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SULTAN – Movie review

A tale about an underdog wrestler's journey, looking for a comeback by defeating all odds stacked up against him. But when he has nothing to lose and everything to gain in this fight for his life match, Sultan must literally fight for his life. For Salman Khan fans, 'Sultan' is Full Paisa Vasool. The ups and downs of Sultan Ali Khan. a 30 something settled in profession of installing TV connections for a Direct to Home (DTH) provider, as he dreams of representing India at the Olympics and who begins with fighting his way to become a local wrestling champion and ending with the world at his feet. Review: For Sallubhai fans - Don't waste your time reading this review, just go and watch it. For others - TINA (There is No Alternative) on Idd holidays. This is a solo hindi film release. There are some encouraging words of wisdom in the film, like "Wrestling is not a sport it's about fig ....
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SHORTCUT SAFARI – Hindi movie review

A jungle adventure film, that attempts to reconnect us with our roots through the eyes of seven children and showcase the natural world in contrast with the humdrum and chaos of daily city life. Directoral debut of celebrated cinematographer (DoP), Amitabha Singh, who has National Award winners Chillar Party, Khosla Ka Ghosla and India’s Oscar entrant in 2014, THE GOOD ROAD to his credit, the film is finely crafted except otherwise the CGI when the wild animals are shown moving around freely in the jungle. This adventure film traces the adventerous, exciting and even scary moments of a few school going kids who get stuck in a dense forest during their outing. Kids are kids, and when they insist that they reach their destination before the other vehicles, in an attempt to take a short-cut, their van gets stuck in the middle of the dense jungle. The driver leaves to reach out for r ....
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Saala Khadoos – movie review

R Madhavan plays a failed, disheartened retired boxer who now, is a coach of women's boxing for the Indian Boxing Federation. Being true to his profession and the country, this nutty coach has the uncanny ability to spot budding talent. He comes up with a convincing and extremely realistic performance of a true and honest coach who puts all his efforts, time (and money) in nuturing raw talent. Being a true boxing coach, he cannot accept anything mediocre in his budding women boxers. Nothing less. Adi Tomar (R. Madhavan) is a Senior Boxing Coach for Women's Boxing Federation of India. The federation chief (Zakir Hussain) is a typical babu type who keeps his personal motives and benefits in mind while selection of the women boxer to represent the country. Adi's outspoken and blunt behaviour leads to him being transferred to Chennai, where he finds the selected women boxers belo ....
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Star Wars, The Force Awakens – Movie review

The seventh installment in the main Star Wars film series STAR WARS - The Force Awakens is set approximately 30 years after Return of the Jedi (1983), and follows Rey, Finn, and Poe Dameron's fight with the Resistance, led by veterans of the Rebel Alliance, against Kylo Ren and the First Order, descended from the Galactic Empire. A generation after the second Death Star was destroyed, Luke Skywalker, the last Jedi, has disappeared. The First Order has risen from the fallen Galactic Empire and seeks to eliminate Luke and the Republic. The Resistance, backed by the Republic and led by Luke's twin sister, Leia Organa, opposes them while searching for Luke to enlist his aid. The engrossing adventure begins with Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac), a Resistance X-wing fighter pilot who is sent on a mission by a certain princess. He is rescued by Finn, the First Order stormtrooper, and their fates are ....
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THE SILENT HEROES – Hindi movie review

These specially abled kids achieve the impossible, never ever attempted the world over. No words to speak, No sound to hear, Just a dream to fulfill. This describes best about this honest film, an adventurous and emotional story of 13 REAL deaf and mute children on a Himalayan mission, their struggle for survival, their courage and their heroism. A fictional story of 13 deaf children from a school in Uttarakhand who want to work on something which shall bring them respect and that the world shall look up to them. This school is run by two teachers who feel that if these children become mountaineers then their dream to rise high above everyone shall be realized, after all mountaineering is a difficult sport and attempting the same with deaf children is much bigger challenge. The film then focuses on their trainer and his haunting past which compels him to help them, story of their ri ....
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Sorry Daddy – Hindi movie review

An action thriller about a diligent cop who stumbles upon the racket of Child trafficking. A Children's story centering on the turbulent relationship between Inspector Shamim and Children, a relationship which is affected by Children's issues with alcohol, begging, abuse and temperament. We have Inspector Ravi Sharma (Shamim Khan), a honest, upright and a diligent police officer. Single handedly, he has just burst the racket of Daddan’s (Mukesh Tiwari) illegal wine factory which shows his intention against the enemy of law and society. At home, his daughter Anishka seeks his help to find out her lost school friend Aditya. The child Aditya is a very bright student but appears looking puzzled as he has drunkard father who frequently harasses his mother on the pretext of gaining money to buy his daily dose of alcohol. One day the fight takes an ugly turn and his mother pushes his fath ....
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SPECTRE – Movie review

Daniel Craig's fourth appearance as the fictional British Secret Agent 007 James Bond in Spectre was worth the wait. His earlier appearances as the British spy were that in Casino Royale (his debut as James Bond), followed by Quantum of Solace and then in Skyfall. The 007 franchise is the longest running in film history with twenty-four films produced since 1962. This is the largest Bond film release across India exclusively in high-quality 2K digital format in 1250 screens in four languages - English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu - and in 2D and IMAX formats. Spectre comes across as a 'mature' Bond flick with an intriguing story with enthralling moments and more so with the life-like realistic situations, a special mention of the situation when the helpless 007 notices that the car which he runs off from the Agency wasn't equipped with ammunition but he has to get rid of the baddies. It ....
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Singh is Bliing – movie review

Akshay Kumar’s energy, emotions and performance are the only saving grace of this yet again mindless comedy-action adventure. Singh is Bliing movie review Raftaar Singh (Akshay Kumar) is the apple of his mother (Rati Agnihotri) who spoils her son with her love and her home-cooked jalebis. Raftaar spends his time dancing and hanging out with his friends. He is a free spirited man who finds happiness in other people’s smiles. He is always looking to live his life to the fullest and runs away from responsibility, leaves everything in his life incomplete. Hence his father sends him to Goa to work under his friend who could bring some change in this no-good son. Raftaar Singh is then sent to receive his new Boss’s friend’s daughter Sara (Amy Jackson) who has come to India to search for her mother. She is beautiful yet tough as a rock as she grew up amidst guns and goons. He ....
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Second Hand Husband – Hindi Movie Review

Actor Govinda’s daughter Tina Ahuja (Narmmadaa) is being launched in this romantic comedy. So is this one Gippy Grewal's debut in Bollywood too. Gurpreet (Tina Ahuja) and Rajbir (Gippy Greval) are in love and want to marry each other. Gurpreet is a practising lawyer and Rabjir has filed for divorce from his ex-wife Neha (Geeta Basra). Gurpreet's parents are open to this idea, however her brother (Ravi Kishan) is against his daughter getting married to a 'second hand husband'. The brother dreams of getting his sister married to a bachelor Punjabi boy in Canada as he too gets a chance to go to Canada. The only hitch stopping this couple is the alimony amount of Rupees 30,000 per month that Rajbir has to pay every month to his ex-wife, Neha. While Rajbir earns barely 45,000 a month. Gurpreet, being a lawyer, is aware that the alimony needs to be paid only till Neha gets married to som ....
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San Andreas – Movie Review

The 3D film depicts the largest magnitude earthquake in recorded history. A seismic swarm along a previously undetected fault near Nevada’s Hoover Dam crosses the border to trigger California’s notorious San Andreas Fault, which erupts in a massive jolt that rocks Los Angeles to its core. But it doesn’t stop there. The shockwave travels up the fault line, setting off a ripple effect of chaos and destruction all the way to San Francisco. A disaster-thriller shot on broad canvas which depicts a catastrophic quake, in the deepest instincts such an unpredictable and uncontrollable force of nature provokes: our need to reach out to others and to confirm what’s most important to us. After the infamous San Andreas Fault gives, triggering a magnitude 9-plus earthquake in California, a search and rescue helicopter pilot Ray (Dwayne Johnson) and his estranged wife (Carla Gugino) make t ....
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