Category Archives: drama

Movie Review : Dear Zindagi (2016)

Posted on June 25, 2017 by amodini

Rating : 3.5/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2016 Running time : 2 hours 30 minutes Director : Gauri Shinde Cast : Shahrukh Khan, Alia Bhatt, Kunal Kapoor, Ali Zafar, Angad Bedi Kid rating: PG Dear Zindagi is a coming-of-age, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : M.S. Dhoni – The Untold Story (2016)

Posted on June 20, 2017 by amodini

Rating : 3.9/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2016 Running time : 2 hours 20 minutes Director : Neeraj Pandey Cast : Sushant Singh Rajput, Kiara Advani, Anupam Kher, Disha Patani, Kumud Mishra, Rajesh Sharma Kid rating: G I hadn’t … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Raabta (releases 9th June 2017)

Posted on May 27, 2017 by amodini

Raabta’s trailer promises an interesting story – rebirth/time-travel maybe? I’m being optimistic with the time-travel hopes, of course 🙂 . This is the first directorial venture for prolific film producer Dinesh Vijan, who’s run the gamut from producing tasteful crowd-pleasers … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Hindi Medium (releases 12th May 2017)

Posted on May 12, 2017 by amodini

Irrfan Khan, Deepak Dobriyal and Pakistani actress Saba Qamar star in Saket Chaudhary’s (he also directed the very lovely “Pyaar ke Side Effects”) “Hindi Medium”. In the film Qamar’s character says that in India, English isn’t a language – it’s … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Jolly LLB 2 (2017)

Posted on May 6, 2017 by amodini

Rating : 3.4/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2016 Running time : 2 hours 20 minutes Director : Subhash Kapoor Cast : Akshay Kumar, Huma Qureshi, Saurabh Shukla, Annu Kapoor, Sayani Gupta, Kumud Mishra Kid rating: PG This is what … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Aligarh (2016)

Posted on April 8, 2017 by amodini

Rating : 3.7/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2016 Running time : 1 hour 54 minutes Director : Hansal Mehta Cast : Manoj Bajpayee, Rajkumar Rao, Sumit Gulati Kid rating: PG-17 Aligarh leaves an impression. Days after watching it, I still remember … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Rangoon (2017)

Posted on February 26, 2017 by amodini

Rangoon is slow and meandering. It does get its act together somewhat in the second half, but by then it has sapped you of your will to live :). Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Rangoon (releases February 24th, 2017)

Posted on February 18, 2017 by amodini

Vishal Bharadwaj’s new offering starring Shahid Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan and Kangana Ranaut.

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Movie Review : Madaari (2016)

Posted on February 11, 2017 by amodini

Rating : 3/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2016 Running time : 2 hours 13 minutes Director : Nishikant Kamat Cast : Irrfan Khan, Jimmy Shergill, Vishesh Bansal, Tushar Dalvi Kid rating: PG Madaari is kind of like “A Wednesday” … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Jolly LLB 2 (releases February 10th, 2017)

Posted on February 5, 2017 by amodini

The sequel to Jolly LLB but with Akshay Kumar, who doesn’t have quite the acting chops Arshad Warsi has. Human Qureshi co-stars, and the wonderful Saurabh Shukla makes an appearance. Director Subhaash Kapoor directs this one too.

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