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Firaaq, movie review
Most films about riots are full of violence that they set out to critique. Actress Nandita Das has her debut in direction with Firaaq, which explores the fierce and delicate emotions of fear, anxiety, prejudice and ambivalence in human relationships during the riots. Firaaq is an Urdu word that means both separation and quest. The film is a work of fiction, based on a thousand stories.The story is set over a 24-hour period, one month after a carnage that took place in Gujarat, India, in 2002. It traces the emotional journeys of ordinary people - some who were victims, some perpetrators and some who chose to watch silently. As an ensemble film, it follows multiple narratives that are at times interconnected and at times discreet, yet all are united by their spatial and emotional context. A middle-class housewife Aarti (Deepti Naval) closes the door on a woman desperately seeking ref ....
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Aloo Chaat, movie review
What do you do when your entire family is against the bride of your choice? Do you replace your family? Or do you replace the bride? Or do you make an aloo-chaat of your life? Aloo Chaat movie review... Aloo Chaat’s story begins with Nikhil (Aftab Shivdasani) who returns from the USA to his Punjabi household in Lajpat Nagar, Delhi after completing his education. His orthodox father Purushottam (Kulbhushan Kharbanda), grandmother Beeji (Dolly Ahluwalia) who suspects him to be a gay, confused mother Seeto (Meenakshi Sethi) and an always suspicious uncle Chhadami Mama (Sanjay Mishra) want him to get married. Nikhil refuses to marry any girl his parents show him, which has them worried about their son's attitude. Nikhil on the other hand loves Aamna (Aamna Sharif), a Muslim girl living in America. Knowing that his orthodox family will never approve his choice, Nikhil decides t ....
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Gulaal, movie review
Gulaal is set in Rajpur a fictional city of Rajasthan, where a member of the erstwhile royal family stakes claim to the land of Rajasthan and wants to go back to the days of royalty which challenges the very idea of democracy. Similar to a Shakespearean fable of desire, lost identities, love, greed, violence, murder, deceit, power and innocence, Gulaal is a film inspired by poetry; the forgotten male, macho world of power, corruption and greed, where women are just means to an end while nobody can be trusted. It's a film that brings back poetry to cinema, songs that inspire us, shake us; sometimes a thriller, a drama, but poignant, shocking and provocative. The film Gulaal is about an innocent student Dileep (Raj Singh Chaudhary) who comes to Jaipur to study, accompanied by his faithful servant Bhanwar. Here he comes in contact with Rananjay Singh “Ransa” (Abhimanyu Singh) a co ....
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Jai Veeru, movie review
Jai Veeru’s narrative has some resemblance to the Hollywood hits - 48 Hours, Lethal Weapon, Rush Hour and even apna Jackie Shroff - Anil Kapoor starrer ‘Andar Bahar’. Fardeen Khan and Kunal Khemu star in the hilarious saga of a cop, a crook and a beautiful friendship gone sour in Jai Veeru. Jai ( Fardeen Khan ) is an undercover cop pretending as a motor mechanic to trace down a ruthless gangster Tejpal (Arbaaz Khan). There is a petty thief Veeru ( Kunal Khemu ) who steals cars and works for this gangster. Tejpal is on the hit list of criminals of the Police Force. He is into brutal killings, fake currency rackets, and is a cold-blooded criminal. Veeru hits on a girl at a club and in an attempt to impress her, he falls in trouble with her four brothers. Jai saves him from the hefty men, and this is the beginning of a thick bond of friendship between them. They sing and d ....
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Karma aur Holi, movie review
The film ‘Karma Aur Holi’, directed by Manish Gupta, is aimed as a film on inter-relationship complexities and dark personal secrets. Karma aur Holi is entirely shot in New York, and other parts of the USA. It deals with relationships of many dimensions, their conflicts and then the resolutions on the auspicious day of Holi, which heralds the coming of spring in India. Holi is an Indian festival of colors that signifies a new beginning. It is a film about human relationships. Karma aur Holi is a contemporary story which revolves around the Indian families living in the USA. It is about those Indians having migrated to America and how they adapt to the difference in culture and their willingness to give up their inherent cultural inhibitions. Meera and Dev (Sushmita Sen and Randeep Hooda), a couple, living in New York, realize after a few years of marriage and togetherness, t ....
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Dhoondte Reh Jaoge, movie review
‘The concept is simple, brilliant, failsafe, unique and guaranteed to work,’ says Anand Pawar (Kunal Kemmu) an honest Charted Accountant but looser in life, to Raj Chopra (Paresh Rawal), a veteran film Producer with no money, heavily in debt as all his previous films have been flops in the film Dhoondte Reh Jaoge. Anand and Raj team up and hatch a plan to raise money to produce a feature film and then actually make it for a pittance. They plot to make it so badly that audiences will reject it on the first day of its release, which would give them a foolproof chance to decamp with the remaining invested funds. All they need to do is raise 100 Crore from various financers and produce the film in 5 Crore. They would then make a film that will never work, a film that will be hooted out on the first day itself and run away with 95 Crore. They want to become instant millionaires i ....
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13B, movie review
13B is a supernatural thriller which is released simultaneously in Hindi and Tamil. In today’s world of unrelenting pressures, challenged survivals and super fast life styles, the major source of Relief, Information and Entertainment is... the TV. So much so, that it has moved up from its modest position of being just another ‘house hold appliance’ to actually determining the power equation in a family. It is easy to identify the hierarchy in the family depending on who controls the Remote Control. So what happens when the TV realizes this power and begins to take control. What happens when instead of showing you the facts, the TV, begins to show you what it wants you to see. The protagonist of this film - 13B, Manohar (R Madhavan), is a hard working Civil Engineer. Aged 31 and happily married, he is the embodiment of the typical urban Indian male. For him family comes first ....
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Kisse Pyaar Karoon, movie review
John (Aashish Chowdhry), Sidh (Arshad Warsi) and Amit (Yash Tonk) are inseparable friends in Kisse Pyaar Karoon. Their life is full of fun, frolic and adventure. But sometime the destiny cannot fathom the smooth sail. Hence it introduces twists and turns to the happy goings only to usher in some trauma and some drama. John is deeply in love with Natasha (Aarti Chabria), but he dare not tell her, “I love you.” She leaves the country on world tour. John is devastated. The three friends start a band. They perform at marriages. John is so sad that he starts singing some sad lines when the two are singing a happy song. Sidh and Amit hit upon a plan. To make John forget Natasha, they bring sex worker Julie (Shweta Menon). But it does not work. Then they introduced him to glamorous Sheetal (Udita Goswami). John and Sheetal hit off very well. She entices John and he is totally capti ....
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Siddharth, The Prisoner, movie review
Debutant director Pryas Gupta’s Siddharth, the Prisoner conveys the message of Rig Veda and Gautam Buddha. Rig Veda teaches that man is a prisoner of his desires and freedom comes with renunciation. The film Siddharth, The Prisoner begins with Siddharth Roy (Rajat Kapoor), who once a famous writer, has just been released from prison. He has narrowly missed Booker prize. While in his dingy quarters, he completes another novel typing it out in the cell. The novel is complete, and once out of prison, he goes to a cyber café where his briefcase in which he kept his manuscript, is exchanged with another similar looking one which is full of money. Siddharth is quite upset and is in a lot of sorrow about losing his manuscript. Now, even though he is reconciled with his son, the new found money fails to bring him any kind of joy. He desperate wants to get custody of his son and for this ....
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Delhi 6, movie review
Roshan (Abhishek Bachchan) travels from USA to India with his ailing grandmother (Waheeda Rehman). Little does he know that this quick trip will turn into the longest journey of his life... Delhi 6 movie review... A journey within! Thats Delhi 6 Roshan's grandmother wants to retire and spend the last leg of her life back home; dissolving into the soil she was born in. In America, having lead a very western lifestyle Roshan is not familiar with the sites and smells, the food and culture, the religion and beliefs, this huge melting pot that India is. He thought that Dadi left her family and loved ones back in America only to realize that how wrong he was. The warmth and affection of the neighborhood embraces him with open arms. Initially greeted by a mad rush of his dadi’s neighbors, Roshan is amazed at the pomp and the warmth of the people around his dadi’s old home in Del ....
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