, 2011) Frank Adrien is serving his jail sentence for a heist attempt, but breaks out of jail when he perceives a threat to his family. Now he must fight off … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Badlapur (releases 20th February 2015)

Posted on February 6, 2015 by amodini

Varun Dhawan in a “different” role in Badlapur – he plays an angry revenge-seeker. There is also Yami Gautam, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Huma Qureshi. Also, most importantly, this is a Sriram Raghavan film.

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Movie Review : Dolly ki Doli (2015)

Posted on February 2, 2015 by amodini

Rating : Below average (2/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2014 Running time : 1 hours 40 minutes Director : Abhishek Dogra Cast : Sonam Kapoor, Rajkumar Rao, Pulkit Samrat, Archana Puran Singh Dolly ki Doli is a movie which … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Baby (2015)

Posted on January 28, 2015 by amodini

Rating : Good (3.85/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2015 Running time : 2 hours 40 minutes Director : Neeraj Pandey Cast : Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher, Tapsee Pannu, Danny Denzongpa, Rana Daggubatti, Kaykay Menon Going by Akshay Kumar’s recent … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Detective Byomkesh Bakshi (3rd April 2015)

Posted on January 23, 2015 by amodini

I’m really looking forward to Byomkesh Bakshi. For starters, it’s a detective film, which we have precious few of (there was Manorama Six Feet Under, but it’s been a few years), and then it is directed by Dibakar Banerjee. And … Continue reading →