A love story of a nautch girl and a Brahmin boy. Kangana Ranaut is the star in this drama highlighting the decline and plight of the age old tradition of Mujras and Kothas.
Primarily a love story, it also looks into the issue of the mujra houses that are dying a slow death in today's competitive world of high rises and corruption.
There was a time when areas like Mumbai Central and Nagpada were known for kothewallis and their kothas. Due to the sudden rise in prices of real estate in South Mumbai, it is these age old structures which have fallen prey to the eyes of the real estate developers who have only one aim, to clean out these kothas and build multi storey apartment houses which are sold at exorbitant rates.
Gradually and steadily they are all disappearing in the midst of a heart-wrenching romantic plot.
Kangana Ranaut plays the nautch girl, at certain moments she is also refer ....
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The Lunchbox is the story of two strangers who fall in love over a lunchbox of letters. What is interesting to watch in this film is that do they ever meet?
This one has Irrfan’s one of the career best performances playing a middle-aged man Saajan Fernandes. Saajan’s wife having died, having no children, he is a typical single man sort of character who is avoided by all around him.
One day, it so happens that a lunchbox prepared by Ila (Nimrat Kaur) for her husband, by some error, reaches Saajan who shamelessly devours the food and leaves nothing in the empty lunch box which makes Ila realize about the slip-up.
The least one would expect is a thank you atleast, this irked Ila, who sends sends him another lunchbox with a sarcastic note.
This single fellow, shunned by others – responds and suddenly finds him sharing jokes, passion for food. Over a period of time, this gives rise ....
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Zoya Akhtar, Anurag Kashyap, Karan Johar & Dibakar Banerjee - four of the finest directors come together to redefine Indian Cinema and celebrate the 100 years of Indian Cinema with the film Bombay Talkies.
Bombay Talkies is a collection of four films, each of them narrates stories about the problems of our society. The stories are very realistic and depict real life like situations and characters.
The first one titled as Ajeeb Dastaan Hain Yeh is directed by Karan Johar. It is a love triangle between a journalist Gayatri (Rani Mukerji) and her husband Dev (Randeep Hooda). An intern Avinash (Saqib Saleem) is working in Gayatri’s office. She realizes that Avinash is a gay, and doesn’t have any problems with that. But when Avinash grows closer to her husband, for who may have feelings for him, things get complicated.
In the second story directed by Dibakar Banerjee, there i ....
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It has a unique subject, based on a Hindi Play, written and Directed by Makrand Deshpande. Sona Spa brings the serious issue of lack of sleep due to various reasons that altogether causes unhealthy and tiring life.
In this fast paced urban life, one doesn’t have time to have proper sleep. Hence you are deprived of sleep. And what if you get to buy sleep?
This world is full of Fame, Glamour and money but it lacks sleep. At Sona Spa you can buy your sleep! Anytime, day or night.
It is also aimed at insomniacs, who can put a sleep worker to sleep on his behalf, thus enabling you to a better day the next morning.
Here, girls sleep for you, they are called sleep workers. Once the bonding between the client and the sleep worker is done, they will sleep for you and you can go on with your busy day. While they sleep, you will feel rested and relaxed, but they will also have access to your ....
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'Rangrezz' is the Hindi remake of Tamil hit film "Naadodigal", which was subsequently remade in Telugu.
It is a an overtly demonstrative eye opener with a message for the youth of today. The young minds need to ponder over the repercussions of their deeds when they fall in love. The film is about love and compatibility of the future life partner.
Rangrezz is a tribute to friendship. The story is about three friends in Mumbai who dedicatedly attempt to unite another friend with his lady-love.
It begins well, the lifestyle of middle-class families in the city, the affectionate bond of friendship of three friends. Celebration of various festivals. While the characters are introduced with the narrative proceeds at a refreshing pace.
Rishi Deshpande (Jackky Bhagnani), Pakya (Vijay Verma) and Vinod (Amitosh Nagpal) are three friends with Rajpal Yadav’s character shown as the waiter who h ....
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This film Jolly LLB is a social satire on the law system of the country, where a small town lawyer played by Arshad Warsi is pitted against Boman Irani, a flourishing high court lawyer.
Jolly LLB - movie review
Jagdish Tyagi aka Jolly (Arshad Warsi) is a small-town lawyer from Meerut, who dreams and strives to find fame and fortune in a big city, where he fights an open and shut case against one of the biggest and most influential lawyers, Tejinder Rajpal (Boman Irani).
The small town guy sets out to make it big in the capital city of India. Jolly is struggling to hit the big league, while just managing to survive in the urban city. He stumbles upon a case in which a drunk rich kid runs his car over a group of people sleeping on the pavement.
The story seems to be based on a high profile case of a rich youngster who committed this blunder of running over the pavement dwe ....
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A sequel to the critically acclaimed 2011 thriller, Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster, this version has Jimmy Shergill and Mahie Gill, who reprise reprising their roles from the first part.
Other pivotal characters added are that of Irrfan Khan and Soha Ali Khan.
Directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia, Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns is a romantic thriller drama about the royals fighting for money and power.
Aditya Pratap Singh (Jimmy Shergill), a royal prince, is shown as a crippled, moving around in a wheel chair, trying to recover from the physical disability. Recovering from his wife's betrayal, he has the company of lover cum seductress Madhavi Devi (Mahie Gill).
Aditya Pratap Singh manages the strategies and the play of politics of Madhavi Devi who is now an elected Member of Legislative Assembly in a northern state of India.
As they are some four independent MLAs who hold the key to swaying of t ....
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Silver Linings Playbook is a family drama, comedy and a love story presented by the Weinstein Company, based on the bestselling novel by Matthew Quick, written and directed by David O. Russel.
It stars Bradley Cooper (Hangover, Limitless), Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games, X-Men: First Class, the master actor Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom), and the famed Bollywood actor Anupam Kher. Chris Tucker (of Rush Hour fame) is in the film for a short yet impressionable role.
Pat Solatano (Bradley Cooper) has lost everything - his house, his job and his wife. He has the only place to go back is with his parents. Pat suffers from a bipolar disorder, and after spending eight months in a state institution, on a plea bargain, he stays with his father (Robert DeNiro) and mother (Jacki Weaver).
During his time at the mental health facility, Pat forms a close friendship with a fellow ....
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The film Kai Po Che is based on Chetan Bhagat’s bestselling novel 'The 3 Mistakes of My Life'. Kai Po Che actually means a triumphant yell in Gujarati, usually heard during the kite flying festival. This slice of life film is an unforgettable ode to friendship and the magical moments one shares with one’s closest pals.
Kai Po Che- movie review
Abhishek Kapoor shows celebrations of festivals, drunken dancing, watching cricket matches together, how three friends strategize to catch the attention of the cute neighborhood girl. Friendship is being there to watch each other’s back in troubled times and to celebrate one’s successes by screaming “Kai Po Che”!
It is the story of best friends Ishaan (Sushant Singh Rajput), Omi (Amit Sadh) and Govind (Raj Kumar Yadav). This trio is young, ambitious and restless – who want to make a mark in the India of the early 2000’ ....
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'Midnights Children' the film is an adaptation of Salman Rushdie's 1981 novel of the same name. The Bollywood version stars Satya Bhabha, Shriya Saran, Siddharth, Ronit Roy, Rahul Bose, Shabana Azmi, Soha Ali Khan, Seema Biswas, Rajat Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Sarita Choudhary, Shahana Goswami, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Darsheel Safary in lead roles.
The film has humour and heart as it has some beautiful moments and quite decent performances from the lead cast.
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