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Ek Duuje Ke Liye 1981
This was a novel concept in Hindi movies and it was handled beautifully. Ek Duuje Ke Liye was a launch vehicle for Kamala Hassan in the Hindi film Industry. A rare phenomenon where a southern star acted in a Hindi film and the movie was a blockbuster hit. This paved way for many a real life love stories of North meets South and falls in love at the time. ‘Two States’ came much later. The film explored the North-South divide, or shall we say romance, in perspective. Released on 5th June 1981, Ek Duuje Ke Liye was green lighted by the famous South Indian Film Industry moghul L.V. Prasad who himself had acted in the first Indian Talkie ‘Alam Ara’ and also produced many a Hindi movies including ‘Milan’ to the last one being the period film ‘Jay Vijay’ most of his movies were directed by Southern directors like this one by the Dadasaheb Phalke award winner from Shri K. Bala ....
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End Counter Hindi movie review
End Counter is story of a cop in the backdrop of murky land dealings involving crores of Rupees and shrewd manipulators acting under the front of god-men form the crux of the crime-thriller written and directed by Alok Shrivastava. End Counter is a crime thriller about an author Renu Sahay (Mrinmay Kolwalkar) in love with her live-in partner who is a cop Sameer Deshmukh (Prashant Narayanan). Sameer is an encounter specialist who initially is an upright policeman. Sameer Deshmukh's childhood friend Datta Salvi (Abhimanyu Singh) lures this cop to venture into corrupt activities and then the policeman misuses his power and position to arm twist people who fall into his trap. Other characters in the film are that of the Guruji (Anupam Shyam) who wears the guise of a god-man. But beneath him is a shrewd manipulator who fixes big contracts and land dealings. Rahul Jain's music is n ....
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Ek Deewana Tha - movie review
Sachin (Prateik) is a regular guy-22 year old engineering graduate from a middle class family in Mumbai who is in love with the world of cinema and aspires to become a film maker. Thats Ek Deewana Tha - As a struggler in the film industry-where his long days are filled with waiting and then some more waiting, surviving on his father’s pocket money and desperately trying to make an entry into any of the main film camps-there is nothing that makes each day worth looking forward to. Ek Deewana Tha movie review... He is introduced to a bollywood cinematographer Anay (Manu Rishi) and with his help Sachin gets to work as an assistant to veteran director Ramesh Sippy. Sachin stays with his sister and parents, who are Hindu Brahmins in a rented house which belongs to Jessie's (Amy Jackson) father. The landlords of this house are conservative Malayali Christian family from Kerala and Jess ....
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Ek Main aur Ekk Tu
Ek Main aur Ekk Tu is the second film from Dharma banner this year. It was Agneepath the last month, which is an action film, which this flick is in contrast to the genre of the previous film. Ek Main aur Ekk Tu movie review... With this film, Shakun Batra who was also seen in Imran Khan starer Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na as an actor makes his debut in Bollywood as a director. From the trailers, songs etc, the film was anticipated to be colorful (like all Dharma movies are) young, peppy, fresh, loads of fun and humor, but sadly it doesn’t deliver. The story of Ek Main aur Ekk Tu is narrated by Imran Khan’s character Rahul Kapoor, about incidences which take place in the span of 2 weeks which change things for him. Rahul is the son of an elite Mumbai couple - Mr and Mrs Kapoor (played by Boman Irani and Ratna Pathak Shah) who always have controlled their son’s fate. Mr. Kapoor alw ....
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Ek Second Jo Zindagi Badal De, movie review
There is one proverb which tells that whatever is written in one's destiny, in some way or the other the incidents actually happen. But if we fight against it, and make the incident happen in a different way - then what will happen? Ek Second Jo Zindagi Badal De movie review Ek Second Jo Zindagi Badal De is a thriller, directed by Partho Ghosh and happens to be ‘inspired’ by the Hollywood film ‘Sliding Doors’ which starred Gwyneth Paltrow. This story revolves around a girl named Raashi - played by Manisha Koirala. She has played the parallel roles - first time played by any Indian actress in Bollywood. This film is about Rashi a lady who doesn't know what her destiny has written for her. One day she is fired from her job and prepares to leave the town on the next train. An innovative approach here is that from one point, there are two different versions of the same story ....
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Ek Se Bure Do, movie review
Ek Se Bure Do is the story of comic escapades of two friends Tony (Arsad Warshi) and Titu (Rajpal Yadav), small-time con men who are equally fascinated with money. They are constantly swindling the Don Jagat Dada (Govind Namdeo) to make quick buck. They are in debt of the Don, and then one day he tells them about a map he's heard of which reveals the location of treasure. Ek Se Bure Do movie review... Don Jagat Dada gets Tony and Titu to steal the map from the Archeology Department in exchange for peanuts. The friends disguise themselves as history professors, get hold of the map, but also realize the value of the map just in time. Then they decide to con the Don, and find the treasure themselves, and what ensues is a chase to find these two guys who are hiding in the house where the treasure is hidden. Ek Se Bure Do is the journey that takes them on a hilarious ride of ups and dow ....
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Ek The Power of One, movie review
Ek The Power of One is the Hindi remake of Telugu super hit Athadu which starred Mahesh Babu as the criminal and Prakash Raj as the cop. The film Ek The Power of One isn't new-age cinema by any standards, but it holds your interest at several moments. There are emotional moments in the archetypal big Indian parivar, some comedy thrown in and its more of a drama with double cross and romance in this action film. The story is about Nandu (Bobby Deol) who becomes an orphan after he is born. The harsh realities of an orphan's life have turned him into a hard criminal. He doesn’t know what love is nor has any feelings of compassion and humanity. He becomes a hit man from his childhood days. Now, an opposition leader Anna Mhatre (Sachin Khedekar) hires Nandu to assassinate himself, while he is addressing a rally for his election campaign - with the intention of getting sympathy supp ....
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Ek Vivah aisa bhi, movie review
Chandni (Eesha Koppikhar) belongs to a middle-class family, living in one of the tiny by lanes of old Bhopal. Her little world consists of her doting father, her two younger siblings Anuj and Sandhya and her music. Chandni, who is deeply attached to her school going brother and sister, is trained in classical and folk music. Ek Vivah aisa bhi review... She falls in love with Prem (Sonu Sood) while practicing for a stage performance and is happily looking forward to their engagement. Her father's death comes as a big blow and suddenly from being a naive 'bride-to-be' she dons the mantle of being the bread winner of her family. Prem hails from a rich business family. He is an unconventional ghazal singer full of mischief and pranks... He annoys his mother no end by focus on his music rather than the family business. The minute he sets eyes on Chandni, he falls head over heels in love ....
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EMI, movie review
Sattar (Sanjay Dutt) owner of Good Luck Recovery Agency is the saviour and the solution for all those ever caught in the debt trap in the movie EMI. From bhaigiri to business to politics to social work - that's how Sattar wants to progress in life. He has already graduated from bhaigiri to business and is now eager to jump into politics. Most sought after by banks, telecom companies and various multinationals, today his Good Luck Recovery Agency is Number 1 in India. Sattar follows a simple rule when it comes to his business - Loan liya hai to chukao, shaadi kiya hai to nibhao... EMI is a pick on the easy-to-get but taxing-to-hold loans and credits. It’s a narrative of interconnecting characters coming from different strata and style. Anil and Shilpa (Ashish Choudhary and Neha Uberoi) want to begin their lives together. They look at everything as a couple. They have along and fru ....
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Entertainment - Hindi Movie Review
Junior, the endearing dog is the highlight of this comedy drama, which practically fails to tickle the viewer. Read further ...  Entertainment hindi movie The hare brained of a story is very the name of this simple film with our hero Akhil Lokhande (Akshay Kumar) a jack of all working overtime in many jobs to pay for his father’s hospital bill who he soon realizes is not unwell and is also not his father. His father is a multi-millionaire Mr. Johri from Thailand (Dalip tahil in an innocuous role). In the meantime Akhil is in love with a serialwalli (Tammannah Bhatia) (wasted) and promises her father (Mithun Charavarti – abhorring) he will become a millionaire and only then take the hand of his daughter. Thus to lay his claim on his father’s fortune he fast flies to Thailand only to find that the lonely father who has just kicked the bucket has left all that he had i.e. Ru ....
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