Category Archives: directors

Movie Review : Titli (2015)

Posted on March 12, 2016 by amodini

Rating : 4.5/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2015 Running time : 2 hours 7 minutes Director : Kanu Behl Cast : Shashank Arora, Ranvir Shorey, Shivani Raghuvanshi, Lali Behl, Prashant Singh, Amit Sial Kid rating: R “Titli” is the … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Kapoor & Sons (releases March 18th, 2016)

Posted on March 5, 2016 by amodini

Dharma Productions touts it as a “dramedy with soul”. One can always hope, I suppose. Regardless, Kapoor and Sons should be an entertainer, ablaze the way it is with star power. Rishi Kapoor, Rajat Kapoor, Sidharth Malhotra, Ratna Pathak Shah, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Neerja (2016)

Posted on February 27, 2016 by amodini

Rating : 4.5/5 Genre : Drama/Bio-pic Year : 2016 Running time : 1 hour 42 minutes Director : Ram Madhvani Cast : Shabana Azmi, Sonam Kapoor, Tikku Kid rating: PG-13 Neerja is based on the real-life story of courageous airflight … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Jai Gangaajal (releases Mar 4th, 2016)

Posted on February 20, 2016 by amodini

From the director who brought you middling films like Raajneeti and Gangajal comes Jai Gangajal. Why am I featuring this, you ask, if they were only middling? Because they did have flashes of brilliance and I hope that that brilliance … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Wazir (2016)

Posted on February 6, 2016 by amodini

Rating : 3.5/5 Genre : Drama/Mystery/Thriller Year : 2016 Running time : 1 hour 42 minutes Director : Bejoy Nambiar Cast : Amitabh Bachchan, Farhan Akhtar, Aditi Rao Haideri, Manav Kaul Kid rating: PG-13 It is hard giving this film … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Tamasha (2015)

Posted on November 27, 2015 by amodini

Rating : 3.8/5 Genre : Drama/Romance Year : 2015 Running time : 2 hours 35 minutes Director : Imtiaz Ali Cast : Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Piyush Mishra, Javed Sheikh Kid rating: PG A man and woman meet in lovely … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Shaandaar

Posted on October 25, 2015 by amodini

Rating : 1/5 Genre : Romance Year : 2015 Running time : 2 hours 24 minutes Director : Vikas Bahl Cast : Shahid Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Pankaj Kapoor, Sanah Kapoor Kid rating: PG If you read the subtitles of this … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Katti Batti (releases 18th September 2015)

Posted on September 4, 2015 by amodini

From the director of the fantastic D-Day comes romance Katti Batti. Yes, Katti Batti is a very different genre from D-Day, but here’s hoping Nikhil Advani comes through again!

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Movie Preview : Masaan (releases 24th July 2015)

Posted on July 11, 2015 by amodini

The film that got a standing ovation at Cannes is coming to a theater near you. Masaan stars Richa Chaddha and is directed by Neeraj Ghaywan, who also gave us the very interesting Shorts.

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Movie Review : Dil Dhadakne Do (2015)

Posted on June 15, 2015 by amodini

Rating : 4.2/5 Genre : Romantic Drama Year : 2015 Running time : 2 hours 50 minutes Director : Zoya Akhtar Cast : Anil Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Ranveer Singh, Shefali Chhaya, Anushka Sharma, Zarina Wahab, Farhan Akhtar, Rahul Bose, Parmeet … Continue reading →

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