Category Archives: recommended

Indian Film Festival Houston 2009

Posted on August 26, 2009 by amodini

The Indian Film Festival will for the very first time be held in Houston, from Sept 21-25 2009. Local papers like the Voice of Asia have been covering this first-time-ever event, and in yesterday’s paper there was a full page … Continue reading →

Posted in 2009, film festival, recommended | 4 Comments

Review : A Wednesday

Posted on August 20, 2009 by amodini

Rating : Above average (3.85/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2008 Running time : 2 hours 15 minutes Director : Neeraj Pandey Cast : Anupam Kher, Naseeruddin Shah, Jimmy Shergill, Aamir Baashir, Deepal Shaw Kid rating : PG13 A WEDNESDAY … Continue reading →

Posted in 2008, bollywood, drama, rating-PG13, recommended, thriller | 3 Comments

Review : Kaminey

Posted on August 14, 2009 by amodini

Note : The edited version of this review appears at Planet Bollywood, here. Rating : Excellent (4.4/5)Genre : DramaYear : 2009Running time : 2 hours 15 minutesDirector : Vishal BharadwajCast : Shahid Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Amole Gupte, Chandan Roy Sanyal, … Continue reading →

Posted in 2009, All Netflix, bollywood, drama, Hindi movies on Netflix, outstanding, rating-PG13, recommended | 13 Comments

Directors to watch out for : Vishal Bharadwaj

Posted on August 6, 2009 by amodini

The filmi Gods are smiling down on me. Last week, “Love Aaj Kal” by Imtiaz ali, and next week, “Kaminey” by Vishal Bhardwaj! I am in Bollywood-ian heaven. Because really, I ask for so little; one fantastic desi film by … Continue reading →

Posted in bollywood, directors, lists, recommended | Tagged features | 2 Comments

Review : Love Aaj Kal

Posted on August 1, 2009 by amodini

Note : The edited version of this review appears at Planet Bollywood, here . Rating : Very good (4.3/5) Genre : Romance Year : 2009 Running time : 2 hours 30 minutes Director : Imtiaz Ali Cast : Saif Ali … Continue reading →

Posted in 2009, bollywood, rating-PG, recommended, romance | 7 Comments

Review : Sankat City

Posted on July 29, 2009 by amodini

Rating : Excellent (4.5/5)Genre : ComedyYear : 2009Running time : 2 hours 30 minutesDirector : Pankaj AdvaniCast : Anupam Kher, Kaykay Menon, Rimi Sen, Chunky Pandey, Yashpal Sharma, Manoj Pahwa, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Hemant Pandey, Jahangir Khan, Veerendra Saxena, Shri Vallabh … Continue reading →

Posted in 2009, bollywood, drama, humor, outstanding, rating-PG13, recommended | 5 Comments

Review : 99

Posted on June 30, 2009 by amodini

Note : The edited version of this review appears at Planet Bollywood, here. Rating : Above average (3.9/5) Genre : Comedy Year : 2009 Running time : 2 hours 15 minutes Director : Krishna D.K., Raj Nidimoru Cast : Kunal … Continue reading →

Posted in 2009, bollywood, drama, family-friendly, humor, rating-G, recommended | 2 Comments

Review : Gulaal

Posted on March 18, 2009 by amodini

Rating : Above average (3.7/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2009 Running time : 2 hours 50 minutes Director : Anurag Kashyap Cast : Kaykay Menon, Abhimanyu Singh, Aditya Shrivastava, Deepak Dobriyal, Jesse Randhawa, Piyush Mishra, Mahi Gill, Ayesha Mohan, … Continue reading →

Posted in 2009, bollywood, drama, rating-PG13, recommended | 5 Comments

Review : Luck by chance

Posted on February 22, 2009 by amodini

Rating : Above average (3.8/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2009 Running time : 2 hours 40 minutes Director : Zoya Akhtar Cast : Farhan Akhtar, Konkona Sensharma, Dimple Kapadia, Isha Sharvani, Hrithik Roshan, Rishi Kapoor, Juhi Chawla Kid rating … Continue reading →

Posted in 2009, bollywood, drama, rating-PG13, recommended | 3 Comments

Review : Delhi 6

Posted on February 21, 2009 by amodini

Rating : Very good (4.2/5) Genre : Drama / All-in-one Year : 2009 Running time : 2 hours 18 minutes Director : Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Cast : Abhishek Bachhan, Waheeda Rehman, Sonam Kapoor, Om Puri, Deepak Dobriyal, Pawan Malhotra, Atul … Continue reading →