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Chhabi – movie review

Closing date of submitting entries to the celebrated photographer Vardhaan Pathak's nationally popular photography contest is nearing. Marathi film Chhabi is about a photography aficionado Parth (Dhruv Chheda) who is planning to visit Kerala along with his colleague for shooting pics on the subject of nature and culture to enter into the contest. His girlfriend Vedika (Srushti Bahekar) supports him in achieving his dreams to win the national competition. Whereas Parth's parents have already planned the family's visit to Dhamapur village in the Konkan region of Maharashtra for attending the wedding of his uncle Rajaram's (Apurva Kavade) daughter Priyanka. Being a mama's boy Parth has no choice but to accompany his dad and mom to travel to Konkan region. Contrary to Parth's expectation the journey unfolds the beautiful flora and fauna of Konkan which has been brilliantly captured. Durin ....
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BHRAM – Gujarati movie review

There is one scene in the film where the protagonist is hooked on to Tom & Jerry cartoons ignoring the seriousness of the matter, the captivating closed door mystery thriller Bhram brilliantly uses this metaphor to drive the core of the subject. Among the main characters in the film, Maya (Sonali Lele Desai) is a Dementia patient, so she forgets everything and does not remember. Nishma Soni plays the role of her daughter Shraddha. Mitra Gadhvi plays the role of Mehul as Maya's caretaker. Maya witnesses the murder of her daughter Shraddha and the case of this entire murder mystery falls into the hands of Investigating Police officer Rakesh Parmar (Abhinay Banker). This results in twists and turns Maya's life as there are moments where even she is the prime suspect for the murder. Quite well edited and paced, the film keeps you on the edge of your seat till the end which unveils ....
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BEES SAAL BAAD (1962)

The first genuine murder mystery bordering horror made in Bollywood by a debutante director Biren Nag, Bees Saal Baad was basically of the suspense or psychological thriller genre. It was produced by the famous singer and music director Hemant Kumar, who has also sung some fantastic songs in the movie. Bees Saal Baad had launched the career of actor Biswajeet in Hindi movies. The male cast is shown well dressed to the extent that the normally obese looking Asit Sen too looks dapper as the detective. It was adapted and reinterpreted in the Indian context from the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle novel of Sherlock Holmes “Hounds of Baskervilles”. It tried and recreated similar settings as in the novel, a family palatial mansion, an eerie setting, a background story, a misty swamp and a story of revenge and of course love. All the characters are shown suspicious looking, right from the Doctor, ....
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TEESRI MANZIL (1966)

Brilliantly mounted murder mystery thriller with excellent music - Teesri Manzil that is directed by the capable Vijay Anand and released on 21st October 1966. The sixties were a very productive and important years for the growth of Indian cinema which gave up many magnum-opuses. Stars like Dev Anand, Rajendra Kumar and the Junglee Shammi Kapoor ruled the roost. Teesri Manzil was one such movie though a mystery thriller and though the secret of the murderer is now out it still draws crowds whenever it is released in theatres due to its superb numbers specially ‘O haseena zulfonwaali’ and ‘Aaaja aaja’ where the debutante music director R D Burman (yes this was RD’s breakthrough movie) experimented successfully with rock and roll style in Hindi lyrics. All male voice songs were sung by Rafi which became instant rage back then and are still considered foot tapping numbers till ....
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Phir Aik Sazish – movie review

Phir Aik Sazish is a suspense thriller. Directed by Shyam Shah it is about sudden murders occurring in the otherwise sleepy township. Phir Aik Sazish - movie review... It had been a city of peace and scenic beauty with a fascinating sea shore. The police had nothing much to do accept for taking care of the basic law and order. Inspector Madhav (Prakash Tiwari) had all time to romance with his girl friend Kamya. All was happy going till the city was rocked by a series of murders. Three ladies of the elite class of the society were brutally murdered which included Kamya’s mother. Ever since then the Inspector Madhav was on his toes to find out the killer. Now occurs the incident which shakes up the wotn. The most sensational murder of the famous actress Malvika Roy who was known for her breath taking beauty. Muskan (Mamata Soni) the young daughter of Malvika Roy, who is a ....
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Ye Stupid Pyar – movie review

Ye Stupid Pyar is the story of Abhishek Khurana (Jatin Khurana) who comes to India for a short vacation from his job in America. Abhishek joins a gym and the yoga instructor of that gym is the beautiful Neha (Noopur Patwardhan). Ye Stupid Pyar movie review... Apna NRI falls in love with her. After much of sweet-talk, flattery and quite a few salsa learning sessions, and in between the various gym sessions and then persuasion depictedx through dance numbers, the girl finally agrees and they get married. There is one condition the girl puts forth, she isn’t inclined to go to the US with him, but wants him to shift to India or somewhere nearby so that she is not to far off from her parents. The boy is more than forthcoming and after contacting sources in his head office and he is informed that the corporation for which he is working also has an office in Bangkok, Thailand. S ....
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Who’s There – movie review

Regional movies and TV serial actress Kallpana Mathur makes her debut in ‘Who’s There - Kaun Hai Wahaan’ - a scary suspense flick. Directed by Ejaz Ahmed the film is based on the basic concept of betrayal. It has contrasting shades of the lead actress Kalpana Mathur. Whos There - movie review... It is about the dynamic graph of a romantic lover who later, reluctantly, marries the boy as per her parent’s wishes. As the newly wedded wife, she experiences encounters with haunting and scary elements. Love is one of most passionate feelings within the spectrum of gifts of mother-nature. It is an emotion which has different shades, different colours. Who’s there is the story about one such incident which takes place in the life of Muskaan and Jay. This film talks about the dark aspect of love - Fear. A pretty girl Muskaan (Kalpana Mathur) is madly in love with Jay (Gagan ....
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Phhir – movie review

You reap what you sow. A simple description of the plot of Phhir which is about reincarnation. Pravin Bhatt, the cinematographer has shot the beautiful locations of New Castle in the United Kingdom and it enhances the creepy effect in this suspense thriller. Lead pair of the bollywood film ‘1920’, Adah Sharma and Rajneesh Duggal are again paired together in this movie Phhir. The third character of that of television actress Roshni Chopra, who makes her big screen debut with this film. The handsome Kabir Malhotra (Rajneesh Duggal) is a physician by profession. He falls in love with Sia (Roshni Chopra) and marries her. A happy marriage and a budding career is here to last not for long. Sia goes missing one day and thus begins a dreadful experience for Kabit. In his search of wife, he meets Disha (Adah Sharma), who can see the past and the future by touching and looking at o ....
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Dum Maaro Dum – movie review

Rohan Sippy’s Dum Maaro Dum is an edgy thriller with a strong emotional quotient. Goa. Paradise on Earth. But every paradise has a few snakes. Multiple lives collide brutally one day at Goa Airport... and change forever. Dum Maaro Dum movie review... Lorry (Prateik) is a student on the verge of following his girlfriend to a US University. But when his scholarship gets rejected, his life threatens to spiral out of control, until he meets a smooth talking hustler who promises to get it back on track. For a small price. His soul. ACP Vishnu Kamath (Abhishek Bachchan) is a self destructive cop fleeing his own past; Kamath is given the job of destroying the brutal local and international drug mafia in Goa. As he begins his ruthless, relentless campaign and takes on the murky drug world... he discovers nothing is what it seems. DJ Joki (Rana Daggubati) is a local musician and a ....
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Trump Card – movie review

A string of murders kicks off this suspense film directed by Arshad Khan who is the son of senior character actor Yunus Parvez. Trump Card movie review Trump Card movie revolves around a huge transaction of property which leads to murders and sting operations and spy work. Young people get involved in order to make quick money and using girls, love and friendship. There are three friends Veer, Raj and Rahul. Veer (Haider Khan) is a container yard owner with a hot head. No one messes with him. He is a playboy with lots of girl-friends. Raj Kohli (Pankaj) is a happy go lucky guy absolutely in love with his girl-friend. Rahul (Vikrum Kumar) is an honest media guy. Among the female characters, there is Shaina (Urvashi Chaudhary), a fashion model and a page 3 person. Simran (Mansi Dovhal) is very possessive about her boy friend Raj. Tanya (Yashica Keswani) is a crime section repor ....
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