Category Archives: directors

Movie Review : Shorts

[amazon_link id=”B00FK3VD08″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Rating : Above Average (3.5/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2013 Running time : 1 hour 35 minutes Director : Neeraj Ghayawan, Siddharth Gipt, Rohit Pandey, Anirban Roy, Shlok Sharma Cast : Huma Qureishi, Nawazuddin … Continue reading

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Movie Review : Well done, Abba (2009)

[amazon_link id=”B00F3B0V0A” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Rating : Good (4/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2009 Running time : 2 hours 24 minutes Director : Shyam Benegal Cast : Boman Irani, Minissha Lamba, Sonali Kulkarni, Ravi Kishan, Sameer Dattani Kidwise : … Continue reading

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Movie Review : Bombay Talkies

Rating : Above Average (3.5/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2013 Running time : 2 hours 7 minutes Director : Karan Johar, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar, Anurag Kashyap Cast : Rani Mukherjee, Randeep Hooda, Saqib Saleem, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Ranvir Shourie, … Continue reading

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Movie Preview : Bullett Raja (2013)

Bullet Raja is directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia who also made the excellent Haasil, “Paan Singh Tomar” and “Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster“. This looks more commercial masala that the other three, but I’m keeping my fingers crossed. Release date : November … Continue reading

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3 Great Hindi Films NOT To Remake

[amazon_link id=”B0011W8DPU” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Watching the trailer for the new “Chashme Baddoor” makes me want to list out all the films that should not be remade, especially by David Dhawan. The list is long, but here are 3 out of … Continue reading

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Movie Review : Shanghai

Rating : 4/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2012 Running time : 1 hours 55 minutes Director : Dibakar Banerjee Cast : Abhay Deol, Emraan Hashmi, Kalki Koechlin, Farook Shaikh, Supriya Pathak Kapur, Pitobash Tripathi Kid rating : PG-13 Dibakar … Continue reading

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Preview : Agent Vinod

I’m excited about this film because it is directed by Sriram Raghavan, the director of such fantastic thrillers as “Johnny Gaddar” and “Ek Hasina Thi”. Agent Vinod releases March 23rd; here is the trailer :

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Movie Review : Dhobi Ghat (Mumbai Diaries)

Rating : 4/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2010 Running time : 1 hour 40 minutes Director : Kiran Rao Cast : Amir Khan, Kriti Malhotra, Prateik Babbar, Monica Dogra, Kitu Gidwani Kid rating : PG-13 Dhobi Ghat is Kiran … Continue reading

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Movie Review : Dil to baccha hai jee

Rating : Above Average (3.75/5) Genre : Comedy Year : 2011 Running time : 2 hours 30 minutes Director : Madhur Bhandarkar Cast : Ajay Devgun, Emran Hashmi, Omi Vaidya, Shazahn Padamsee, Tisca Chopra, Shradha Das, Shruti K Haasan Kid … Continue reading

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R.I.P. Manish Acharya

Manish Acharya, the young director of “Loins of Punjab”, and one of the narrators in “Sita sings the blues” passed away today in a road accident. Manish was also involved in Farhan and Zoya Akhtar’s “Luck by Chance”. Not even … Continue reading

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