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Movie Preview : Shaadi Ke Side Effects (28th Feb 2014)

Posted on February 15, 2014 by amodini

Remember Pyaar Ke Side Effects? Here’s life a few years later : Shaadi Ke Side Effects by the same director Saket Chaudhary. SKSE stars Farhan Akhtar and Vidya Balan.

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Movie Review : Hasee Toh Phasee (2014)

Posted on February 9, 2014 by amodini

Rating : Below Average (2.5/5) Genre : Romance/Comedy Year : 2014 Running Time : 2 hour 20 minutes Director : Vinil Mathew Cast : Parineeti Chopra, Sidharth Malhotra, Adah Sharma, Manoj Joshi, Sharat Saxena, Nina Kulkarni Kidwise : G This … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : The LunchBox (2013)

Posted on February 6, 2014 by amodini

Rating : Very Good (4.5/5)Genre : DramaYear : 2013Running time : 1 hour 45 minutesDirector : Ritesh BatraCast : Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Lilette Dubey, Nakul VaidKidwise : G The film starts off showing us a young Mumbai … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Highway (21st Feb 2014)

Posted on February 1, 2014 by amodini

Alia Bhatt and Randeep Hooda? Who would’ve thunk it? From the trailer Highway looks like Stockholm Syndrome in Kashmir, but this is an Imtiaz Ali product, so there’s got to be more. Here’s a preview:

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Movie Review : Dedh Ishqiya (2014)

Posted on January 28, 2014 by amodini

Rating : Good (4/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2014 Running time : 2 hours 32 minutes Director : Abhishek Chaubey Cast : Naseeruddin Shah, Madhuri Dixit, Arshad Warsi, Huma Qureshi Kid rating : PG-13 “Dedh Ishqiya” is a better … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Hasee Toh Phasee (7th Feb 2014)

Posted on January 23, 2014 by amodini

You might remember Siddharth from “Student Of The Year”. Here he returns with peppy Parineeti Chopra (of Shuddh Desi Romance fame). HTP is produced by Karan Johar and Anurag Kashyap; Kashyap’s inclusion gives me hope that this will be more than … Continue reading →

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What to Watch on Netflix Instant : Edition #15

Posted on January 18, 2014 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B00BB8XEJY” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]- Little White Lies (“Les petits mouchoirs”, France, 2010) : I loved this film. This is a fine, fine film, and one of the best movies I have seen recently. The movie is about a … Continue reading →

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The Music of Mademoiselle Chambon

Posted on January 13, 2014 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B0045W9D3E” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]I recently saw Mademoiselle Chambon on Netflix, and while I didn’t care for the film too much, the soundtrack of the film is magnificent. It is composed of classic violin pieces, played in the film … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Dhoom 3

Posted on January 9, 2014 by amodini

Rating : Average (3/5) Genre : Action/Thriller Year : 2013 Running time : 2 hours 52 minutes Director : Vijay Krishna Acharya Cast : Amir Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Jackie Shroff, Katrina Kaif, Uday Chopra Kidwise : PG-13 Many die-hard Dhoom … Continue reading →

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Bollywood Roundup : 2013

Posted on January 4, 2014 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B00FOP6SOI” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Good Hindi Movies are like a mirage – the closer you get the more it seems to deteriorate. Pickings were slim this past year, but nevertheless, I valiantly cobbled together for you The Best Movies of … Continue reading →

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