Category Archives: recommended

Movie Preview : OK Jaanu

Posted on January 8, 2017 by amodini

OK Jaanu starring Aditya Roy Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor releases January 13th. It is the Hindi remake of the Tamil hit “OK Kanmani”, which is on Netflix, and is a pretty cute romance starring Dulquer Salmaan and the perky Nithya … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017, bollywood, directors, music, Netflix Recommendations, Previews, rating-PG, recommended, remix, romance | 2 Comments

Movie Review : Pink (2016)

Posted on October 7, 2016 by amodini

Rating : 4.5/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2016 Running time : 2 hours 16 minutes Director : Aniruddha Roy Chaudhary Cast : Kirti Kulhari, Taapsee Pannu, Andrea Tariang, Amitabh Bachchan, Piyush Mishra, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Angad Bedi Kid rating: PG … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016, bollywood, drama, feminism, outstanding, rating-PG13, recommended, social issues, women | 2 Comments

What To Watch On Netflix Instant – Edition #28

Posted on April 16, 2016 by amodini

Katiyabaaz (2013, India) Directors: Deepti Kakkar, Fahad Mustafa In India, electric wires supplying electricity to homes run above ground. Illegal connections and electricity theft is commonplace, and done by calling in a “katiyabaaz” who will splice up a connection to … Continue reading →

Posted in 2013, All Netflix, documentary, Hindi movies on Netflix, Netflix Recommendations, rating-PG13, real-life-based, recommended, social issues, WhaTWON | 2 Comments

Movie Review : Masaan (2015)

Posted on April 9, 2016 by amodini

Rating : 4.5/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2015 Running time : 2 hours Director : Neeraj Ghaywan Cast : Richa Chadda, Sanjay Mishra, Vicky Kaushal, Bhagwan Tiwari, Pankaj Tripathi, Nikhil Sahni Kid rating: PG-15 Devi Pathak (Chaddha) is a … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015, bollywood, directors, drama, film festival, outstanding, rating-PG15, recommended, social issues, women | 1 Comment

What To Watch On Netflix Instant – Edition #27

Posted on April 2, 2016 by amodini

Gangs of Wasseypur – This is on Netflix as an 8 part series, each episode approximately 40 minutes or so. This series is actually 2 Bollywood movies (5 hours in total) which have been split up to make them easily palatable. … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Titli (2015)

Posted on March 12, 2016 by amodini

Rating : 4.5/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2015 Running time : 2 hours 7 minutes Director : Kanu Behl Cast : Shashank Arora, Ranvir Shorey, Shivani Raghuvanshi, Lali Behl, Prashant Singh, Amit Sial Kid rating: R “Titli” is the … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016, bollywood, crime, directors, drama, rating-A, rating-R, recommended | 1 Comment

Movie Review : Neerja (2016)

Posted on February 27, 2016 by amodini

Rating : 4.5/5 Genre : Drama/Bio-pic Year : 2016 Running time : 1 hour 42 minutes Director : Ram Madhvani Cast : Shabana Azmi, Sonam Kapoor, Tikku Kid rating: PG-13 Neerja is based on the real-life story of courageous airflight … Continue reading →

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Mission Impossible : Rogue Nation

Posted on August 8, 2015 by amodini

MI:Rogue Nation is the 5th in the MI series, and you’d think that it would get hackneyed and jaded, but amazingly it doesn’t. Tom Cruise looks older of course, but he is still in fine fettle as an action hero. … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015, action, hollywood, rating-PG13, recommended, thriller | 1 Comment

What To Watch On Netflix Instant: Edition #26

Posted on August 1, 2015 by amodini

A Series Edition this time – here are 5 recent Netflix Series I enjoyed: [amazon_link id=”B00WK6ZE26″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Witnesses (“Les témoins”, France, 2014) This is a very atmospheric mystery-thriller series with two detectives in a small, sleepy, coastal French … Continue reading →