Category Archives: bollywood

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

Posted on July 17, 2014 by amodini

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

Posted on July 13, 2014 by amodini

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)

Posted on July 10, 2014 by amodini

[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)

Posted on July 7, 2014 by amodini

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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Har Kisi Ko : Redux

Posted on July 4, 2014 by amodini

Here’s the classic version – from the 1986 Sridevi – Feroze Khan starrer Janbaaz: And then there is this remix version, from Boss, Akshay Kumar – Sonakshi Sinha’s latest venture. Boss is apparently forgettable, but the remix is nicely done.

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Movie Preview : Humpty Sharma ki Dulhaniya (releases 11th July 2014)

Posted on June 26, 2014 by amodini

Dharma Productions brings together the young folk from SOTY, in another romance. Hopefully this will be as entertaining.

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Movie Review : Total Siyapaa

Posted on June 22, 2014 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B00JB9SEJU” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Rating : Poor (-1/5) Genre : Comedy Year : 2014 Running time : 1 hour 48 minutes Director : Eeshwar Nivas Cast : Yami Gautam, Ali Zafar, Anupam Kher, Kirron Kher, Jia Singh Kidwise : … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Bobby Jasoos (releases July 4th 2014)

Posted on June 18, 2014 by amodini

Is India finally getting its own Precious Ramotswe? From the trailer this looks like a pretty interesting film. It’s got Vidya Balan playing a female detective who sets up shop as a detective in Hyderabad (spouting Hyderabadi Hindi and all)! … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Highway (2014)

Posted on June 13, 2014 by amodini

Rating : Above Average (3.5/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2013 Running time : 1 hour 35 minutes Director : Alia Bhatt, Randeep Hooda Kidwise : R Highway is about Veera Tripathi (Bhatt), coddled rich girl, who is almost accidentally … Continue reading →

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What to Watch on Netflix Instant : Edition #18

Posted on June 8, 2014 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B000IZ7YK6″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Chinatown (USA, 1974) This Roman Polanski film stars a much younger (but still balding) Jack Nicholson as detective J.J. Gittes, who specializes in catching cheating spouses. When hired by a Mrs. Mulwray to expose the … Continue reading →