I can’t decide what moved me more. The way in which the author’s take on Islam - the use and abuse of the religion - unfolded, or that someone even dared to touch upon it so openly in the first place, that too in Pakistan. I think there would be very few makers for this […]

I am not exactly a fan of qualified opinions - especially with opinion on movies. Either you like it or you don’t - no if, no but, only “mut” (opinion in Hindi). In a 5-star scale, Jodhaa Akbar certainly deserves 3, but that would translate to “Wait for DVD release” here. And what a waste […]

Watching Mithya is like watching a cricket match that started out well but ended up being one-sided after all. Anything can happen at lunch break. But in the second innings, there is no fight, no struggle to keep your attention and thus you end up with a very cold climax. And the cold-blooded murders don’t […]

Routine problems, marital tiffs are resolved magically using random mantraaa,
and long discourses delivered by a neighbor, a colleague or a rickshaw-walaaa.
Brainless chicks and men who have crassness for wit deliver without a commaaa,
lines that seem like they have been written by a spot boy with the production-fellaaa.
Screaming - the only way they were taught to […]

Stories that don’t have any characters that you can feel for are mighty difficult to narrate. And it is the narrative style here which though different is a bit overdone. So, while the plot refrains from spoon-feeding (thank you!), the leaps in the otherwise stylistic narration take away a bit of the crispiness.
The non-linear […]

The characters do things abruptly, the story leaps from one point to the next without giving the audience any clue. It reads like chapters of a book with each chapter ending in a cliffhanger. However, when you start the next chapter you realize that the cliffhanger was not such a big deal after all. I […]

Aaja Nachle is another ordinary story narrated pleasantly and in a digestible manner. So, you know the end, but you wait for the next obstacle that the protagonist will face. The dialogues are a good spread between funny and casually profound. A good first half and the magnificent climax makes you forgive the multiple glitches in characterizations and a few in the script. There are only so many things you can do with a feel good movie.

Does racism really need promotion? How does it make sense to unite people from the sub-continent and have them alienate themselves from the world that they are living in? Don’t take movies so seriously, you say? Then movies should stop taking on serious issues!

Synopsis of the review:
An everyday love story is presented as a fairy tale. The lackluster dialogues, the amateurish acting, the unwarranted slow pace all add up to a tedious watch. The only saving grace is the music.
Tagline: Nothing new!
Review:
This love story has nothing unique about it. The two protagonists are equally adorable characters, but want […]

It is at best a very average variety entertainment program. You have mimicry, song, dance, skit - all woven to fit a theme. Isn’t it sad that the biggest “star” of our industry is doing the mimicry and yet it is only mediocre? And get this. Half the time he only has to mimic the […]