Category Archives: recommended

10 Great Hindi Movies You Haven’t Seen

Posted on September 2, 2011 by amodini

Bollywood produces a large number of films per year. Most of the big banner films are much hyped, but the lesser known, low-budget movies get lost in the din, sometimes undeservingly. So, here are Ten Great Hindi Films which slipped … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Shaitan

Posted on August 6, 2011 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B0056L5T86″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link] Rating : 4/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2011 Running time : 2 hours Director : Bejoy Nambiar Cast : Kalki Koechlin, Rajeev Khandelwal, Rajit Kapoor, Neil Bhoopalam, Nikhil Chinappa, Rajat Barmecha, Kirti Kulhari, … Continue reading →

Posted in 2011, bollywood, drama, rating-A, rating-R, recommended, thriller | Tagged noir, violent | 9 Comments

Movie Review : Shor in the City

Posted on July 30, 2011 by amodini

Rating : 4/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2011 Running time : 2 hours Director : Krishna D.K., Raj Nidimoru Cast : Tushar Kapoor, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Sundeep Kishan, Radhika Apte, Zakir Hussain, Pitobash Tripathy, Nikhil Dwivedi, Preeti Desai, Amit Mistry, … Continue reading →

Posted in 2011, bollywood, crime, drama, humor, outstanding, recommended, social issues, thriller | 12 Comments

Nero’s Guests

Posted on July 26, 2011 by amodini

Genre : Documentary Year : 2009 Running time : 1 hour Director : Deepa Bhatia A quarter of a million Indian farmers have committed suicide since 1995. Sound shocking ? Well, I’m not making this stuff up – this is … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Zindagi na milegi dobara

Posted on July 17, 2011 by amodini

Rating : 4/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2011 Running time : 2 hours 35 minutes Director : Zoya Akhtar Cast : Hrithik Roshan, Abhay Deol, Farhan Akhtar, Katrina Kaif, Kalki Koechlin, Naseeruddin Shah, Deepti Naval, Ariadna Cabrol, Suhel Seth … Continue reading →

Posted in 2011, drama, humor, rating-PG13, recommended | 8 Comments

Movie Review : Letters to Juliet

Posted on June 23, 2011 by amodini

Starring : Amanda Seyfried, Christopher Egan, Vanessa Redgrave, Gael Garcia Bernal Genre : Romance Rating : 4/5 Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) a fact checker who longs to write, is engaged to Victor (Gael Garcia Bernal), a chef opening his new restaurant. … Continue reading →

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What you didn’t know about La Tomatina . . .

Posted on June 19, 2011 by amodini

. . . can seriously curtail your knowledge of Bollywood. But worry not – there is a cure : go see Zoya Akhtar’s new film “Zindagi na milegi dobara”. It releases on July 15th, and stars one of my favorite … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : The King’s Speech

Posted on June 11, 2011 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B00474AB7W” target=”_self” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]I had three reasons to watch this film – 1. Starred Colin Firth 2. Academy Award Winner 3. The intriguing true-life storyline (a stammering king no less !) I was expecting a totally wonderful film, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Yeh Saali Zindagi

Posted on May 27, 2011 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B0054PAOUM” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Rating : Above Average (3.8/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2011 Running time : 2 hours 10 minutes Director : Sudhir Mishra Cast : Irrfan Khan, Saurabh Shukla, Chitrangada Singh, Arunoday Sigh, Yashpal Sharma, Prashant … Continue reading →

Posted in 2011, bollywood, drama, rating-PG15, recommended | 2 Comments

Movie Review : Black Swan

Posted on May 14, 2011 by amodini

Director : Darren Aronofsky Starring : Natalie Portman, Barbara Hershey, Vincent Cassel, Mila Kunis, Winona Ryder Genre : Thriller Rating : 4.5/5 I could not have imagined a thriller set in such a delicate and improbable setting. But in the … Continue reading →