Category Archives: recommended

The Road Home

Posted on October 22, 2010 by amodini

The Road Home which is written and directed by Rajiv Gandotra is a short feature, approximately 20 minutes in length. As it’s main character, it has Pico Kapoor (Arrun Harker), a boy of about eight or nine of Indo-British descent. … Continue reading →

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Mini reviews : Date Night, Killers & Smart people

Posted on October 17, 2010 by amodini

As you can probably tell I watch a lot of films :-). I can’t always keep up with reviewing each and every film in lengthy detail, so am going with this mini-review idea. Date Night (2010) : 4/5This one was … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Udaan

Posted on October 8, 2010 by amodini

Rating : Excellent (4.5/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2010 Running time : 2 hours 15 minutes Director : Vikramaditya Motwane Cast : Rajat Barmecha, Ronit Roy, Ram Kapoor, Ayaan Boradia Kid rating : PG-15 UDAAN : WELL-DONE COMING-OF-AGE DRAMA … Continue reading →

Posted in 2010, All Netflix, bollywood, drama, film festival, Hindi movies on Netflix, outstanding, rating-PG15, recommended, social issues | Tagged outstanding, streaming | 7 Comments

Tales from the festival (or at the IFFH 2010)

Posted on October 3, 2010 by amodini

As you all know, the 2nd Indian Film Festival of Houston was held the past weekend. Here’s a short review of what went on. It was quite interesting attending. I am so glad that they had film screenings on Saturday … Continue reading →

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Indian Film Festival Houston : 2010

Posted on September 24, 2010 by amodini

Wow, it’s been a year ! An year already! It’s September and here’s the Indian Film Festival back again. I blogged about this last year at almost the same time, and here we are again. I’m glad they’ve kept it … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Timer

Posted on August 30, 2010 by amodini

This film’s story is inspired by the perennial question : Is there one person who’s meant to be your soulmate ? And what if you could predict the exact moment that you meet him/her ? In the future, apparently you … Continue reading →

Posted in 2009, All Netflix, english, hollywood, rating-R, recommended, sci-fi | Tagged streaming | 1 Comment

Movie Review : Aisha

Posted on August 7, 2010 by amodini

Rating : Above average (3.9/5) Genre : Romance Year : 2010 Running time : 2 hours Director : Rajshree Ojha Cast : Abhay Deol, Sonam Kapoor, Ira Dubey, Amrita Puri, Cyrus Sahukar, Lisa Haydon, Anuradha Patel, M.K. Raina Kid rating … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Once upon a time in Mumbai

Posted on August 1, 2010 by amodini

Rating : Above average (3.9/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2010 Running time : 2 hours 5 minutes Director : Milan Luthria Cast : Ajay Devgun, Emraan Hashmi, Kangana Ranaut, Randeep Hooda, Prachi Desai Kid rating : PG-13 ONCE UPON … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Inception

Posted on July 20, 2010 by amodini

Genre : Sci-fi, psychological thrillerRating : 4/5 The subconscious has been a favorite subject of filmmakers, because on it’s vast, unexplored canvas anything is possible. So also in “Inception” where Christopher Nolan uses the mysteries of the mind to springboard … Continue reading →

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Supermen of Malegaon

Posted on July 8, 2010 by amodini

Year : 2008Genre : DocumentaryRunning time : 79 minutesDirector : Faiza Ahmad KhanActors : Shaikh Nasir, Akram Khan, Farogh Jafri, Shafiq, Shakeel Bharati “Supermen of Malegaon” is a film about the making of another film “Malegaon ka Superman”. Yes, it … Continue reading →

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