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Calendar Girls – Hindi movie review

In these fast paced times, with the virtual world and the Television Channels continuously evolving, and new opportunities are cropping up every day, there is always a new face waiting to be discovered now and then. Calendar Girls - movie review Now, things have progressed so fast that even a sizzling debutante of her debut film, which may be a hit, disappears from public memory if she doesn’t follow up with subsequent releases or with an ad film or so. A decade ago there was a phase when models featured on the Calendar of a brewery were treated as something out of this world. They became celebrities overnight. It is the same director who made classy and hard hitting films like Chandni Bar, Fashion, Page 3 and Corporate, Madhur Bhandarkar disappoints with his latest offering. The film features 5 girls who hail from different towns & cities of India, and who have been s ....
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Chehere: A Modern Day Classic – movie review

It is a period drama set in 1952 in England. Chehere is a story about three women, who are actresses. Tarana (Manisha Koirala) was a superstar of the silent era, is retired from the glam and glitz. Could be her instinctive realisation that she has entered her waning period as a glam-girl in Bollywood, hence she moves away to the U.K. Chehere is a psychological thriller film written and directed by Rohit Kaushik which revolves round the life of this Diva of yester-years. Tarana still leads a high standard of living and she has even called her sister Amanat (played by Divya Dutta), a poetess, to stay with her in a huge mansion in the UK. However Tarana shares a bitter relationship with her. Amanat who was a singer also had starry aspirations, unfortunately she leads a crippled life and is confined to a wheelchair. The film also stars Jackie Shroff, Gulshan Grover, Hrishita Bhatt, Aar ....
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Gauraiya – hindi movie review

Gauraiya is about Shefali is writing a book on Dacoits of Chitrakoot as she is has taken up the issue of crime and the atrocities hurled towards its victims. This offbeat film is based on true incidents with an imaginary story portrayal of a desert area somewhere in Patna in North India, a place of the poor and downtrodden people who are victimized by dacoits. Shefali travels all the way to the hinterland and meets a downtrodden and sexually exploited woman Gauraiya from a village named Harijanpur which is situated in the backward area of Patna. She had kept the title of the book as END OF CRIME. It was child marriage for Gauraiya when she was a little girl was married by the elders in the village to a boy Sukhna. As per their traditions, the child couple did not have her final wedding (Gauna) rituals. It is only when the children cross their teens, they are finally wedded. ....
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Janiva – Marathi Film review

Mahesh Manjrekar's son Satya makes his debut in Janiva, a thriller drama Marathi film. Janiva, which means realization, is a story of a young boy, Sameer Deshpande (Satya Manjrekar), who is very sensitive and believes in working for charities and helping others. The film begins with Sameer, a teenaged college boy reporting of a murder at a Police station. Without any regrets, the cool headed lad informs the duty Inspector that he has committed the murder himself. Then the film goes into flashback and goes on back and forth narrating the chain of events why this young lad had to take this extreme step. Five teenagers lead a fun filled life, celebrating birthdays, frolicking around sometimes on their skate-boards. This bunch of five is a fun loving group owns a rock band who spreads social awareness through their new lingo songs and also raises fund for various social cause and with t ....
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Bajrangi Bhaijaan – Hindi movie review

One of the best films of Salman Khan complemented by superlative performances by Nawazuddin Siddiqui and the child artist Harshaali Malhotra. Bajrangi Bhaijaan is the story of Pavan Kumar Chaturvedi aka Bajrangi (Salman Khan), who as a child was a laggard in his studies and took ten years to clear his SSC examinations which led to such a joy to his father that he left this world. Pavan is a brahmin boy and a devout of Lord Hanumanji who has such a faith in his Lord Bajrangbali that in times of distress, Pavan leaves everything on his faith in Bajrangbali. Being an ideal person who never cheats, never had lied in his life and ever willing to help people in their troubles. Fondly called as Bajrangi by people around him, he reaches Delhi to his father's friend who would guide him through his life. Bajrangi comes across Rasika (Kareena Kapoor Khan) who eventually is the daughter of ....
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UVAA – Hindi movie review

UVAA means the ‘youth’ where one’s teenage years are a combination of Love, friendship, romance, fun and frolic. Vibrant and Colurful is life of these youth as depicted in UVAA which is the story of 5 friends in the school. It is the story of comradeships and camaraderie in the adolescence phase of ones life. The concept appears interesting which is let down by its pacing and story telling. There are moments with sparks of brilliance from the characters of UVAA which are then diluted with repeatedly display of over the top emotions. UVAA has a pleasant journey in the first half, promising a thrilling story post the Interval, which again disappoints in the second half. Those formative years when the youth is on the cusp of adulthood with a trace of innocence, the years when the child is no more a child, drifting away from parents and yearning for a bonding in the form of ‘Friend ....
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Dil Dhadakne Do – Movie review

It begins with the introduction of the dysfunctional Mehra family which consists of Kamal Mehra (Anil Kapoor) a self made successful businessman who is on the verge of bankruptcy. His wife is Neelam Mehra (Shefali Shah) who is often sarcastic in relating to him, yet she showers all her motherly love (and pampers) her grown up laadla Kabir Mehra (Ranveer Singh). Despite the Mehra couple having a million differences with each other, they pretend to the world that they are an ideal couple, showing off in the society as they are often concerned about what the people around speak of them. Their daughter Ayesha Mehra (Priyanka Chopra), inherits the acute business acumen of her father. Being a very successful entrepreneur, she has been featured by the 'Forbes' magazine. Ayesha is unhappy with her marriage to Manav (Rahul Bose), a consequence of her parents calculative moves. And finall ....
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Tanu Weds Manu Returns – Hindi movie review

A sequel to 'Tanu Weds Manu', the couple leads a happy married life in Europe. It is nearly 4 years of their marriage, that Tanu (Kangana Ranaut) and Manu (R. Madhavan) loose interest in living together. She is ruing the loss of romance, while he too, is struggling to figure out what exactly has gone wrong. They visit a counselor, who makes the matters worse and next we see that they are separated. Their marriage is on the rocks with Tanu at one juncture accusing Manu of being devoid of any spark. To which Manu retorts "I am not a lighter." Tanu wants to seperate and so she returns to her hometown in Kanpur, India where she feels free and is back to her wild ways. Manu comes to Delhi for a change in his life, until he meets the Haryanvi athlete Kusum aka Datto (Kangana Ranaut in a double role) - who resembles Tanu. Manu gets interested in this different yet a look-alike girl and come ....
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Bombay Velvet – Hindi movie review

A period drama of the 60s, a visual treat of Bombay of that era, Bombay Velvet is created with artistic grandeur, has been let down by a confusing plot. Anurag Kashyap has to be applauded for lavishly recreating Bombay of the 60s. This is where it ends as the film has neither the entertainment factor or the chilly seriousness of a mafia ruling the politics and maneuvering the city plans for its benefits. Anushka Sharma is the cute fashionable jazz singer Rosie who sparkles in embellished body-fitting gowns. Bombay Velvet revolves around the story of how Bombay transformed its landscape during the 60s and 70s and the corrupt administration, which is hand in glove with the mill owners and the rich. This apart, the story is woven around the backdrop of Ranbir-Anushka romance. Ranbir Kapoor's character is used by people around him, including his mother. A small time hood, with a ....
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Kaagaz Ke Fools – Hindi movie review

A family drama about a middle class writer's fight with the system without losing his truthfulness. Puru (Vinay Pathak) is the protagonist of this drama. He has written a fantastic manuscript but is unable to have it published as it is about current social issues and the stark realities, which according to the publishers cannot sell in the market and then he also has to contend with his awkward, nagging wife Nikki (Mughdha Godse) who he compares with Lady Mac Beth as she wants her husband to succeed at any cost. Things take an ugly turn in their domestic bliss, while discussing and then it turning into an arguement about changes to be made in their house by a Feng Shui consultant. The heated arguement turns into a fight and in a huff, Nikki asks Puri to leave the house, so he swears he will never come back. To drown his sorrows, he goes to a bar-cum-casino den where he meets the beaut ....
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