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The Last Lear – movie review

The Last Lear is inspired by the famous Bengali actor, activist and playwright Utpal Dutt and his play "Aajker Shahjehan" (The Emperor Today). The play was about the enormous trust and faith that actors repose on those who support their art. Just as much as it is about the betrayals of that very trust. The Last Lear having a Bollywood star cast is an English language film. It has Amitabh, Arjun Rampal and Preity couldn't have been more perfect. Amitabh hogs the limelight not in as towering personality, but as Harish Mishra. Harish Mishra (Amitabh Bachchan) is the protagonist of this offbeat film. The film-within-the film is a lamentation about the dying art of the circus. As winds of change accompanying neo-liberal policies sweep across the country, older cultural forms give way to newer ones. In this moment of transition, trust and treachery collide and crumble. What does a 65 ....
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1920 – movie review

1920 is a horror film written and directed by Vikram Bhatt. The story revolves around the events surrounding a married couple living in a haunted house during the British rule in India in the year 1920. An architect arrives at a large manor House known as Haveli in Palampur somewhere in Northern India. The manager MK tells him that the owner wishes to have it torn down and have a hotel constructed in its place. Later that night, the architect is killed by a mysterious force. It turns out the architect who was engaged before him too, was killed in a similar way some time ago. The devout Arjun Singh (Rajneesh Duggal) who begins every morning with Hanuman Chalisa is an architect, and devoted to his family. He is in love with Lisa who is of a mixed faith. She is born of a British father and an Indian mother and this is disapproved by Arjun’s family who even attempts to burn this girl ....
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Ru-Ba-Ru – movie review

The film Ru-Ba-Ru's publicity describes it as a romantic thriller which revolves around the relationship between a live-in couple caught amidst their busy professional careers. Rubaru is shot extensively in the beautiful Krabi Beach area in Bangkok, Thailand. The movie is an adaptation of Gil Junger's Hollywood hit If Only (2004). Randeep Hooda and Sahana Goswami share some steamy and passionate lip locking scenes in debutant director Arjun Baali's Ru-Ba-Ru. Sahana Goswami, who recently played Arjun Rampal's wife in Rock On! plays a lead role here as Tara, who is a professional theater actress. Randeep Hooda is an advertising executive. Other films show budding love, the initial problems faced by the couple, which are overcome and they lived happily ever after. Ru-Ba-Ru deals about the life that comes after being in a relationship for two years. Living with each other for so lon ....
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A Wednesday – movie review

Debutant director Neeraj Pandey’s A Wednesday is about the aam junta who is trapped in mundane realities of eking out a survival in Mumbai (and now anywhere in India).

A Wednesday - movie review

The common man has almost got used to the idea that fundamentalism and terrorism is a way of life. But now he has finally been pushed over the edge. He is hurt and no longer willing to be the quiet victim. He has had enough! Mumbai, the financial capital of India, the city that never sleeps, the city of dreams, fast paced and ever changing, home to Bollywood! A city of beauty but also a city that got scarred! A city whose foundation is slowly crumbling beneath its facade of invincibility. A Wednestay tells the story of certain events that unfold between 2 and 6 pm on a particular Wednesday in this city. Events which do not exist in any record but which deeply affect the lives o ....
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Tahaan – movie review

A fable-like journey of the eponymous eight year old boy, Tahaan (Paurav Bhandare) lives with his grandfather (Victor Banerjee), his mother Haba (Sarika) and older sister Zoya (Sana Shaikh) in the serene meadows of Kashmir. They all live in the hope that someday Tahaan's father who's been missing for over three years, will return. This lil boy spends his time in the meadows with his sheep and closest friend Birbal, his donkey, and conjures up a million questions about this world for his grandfather to answer. Grandpa’s profound teachings help Tahaan to choose the right path at the time of grave difficulties. Tahaan's mother is a powerful character representing the woman who stands strong in the face of hardships. The little boy's 14 year old sister Zoya provides great support to her mother. Her concern for her little brother Tahaan's well being makes her pivotal in bridging the gap ....
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Hijack – movie review

Ad film maker Kunal Shivdasani's directoral debut Hijack is a fast paced action thriller with some exceptional mid-air action and stunts by Allan Amin. Hijack movie review ... Vikram Madan (Shiney Ahuja) is a ground maintenance engineer at the Chandigarh Airport. His social life is limited to one friend Rajeev who is the security chief at the same airport. As luck would have it, Vikram's daughter is travelling with her teacher for a debate contest to Amritsar from Delhi. That flight gets hijacked by a group of 6 terrorists working for a man named Rasheed (KK Raina) who has been captured by the Indian Police. This flight is forced to land at Chandigarh Airport itself. These terrorists demand the release of Rasheed from the Indian Government or they threaten to kill the hostages inside the aircraft at large. Vikram cannot forget how his wife died in a similar incident way back ....
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C Kkompany – movie review

C Kkompany is a story three underdogs in three different age groups staying in a middle class society. Three of them are great friends and are striving to achieve their respective dreams. One day while playing a harmless prank, things take a drastic turn and a series of events follow which take them on a journey they had never imagined. Three friends Akshay Kumar (Tusshar Kapoor), Mr. Joshi (Anupam Kher) and Lambodar Jha (Rajpal Yadav) have their own share of troubles as a common man. While Akshay is a struggling crime reporter, Mr. Joshi is a retired accountant troubled by his ungrateful son. Lambodar finds it difficult to deal with his wife over his job. Together they share their plight and find solace in each other's company. On one occasion, their play a harmless prank to tackle their problems which leads to a series of events that puts them into media spotlight. But things ....
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Rock On!! – movie review

Rock On!! is the story of 4 friends who want put together the greatest band this country has ever seen. They are in their early twenties, wild and carefree, and their main focus in life is about music and friendship. Aditya Shroff (Farhan Akhtar), Joe Mascarenhas (Arjun Rampal), Rob (Luke Kenny) and K.D.(Purab Kohli) together create the rock band 'Magik'. The film is about friendship and the passion for music. This group takes part on a competition for Indian Rock Bands where the winner will be offered a contract for an album and at least one music video. These guys need money for new instruments. What not they have to do to earn the money, even at times by playing old Hindi songs at random Dandiya parties! Their reluctance and helplessness is beautifully captured in close-ups. They win the competition, and while signing the contract, are forced to make a number of compromises. Now ....
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Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam – movie review

Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam is a contemporary comedy story is set in Goa of 1993 when terrorists are plotting to bomb-blast Mumbai.

In a small Goan town is a theatre company managed by Uday Shankar Mazumdar (Paresh Rawal) and his wife Shabnam (Mallika Sherawat). This drama troupe - Kalakar Natak Company produces socially relevant, thought-provoking plays with simple comedy and their intention is to change the society one day and everyone will say, 'Maan Gaye Mughal-E-Azam'. Arjun (Rahul Bose) is one of the regulars in the audience. He is a R.A.W. agent and has a crush on Shabnam. The theatre company gets involved with an undercover agent who is working on saving the country from a bomb blast. One by one they come forward to help and are eventually instrumental in making a deadly game plan to save the world. Things take a twist when Arjun gets to know of this deadly plan of t ....
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Phoonk – movie review

Every once in a while we either hear or experience things which cannot have a rational explanation. Phoonk the movie is about that.

The truth of the matter is that we have very little knowledge and understanding of life and its various mysteries. Phoonk movie review... The story of Phoonk demands an answer from you to the question that no matter how much of a non-believer you are, you can truly stand by your convictions especially when you or your loved ones are seemingly being threatened by demonic forces whose very existence your rational mind refuses to accept? Rajeev (Sudeep) is a successful Construction Engineer with a loving wife, and two children aged 10 and 8. He is an atheist to the core. He scoffs at God and even more at people who believe in the dark forces till one day when an evil was let loose in his happy home, threatening to destroy his family and shake up ....
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