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Bhindi Baazaar Inc - movie review
Set in the underbelly of Mumbai, between the infamous by-lanes where ‘Greed is a Culture’ and ‘Deceit becomes a Compulsion’. Bhindi Baazaar Inc movie review... The film revolves around gangs of Mumbai who have embraced pickpocketing as an art and a means of earning a livelihood. They use their intelligence as a canvas and their spontaneity as a brush to survive in this dangerous profession. There are many gangster movies produced in Bollywood. The city’s sleazy underbelly which is in South Mumbai in areas like Mohamed Ali Road, Dongri, Kamathipura and the Bhindi Bazaar area has been depicted in films. Bhindi Baazaar Inc. is the story of a pawn and his calculated moves to reach the other end of the chessboard. Revolving around vicious crime syndicates, the film starts with a game of chess being played between two characters; ‘Shroff’ and ‘Darzi’. It highlights ....
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Cycle Kick - movie review
Cycle Kick is the story of how small things, no matter how modest to us, can be the most sought after treasure for another. It has an original concept, though it is not as trendy as the other Bollywood flicks in town. At some places it appears amateurish in parts. Cycle Kick movie review... It is shot in the serene seaside town of Sindhugarh in coastal Maharashtra, the orinality of the story, new locations and the fresh faces make it a good watch. Debutant director Shashi Sudigada takes us into the world of the brothers Ramu (K. P. Nishan Nanaiah) and his younger brother Deva (Dwij Yadav who was the protagonist in Nanhe Jaisalmer). They live in a small coastal village and without parents have grown up relying only on life's necessities and they yearn just for some simple pleasures of life. Ramu works all morning and attends college in the afternoon just so that he can send Deva ....
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Bheja Fry 2 - movie review
Bheja Fry 2 is the sequel to Bheja Fry (2007) which has Vinay Pathak as the protagonist. Bheja Fry 2 movie review... Good hearted but not worldly-wise, the roly-poly tax inspector, Bharat Bhushan (Vinay Pathak) is back to fulfill his long cherished dream of becoming a singer. To further his ambition, he enters a game show hoping to win a cash prize with which he can make his own music album. Eventually, Bhushan goes on to win the competition which also gifts him a free stay on a cruise ship. And in the process, he manages to find a potential love interest in Minissha Lamba. It is on this cruise that he meets Ajit Talwar (Kay Kay Menon), an acrid tongued sadistic business tycoon, who is taking sheath on the cruise to flee from the Income Tax department. On the ship, after a string of oddball occurrences owing to a mistaken identity, Ajit Talwar and Bharat Bhushan wind up stran ....
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Bin Bulaye Baraati - movie review
Bin Bulaye Baraati is a hilarious story which takes off when Gulshan Grover (Durgan Singh) a dangerous dacoit meets the don Mukesh Tiwari (Gajraj) at a casino to sell his diamonds and jewels. Aftab Shivdasani (as AD) who is on the run takes away with the van full of dacoit's fortune. Bin Bulaye Baraati movie review... As lovers, AD and Shreya (Priyanka Kothari) are on the run, they come across criminals Hazari (Sanjay Mishra) and Murari (Rajpal Yadav) who have just robbed the Police Commissioner's home, and Chetta Singh (Vijay Raaz) who has stolen the car belonging to the Commissioner's wife, Kusum (Rati Agnihotri). Shreya is the niece of Police Sub-Inspector Pralay Pratap Singh (Om Puri). The cat and mouse game of the chase results into a chaotic pile-up with more characters colliding together, leading to dramatic and comical sequences where all of them end up to take shelter at M ....
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Always Kabhi Kabhi - movie review
Always Kabhi Kabhi is a teen film, from Shahrukh Khan’s banner which had a huge potential to be exciting and entertaining high school rom-com, but doesn't live up to expectations. The story of Always Kabhi Kabhi is about a gang of four teen aged friends during the last year of their school life. It is about parental pressure, the neglected kids, the misunderstandings, school bunking and extra curricular activities and the first stirrings of love and heartbreak. This particular school allows its girls students to wear teeny-weeny skirts and those dresses which usually aren’t allowed or even seen in top grade Mumbai schools or even colleges. It is St. Marks School in Delhi, and being the last year in school, it's a time for a group of friends to grow up, move on, and experience first love. The school’s bad girl is Nandini (Zoa Morani) who feels left out by her working paren ....
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Love Express - movie review
Mukta Searchlight's Love Express is a romantic comedy tracing the journey of two parallel love stories in a train full of Baraatis from Amritsar to Mumbai. A young couple on the way to their own wedding wants to break-up, while the other couple wants to make up after a five-year-old break-up. Love Express movie review... The first couple on the train traveling from Amritsar toMumbai decide to go against their parents wishes and break the arrangement to solemnize their arranged marriage. They want to break their wedding because it's an arranged marriage – arranged by their parents who have been friends for decades - but they are definitely not amenable to an arranged marriage and would prefer to find their own match. So they hatch a plan and are successful but at a heavy cost to their families. Will their parents and the elders allow this rebellion? Are the youngsters making the r ....
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Shaitan - movie review
Plot Outline ‘If you are not living on the edge you are taking up too much space ‘ the mantra that defines the youth of today. But what happens when the edge gives away. Shaitan movie review... Shaitan begins with real life like story about the lives of the affluent youngsters and brashness of their lives like a number of drunken driving cases that lead to fatal accidents and also about kidnapping of moneyed kids. This motion picture brings to the fore the shaitan that lurks within us. It is the story of 5 youngsters who come from wealthy but dysfunctional homes. They are friends and share same likes they are always high on cocaine and they speed through the streets of Mumbai in an expensive Hummer. Set in the urban-scape of Mumbai, the five friends - Amy, Dash, KC, Zubin and Tanya are young, intelligent, good looking and ‘uber cool’. With no hang ups and no boundaries, ....
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West is West - movie review
West is West continues on from the 1999 hit film East is East which was the story about that family set in 1971 in England. It is now 1976, in Salford, Manchester, England, and remaining members of the Khan family go through their on-going struggle of the elder family members deeply entrenched in traditionally Pakistani values. So it’s the old customs versus the youngsters who were born in Britain and have an upbringing amid the British culture. West is West movie review. Sixty year old George Khan (Om Puri) who is the head of the family is still very much acting as the family dictator – enforcing his beliefs upon his family – much against the trend among the new generation. There are Tariq (Jimi Mistry), Auntie Annie (Leslay Nicole) and Maneer (Emil Marwa) in the family. The protagonist is Sajid (Aqid Khan), the youngest of the children who is now a teenager, 13 year old ....
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A Strange Love Story - movie review
In such a vast world, there are somethings that science can’t explain, there are some events that can’t be understood, this is such a A Strange Love Story. A story about young aspiring photographer named Kabeer. Kabeer (Eddie Seth) is a world famous photographer who wears his heart on his sleeve. A Strange Love Story movie review... His dream was to show the world something it had never seen before. In doing so he unleashes a being not of this world. A being that will stop at nothing to get at the one thing the Kabeer really cares for. A beautiful girl named Jennifer. Jia (Riya-Sen) is a wild and bohemian girl who lives by her own rules. The adventurous photographer despite being warned by others, breaks all rules by entering a forbidden dargah at night with his girlfriend Jia. He does manage to click some pictures, but the duo also disturbs a spirit who follows them out of ....
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Ready - movie review
Set amidst the appealing locales of Thailand, ‘Ready’ revolves around Prem (Salman Khan), the sole heir to a sprawling empire owned by his father and uncles. Prem’s father desires that he gets married and settles down, though Prem intends to enjoy his single status to the fullest. The would be bride is arriving by air, but Prem and his uncle goof up at the airport and come across another girl named Sanjana (Asin), who has just fled from her own wedding. Ready movie review... Sanjana pretends to be Pooja herself (the girl who was to come to Prem’s house). She wins the hearts of the entire Kapoor family, except Prem, who doesn’t approve her. Meanwhile, Sanjana's uncles, Amar Choudhary (Akhilendra Mishra), and Suraj Choudhary (Sharat Saxena), who are rivals are on the lookout for the girl. Each of them is trying to get her married with their own brother-in-laws. Sanjan ....
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