Halla Bol Review

An Ajay Devgan-Rajkumar Santoshi combo film always creates those vibes irrespective of the box office success. Take for example The Legend Of Bhagat Singh which didn't do too well at the box office...

Hanuman Review

The importance of the three pillar of cinema - script, direction and editing - is not confined to live features but also extends to animation, documentaries and anything on movie camera. Nothing...

Welcome Review

Before we get into the review of this caper, let me go off at a tangent. When I read the cast, I ruminated on the following points:Feroz and Anil last came together in the dark Feroz production...

Taare Zameen Par Review

View Taare Zameen Par Stills Welcome (pun intended) to the world of Walt Disney in India! Yes, that's exactly how Aamir Khan, debuting as director, and his creative team package the film, making a...

Strangers Review

View Strangers Movie Stills In a way, the title could take another dimension. The four principle characters (based in London) seem like strangers to Hindi cinema, or at least to what we have come to...

Dus Kahaniyaan Review

They have pulled it off. Ten stories, each self-sufficient and completely diverse, yet almost always with a twist in the tale, are woven into one 100-minute film. Obviously in such a case, all...

Khoya Khoya Chand Review

The film is set between 1953 and 1965. Junior artiste Nikhat (Soha Ali Khan) goes through multiple casting couches from the age of 14 till she catches the attention of top star Prem Kumar (Rajat...

Aaja Nachle Review

She's back in all her glory. The magic and the mystique is unfurled in full potency as the last Diva of Hindi cinema - Madhuri Dixit - zooms in with a tailor-made role as Dia in this film. In fact,...

Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal Review

'Dhan Dhana Dhan Karenge Goal' - The tune is everywhere. Be it the opening moments of the film when it plays on subtly in the background as the flop-brigade of Southall football club comprising of...

Om Shanti Om Review

OM SHANTI OM is truly a near 3 hour circus show in the offering. You get to see dozen odd item sequences one after another that tie the script together for a circus and turn out to be amusing and...

Saawariya Review

SAAWARIYA is a film which didn't have a story to begin with, ends abruptly in such a way as if the last few pages of the script went missing and Bhansali was threatened by the Sony guys to wrap up...

Mumbai Salsa Review

Now this one is the surprise release of the week. With JAB WE MET hogging all the limelight and NO SMOKING being in news as well, MUMBAI SALSA may have just been lost in the crowd if not for an...

No Smoking Review

Ram Gopal Varma can heave a sigh of relief. For a change, the focus would shift from him to Anurag Kashyap when it comes to bashing a director for a film made by him/her. At the end of the year,...

Speed Review

First things first. Those who are saying that SPEED is a frame by frame copy of Hollywood flick CELLULAR have not seen at least one of the two films. That's because the fact remains that SPEED does...

Bhool Bhulaiyaa Review

First things first. BHOOL BHULAIYAA could have been a very good movie instead of being just good which it turns out to be eventually if not for a lukewarm pre-climax and climax!The film has...

Go Review

When a riotous situation in the film has a mention of Sharat Saxena being a far more popular actor than Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and Rani Mukherjee combined together, you know that you...

Chhodon Naa Yaar Review

One moment the three friends [Jimmy Sheirgill, Kabir Sadanand, Farid Amri] are hugging each other and paying homage to Amitabh Bachchan with references to DEEWAR, DOSTANA and TRISHUL (now that's a...

Lions of Punjab Presents Review

There are some films which come out of nowhere and suddenly manage to find an audience in spite of minimal (though smart) publicity. BHEJA FRY did it earlier this year. And now LOINS OF PUNJAB...

Dil Dosti Etc Review

"He is one Di#$head...""Fu#$ you...""Wo Uski Nahi Teri Le Raha Tha...""I will take care of you on bed and make you a whore..."When you hear dialogues like these, you know for sure two things.a) That...

Johnny Gaddaar Review

Remember the theme music of 70s flicks like AMIR GARIB, FAKIRA and TRAIN amongst the more popular YAADON KI BARAAT, KAALICHARAN and of course JOHNNY MERA NAAM, which is considered no less than a...