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Editorial
Goldfish

Deepti Naval and Kalki Koechlin featured film Goldfish that is directed by Pushan Kripalani is having its European Premiere at 30th Raindance Film Festival (that is BAFTA and OSCAR qualifying festival) that will be held from 26th October – 5th November 2022 at London. The film directed by Pushan Kriplani and produced by Amit Saxena’s Splendid Films (USA) is selected…

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My Friend Pinto - movie review
The story of My Friend Pinto revolves around the one night experiences of an innocent boy in Mumbai Twenty-something Michael Pinto (Prateik) has grown up in a small Goan village, believing everyone in the world to be simple, kind and honest, just like him. His world revolves around a doting mother, a passion for music and the memories of a childhood friend, Sameer (Arjun Mathur), who left Goa for Mumbai many years ago and hasn’t replied to his frequent letters ever since. Pinto’s talent for music is only matched by his knack for finding trouble in the unlikeliest of places often resulting in the most outlandish and hilarious situations. When Pinto’s idyllic world is shattered by the sudden demise of his mother he decides to head to Mumbai in search of the only friend he knows. In Mumbai, the bumbling village idiot stands out like a sore thumb in the big city. And yet hi ....
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That Girl in Yellow Boots - movie review
The film That Girl in Yellow Boots was first screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2010, followed by Venice Film Festival after it played in several festivals worldwide including South Asian International Film Festival. That Girl in Yellow Boots is a thriller tracing Ruth's (Kalki Koechlin), a British woman who comes to search for her father – who abandoned her family in England while she was very young. All she knew was his name and doesn’t even know how he looks. A British citizen Ruth has to patiently wait for her turn at the foreigners’ registration office in Mumbai. The girl wants an extension of her tourist visa but what she comes across is greed and corruption. To stay afloat, Ruth (Kalki Koechlin) makes a living in Bombay by giving hand jobs to wrinkled, old customers who come to the shady massage parlour. She attends to various character ....
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Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara - movie review
The film Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara was shot at various locations including the beautiful locales of Spain, the London and India. The highlight of this film is the La Tomatina festival which was recreated for the film and appears very natural. 3 young men take a holiday that changes their lives forever. Kabir (Abhay Deol) has just met Natasha (Kalki Koechilin). 6 months later they are engaged. Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara is about three friends - Arjun, Imraan and Kabir, who set off on an adventure in Spain, that make them iron out their differences and teach them to seize the day. He wants to go on an extended bachelor party. A 3 week road trip with Imraan (Farhan Akhtar) and Arjun (Hritik Roshan) - his 2 best friends since school. The only problem is Arjun is too tied up with work. After much emotional blackmail and cajoling the boys set off on a journey they were meant to take ....
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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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I AM - movie review
I AM is a film which has four different stories about four characters Afia, Megha, Abhimanyu and Omar shot in Kolkata, Mumbai, Bangalore and Kashmir. It is a new age bollywood film which takes up different stories about various characters and has a string that binds them together and this is what holds this honest film with fine performances. I AM is about issues and dilemmas that bruise the modern Indian society. Unraveling and exploring these tribulations, the film unfolds many a tale of individuals struggling to find their identity, and uphold their dignity in a world that is callous, cold and unsympathetic. Shot in four different cities across India, I AM is a fusion of stories where the protagonists share a common dream – a desire to regain their lives, to regain an identity which has been taken away from them. I AM AFIA is the story of a single woman who feels her identi ....
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Happy Ending
A rather repetitive venture of Eros International and Illuminati Films. The trailers were enough proof that this film was yet another typical Saif Ali Khan movie, using the exact formula he seemed to have mastered in the past. HAPPY ENDING - movie review So as far as the plot line goes, Happy Ending is a story about a commitment phobic Casanova – Yudi, a rich, handsome and charming, sadly aware of these qualities himself resulting in an endless trail of heartbroken women in his life. A goofy ‘stuck-in-his-married-life’ sidekick for a best friend (Ranvir Shorey) and the circumstantial entry of a charming new girl, so much just like him that this commitment phobic is now serious about her and ends up bending his nature and becomes ready to commit to this lady. Yudi (Saif Ali Khan) is a ‘veteran’ author so to say, a ‘one-novel-wonder’, still cashing in on his singular s ....
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Editorial

The “Glamour Style walk “had the divas walk thedazzle the ramp glittering in gems and jewellery.. Bollywood Divas, Juhi Chawla, Kalki Koechlin bedazzled the audiences at the Glamour Style Walk 2013 a perfect mélange where Jewelers & Designers put up an excellent display of their spectacular collection, spearheaded by Bulbeer Gandhi of ABEC Ltd. An exuberant showcase of Jewelry &…

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Based on a real cult, Ek Thi Daayan brings to you the truth you cannot handle. Ek Thi Daayan is an entertaining romantic thriller with an electrifying jolt at the end. Bobo (Emraan Hashmi) is India’s leading magician. But unknown to even his girlfriend Tamara (Huma Qureshi), Bobo’s life is falling apart. His constant hallucinations leave him with no option but to seek psychiatric help. Since he was a young boy, he is obsessed with the occult. He grown up reading books about witch-craft. As a grown up, he is a magician by profession - often letting the lines between reality and fiction blur. Cut to his young days when he is a child, his widower father (Pawan Malhotra) brings home a caretaker for the children Diana (Konkana Sen Sharma). His father falls in love with the lady, and gets married to her. The boy dislikes his step-mother and refers to her as a daayan (witch). A ....
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