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Mithya – movie review

Mithya means a lie. Lies and everything else apart, it's an absolute entertainer. Rajat Kapoor has tried a never-before- tried treatment in this film and outcome is as unexpected as its meaning. He manages to weave together both the elements of comedy and a crime thriller and come up with a movie which surprises us by its sheer boldness. Mithya is filled with all the ingredients of a Bollywood hit movie - comedy, drama, action, romance, love, and finally, a good story of a guy who finds himself at the wrong place in the wrong time and how that changes his life. VK (Ranveer Shorey) is a struggling actor, like thousands of film aspirants who reach Bollywood, comes to Mumbai with endless big film dreams. But fate has something in store for him, for it makes him a pawn in a master game plan of the underworld, and then he unknowingly gets drawn into a whirlpool of events that will deter ....
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Superstar – movie review

Kunal Khemu is the star in the film Superstar that is about an aspiring actor who wants to make it big in Bollywood. Not only a fine actor, he can actually carry a film on his shoulders. Superstar has the backdrop of Bollywood to showcase a story of look-alikes who by chance switch their fortunes in an industry where there is only one God: Money. Superstar, the film has him in a double role where one Kunal is the self-indulgent son of a producer (Darshan Jariwala) who pumps in all the money he has to create a superstar out of his son. The other Kunal is a wannabe actor, who drives his rickety motorbike from Borivili (a distant suburb in Mumbai) to Film City in search of a great role which will make him a mix of Amitabh, Shah Rukh and Salman. We have a doting mother (Reema Lagoo), an anxious father (Sharat Saxena) and a cute girlfriend (Tulip Joshi). The wild son seems to be a no ....
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My name is Anthony Gonsalves – movie review

It is amazing that this very Bollywood film industry has produced the likes of Shatrughan Sinha, Mithun Chakraborty, Shah Rukh Khan and Ajay Devgan who were just written off initially since they did not have chocolate looks, style nor any filmy godfather to give them a break. This is what My name is Anthony Gonsalves is all about. Well, then this film is the story of an ordinary boy - Anthony Gonsalves (Nikhil Dwivedi) who has an extra ordinary dream - to become a film star. As an orphan child Anthony was picked up from the streets of Mumbai by the large hearted gangster Sikander (Pavan Malhotra) who hands this young lad over to father Braganza (Mithun Chakraborty), who becomes his moral guardian. This innocent young child is now sheltered from harsh realities of life. Grown up as a handsome young man, Anthony works as a bartender at Jimmy's pub run by the local gangsters - Seth Mu ....
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SHOWBIZ – move review

Exposes of ill doings of the media persons are still scarce in our movies. Maybe, the filmmakers feel condemning the press would invite bad reviews for the film. Mukesh Bhatt has taken a step in this direction with SHOWBIZ. Bollywood has shown politicians, cops and other professionals as villains, then why not journalists now? The Bhatt camp has dared to unmask a section of the media that indulges in foul play, exposing handful of unethical individuals in the media business. It's a directorial debut of choreographer Raju Khan and Tushar Jalota and Mrinalini Sharma. Rohan Arya (Tushar Jalota) a rising superstar seems to have it all. He has everything, anyone else would dream in life - a rising career, beautiful girlfriend and all other material things in life. Initially, not a favorite with the media, with success he's now a media darling, and then later on unfortunately becom ....
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Dus Kahaniyaan – movie review

As the title itself suggests, Dus Kahaniyaan is an innovative concept where in a single film, there are 10 independent short stories. About 4 or 5 of them are notable from among the ten, which are summarized here: Matrimony ( Director: Sanjay Gupta) The Sarins (Arbaaz Khan and Mandira Bedi) are a happily married couple. On the pretext of meeting her ailing aunt every Thursday, Mandira has a dark secret, unknown to her husband that she has a lover - handsome hunk Sudhanshu Pandey. What is not know to her is that he too has a lover. The director somewhat establishes this as a story of betrayal and faith. For those who always reach late to see a movie, its okay to miss this one. Zahir (Director: Sanjay Gupta) Dia Mirza and Manoj Bajpai are a single man and a girl next door. Manoj has left his lucrative job to take out time for writing a book. Dia is a sweet girl meets Manoj in the e ....
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Khoya Khoya Chand – movie review

Khoya Khoya Chand takes you to back to the golden era of 1950s and 1960s of Bollywood, among old-fashioned lights, theatrical sets, divas and vintage vehicles. The visual treatment is marvelous, which creates a splendid atmosphere of those golden old days. Remember the old classic song " Khoya Khoya Chaand …" of a in a 1950's movie "Kaala Bazaar" which showed our evergreen "boy" Dev Anand during his hey days? It is a sleek, neatly created romance set against the golden era of cinema. The movie is of a pretty young starlet Nikhat (Soha Ali Khan) and Zafar (Shiney Ahuja). How she becomes a big star with the help of superstar Prem Kumar (Rajat Kapoor). Nikhat is a daughter of a well known actress Sharda and is keen to join the Hindi films industry. A young, fledgling wannabe actress, she learns dancing, incidentally she catches the eye of the top actor Prem Kumar with whom she falls ....
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Saawariya – movie review

Saawariya means beloved. Only that lover who stands the test of time …who overcomes all obstacles… who doesn't care whether he gets the girl or not… as long as he's consumed by love… as long as he remains in a perpetual state of being in love… That man, that rare lover is saawariya. Ranbir Kapoor (Rishi Kapoor's son) is instantly likeable, and Sonam Kapoor (Anil Kapoor's daughter) is undeniably attractive. They are the newest and most promising stars ever offered by our Bollywood film industry. These young stars debut in director Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film Saawariya which is a stark, lovely story about romance born and rekindled over four nights apparently inspired by the classic Fyodor Dostoevsky's "White Nights". Saawariya's is a leisurely paced love story about two young star-crossed lovers. Raj (Ranbir Kapoor), a minstrel, full to the brim with can-do anything ....
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Mumbai Salsa – movie review

The movie shows a lounge bar in Mumbai by the name - Mumbai Salsa where the principal characters meet and their lives change forever. Mumbai Salsa attempts to portray the lives of eight friends in the metropolis in the most realistic manner. The 8 young guys n gals played by Vir Das, Amruta, Manjari Fadnis, Raymond Irani, Indraneil Sengupta, Dilip Thadeshwar, Neelam Chauhan and Linda Arsenio are also making their debut in the film. It is a film about dysfunctional relationships among young Indians, has given a great platform to eight upcoming actors who now see themselves in new light. Subject of this movie and the lingoes are targeted at the yuppie crowd which could restrict the film's appeal to select metros of India or those living abroad. Mumbai Salsa takes a look at the varied relationships that exists within the young corporate India. Not too long back, an average Indian w ....
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Its Breaking News – movie review

Its Breaking News the film bares all that goes behind sting operations, the ways and means a few channel heads stoop to - for the ultimate bottom-line- to attract eyeballs in these times of fierce competition among Television Channels. Without resorting to any technical wizardry nor any melodrama, It's Breaking News says it all in the most simplistic course and is an engrossing story. Vidya (Koel Purie) is a young, dynamic, self-motivated news correspondent with a TV Channel, who has just finished a course in journalism and is all charged to take up confrontations of this profession. She then is forced to quit entertainment and cover crime. Gradually, she gets the hang and feel of it. Eventually she is now addicted to the thrill and ecstasy of the job and once, she even tries to fool around with the so called ethics and codes of journalism by creating situations to get a story f ....
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Dhokha – movie review

The finest part of this film is that it not pro or anti any religion. It squarely points fingers at people who spread terror in the name of religion. The movie probes into the issue why people turn into jehadis and it provides some reasons. Continue - Dhokha movie review... On the night of a deadly bombing at the New Century Club, Zaid [Muzamil Ibrahim] a Muslim police officer in Mumbai works tirelessly to help the terrorized and shattered patients admitted in the hospital. Its a night of turmoil and deaths all around one would like not to dream even in their dreams. Incidentally the cop's wife's body (Sara, played by gorgeous Tulip Joshi), is found amongst the dead. To add misery to his shock, the police officer is told that his wife was not a victim but the suicide bomber herself. Then this cop is arrested on suspicion of terrorism and is thoroughly interrogated. Later even thoug ....
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