Category Archives: directors

Movie Review : Simran (2017)

Posted on November 4, 2017 by amodini

Rating : 3.7/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2017 Running time : 2 hours Director : Hansal Mehta Cast : Kangana Ranaut, Sohum Shah, Kishori Shahane, Hiten Kumar, Rupinder Nagra Kid rating: PG-15 Kangana Ranaut is “Simran” – an alias … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Simran (releases September 15th, 2017)

Posted on August 19, 2017 by amodini

Simran is a film I’m looking forward to, because it is directed by Hansal Mehta (Aligarh, Shahid) and stars Kangana Ranaut, wo this year, hasn’t had much in the way of hits.

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Movie Review : Bahubali2 (The Conclusion)

Posted on July 15, 2017 by amodini

Rating : 3.5/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2016 Running time : 2 hours 47 minutes Director : S. S. Rajamouli Cast : Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty, Ramya Krishnan, Sathyaraj, Tammanah Bhatia, Nasser Kid rating: PG Now that we’d … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Jab Harry Met Sejal (releases 4th August 2017)

Posted on July 8, 2017 by amodini

A not so clever pun on “When Harry met Sally”, which is a very different story, this one stars Shahrukh as Punjabi Harinder, and Anushka as Gujarati Sejal Shah. Looks cute. And it’s directed by Imtiaz Ali. High hopes etc. … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Jolly LLB 2 (2017)

Posted on May 6, 2017 by amodini

Rating : 3.4/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2016 Running time : 2 hours 20 minutes Director : Subhash Kapoor Cast : Akshay Kumar, Huma Qureshi, Saurabh Shukla, Annu Kapoor, Sayani Gupta, Kumud Mishra Kid rating: PG This is what … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Befikre (2016)

Posted on April 22, 2017 by amodini

Rating : 3.6/5 Genre : Romance Year : 2016 Running time : 2 hours 30 minutes Director : Aditya Chopra Cast : Ranveer Singh, Vaani Kapoor, Arrmaan Ralhan, Ayesha Mishra Kid rating: PG-13 Befikre – or carefree, is what our … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Jagga Jasoos (releases July 14th, 2017)

Posted on April 1, 2017 by amodini

Anurag Basu brings us a tale of a search – a search for Jagga Jasoos’s missing father. Jagga (Ranbir Kapoor) is accompanied by the lovely Katrina. Seems quirky.

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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 →