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Movie Review : Ek Thi Daayan

Posted on May 9, 2013 by amodini

Rating : 3.2/5 Genre : Horror Year : 2013 Running time : 2 hours Director : Kannan Iyer Cast : Konkona Sen-Sharma, Emraan Hashmi, Huma Qureishi, Kalki Koechlin, Pavan Malhotra Kid rating : PG-13 Bobo, the Baffler (Hashmi) is the … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Aurangzeb (2013)

Posted on May 4, 2013 by amodini

Brimful of stars, this Yashraj production releases 17th May. It has Rishi Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, southie star Prithviraj (recently seen in Hindi film Aiyyaa), Jackie Shroff. It also has lesser seen actors like Deepti Naval, Amrita Singh and Tanvi Azmi – … Continue reading →

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What to Watch on Netflix Instant : Edition #9

Posted on April 27, 2013 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B0081HLM2E” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]- Headhunters (“Hodejegerne”, Norwegian, subtitled, 2011) : Short-statured Roger Brown is a very successful head-hunter in Norway. He is also, unbeknownst to his beautiful wife Diana, a skilled art thief. When he comes to know … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Table No. 21 (2013)

Posted on April 21, 2013 by amodini

Rating : 3/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2013 Running time : 1 hour 48 minutes Director : Aditya Datt Cast : Paresh Rawal, Rajeev Khandelwal, Tena Desae, Kid rating : PG-13 I’d almost missed this film, until a friend … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Gippi (2013)

Posted on April 16, 2013 by amodini

A change of pace for Hindi cinema, Gippi is a coming-of-age story, for kids, or teens rather. Directed by Sonam Nair, who was assistant director on “Wake up, Sid”, this comes to the big screen (on May 10th) via Karan … Continue reading →

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3 Great Hindi Films NOT To Remake

Posted on April 12, 2013 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B0011W8DPU” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Watching the trailer for the new “Chashme Baddoor” makes me want to list out all the films that should not be remade, especially by David Dhawan. The list is long, but here are 3 out of … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : OMG – Oh My God

Posted on April 5, 2013 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B009SLANLI” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Rating : 3.2/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2012 Running time : 2 hours 10 minutes Director : Umesh Shukla Cast : Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal, Mithun Chakraborty, Kid rating : PG-13 Kanjibhai (Rawal) is … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Nautanki Saala

Posted on March 29, 2013 by amodini

I’d never thought he was cut out for Bollywood, but Ayushmann Khurana of Vicky Donor fame is actually getting roles. His upcoming “Nautanki Sala” releases April 12th and promises to be a rollicking comedy, from the looks of the trailer. … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Antardwand

Posted on March 22, 2013 by amodini

Rating : 4/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2010 Running time : 1 hr 48 min. Director : Sushil Rajpal Cast : Vinay Pathak, Raj Singh Chowdhary (aka Raja Chowdhary), Akhilendra Mishra, Jaya Bhattacharya, Himanshi, Swati Sen Kid rating : … Continue reading →

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What to Watch on Netflix : Edition #8

Posted on March 15, 2013 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B005NGKKC4″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]– Point Blank (“À bout portant”, French with subtitles, 2010) : A male nurse rescues the wrong guy. His henchmen kidnap the nurse’s wife promising to kill her unless he manages to extricate the criminal from the … Continue reading →