Category Archives: drama

Review : Manorama six feet under

Posted on December 1, 2007 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B001KQFANU” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Rating : Very good (4.0/5) Genre : Suspense / thriller Year : 2007 Running time : 2 hours 15 minutes Director : Navdeep Singh Cast : Abhay Deol, Vinay Pathak, Gul Panag, Raima Sen, Sarika, … Continue reading →

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Review : Johnny Gaddar

Posted on October 28, 2007 by amodini

Review : Johnny Gaddar Rating : Very good (4.3/5) Genre : Thriller Year : 2007 Director : Sriram Raghavan Cast : Neil Nitin Mukesh, Vinay Pathak, Govind Namdeo, Zakir Hussain, Daya Shetty, Ahswini Kalsekar, Rimi Sen JOHNNY GADDAR : YOU … Continue reading →

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Review : The Namesake

Posted on September 18, 2007 by amodini

Rating : Good (4/5)Genre : DramaYear : 2006Running time : 2 hoursDirector : Mira NairCast : Tabu, Irfan Khan, Kal Penn, Zuleikha Robinson, Jacinda Barrett THE NAMESAKE : HEART-FELTI haven’t read “The Namesake”, the book upon which this film is … Continue reading →

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Review : The Blue Umbrella

Posted on September 5, 2007 by amodini

Rating : Above average(3.6/5)Genre : DramaYear : 2005Running time : 1 hr and 30 minutesDirector : Vishal BharadwajCast : Pankaj Kapoor, Shreya Sharma THE BLUE UMBRELLA : CAPTIVATING ! I remember reading Ruskin Bond’s “A Flight of pigeons” many years … Continue reading →

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Review : Gandhi my father

Posted on August 24, 2007 by amodini

Note : The edited version of this review appears at Planet Bollywood, here. Rating : Above average (3.7/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2007 Running time : 2 hours 17 minutes Cast : Darshan Jariwala, Akshaye Khanna, Shefali Shah, Bhoomika … Continue reading →

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Review : Chak de India

Posted on August 15, 2007 by amodini

Rating : Good (4/5)Genre : DramaYear : 2007 Running time : 2.5 hoursCast : Shahrukh Khan, Anjan Srivastav, Chitrashi Rawat, Tanya Abrol, Shilpa Shukla, Sagarika Ghatge, Vidya MalvadeDirector : Shimit Amin CHAK DE INDIA : GLORIOUS !Until about 10 years … Continue reading →

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Review : Apne

Posted on August 8, 2007 by amodini

Note : The edited version of this review appears at Planet Bollywood, here. Rating : Average (3/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2007 Running time : about 3 hours Director : Anil sharma Cast : Dharmendra, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, … Continue reading →

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Review : Ek chalis ki last local

Posted on June 27, 2007 by amodini

Note : The edited version of this review appears at Planet Bollywood Rating : Above average (3.65/5) Genre : Comedy / Thriller Year : 2007 Running time : 2 hours 40 minutes Director : Sanjay Khanduri Cast : Abhay Deol, … Continue reading →

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Review : Shootout at Lokhandwala

Posted on June 20, 2007 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B0041AY3UI” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Rating : Poor (2.2/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2007 Running time : 2 hours Director : Apoorva Lakhia Cast : Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty, Tushar Kapoor, Amitabh Bachhan, Vivek Oberoi, Dia Mirza, Abhishek Bachhan, … Continue reading →

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Review : Life in a metro

Posted on June 15, 2007 by amodini

Rating : Good (4/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2007 Running time : 2 hours Director : Anurag Basu Cast : Shilpa Shetty, Shiney Ahuja, Kaykay Menon, Konkona Sen Sharma, Dharmendra, Nafisa Ali Sodhi, Sharman Joshi, Irfan Khan, Manoj Pahwa, … Continue reading →