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Million Dollar Arm
The film portrays beautifully the Journey of two talented young players from a small town of Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, India who later become the baseball players of a top league in America. 'Million Dollar Arm 'directed by Craig Gillespie and written by Tom McCarthy is an inspirational film based on the real life story of Sports agent J B Bernstein who discovered baseball pitchers from a remote village in India. The film opens with JB played by Jon Hamm and his Indian origin partner Ash played by Aasif Mandvi lamenting the loss of their big account Popo. Apart from being partners JB and Ash share a deep friendship. JB is a no-nonsensical guy whose romantic life is non existent. He has rented part of his house to a medical student Brenda played by Lake Bell. Ash jokingly tells JB that he would not be interested in her because she is intelligent so obviously not his type. Both ....
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THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2
Awesome 3D effects in the best on-screen Spiderman film with amazing, breathtaking action sequences and fight scenes. Get ready for high-octane action sequences and mind-blowing fight scenes, and rightly claimed in the film publicity with the announcements "HIS GREATEST BATTLE BEGINS". Andrew Garfield, returns to the role of Peter Parker after launching a new chapter in the hero’s story in 2012 with The Amazing Spider-Man. It’s great to be Spider-Man (Andrew Garfield). For Peter Parker, there’s no feeling quite like swinging between skyscrapers, embracing being the hero, and spending time with Gwen (Emma Stone). We’ve always known that Spider-Man’s most important conflict has been within himself: the struggle between the ordinary obligations of Peter Parker and the extraordinary responsibilities of Spider-Man. But now, Peter finds that his greatest battle is about to begin. ....
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Kya Dilli Kya Lahore
An emotional film  Kya Dilli Kya Lahore - that has an innocent story of the Indo – Pak Partition of 1948 which comes with the message that humanity is of utmost importance than any religion or any country.

 Kya Dilli Kya Lahore  - movie review

Kya Dilli Kya Lahore is an ironic story of pride and survival and it begins when - in an attempt to evade danger, they bump into each other. Presented by Gulzar Sahab, the film stars Vijay Raaz, Manu Rishi, Raj Zutshi and Vishwajeet Pradhan in the lead roles In 1948, a cross-fire erupts at an isolated stretch of Indo-Pak border, leaving only two soldiers alive. One is an Indian soldier of Pakistani origin while the other happens to be a Pakistani soldier of Indian origin. It is all throughout about the Pakistani foot soldier of Indian origin Rehmat Ali (Vijay Raaz) and an Indian soldier Ram Lal (Manu Rishi) who actually ....
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Kahin Hai Mera Pyar
The story of Adam and Eve is featured in a Bollywood film for the first time which ought to catch the youth's imagination. It is all in here - love, obsession, re-incarnation, love triangle, sacrifice, envy and it has a message at the end of the film. It is natural! Every youth yearns for true love and he keeps searching for his love through his entire life, and the girl is bound to meet him - thats what the core of this film is about. The reason of creation of this universe, the world is the quest for knowledge of love. Everyone's belief is their love exists somewhere and they feel - Kahin Hai Mera Pyar! Nature's own creation Adam and Eve, believed to be in heaven, were incited by a snake to eac the forbidden fruit. Eve couldn't resist the temptation and she had the fruit. She then urges Adam to have it. And then everyone knows what happened. They were forbidden to have the ....
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Purani Jeans
Friendship is like a pair of old jeans - the older it gets, the better it becomes - this is the belief that Purani Jeans is based on. Purani Jeans centres around Siddarth Ray (Tanuj Virwani) who learns this belief as he journeys from New York back to his hometown Kasauli, a small hill station in India, after 12 long years. The main hook of the film is friendship. Those unforgettable memories of old friends – somewhat similar to Rock On and Dil Chahta Hai, yet it appears fresh, courtesy the young, bubbly cast of this friendship flick. The film unfolds as a coming-of-age drama about a summer when Sidharth, his best friend Sam (Aditya Seal) and their gang of friends experience the agony & ecstasy of growing up, forming bonds of friendship, trust, jealousy, joy, envy & love. Though a bit unrealistic that the guy comes after 12 years from the US, to wind up everything in his home ....
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Samrat & Co.
It’s a dark night, a car winding its way up the hilly roads of Shimla, reaches its destination at the sprawling Mahendra Mansion. Mahendra Pratap Singh is about to retire for the night, suddenly the phone rings. This sets in motion for a series of engrossing, edge of the seat moments in this crime-detective thriller. There’s a tribute paid upfront to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes. One of Bollywood’s finest whodunit detective thrillers in recent few years. Trees are drying out, the flowery plants are on a depletion mode and so is the owner Mahendra Pratap Singh who too, is on a deterioration state of health, so much so that he is shown jerking up even at the telephone bell ringing. A young, beautiful and rich girl, Dimpy Singh (Madalsa Sharma), approaches Samrat Tilakdhari (Rajeev Khandelwal), a private investigat ....
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Kaanchi
A story of an innocent rural beauty and her fight against power. It is about the inner power of a strong girl who represents millions of suppressed youth against injustice in the country. Kaanchi is a dramatic journey of 18 years old girl from mountains to metro city from innocence to realization; evolution followed by a revolution, which wakes up, and inspires today youth against corruption of power. This film comes from Subhash Ghai who made memorable films like Kaalicharan, Karz, Vidhaata, Ram Lakhan, Hero, Meri Jung, Pardes and the last memorable one being Taal. Subhash Ghai disappoints with his latest release Kaanchi, which unfortunately, fails to go down as another memorable flick from the once upon a time, the showman of the Bollywood film industry of the nineties. Daughter of an ex-army man, Kaanchi (Mishti) is the stubborn girl who has given her heart to the local lad B ....
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Transcendence
A sc-fi techno-thriller loaded with interesting ideas. It is all about  Artifical Intelligence, Mind control and Robotics, this film appears way ahead of its time. Dr. Will Caster (Johnny Depp), the foremost researcher in the field of Artificial Intelligence, working to create a sentient machine that combines the collective intelligence of everything ever known with the full range of human emotions. His highly controversial experiments have made him famous, but they have also made him the prime target of anti-technology extremists who will do whatever it takes to stop him. Will Caster has a dream to make man as 'powerful as God' through this creation of Artificial Intelligence. He is shot at the presentation led by his wife and fellow researcher Evelyn (Rebecca Hall) to attract potential sponsors. Will Caster survives the initial attach, but then the doctors give him a month or so as ....
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2 States - Hindi film review
Love marriages around the world are simple. The boy and girl fall in love and get married. With its vast 'unity in diversity, it becomes a complicated issue in India. Based on Chetan Bhagat's novel - 2 States, it is a story of culturally opposite couple - Krish Malhotra and Ananya Swaminathan who are from two different states of India, deeply in love and want to get married. The film begins with Krish having a consultation with a pyschiatrist. He is contemplating to commit suicide as he "has Google-searched on best ways to commit suicide. He then begins with his story of how met Ananya while studying for a Management Degree. Both of them are pursuing for Masters in a prestigious management institute of India. Krish is a Punjabi, from Delhi and Ananya is a Tamilian brahmin from Chennai. Problems arise when their parents come to Ahmedabad to attend Krish and Ananya's convo ....
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Divergent
In the futuristic Chicago, society is divided into 5 factions, and DIVERGENT is a thrilling action-adventure film set in a world where people are divided into distinct factions based on human virtues. The film is based on the best-selling book series by Veronica Roth. The factions are - Abnegation (Those who are Selfless), Amity (Peaceful), Candor (Honest), Dauntless (Brave) and Erudite (Intelligent) As per the created system, each year the 16 year olds have to undertake a serum-based aptitude test that indicates which faction they would fit into. They are informed of the result and then they have to inform their choice at the Choosing Ceremony. Originally born into Abnegation, Beatrice 'Tris' Prior (Shailene Woodley) is idealistic, vulnerable, brave and compassionate. When faced with the biggest decision of her life, she struggles between choosing her family and her yearning desir ....
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