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99, not out, movie review
Presented by People Pictures and produced by Anupam Mittal and Aditya Shastri 99 not out the film is a refreshing change. It is an original story inspired by real events. It is as much “what could have been” as it is “what really happened.” In other words, it is historical fiction - being the keyword. It spans a few genres, it is slick, fast-paced, realistic and, importantly, very funny. 99 not out - movie review... In this "smart comedy" set in 1999, all the characters are bound by a common feeling of being stuck at 99 in life - just one short of a ‘century’ - that elusive thing called "making it" in life! 99 the film has betting, gambling and match fixing as a part of this film. Sachin (Kunal Khemu) and Zaramud (Cyrus Broacha) are the two happy-go-lucky friends who make easy cash by duplicating mobile phone SIM cards. One day, while being chased by the cops they ....
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Suno na, movie review
Its nice to see debut of creative directors in bollywood and Amy Thanawala's Suno Na - Ek Nanhi Aawaz is about a small town girl from Andhra Pradesh. Anupama (Tara Sharma) is a small town innocent girl who becomes pregnant before marriage. Anupama, break up with her boyfriend when she becomes pregnant with his child. She is about to commit suicide, however, Anupama takes the brave step of deciding to keep the child against her family’s wishes. Suno na... review... Anu now has a reason to live, so she moves to Mumbai with her friend Raina (Rinku Patel) and gets herself a job as a secretary in a firm. Being pregnant, she starts hearing her unborn child talking to her, and she is excited, she chats with it every now and then. Unsure of whether it's a boy or a girl, they call it 'Sammy', and even more exciting, is that Sammy is a good support to her in difficult times. Now Samm ....
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Frozen, movie review
Frozen is a Black and White Hindi feature film shot entirely in locations in Ladakh at about 12,000 feet above sea level where the temperature range between -5 to -20 degrees. Debutant director Shivajee Chandrabhushan. Filmed entirely in black and white, it immaculately captures the cold and unrelenting hostility of the mighty Himalayas mountain range. The story of Frozen revolves around a small family living an almost hand-to-mouth existence up in the mountains. Their lives change when the army sets up their camp next door. Presence of the armed forces and the undercurrents of terrorism and war bring about a disparity in the neat backdrop of this region. Karma (Danny Denzongpa) a widower with a teenaged daughter Lasya (Gauri) and younger son Chomo (Angchuk) is burdened with looking after his family as well as earning his livelihood by the traditional seasonal business of apricot j ....
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Chowrasta movie review
Chowrasta means the meeting point of four roads. The movie deals with mainly four corners held by various people. This film depicts the sundry lives of these commoners and then what happens when they criss-cross each other at the chowrasta (four roads) at the central point of Darjeeling. Chowrasta movie review... The characters are Nandana (Roopa Ganguly), a fading star from Bollywood with a twelve year old son, the honeymooning couple Rita and Sunny (Naved Aslam and Aparajita), the tea planter Jimmy (Victor Banerjee) from Darjeeling, and the terrorist Kenny (Atul Kulkarni) on run. Jimmy, a distraught tea-planter writes love letters to his deceased wife. Loneliness has gripped him as he even contemplates ending his life. As Nandana discovers that there is not much left in her life, she is in search of someone who will look after her twelve year old son. She has had so many affairs ....
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Coffee House, movie review
The film is a story about a Coffee House located in a metro city, a place where we have regulars, while some people visit occasionally. It is four stories running simultaneously, showcasing individual problems of each of these people. It is also about staging street plays highlighting social problems, a bit old fashioned in this age of TV and short films which do the same. Coffee House movie review... The characters develop a sort of closeness amongst each other, gradually even generating a kind of concern for each other too. The crowd here, while discussing individual issues also come up with new ideas that start taking shape and mark a new beginning. Kamal Kishore (Ashutosh Rana) is an activist, who desires to bring change in the society by staging street theatre. Kavita (Sakshi Tanwar) is Kamal Kishore’s wife who also runs a newspaper. Earlier, Kamal Kishore was a part of the ....
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Meri Padosan, movie review
Viju (Sanjay Mishra), a clerk and his wife Kavita (Sadhika Randhawa) have come from a small time to realise their dreams of a happy life in Mumbai – the city of opportunities. They lead a happy married life and it is explained that nothing can ever go wrong in the life of this couple. Meri Padosan movie review... In their neighborhood are two friends – Prem (Snehal Dabhi) who is a media promoter and Aslam (Khayali) who works in a bank. A struggling film director Shyam Gopal Verma (Sarvar Ahuja) comes to stay with them. Shyam gets to know that Live India channel is looking for a director and has invited filmmakers to make a short film. He starts thinking of the concept he should submit to emerge a winner. One evening he sees his neighbor Kavita waiting for her husband Viju. He gets a chance to see Viju and Kavita's romance. He decides to make a real life film of this couple ....
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Dashavtar, movie review
Dashavtar is a Tamil film which is dubbed in Hindi and released all over India. Its basic premise is Lord Vishnu's 10 different avatars (10 appearances of the lord in different roles). The film is set on a grand scale, and it traverses from 1000 years back till today. It is due to tremendous efforts of the versatile Kamala Haasan who transforms into 10 utterly different characters much to our amazement. Dashavtar begins from the 12th century Chola kingdom when there is a serious conflict between the Shiva devotees and those of Vishnu. The King a non believer of Lord Vishnu orders to dispose a large idol of Vishnu from a temple in ocean. However, Rangaraja Nambi (Kamal Haasan), a Lord Vishnu follower, opposes the royal order, despite pleas from his wife, Kothai Radha, (Asin Thottumkal) and their son. Rangaraja is subsequently chained to the huge idol and both are thrown in the ocean ....
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Ek Se Bure Do, movie review
Ek Se Bure Do is the story of comic escapades of two friends Tony (Arsad Warshi) and Titu (Rajpal Yadav), small-time con men who are equally fascinated with money. They are constantly swindling the Don Jagat Dada (Govind Namdeo) to make quick buck. They are in debt of the Don, and then one day he tells them about a map he's heard of which reveals the location of treasure. Ek Se Bure Do movie review... Don Jagat Dada gets Tony and Titu to steal the map from the Archeology Department in exchange for peanuts. The friends disguise themselves as history professors, get hold of the map, but also realize the value of the map just in time. Then they decide to con the Don, and find the treasure themselves, and what ensues is a chase to find these two guys who are hiding in the house where the treasure is hidden. Ek Se Bure Do is the journey that takes them on a hilarious ride of ups and dow ....
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8x10 Tasveer, movie review
8x10 Tasveer has an interesting idea - that a guy can look at a photograph and travel back in time to when the photo was taken. The film is an exciting tale around a person Jai Puri (Akshay Kumar) who is naturally gifted with psychotic powers to peep inside people's past gazing through their photograph for a minute. But this power is very risky as it can even take his life after that dreadful minute. 8x10 Tasveer movie review... Jai is a forest ranger in the woods near Alberta, Canada and lives in a cabin with his girlfriend Sheila (Ayesha Takia). He has been estranged from his parents, Jatin Puri (Benjamin Gilani) and Savitri Puri (Sharmila Tagore). Jai’s father is the CEO of a privately held Canadian oil company whose oil exploration causes environmental damage, which is the cause of tension between father and son. When Jai's father dies due to an accident, one Inspector Mr. ....
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Videsh - Heaven on Earth, movie review
The film inspired by Girish Karnad's play Nagamandala’s Hindi title is Videsh, for international market it is ‘Heaven on Earth’. Chand (Preity Zinta) journeys from India to Canada to marry Rocky (Vansh Bhardwaj), a man she has never met and to live with her husband’s extended family in Brampton. Soon trapped between tradition and the desire for happiness, she retreats into a parallel mythical world. But when myth and reality collide Chand must choose between duty and freedom. Videsh - Heaven on Earth movie review... Vibrant and irrepressibly alive, Chand is a young bride leaving her home in Ludhiana, India, for the cavernous landscape of Brampton, Ontario, where her husband Rocky (Vansh Bhardwaj) and his very traditional family await her arrival. Everything is new to Chand; everything is unfamiliar including the quiet and shy Rocky who she meets for the first time at the Ar ....
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