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Movie Preview : Daawat-e-Ishq (5th September 2014)

Habib Faisal writes and directs another love story situated in Hyderabad. Am looking forward to this peppy Parineeti-Aditya Roy Kapur starrer:

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Movie Review : Ankhon Dekhi (2013)

[amazon_link id=”B00M4M6OGG” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Rating : Very Good (4.2/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2013 Running time : 1 hour 48 minutes Director : Rajat Kapoor Cast : Sanjay Mishra, Rajat Kapoor, Seema Pahwa, Taranjit Kaur, Namit Das, Maya … Continue reading

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Movie Preview : Raja Natwarlal (releases August 29th)

Emraan Hashmi returns after Ghanchakkar with another interesting looking film. Kunal Deshmukh directs this one, and while he’s directed other forgettable films, let’s hope this one’s the exception to the rule.

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Movie Review : One By Two (2014)

[amazon_link id=”B00IN5AAMC” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Rating : Poor (1/5) Genre : Romance Year : 2014 Running time : 2 hours 15 minutes Director : Devika Bhagat Cast : Abhay Deol, Preeti Desai, Rati Agnihotri, Jayant Kripalani, Yashika Dhillon Kidwise : … Continue reading

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Movie Preview : Mardaani (releases 22nd Aug 2014)

Rani Mukherjee returns as a cop in a hard-hitting film about child sex trafficking:

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What to Watch on Netflix Instant : Edition #19

[amazon_link id=”B009UHGW7Y” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]- The Scapegoat (UK, 2012) John Standing lives a lowkey life as a teacher at a boarding school. At a local pub one day,  he spies someone who looks exactly like him. The other guy, … Continue reading

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Movie Preview : Amit Sahni Ki List (18th July 2014)

Is Vir Das (of Delhi Belly/Revolver Rani fame) finally getting his due? Das also makes his singing debut in this film with the song “Pyar Hai Ek Kutti Cheez”. Ah! The romance! The poetry! 🙂

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Movie Review : Humpty Sharma ki Dulhaniya

Rating : Average (3/5) Genre : Romance Year : 2014 Running time : 2 hours 18 minutes Director : Shashank Khaitan Cast : Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Siddharth Shukla, Ashutosh Rana, Kenny Desi, Gaurav Pandey, Sahil Vaid Kidwise : PG … Continue reading

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Movie Review : Bobby Jasoos (2014)

[amazon_link id=”B00KZHYAKY” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link] Rating : Excellent (4.2/5) Genre : Mystery Year : 2014 Running time : 1 hour 57 minutes Director : Samar Shaikh Cast : Vidya Balan, Ali Fazal, Supriya Pathak, Tanvi Azmi, Rajendra Gupta, Zarina … Continue reading

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Movie Review : Ek Villain (2014)

Rating : Poor (1/5) Genre : Thriller Year : 2014 Running time : 2 hours 9 minutes Director : Mohit Suri Cast : Sidharth Malhotra, Shraddha Kapoor, Reitesh Deshmukh Kidwise : PG-15 “Ek Villain” looked so good from the trailer that … Continue reading

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