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Chittagong is an uplifting action-drama, a thriller which has its historical significance that is woven craftily into a story and creatively put forth in the audio visual medium through this film. It is made more compelling by the fact that it is true. In a little known incident in the 1930s British occupied India, a handful of untrained teenage boys and girls, led by a school teacher, handed the British their first military defeat. Set against this backdrop, Chittagong is the story of the youngest and the most unlikely participant – a frail and diffident 14 old teenager, Jhunku Roy. It portrays an incredible journey of a teenager, who battles nagging self-doubts and reluctance on one hand, and a formidable enemy on the other, to achieve an impossible triumph. Cast of CHITTAGONG: Manoj Bajpayee Nawazuddin Siddiqui Raj Kumar Vega Tamotia Jaideep Ahlawat Barry John ....
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Tai is a Marathi word and it means – elder sister.  In The Name of Tai movie review... Directed by Ujjwal V. Thengdi, In the name of Tai is a female oriented story inspired by a true story of a well educated valiant woman in a village who faces the wrath of the politicians and builders. Tai (Nishigandha Wad) is a courageous lawyer who chooses to tread the dangerous path of confronting the rich, powerful and politically well connected people. Tai is determined to bring justice to the poor village farmers who are a victim of the high handedness of the land sharks who act in connivance with the politicians. It is about the challenges and the humiliation she undergoes, yet not budging a bit on her battle for the common cause of protecting farmers land from the corridors of Power. This story is based or let us say ‘inspired’ by a real life incident of an ordinary woman who ....
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With Bhoot Returns - 3 D, director Ram Gopal Verma is Back with a sequel to his horror film. Though it was publicized as a sequel to Ram Gopal Verma's Bhoot (2003) there is no continuity with the earlier film. Bhoot Returns has Manisha Koirala with J D Chakravarthy, Madhu Shalini and Alayana Sharma playing pivotal characters in the horror flick. Bhoot Returns synopsis (source: Wikipedia) - Tarun, an architect, moves into a luxurious bungalow with his wife, Namrata, and their children, 10-year-old Taman and 6-year-old Nimmi. During an exploration of the house, Nimmi finds a doll, and includes someone named 'Shabbu' in all her activities. The family mistakes Nimmi's new doll to be Shabbu but are surprised when Nimmi points to an empty space and introduces her invisible friend as Shabbu. Her parents suspect her wild imagination as the reason for her new 'friend'. Shabbu, the famil ....
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The ultimate revenge story - Makkhi   Makkhi movie review   The narrative of Makkhi s in the form of a bedtime story told by a father to his daughter. Its protagonist is Nani, who is in love with his neighbour Bindu. Nani is murdered by a wealthy businessman named Sudeep, who is attracted to Bindu and considers Nani a rival. Nani reincarnates as a housefly and tries to protect Bindu while avenging his death. Makkhi - movie review The film's main theme is revenge; the soul of a murdered man is reincarnated as a fly and seeks revenge against his killer. Rajamouli identified some similarities to David Cronenberg's The Fly (1986), in which a scientist becomes a fly when his experiment malfunctions, and thought of Makkhi as a "socio-fantasy" rather than a science fiction film. At a meeting with students at the Annapurna International School of Film and ....
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A Marathi girl Meenakshi Deshpande (Rani Mukerji) falls in love with a Tamil artist Surya (Prithviraj). Aiyyaa is a funny (and odd) love story with the backdrop of a Tamil - Marathi cultural clash. Meenakshi, the lead protagonist woos a stranger whom she desires. This young Maharashtrian woman is crazy, filmy and a dreamer who loves escaping into her own fantasy land. She gets attracted to a painter, Surya (Prithviraj Sukumaran), as he “smells” good. Indian middle class girls usually do not have the freedom to choose their life partner, but here this girl defies her customs and chooses the boy of her dream. Her parents have fixed her engagement to Madhav (Subodh Bhave). There are some amusing moments in most of the ordinary situations. Poor girl, she is torn between her family’s choice and the man she desires. Aiyyaa does have its sensitive moments portraying the plight ....
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Set in Delhi, Kismet Love Paisa Dilli (KLPD) is a one night madcap story of Lokesh (Vivek Oberoi) and Lovina (Mallika Sherawat). Lokesh is a college going middle class guy and Lovina is the girl next door, who miss their last metro back home and then it is an eventful night with a series of on the edge moments occurring where Lokesh and Lovina run across Delhi on this roller coaster of a night from cold streets to glitzy farm house parties all to gradually fall in love. Lokesh assists his cameraman friend to attend a party hosted by VIPs inDelhi, and then an incident brings about a series of unexpected events in his life. In the party, he falls for the anchor Lovina who has to return home by taking the last metro train at 11.40. He stalks her and instead gets involved in the death of a mysterious pretty woman (Neha Dhupia). He gets off the metro and Lovina also misses the last m ....
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English Vinglish, a Bollywood film which marks Sridevi’s return to the silver screen, is directed by debutant director Gauri Shinde and produced by R. Balki. Money, Fame and the ability to talk and write English. InIndia, these 3 factors play a huge role in how society judges an individual. English Vinglish is the story of Shashi Godbole (Sridevi), a woman who doesn't know English and is made to feel insecure about this by her family and society at large. The film though light-hearted is about the touching and transformational journey of Shashi. Shashi is a loving wife, caring mother and a nice daughter-in-law. She has brought up her daughter and son and now that they are school going, she manages to find time to make ladoos for private events and marriages. Though it doesn’t seem like it was needed to run the family, she manages to make a bit of extra money, which she saves ....
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Priyadarshan, who recently made Aakrosh and Tezz, returns to the comic genre with KAMAAL DHAMAAL MALAMAAL (KDM). This one is not a sequel to his previous laugh riot Malamaal Weekly. It has a fresh idea and though it has rustic and rural backdrop, the village is haunted by a curse after the golden cross from the village Church was stolen. Kamaal, Dhamaal, Malamaal- movie review It has a highly talented cast, most of them masters of comedy, yet the formula fails to pick up. Priyadarshan tries his best to tickle your funny bone, which he fails this time. Bakri Johny!! That’s the insinuating cry of every man, woman and child in this village when they see Johny (Shreyas Talpade). Afraid of everything and everyone, Johny is one terrified soul. Born into the household of David (Om Puri), a local farmer and being the only son, Johny does what he’s best at to help his ailing fathe ....
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It is an adaptation of the hugely popular gujarati play Kanji virudh(vs) Kanji. It has sensitive issues taken up, and it is a mockery of the so-called godmen and unfounded rituals. Kanjibhai Mehta (Paresh Rawal) is an atheist, who runs an antique shop. For him, god and religion are nothing more than a business proposition. An astute businessman, he never misses an opportunity to buy old or antique sort of idols of gods and other religious idols, which he usually sells as ‘antique’ or ‘rare’ idols at 10 times its original price or even more. The average and gullible buyer who is also a believer in god, truly wants to believe that these are actually centuries old and rare finds. God is the biggest money spinner for Kanjibhai, while his wife is as devout as one comes, infact so much so, that she goes the extra mile to atone for her husband’s sacrilegious babblings. The life has ....
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