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Welcome to the Jungle – movie review

Riding on the huge success of Welcome (2007) and Welcome Back (2015), the third installment of the Welcome franchise - Welcome to the Jungle attempts to revive the slapstick madness of its predecessors but struggles under its own colossal weight. While the original Welcome starring Nana Patekar, Anil Kapoor, Paresh Rawal with Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif, and Welcome Back which again had Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar, Paresh Rawal with John Abraham and Shruti Haasan were perfectly in sync with the cinematic sensibilities of their respective eras, this latest chaotic venture feels severely outdated. There is no actual adventure in the jungle as the film's title suggests.

Absurd Economics, Vanishing Humor in Welcome to the Jungle

The core problem lies in its overcrowded canvas and an absolute disregard for narrative logic in a film that has a flawed premise and dated execution. ....
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Single Salma – movie review

Single Salma is about a self sacrificing 30+ single woman who has dedicated her life for supporting her family. It is obvious from the film's title that the woman who is born and brought up in Lucknow is not married out of her choice. There are four film producers Alok Jain, Firuzi Khan, Bollywood actress Huma Qureshi and her brother Saqib Salem who have collaborated with Ajit Andhare. Directed by Nachiket Samant. The cast of Single Salma comprises of Huma Qureshi as Salma Rizvi, Sunny Singh as Meet Singh Sahni, Shreyas Talpade and Kanwaljit Singh as Salma's father. There are two contenders for Salma's marriage - Shreyas plays as Sikander Khan and Sunny Singh is Meet. To put the story in brief, Sikander approaches Salma with a matrimonial proposition and they almost hit it off. Until Salma has to visit London suddenly where she comes in touch with Meet and falls in love with him ....
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Kapkapiii – movie review

A group of jobless boys begin dabbling with an Ouija board just for kicks. At first, it’s all fun and games — until strange eerie events start to unfold. What begins as harmless mischief soon spirals into chaos, turning their lives literally upside down. By the way, Kapkapiii is a Hindi remake of the 2023 Malayalam horror-comedy Romancham, a story that talks about blind faith, and a rather unknown disease. Manu (Shreyas Talpade) and his friends Achyut (Dinker Sharma), Nanku (Jay Thakkar), Nirup (Varun Pande) and others are a bunch of nobodies sharing a room and doing all the aimless things out-of-work boys usually do. Things get mildly exciting when two young girls — Kavya (Siddhi Idnani) and Madhu (Sonia Rathee) — move in next door. However, when romance seems like a possibility, the otherwise story takes a sharp, spooky turn when Manu brings home an Ouija board. The film ....
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Emergency – movie review

Kangana Ranaut makes an honest and sincere attempt to recreate one of the most significant and dreadful political events in India's history, Emergency imposed way back in 1975, with a profound impact on the nation. Director and lead actor Kangana Ranaut attempts to recreate this painful and tumultuous chapter of history on the big screen with a lot of clarity and wisdom. It is not easy to trace the genesis of a poignant era like Emergency in the country with fluidity but Kangana aces in her job not only as a writer but also as the producer and actor with effortless ease. The movie draws inspiration from Coomi Kapoor’s book The Emergency and also Jayanth Sinha’s Priyadarshini. The narrative starts in 1929 and spans four decades, covering India’s Independence, the Indo-China War and Assam crisis in 1962, Indira Gandhi’s rise to power, and the Indo-Pak war of 1971. While the f ....
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Hum Tum Shabana – movie review

Two guys, one girl….seems like a simple enough love triangle right? Wrong! The film Hum Tum Shabana has romance, crazy bhais, rapchik items and dhamaal fun. There is nothing simple about this madcap story, especially when their rivalry to woo her lands them into a crazy contest of epic proportions. Soon enough, this battle to woo the girl, turns into a desperate battle to lose the girl! With a comic guru like Sagar Ballary at the helm, a super-talented comedic cast and a crackling music score, this is one drama which falls short of expectations. The film has a plot that is absurd at various points, but it does have a twist in the tale towards the post-interval portions. Rishi (Tusshar Kapoor) and Kartik (Shreyas Talpade) compete with each other to woo the same girl - Shabana (Minissha Lamba). Beginning with a little twist here - the woman they run after has an underworld conne ....
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Teen Thay Bhai – movie review

Rakesh Omprakash Mehra who had made outstanding movies like Aks, Rang De Basanti and Delhi 6 has produced this funny film ‘Teen Thay Bhai’ which is about three brothers and their love-hate relationship is directed by debutant director Mrigdeep Singh Lamba. It has an interesting star cast like veteran actors like Om Puri & Deepak Dobrial who are supported by the young and talented Shreyas Talpade. It also marks the debut of actress Ragini Khanna who is actor Govinda’s niece in Teen Thay Bhai. Three down-on-luck and out-of-money brothers are summoned to the death of their grandfather. With nothing in common, except their undying hate for each other, the funeral turns out to be a reunion from hell. After paying their final respects, the brothers can't wait to get as far away from each other as possible, even if it means returning to their miserable lives. Out of the blue, ....
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HELP – movie review

HELP is a supernatural horror Bollywood thriller which is based upon the story of a wicked spirit that refuses to leave the human world and exists with a vengeance for past crimes committed against it. Help movie review... This horror thriller film, which marks the debut of Rajeev Virani as a director, starts impressively, but then on it drags after some time and ultimately falls short of momentum and precision. In the film, Vic (Bobby Deol) is a successful film maker in Bollywood, as director of horror flicks. Pia (Mugdha Godse) is his beautiful wife. The couple is going through a bad patch in their married life and in the midst of these troubled times they have to suddenly rush to Mauritius to take care of Pia’s ailing father. Absolutely unaware of the terror awaiting them... As they go back to Pia’s old family home in Mauritius she is confronted by her distant past whi ....
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Paying Guests – movie review

What happens when four young fun loving boys (Shreyas Talpade, Jaaved Jaffrey, Aashish Chowdhary and Vatsal Sheth) begin a crazy house hunt which takes them through a series of ultra comical hurdles in a bid to find that one roof that can tolerate and shelter their combined problems? Paying Guests movie review... The story of Paying Guests starts with three friends Bhavesh, Parag and Parikshit (Shreyas Talpade, Javed Jaffrey and Aashish Chaudhary respectively) who are paying guests in Kiska Minglani's (Asrani's) house. Then Jayesh (Vatsal Seth), who is a Parikshit's cousin, joins them. Overnight, they are thrown out of the house and then begins the crazy hunt for a house. Now, they end up at Ballu Singh (Johnny Lever) and his wife Sweety's (Delnaaz Paul) house. The crazy Sikh landlord Ballu puts forth a condition that they would allow only couples as paying guests. They give in ....
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Golmaal Returns – movie review

Golmaal Returns is a sequel to the 2006 film Golmaal. Gopal (Ajay Devgan) is a loving husband whose most innocent actions are misunderstood by his suspicious wife Ekta (Kareena Kapoor). Ekta is a great homemaker but a very suspicious wife who watches Saas Bahu serials 24/7. She loves her husband but doesn't trust him. Even when he hasn't done anything, her overactive imagination makes her believe the worst of him. And then he's accused of murder. And the only person who can save him is a beautiful girl he spent the night with. And this is the last thing he wants to tell his wife! Ekta's brother Lucky (Tusshar Kapoor) cannot speak and is stuck between his sister and brother-in-law. He loves both of them very much. Trying to help them gets him into more trouble than he ever bargained for. He loves Daisy (Anjana Sukhani) who is a young and beautiful girl who likes the quirky, but stra ....
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Welcome to Sajjanpur – movie review

Set in a fictitious Indian village Welcome to Sajjanpur tells the humble story of the inhabitants of that village. The central character is Mahadev, one of the few educated young men from Sajjanpur. His ambition is to be a novelist, but finds it easier to make a living by writing letters sitting next to the Post Office. His ability to write persuasive letters makes him popular with the largely non-literate population of the town. Aware of this power, he soon uses his talent to manipulate people with amusing and sometimes not such amusing results. With this as the narrative frame, Welcome to Sajjanpur shows in an entertaining musical and comic way, characters and events that are at once hilarious and poignant. A delightful satirical take on a contemporary Indian village. Mahadev (Shreyas Talpade) is a young graduate from Sajjanpur village who lives with his widowed mother. She has a ....
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