A story of an extraordinary man in an extra ordinary circumstance where he has to break the law to save his daughter in a foreign land. A Himalayan mountaineer, Shivaay (Ajay Devgn) is an innocent everyman, who is capable of transforming into a mean destroyer when he needs to protect his family.
In the opening sequence, the Himalayan mountaineer, Shivaay is shown rapelling down a steep and dangerous cliff in the Himalayas. In an edge of the seat stunt he is watched by the Indian armed forces and manages to reach them to hand over the information they needed. In return the Indian army people pay him in cash. Somewhat unbelievable!
That apart, Shivaay who makes a living by providing treks and climbing expeditions to tourists, lives alone in a small house in the mountains. On one such trek he meets the beautiful Olga (Erika Kaar), a student from Bulgaria and saves her from an avalanch ....
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A romantic film based on the Punjabi folk love Story of Mirza – Sahiba.
We have seen famous love stories of Sohni-Mahiwal, Sasi-Punno, Heer-Ranjha & Mirza-Sahiba through the medium of plays and movies.
One such beautiful story of Mirza and Sahiba is highlighted in this film. Mirza is known for his fine archery and horse riding whereas Sahiba is known as the Goddess of Beauty. Mirza-Sahiba, the two souls were madly in love with each other.
Punjab is known for its culture, food, bravery and unknown to most, it is the land of legendary love stories of Sohni-Mahiwal, Sasi-Punno, Heer-Ranjha & Mirza-Sahiba
The legend of Mirza-Sahiba is about Mirza, a fine archer and Sahiba, the Goddess of Beauty. These two souls were madly in love with each other. Their love was so pure and honest that they took rebirth to unite with each other in another life as their love was incomplet ....
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A comedy caper about 7 scoundrels pursuing their ulterior motive amid saving their skin from the local cop's hawk eyes.
It appears as a realistic story of these petty crooks blundering their way through an exciting gamut of mystery, greed, treachery and running into one riotouscrisis after another.
It hilariously illustrates the predicament of Pappi Jaatwala (Manoj Bajpayee) who chances upon a prophecy made by a mystic tramp Bichchi (Annu Kapoor). He is turning 40 and now this good-for-nothing daydreamer has been given a deadline by his girl friend Sona (Aditi Sharma) whilst he appears to lose grip on reality, bent on believing someday very soon, he would stumble upon a hefty windfall.
His girl friend Sona is skilled at the intricate art of manipulating any person for her benefit with fish apenty in the big wide sea. She does so with charm and ease.
Loitering around the streets of Ol ....
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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