Category Archives: drama

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 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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Movie Review : Raees (2017)

Posted on February 1, 2017 by amodini

Rating : -1/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2017 Running time : 2 hours 41 minutes Director : Rahul Dholakia Cast : Shahrukh Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Narendra Jha, Zeeshan Ayyub, Mahirah Khan, Atul Kulkarni Kid rating: PG-13 Shahrukh Khan is … Continue reading →

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Best Hindi Films of 2015

Posted on January 28, 2017 by amodini

10. Bajirao Mastani The grandeur and beauty of this film was quite something. While I wasn’t totally floored by this film, it was quite the visual spectacle – Bhansali made sure of that. 9. Badlapur Badlapur was a violent, gory … Continue reading →

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Best Hindi Films of 2016

Posted on January 14, 2017 by amodini

My Top 10 movies for 2016 are below. These are, from my point of view, the best hindi films of 2016. Do let me know if you disagree 🙂 10. Wazir Wazir should have been rated higher, but this revenge … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Dangal (2016)

Posted on January 2, 2017 by amodini

Rating : 3.8/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2016 Running time : 2 hours 49 minutes Director : Nitesh Tiwari Cast : Aamir Khan, Sakshi Tanwar, Fatima Sana Sheikh, Sanya Malhotra, Girish Kulkarni Kid rating: G Dangal is based on … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2016)

Posted on October 31, 2016 by amodini

Rating : 3.2/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2016 Running time : 2 hours 38 minutes Director : Karan Johar Cast : Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Fawad Khan Kid rating: PG-13 Ae Dil Hai Mushkil reminds me … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Parched (2016)

Posted on October 15, 2016 by amodini

Rating : 3/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2016 Running time : 2 hours 27 minutes Director : Leena Yadav Cast : Tannishtha Chatterjee, Radhika Apte, Surveen Chawla, Riddhi Sen, Mahesh Balraj, Lehar Khan, Sumeet Vyas Kid rating: R Parched … Continue reading →