Author Archives: amodini

I am a LAMB

Posted on August 28, 2011 by amodini

Really. I am. Not the white, wooly kinds; I am a filmi LAMB. We tweet, as opposed to bleat. Poetic, no ? 🙂 – take a look!

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Ah! Another film I’m looking forward too. And there are many reasons – there’s Shahid Kapoor and Sonam as the lead pair, and they have great chemistry together. Then there’s the director – Shahid’s dad Pankaj Kapur (of Office Office … Continue reading →

Posted in 2011, drama, family-friendly, Previews, romance | Tagged upcoming | 1 Comment

Simi Aunty is here again!

Posted on August 19, 2011 by amodini

Simi Garewal is back on the small screen again with her new show “Simi Selects India’s Most Desirable”. In it she interviews the “hot and single = desirable” people of Bollywood. Apparently she will diversify beyond Bollywood but that hasn’t … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : 7 Khoon Maaf

Posted on August 14, 2011 by amodini

Rating : 2/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2011 Running time : 2 hours 10 minutes Director : Vishal Bharadwaj Cast : Priyanka Chopra, Naseeruddin Shah, John Abraham, Annu Kapoor, Irfan Khan, Usha Uthup Kid rating : PG-15 7 KHOON … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Shaitan

Posted on August 6, 2011 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B0056L5T86″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link] Rating : 4/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2011 Running time : 2 hours Director : Bejoy Nambiar Cast : Kalki Koechlin, Rajeev Khandelwal, Rajit Kapoor, Neil Bhoopalam, Nikhil Chinappa, Rajat Barmecha, Kirti Kulhari, … Continue reading →

Posted in 2011, bollywood, drama, rating-A, rating-R, recommended, thriller | Tagged noir, violent | 9 Comments

Movie Review : Shor in the City

Posted on July 30, 2011 by amodini

Rating : 4/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2011 Running time : 2 hours Director : Krishna D.K., Raj Nidimoru Cast : Tushar Kapoor, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Sundeep Kishan, Radhika Apte, Zakir Hussain, Pitobash Tripathy, Nikhil Dwivedi, Preeti Desai, Amit Mistry, … Continue reading →

Posted in 2011, bollywood, crime, drama, humor, outstanding, recommended, social issues, thriller | 12 Comments

Nero’s Guests

Posted on July 26, 2011 by amodini

Genre : Documentary Year : 2009 Running time : 1 hour Director : Deepa Bhatia A quarter of a million Indian farmers have committed suicide since 1995. Sound shocking ? Well, I’m not making this stuff up – this is … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Mere brother ki Dulhan

Posted on July 21, 2011 by amodini

Awkward to fall in love with your brother’s to-be bride? You think? Yeah, well that’s the premise of this YashRaj production which hits theatres in September. The film features Imran Khan, Katrina Kaif, and Ali Zafar (of Tere bin Laden … Continue reading →

Posted in 2011, bollywood, Previews, romance | 2 Comments

Movie Review : Zindagi na milegi dobara

Posted on July 17, 2011 by amodini

Rating : 4/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2011 Running time : 2 hours 35 minutes Director : Zoya Akhtar Cast : Hrithik Roshan, Abhay Deol, Farhan Akhtar, Katrina Kaif, Kalki Koechlin, Naseeruddin Shah, Deepti Naval, Ariadna Cabrol, Suhel Seth … Continue reading →

Posted in 2011, drama, humor, rating-PG13, recommended | 8 Comments

The Netflix price hike

Posted on July 14, 2011 by amodini

Once upon a time I was a Blockbuster subscriber. I received DVDs in the mail, and then went over to the physical Blockbuster store (a 10 minute drive) to exchange them for free. I remained a Blockbuster subscriber for a … Continue reading →

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