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The existence of the ‘other world’ has been a subject of debate between the skeptics and the believers. The Final EXIT directed by Dhwanil Mehta explores this particular aspect and appears convincing to a great extent. It is generally believed that the 'other dimension' or 'other world' always exists in our life. Made by a debutant director this film depicts layers of emotions of the characters. The audience will actually sense it throughout the film. This makes the viewer actually feel involved with the characters. The subject of other dimension has been taken in several Hollywood films but it is for the first time that a Bollywood film delves into this complex issue. Almost every body, knowingly or unkno ....
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Finding Dory, movie review
A sequel to the 2003 film Finding Nemo, Finding Dory focuses on the amnesiac character Dory, and explores her journey to be reunited with her family. Dory is a bright blue tang with a sunny personality and has severe memory issues (like Aamir Khan’s character in Ghajin), Dory only has short bursts of functionality before she forgets what she's doing, and the next moment she wonders what she had just learned. These memory lapses doesn’t upset her upbeat attitude until she realizes she is forgotten something big: her family. Though she has found a new family in Marlin and Nemo, but is haunted by the belief that someone out there is looking for her. The inspiration for coming up with an animated film like Finding Dory and its prequel sprung in the director Andrew Stanton’s mind from going back to his childhood, when he loved going to the dentist to see the fish tank, assumin ....
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Frederick, Hindi Movie Review
An intriguing story line with deftly guarded suspense which keeps one on the edge of the seat. (Fredrick - Hindi movie review) The story begins with a 16 year old boy, who seems just like all other guys , except than that his bonding was unusual with another boy of his age. This bonding was highly objectionable to his father and he has reacted violent on that another guy. One fateful day few unfortunate events take place and this creates the platform for the story to grow further. Then it takes a leap of 19 Years and shifts to the picturesque Mussoorie. In the breathtakingly gorgeous valleys and beautifully draped snow covered mountains of Mussoorie, a dark unknown shadow has cast a web of Human trafficking, whom nobody knows and no one has seen. The suspended Intelligence Bureau agent Vikram (Avinash Dhyani) gets to know that sister who had gone to Mussoorie is miss ....
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Four Pillars of Basement, hindi movie review
Four pillars of basement is a psycho thriller that shows human frailties and capricious nature. It is about an innocent, pretty female executive stranded in the basement of a Commercial Complex after office hours who experiences unfortunate situations. The protagonist Sameer (Dillzan Wadia) is a conniving person. He works as a security officer in a mall and has a big crush on Riya (Aalya Singh) who is an executive working in one of the offices in the mall. Much to Riya’s ignorance, her regular routine is tracked by lecherous males working within in her office as well by some in the security staff of the car park area in the basement. Sameer’s twin brother a lunatic and manages to escape from the mental hospital to add more confusion to the plot. Riya is unaware of unfriendly surprises awaiting her in the basement of her office building. She is instructed to stay a bit late in her ....
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Fugly Movie Review
A story based on the life of Delhiites about their attitude. As usual they aren't scared of anyone, even to the extent of not paying any heed to the regulations of the police force. Habituated, they often tend to break rules off and on, which lands them in a bigger problem, leading to any consequences - for which they have themselves to blame. (Fugly - Hindi Movie review) "Fugly" is a story of four close friends Dev (Mohit Marwah), Devi (Kiara Advani), Gaurav (Vijendra Singh) and Arfi Lamba (Tatti). Here Gaurav is a son of politician (Hari Singh Ahalawat) who is instrumental in often bailing out his friends whenever they are in a ditch. Or in simple words 'saved' whenever they break any rules. Hence these four move around as 'tension free guys'. Complication arises when a Shopkeeper happens to touch Devi and she immediately conveys this to her friends. The usual guy theory, they ga ....
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Filmistaan- Film Review
In Mumbai, an affable Bollywood buff and wanna-be-actor Sunny (Sharib Hashmi), who works as an assistant director, fantasizes on becoming a heart-throb star. However, at every audition he is summarily thrown out. (FILMISTAAN - Film Review) Undeterred, he goes with an American crew to remote areas in Rajasthan to work on a documentary. One day an Islamic terrorist group kidnaps him for the American crew-member. Sunny finds himself on enemy border amidst guns and pathani-clad guards, who decide to keep him hostage until they locate their original target. The house in which he is confined belongs to a Pakistani Aftab (Inaamulhaq), whose trade stems from pirated Hindi films, which he brings back every time he crosses the border. Soon, the two factions realize that they share a human and cultural bond. The film shows how cinema can be the universal panacea for co-existenc ....
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Fading Gigolo
It is about people’s endless and never fully satisfying quest to find happiness through sex and love. (FADING GIGOLO - Movie Review) Fading Gigolo starring John Turturro as Fioravante is a poignant movie that touches upon the growing aspect of sadness resulting from loneliness amongst the aging elite and even ordinary simple people. Murray played by Woody Allen meets Dr. Parker an aging cosmetologist, played by Sharon Stone, and discovers that there is no jest in her and suggests that she should pep up her life. He gets a call from her asking him to arrange for a gigolo. Murray talks to his friend Fioravante, a middle aged man who is a florist to adopt this new profession and offers to become his manager. Fioravante first refuses arguing that he is not an Adonis nor have the film star looks or the body, besides he is over the hill. Murray tells him women look for matu ....
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Every year, the president pardons one turkey. But why just him? And why just one turkey? Free Birds 3D – Hollywood film review A 3D animated comedy film that features the voices of Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson and Amy Poehler. It is an adventurous journey of Jake, a turkey who is the President of the Turkeys Liberation Front and Reggie, a turkey that is pardoned by the President of the United States. This pair of turkeys travel back in a time machine to the first Thanksgiving (sometime in the 16th century) in a bid to erase the traditional item off the menu. Jake has one point agenda - We are the turkey freedom front. Our Mission: Get turkeys off the thanksgiving menu. And then there is the sweet Jenny, a turkey and Reggie's love interest with a strange tendency of dropping her eyeball in her nervous moments. In this hilarious, adventurous buddy comedy for audiences of all ....
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Debutant Director Prateek Chakravorty, who carries forward the legacy of his late grand father Pramod Chakravorty who produced and directed thrillers and romantic mega hits in 80s and 90s. (From Sydney with Love - movie review) It was a dream coming true for Meghaa Banerjee (Bidita Bag), a small town girl in West Bengal, India when she earned a scholarship from the prestigious University of New South Wales in Australia to pursue her Masters degree in Economics. New South Whales University, where she becomes a part of the group of friends Raj Baksi (Prateek Chakravorty), Rohit Khurana (Sharad Malhotra), Lubaina Snyder (Evelyn Sharma), Suhail Syed (Karan Sagoo) and Kalpana Chatterjee (Reshmi Ghosh). Coming from a conservative middle class background, life and culture in Sydney was an instant eye opener for her. Under guidance of her caring cousin Kalpana fondly called “Kol”, M ....
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