Category Archives: directors

Movie Preview : M. S. Dhoni (releases September 30, 2016)

Posted on September 17, 2016 by amodini

Neeraj Pandey (of Special 26, A Wednesday fame) directs this bio-pic of Mahindra Singh Dhoni. Sushant Singh Rajput plays the lead role.

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Movie Review : Baar Baar Dekho (2016)

Posted on September 11, 2016 by amodini

Rating : 3.5/5 Genre : Romance Year : 2016 Running time : 2 hours 27 minutes Director : Nitya Mehra Cast : Katrina Kaif, Siddharth Malhotra, Sarika, Rajit Kapoor, Ram Kapoor, Sayani Gupta Kid rating: PG I heard someone say … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Nil Battey Sannata (2015)

Posted on August 7, 2016 by amodini

Rating : 4.5/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2015 Running time : 1 hour 40 minutes Director : Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari Cast : Swara Bhaskara, Ratna Pathak Shah, Riya Shukla, Pankaj Tripathi, Sanjay Suri Kid rating: G Chanda Sahay (Bhaskara) … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Mohenjo Daro (releases August 12, 2016)

Posted on July 30, 2016 by amodini

Director Ashutosh Gowariker (of Jodha Akbar) presents another historical. This one stars Hrithik Roshan and Pooja Hegde, who is a beauty queen and has done several Southie films.

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Movie Preview : Madaari (releases July 15th, 2016)

Posted on July 10, 2016 by amodini

From the director of Drishyam, comes this suspenseful, based-on-true-events film. Also Jimmy Shergill after a very long while.

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Movie Review : Bajirao Mastani (2015)

Posted on June 19, 2016 by amodini

Rating : 3.5/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2015 Running time : 2 hours 38 minutes Director : Sanjay Leela Bhansali Cast : Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra, Tanvi Azmi, Milind Soman Kid rating: PG-13 Bajirao Mastani is a very Bhansali-esque … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Udta Punjab (releases 17th June)

Posted on April 30, 2016 by amodini

Long and meandering trailer, but the film looks good. Director Abhishek Chaubey has also made “Ishqiya” and “Dedh Ishqiya”.

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Movie Review : Masaan (2015)

Posted on April 9, 2016 by amodini

Rating : 4.5/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2015 Running time : 2 hours Director : Neeraj Ghaywan Cast : Richa Chadda, Sanjay Mishra, Vicky Kaushal, Bhagwan Tiwari, Pankaj Tripathi, Nikhil Sahni Kid rating: PG-15 Devi Pathak (Chaddha) is a … Continue reading →

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What To Watch On Netflix Instant – Edition #27

Posted on April 2, 2016 by amodini

Gangs of Wasseypur – This is on Netflix as an 8 part series, each episode approximately 40 minutes or so. This series is actually 2 Bollywood movies (5 hours in total) which have been split up to make them easily palatable. … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Kapoor and Sons (2016)

Posted on March 20, 2016 by amodini

Rating : 4.2/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2016 Running time : 2 hours 12 minutes Director : Shakun Batra Cast : Rishi Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Ratna Pathak Shah, Rajat Kapoor, Siddharth Malhotra, Fawad Khan Kid rating: PG-13 Kapoor & … Continue reading →

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