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Best Hindi Movies of 2020

Posted on December 24, 2020 by amodini

What with Covid and all, 2020 has been a low-key year for movie releases in general. Still, even from the few that did release on OTT platforms (Netflix, Prime etc.), I have managed to cobble together a Top 10 2020 … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Yeh Ballet

Posted on December 19, 2020 by amodini

Rating : 4/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2020 Running time : 1 hour 57 minutes Director : Sooni Taraporevala Cast : Julian Sands, Jim Sarbh, Manish Chauhan, Danish Husain, Achintya Bose Kidwise : G Yeh Ballet is the story … Continue reading →

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Podcast Episode 9: Kadakh Movie Review

Posted on December 1, 2020 by amodini

I reviewed Kadakh a couple of weeks ago, and if you’d like a Podcast version of it is – here it is! Bollywood does do suspense-thrillers, but they are few and far between (here’s a list). Kadakh is a worthy … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Ludo

Posted on November 23, 2020 by amodini

Rating : 3.8/5 Genre : All-in-one Year : 2020 Running time : 2 hours 29 minutes Director : Anurag Basu Cast : Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Tripathi, Abhishek Bachchan, Sanya Malhotra, Aditya Roy Kapoor, Fatima Sana Sheikh, Rohit Saraf, Pearle Maaney … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Ludo (releases 12th November)

Posted on October 24, 2020 by amodini

Ludo has a large star cast – 4 heroes, and at least 2 heroines that I could see in the trailer. And it is directed by Anurag Basu, who also brilliantly helmed one of my favorite movies of all time … Continue reading →

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Podcast Review : Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare (Episode 7)

Posted on September 29, 2020 by amodini

The Podcast Review of Dolly Kitty And Those Shining Stars is live now – listen on Anchor here! The written review is here.

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Movie Review : Kadakh

Posted on September 26, 2020 by amodini

Rating : Very good (4.3/5) Genre : Suspense Year : 2020 Running time : 1 hour 48 minutes Director : Rajat Kapoor Cast : Ranvir Shorey, Mansi Multani, Rajat Kapoor, Kalki Koechlin, Tara Sharma, Shruti Seth, Sagar Deshmukh, Cyrus Sahukar, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare (2020)

Posted on September 19, 2020 by amodini

Rating : 3.8/5 Genre : Drama/Feminist Year : 2020 Running time : 2 hours 10 minutes Director : Alankrita Shrivastav Cast : Konkona Sen Sharma, Bhumi Pednekar, Vikrant Massey, Karan Chandra, Amol Parasher, Amir Bashir, Neelima Azim, Kubbra Siat Kid … Continue reading →

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Podcast Review : Masaba Masaba (2020)

Posted on September 16, 2020 by amodini

Episode 6 is now live! In this I review the relatively new Netflix Series Masaba Masaba about a mother-daughter pair, Neena Gupta and Masaba Gupta, living their celebrity lives. Neena is a Bollywood actress and Masaba is a fashion designer, … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare (releases 18 September, Netflix)

Posted on September 12, 2020 by amodini

Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare is a tale of two sisters, both finding their lives not going according to plan. This movie stars Bhumi Pednekar, Konkona Sen Sharma and Vikrant Massey, who was in the recent Cargo as well … Continue reading →