Category Archives: bollywood

Movie Preview : Phillauri (releases March 24th, 2017)

Posted on March 18, 2017 by amodini

A Punjabi love-tale involving a ghostly spirit, Phillauri stars Anushka Sharma (who is also the producer) and Diljit Dosanjh. Seems decent and comedic. The only downside to this is Dosanjh, who I have trouble seeing as a hero. Anushka, however … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Badrinath ki Dulhania (releases March 10th, 2017)

Posted on March 4, 2017 by amodini

Is this Humpty Sharma 2.0 or a whole new film all on its own? Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt star in similar looking avatars; Dhawan probably has the dumb act down pat :). Looks entertaining though!

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Movie Review : Rangoon (2017)

Posted on February 26, 2017 by amodini

Rangoon is slow and meandering. It does get its act together somewhat in the second half, but by then it has sapped you of your will to live :). Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Rangoon (releases February 24th, 2017)

Posted on February 18, 2017 by amodini

Vishal Bharadwaj’s new offering starring Shahid Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan and Kangana Ranaut.

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Movie Preview : Jolly LLB 2 (releases February 10th, 2017)

Posted on February 5, 2017 by amodini

The sequel to Jolly LLB but with Akshay Kumar, who doesn’t have quite the acting chops Arshad Warsi has. Human Qureshi co-stars, and the wonderful Saurabh Shukla makes an appearance. Director Subhaash Kapoor directs this one too.

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Movie Review : Raees (2017)

Posted on February 1, 2017 by amodini

Rating : -1/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2017 Running time : 2 hours 41 minutes Director : Rahul Dholakia Cast : Shahrukh Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Narendra Jha, Zeeshan Ayyub, Mahirah Khan, Atul Kulkarni Kid rating: PG-13 Shahrukh Khan is … Continue reading →

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Best Hindi Films of 2015

Posted on January 28, 2017 by amodini

10. Bajirao Mastani The grandeur and beauty of this film was quite something. While I wasn’t totally floored by this film, it was quite the visual spectacle – Bhansali made sure of that. 9. Badlapur Badlapur was a violent, gory … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Kaabil (releases January 25th, 2017)

Posted on January 21, 2017 by amodini

Kaabil is a revenge drama with a blind protagonist. The film is directed by Sanjay Gupta, so am not sure how subtle this will be, but looks promising.

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