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Mirzya – movie review

If you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt… only love Mirzya is an epic love story that plays out in contemporary times – inspired by the folk tale of “the legend of Mirza – Sahiban This fantasy romantic thriller has the basic premise inspired by the Punjabi folklore of Mirza Sahiban. We have heard of Heer Ranjha and Sohni Mahiwal. In the folk lore story of Mirza-Sahiban, the couple meets with a tragic ending. So does this film. Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra the director presents the age-old story in a radical, modern understanding of the tale. The story telling goes into flashback mode repeatedly narrating those significant milestones in the lives of the lovers. In this epic the modern day Mirza is Munish/ Adil played by Harshvardhan Kapoor and that of Sahiban is Suchi (Saiyami Kher) who is dazzlingly beautiful in the folklore as well in the modern interpration ....
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M S Dhoni: The Untold Story – movie review

This film inspires the youth of today and further shows the importance of taking the right decisions at the right time. The film is about the man you know, but not his journey. That's what this biopic is about. M S Dhoni - The Untold story follows the journey of this outstanding wicket keeper and acclaimed cricket captain in India - Mahendra Singh Dhoni, right from his origins as a budding cricketer from Ranchi and then becoming the most successful captain of Indian Cricket Team. Some of the several prominent aspects of Dhoni's life that we weren't aware about was that he initially disdained cricket and his penchant for football instead and then his signature "helicopter shot" which was taught to him by his friend Santosh Lal. The film begins with the ICC Cricket World Cup Final played in 2011 between India and Sri Lanka at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai where Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Su ....
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Baar Baar Dekho – Movie review

Sidharth Malhotra and Katrina Kaif's pairing electrifies the film Baar Baar Dekho. Just that and nothing more. Much was expected out of Nitya Mehra's film. After working as an assistant director in films like Ang Lee's 'Life of Pie' and Mira Nair films The Namesake, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, she disappoints in her directorial debut in this romantic drama Baar Baar Dekho. Baar Baar Dekho also marks the debut of American screenwriter Sri Rao which made news about this film which is based on an ageing romance spanning 30 odd years. Jai Verma (Sidharth Malhotra) is a Mathematics Professor in Delhi. Diya (Katrina Kaif) is an artist who is madly in love with this handsome professor. They are about to get married when Jai scoffs at the Hindu priest at the time of their wedding about the institution of marriage. The commitment phobic Jai is more career inclined and dreams to move ....
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Waarrior Savitri – movie review

Niharica Raizada's action scenes are the highlights of this film which is a modern-day adaption of the fable in the Mahabharata about Satyavan Savitri. The fable says that Savitri is cursed since her childhood that whoever she marries, her husband would die. Defying destiny, Savitri undertakes various tough 'vrats' and emerges successful in dodging Yamraj (Lord of Death) eventually managing to evade her husband's death and the couple lead a happy mortal life thereafter. Waarrior Savitri is written and directed by Param Gill. The film stars the debutante Niharica Raizada, grand daughter of legendary music composer O P Nayyar and Rajat Barmecha of 'Udaan' fame who plays Satya (Satyavan) supported by veteran actors Om Puri who plays Yamraj and Gulshan Grover. Since her childhood, this girl Savitri is cursed that she won't have a happy married life with her husband who would die after ....
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Hai Apna Dil Toh Awara – movie review

Here is a rom-com quite different from the ones we see these days. Shot extensively in the picturesque locales of Kashmir, Hai Apna Dil Toh Awara is a story of three couples who have their own point of views about life and when their thoughts collide, it's a Bull vs Matador fight to the finish for them. It is generally evident in the couples of urban cities of India where they are immersed in their own web of problems, relationships and social obligations. The real romance is missing in the lives of these 3 couples. One of them is a playboy, the other is a henpecked husband and the third is a mama's boy, enough to upset his wife. Tony Singh (Sahil Anand) is a perfect con artist when it comes to women has his lady love Pooja Mehta (Niyati Joshi) in a web of dreams around him. Rikki Dalwani's (Vikram Kochhar) life is a beach resort where he has this perfect wife Sanya Dalwani (Divya C ....
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Moods of Crime – Hindi movie review

A real-world film, that explores the psychology of criminals from the view of Criminal Psychology students. Unlike most of the Bollywood's larger than life films, Moods of Crime has a bold concept, appears quite realistic and hits the viewer about the characters which could be anyone around you or even your friend playing on you. Bollywood is known for larger than life films. However there’s a substantial audience which follows real-world films too. ‘Moods of Crime’ falls in that category which will leave the audience shocked. It doesn't have any extravagance, no songs, no item numbers which are substituted with a simple format of storytelling. This crime thriller analysis and takes you through the various stages of permutations and combinations going on a person's mind behind committing a crime and the feelings post that. It is a psychological thriller revolving around Zubin M ....
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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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Raman Raghav 2.0 – Movie review

Nawazuddin Siddiqui stands out in this dark Psychological Thriller with his brilliant portrayal of the psychotic killer of 1960s-70s. It is generally said that evil exists in each individual on this earth with the percentage of wickedness varying from almost zero to maximum in rarest of the people. This story is inspired by the notorious serial killer Raman Raghav (an individual) and a fictionalized version of the depiction of the gory, cold blooded murders he committed. Set in present day Mumbai Raman Raghav 2.0 is a fictionalised version of the life of a serial killer Ramanna who is inspired by an infamous serial killer from the 1960s Raman Raghav. Its different this time, as Ramanna (Nawazuddin) has a strange obsession with Raghavan (Vicky Kaushal), a young Cop and the bond keeps growing as he closely follows him without his knowledge and often creates situations where both of the ....
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Finding Dory – movie review

A sequel to the 2003 film Finding Nemo, Finding Dory focuses on the amnesiac character Dory, and explores her journey to be reunited with her family. Dory is a bright blue tang with a sunny personality and has severe memory issues (like Aamir Khan’s character in Ghajin), Dory only has short bursts of functionality before she forgets what she's doing, and the next moment she wonders what she had just learned. These memory lapses doesn’t upset her upbeat attitude until she realizes she is forgotten something big: her family. Though she has found a new family in Marlin and Nemo, but is haunted by the belief that someone out there is looking for her. The inspiration for coming up with an animated film like Finding Dory and its prequel sprung in the director Andrew Stanton’s mind from going back to his childhood, when he loved going to the dentist to see the fish tank, assumin ....
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Now You See Me 2 – movie review

'Now You See Me' is part of famous phrase used by Magicians " Now you see me, now you don't" which came from the various magic tricks that they performed in which they used to make things disappear in thin air including themselves. The title of the film was apt for the first installment of this franchise which was exciting, gripping and edge of the seat drama with the audience involved in what the magicians will do next. This second installment lacks style and substance but is drunk on technology, and fancy sleight of hand techniques of the four horsemen (there is one change the lady horseman of the previous movie is replaced by another by the name of Lula-Lizzy Caplan in fine form) who are trying to learn each others tricks, there is little magic. The movie starts with a background narrative by Morgan Freeman whose character Thaddeus Bradley was incarcerated in the end of the last ....
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