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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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Heroine is a bold, glamorous film with shocking, scandalous and manipulative ‘behind-the-scenes account’ of the reality behind the mask of glitz and glamour that our film stars inhabit. (Heroine - movie review) The film is based on the life and times of a superstar heroine from the dream factory we call 'Bollywood'. It is not based on the life of any particular yesteryear divas Madhubala or Parveen Babi or any others. It is a contemporary film which reveals the underbelly of the Bollywood film industry and its well-kept secrets. Heroine features Kareena Kapoor as Mahi Arora - the protagonist along with actors Arjun Rampal, Shahana Goswami, Divya Dutta and others. Mahi Arora’s character is of a "bipolar and schizophrenic" female as Kareena mentioned in her latest interviews. Mahi is having an affair with reigning superstar Aryan Khanna (Arjun Rampal) who is yet to divorc ....
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Jeena Hai Toh Thok Daal is about greed, politics and conspiracy.

Jeena Hai Toh Thok Daal - movie review...

This action packed story revolves around four conscientious outlaws from North India(probably seems from Bihar) who set out to Mumbai for a dangerous mission. These criminals have entered Mumbai for a hit job, where one of them falls in love with his target and then it becomes complicated. The four mercenaries are from different age groups, but with a similar motive to execute their jobs with passion and addiction and create havoc around. This is their style of a thrill. The story of Jeena Hai Toh Thok Daal is unveiled in a flashback of how these guys who face ugly issues, and it becomes even murkier for them. Their leader is clear in his vision. You are getting paid for it, so deliver the job. So far its okay and fine, but the main protagonist himself falls in ....
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A group of girls from Ahmadabad Girls College come to Rajasthan for a trip and while in Udaipur, they come across a tourist guide (Prakash Sagar) who guides them in visiting various historical places and gives a glimpse of history of Rajasthan. The beautiful Rani (Ester Noronha)  is in love the very moment she sees Raja  and feels that she has known him since ages and gets a deja-vu feeling every time. While in the course of visiting the historical places Raja falls in love with Rani and prays to get Rani in his life. The situation further changes and the duo fall in love with each other. However one fine day Rani visits Khumbhalgarh where she realizes that this is her rebirth, while in her previous birth her lover was none other than Raj. The pandit of the temple looks at Raja and Rani and he too get shocked and summon the people of the village. Everybody is shocked to see Radha an ....
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Barfi! An ambitious project of UTV Motion Pictures , a much awaited film of the year. The hype for the film was generated ever since the first trailers were released over the internet and television. Barfi! is set in a double flash back or to say it move “to and fro” in time. Story of a deaf and mute, mischievous, full of life, carefree, positive young lad living in Darjeeling. The film is set in the 1970’s. Barfi is a very lovable boy who is always upto something mischievous all the time and hence keeps the local cops on the run. He is loved by the town-folks but has an “irrational” fear that every one will leave him so he has a way to “TEST” their loyalties. His father who is a driver for a very rich family- the Chatterjee’s is his only family. Mr. Chatterjee is an old man and has a grand daughter (Jhilmil- played by Priyanka Chopra) who he loves immensely but as ....
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The 2002 super hit thriller Raaz, was followed by its sequel Raaz – The Mystery Continues (2009). Raaz 3 is a 3 Dimensional horror film directed by Vikram Bhatt, and produced by Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt. Emraan Hashmi plays Aditya, a famed film director who is indebted, for his success, to Shanaya (Bipasha Basu) a reigning screen star actress who is at the at the height of her success. Shanaya has a passionate affair with her director Aditya. But at this years film awards, it is the fresh debutant - Sanjana (Esha Gupta) who bags the best actress award. Bipasha, the reigning superstar is now losing out to a much younger starlet (Esha Gupta). As is the reality in Bollywood, every production house decides to drop Shanaya and want the younger actress Sanjana to play lead roles in their films. Shanaya realizes her career is fading away and the god fearing woman tha ....
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When tradition kills…   Riwayat is a bollywood drama, musical directed by Vijay Patkar, with the award winning screenplay by Dr Sanjay Patole and Ajay Patole and produced by Dr Sanjay Patole and Dr Ajay Rane. The movie depicts the emotional journey of Anita Desai (Samapika Debnath) - the protagonist against the backdrop of a serious global issue involving new born baby girls. Anita sacrificed everything in her quest against traditions. It is a sensitive film that entertains while touching our hearts to make us think about the 100 million baby girls missing from the world. A dynamic lady, Anita works for an NGO towards the welfare of children. She gets married to Raj, the handsome younger son of a wealthy industrialist Mr Desai. Raj is an ideal son, a caring brother and a loving husband Soon after marriage an official assignment takes her to the rural primary health centre in ....
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Debutant Director Prateek Chakravorty, who carries forward the legacy of his late grand father Pramod Chakravorty who produced and directed thrillers and romantic mega hits in 80s and 90s. (From Sydney with Love - movie review) It was a dream coming true for Meghaa Banerjee (Bidita Bag), a small town girl in West Bengal, India when she earned a scholarship from the prestigious University of New South Wales in Australia to pursue her Masters degree in Economics. New South Whales University, where she becomes a part of the group of friends Raj Baksi (Prateek Chakravorty), Rohit Khurana (Sharad Malhotra), Lubaina Snyder (Evelyn Sharma), Suhail Syed (Karan Sagoo) and Kalpana Chatterjee (Reshmi Ghosh). Coming from a conservative middle class background, life and culture in Sydney was an instant eye opener for her. Under guidance of her caring cousin Kalpana fondly called “Kol”, M ....
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A 42 year old moonlighting as a 24 year old handsome dude. I M 24 movie review... Saying the truth was always difficult, and lying, they say, is much simpler. Shubendu (Rajat Kapoor) lives by the tougher option. But when this honest, 42 year old balding writer falls in love with a 22 year old beauty queen, he is tempted to lie. It is a tough life for this failed writer for lying about his age. Conversely it is as smooth as butter for his roommate Gagan (Ranvir Shorey) to lie and weave a web of stories around that lie. Gagan is a struggling actor and talks big, most of the times he is a compulsive liar. Shubhendu meets an aspiring beauty contestant ‘Pageant Queen – Kanak’ (Manjari Fadnis) through an online chat-room. She is 22 and so he mentions his age as a 24-year-old handsome dude writing stories for films for the top production houses in Bollywood. How can the ro ....
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