Category Archives: drama

What To Watch on Netflix and Amazon Prime – Edition #33

Posted on December 1, 2019 by amodini

-Unbelievable (Netflix, Series) The series is based on the true life story of Marie Adler, a young woman who’s moved from foster home to foster home. She’s finally starting to find friends and some confidence as she settles into a … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Bala

Posted on November 17, 2019 by amodini

Rating : 4/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2019 Running time : 2 hours 11 minutes Director : Amar Kaushik Cast : Ayushmann Khurana, Bhumi Pednekar, Yami Gautam, Saurabh Shukla, Seema Pahwa, Sunita Rajwar, Abhishek Banerjee Kid rating : PG … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Motichoor Chaknachoor (releases 15th November 2019)

Posted on November 3, 2019 by amodini

Motichoor Chaknachoor stars Athiya Shetty and Nawazuddin Siddiqu, a pairing I’d never thought I’d see. Leggy Ms Shetty plays Anita, a small-town girl who’s looking for marriage as a ticket to go abroad. Siddiqui is Pushpinder Tyagi, a 36 year … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Saand ki Aankh (2019)

Posted on October 29, 2019 by amodini

Rating : 3.9/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2019 Running time : 2 hours 14 minutes Director : Tushar Hiranandani Cast : Bhumi Pednekar, Taapsee Pannu, Vinnet Kumar Singh, Prakash Jha Kid rating : G Saand ki Aankh (literally Bullseye) … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Bala (releases 7th November 2019)

Posted on October 26, 2019 by amodini

Ayushmann Khurana plays Bala, a balding young man searching for true love. Yami Gautam plays the love interest, who falls for the wigged-out (pun intended) Bala. Ah, deception! What will it lead to? The trailer looks interesting and reminds me … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Laal Kaptaan (releases 18th October, 2019)

Posted on October 12, 2019 by amodini

From Navdeep Singh, the director of the fabulous “Manorama 6 feet under” and “NH-10“ comes, comes Laal Kaptaan. It stars Saif Ali Khan (who’s having a come-back of sorts, especially after the very successful Sacred Games) and Zoya Hussain (remember … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Mission Mangal

Posted on September 7, 2019 by amodini

Rating : 3.5/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2019 Running time : 2 hours 13 minutes Director : Jagan Shakti Cast : Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Taapsee Pannu, Sonakshi Sinha, Kirti Kulhari, Sharman Joshi, Vikram Gokhale, Nithya Menon Kid rating … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Saand ki Aankh (releases Oct 25th, 2019)

Posted on August 31, 2019 by amodini

The trailer for Saand ki Aankh looks really interesting. It also has a fabulous cast – Bhumi Pednekar, Taapsee Pannu and Vineet Kumar Singh (of the gorgeous Mukkabaaz). The only unknown quantity here is Tushar Hirandani who debuts as director … Continue reading →