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Billu, movie review
The film is a story of a simple ordinary man who led an extra ordinary life. Billu (Irfan Khan) is a meager barber - Bilas Rao Pardesi who lives in his Budbuda village with his wife Bindiya (Lara Dutta) and two great kids Gunja (Mitali Mayakar) and Ronak (Pratik Dalvi). Life was bitter sweet... we can say more sweet than bitter. Nothing is going right for him. From getting rejected for loan applications to even losing his children’s schooling as he can’t even afford to play the fees. His shop is a mess and not many people come to visit it either. He spends idle time with his close friends, Budbudiya (Rajpal Yadav)and Naubat Chacha (Asrani). Though struggling, Billu lives an uneventful life until Bollywood superstar Sahir Khan (Shahrukh Khan) comes to his village for a film shoot and everything changes in Billu’s life. Billu had once talked to his wife about how he knows ....
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Jugaad, movie review
Jugaad, a film based on a real life incident is a hilarious take on the infamous sealing drive by the Municipal Corporation (MCD) that rocked New Delhi in 2007-08. The film is set entirely in Delhi and is shot at actual locations to lend authenticity to the proceedings. The victim – CEO of an ad agency owner has no way out of the impasse and thus tries to overcome it by resorting to temporary settlement is what we call ‘jugaad’. This happened to many families who were victimized by this drive and even won public sympathy even though they had entered into unauthorized constructions. Everyone wondered as to why the authorities let it happen before their eyes. Apparently, they were a party to it, they alleged. Sandip Kapur (Manoj Bajpai), heads a successful advertising agency, which unexpectedly is sealed by MCD. Desperately wanting to re-establish his agency, Sandip opts for 'J ....
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Medal, movie review
A great country that India is... unfortunately sports like boxing get step motherly treatment in contrast to the blue eyed cricketers who rake in billions. Medal the film puts forth the realistic view of the plight of boxers who bring laurels to the country, yet face a bleak future. Medal movie review... It is very unfortunate that in a country of over a billion the sport of boxing doesn't figure as the favourite of the masses. Who shall we blame? The aam junta or the system, governance or the television media? Barrng the game of cricket, there is no sport which assures all the goodies of life, with the least being of security for the rest of the sportsperson's life in our country. This is what Ganesh Mehta the producer - director of Medal puts forth his point. Medal is the story of an ambitious boxer Jeetu (Muzahid Khan), whose family has its own priorities. Jeetu needs to fulf ....
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Mere Khwabon mein jo aaye, movie review
Mere Khwabon Mein Jo Aaye is really a simple story, about the triumph of spirit over every odd. And the power of the creative imagination - if you can dream it, you can have it. But perhaps the hardest thing in the world is to dream. Madhureeta Anand in her debut directorial venture shows some style and good narrative style where single frame of the film appears attractive. Being the story of Maya (Raima Sen) lives in New Delhi Mere Khwabon mein jo aaye. Maya is married to Vikram (Arbaaz Khan) and has a daughter Priya. Maya’s life is mundane and centers around her family. She always dreamed throughout these years of becoming a singer that never materialized. One evening she overhears a conversation between her husband and another woman and realises that he’s having an affair. Her simple, family centric life around her breaks down and she realises how Vikram had slowly degenerat ....
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Chal Chala Chal, movie review
Chal Chala Chal offers an outdated concept, something that might've worked in the 1980s or so. Yet, there is hope in bollywood, thus this effort in roping in Govinda and Rajpal Yadav in an attempt to create some comedy. Chal Chala Chal movie review... Deepak (Govinda), a young simpleton, has been switching jobs as he does not want to succumb to the corrupt system that exists almost everywhere. Facing financial hardships and an unshaken faith in the judicial systems, he has been supporting his father (Om Puri) an ex-principal of a private school, who is fighting a legal matter since years to get his provident fund and pension, which eventually he gets and wins the case. The court orders the school to give him some property as compensation, in case of paucity of money in its funds. The school parts with a bus as compensation. Acting on his father's advice, Deepak decides to put the b ....
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Dev D, movie review
Dev D is a modern-day interpretation of the classic novel "Devdas" by Sarat Chandra. Dev, Paro and Chanda of Dev D reflect the sensibilities, conflicts, aggression, independence, free thought, exuberance and recklessness of the youth of today. A generation that is jammed between eastern roots and western sensibilities. Director Aunrag Kashyap has shown the lead character Devdas as a spoilt, obsessive, addictive and a hypocritical sensualist, who is self destructive without knowing he is destroying himself. Dev D movie review... Dev D is set in the rustic and colourful Punjab and also explores the dingy, morbid, dark underbelly of Delhi. From sprawling mustard fields to a riot of neon. It is written and directed by Anurag Kashyap and produced by UTV Spotboy. Son of a rich Punjabi Businessman, Dev (Abhay Deol) and Paro (Mahi Gill) are childhood sweethearts. But Dev, being an insec ....
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Luck by Chance, movie review
A starlet and a struggler meet while trying to navigate through the Hindi Film Industry - the Bollywood as most refer to, and end up changing each other's lives forever. Luck by Chance is a slice of film industry life, in which self advancement is the sole motivator. Here, notions of superstition, fate and destiny may underline every decision but it is the gigantic egos, the grand desires and the small opportunities that converge to form strange patterns. Patterns that we call kismet. Or Luck by Chance. In such an unpredictable climate, is success and failure what other's define for you or is it something you decide for yourself? Luck by Chance movie review... Vikram Jaisingh is a sincere young Delhiite whose dream is to make it to the big screen in Bollywood. He finds a companion in Sona Sharma (Konkona Sen Sharma), who plays brief and meaningless roles in 'B' grade films while ....
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Victory, movie review
In India, cricket is much much more than just a game; it is a passion, an obsession, a religion! VICTORY is the heroic story of Vijay Shekhawat and his father Ram Shekhawat, who saw such an impossible dream for his son! Victory movie review... Based on current happenings from the World of Indian Cricket, Victory personifies the challenges and dilemmas that almost every aspirant for the Indian Cricket Team faces and has to endure. Some emerge triumphant; some fall by the wayside, while some have to undergo a trial by fire to test their character and self-belief before their fate is decided. Victory is the story of one such aspirant and his journey through the minefield of being a Cricket Celebrity in India… It is about Vijay Shekhawat (Harman Baweja) hailing from the small town of Jaisalmer,and his father Ram Shekhawat (Anupam Kher). The father has great aspirations for his son ....
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Slumdog Millionaire, movie review
Slumdog Millionaire is an adaptation of the novel Q & A written by the Indian author Vikas Swarup. It is Slumdog Millionaire in English and Slumdog Crorepati in Hindi, directed by Danny Boyle, written by Simon Beaufoy, and co-directed in India by Loveleen Tandan. The protagonist Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's smash hit TV show "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" Slumdog Millionaire movie review... Arrested on suspicion of cheating, he tells the police the incredible story of his life on the streets, and of the girl he loved and lost. But what is a kid with no interest in money doing on the show? And how is it he knows all the answers? Its the moment of truth in the studio. Before a hushed studio audience and standing under the blazing studio lights, 18 year old Mumbai ....
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Aasma, movie review
The movie Aasma is about a bunch of talented and aspiring college students who start a theatre group called "Aasma" which means "sky". Aasma is a story about a theatre group comprising of talented and aspiring college and actors set out to have some fun. Somewhere along their journey, they realize that they want more. They want to touch the sky with their brilliance. This is a story of people who have faith in spite of the tribulation that life throws at them. Through their insecurities, anxieties, and dilemmas they find that friendship and dedication leads them to near heights, beyond the darkness that temporarily blinds each of them. Aasma movie review... Aasma has a bunch of talented artists (Shubhashish, Seema Biswas, Hrishita, Raghuveer, Joy, Mushtaq and others) but then luck has been eluding them for quite a while. They are unable to get offers to play and this leads to more ....
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