A Yash Raj film is interminably special for a movie enthusiast. Right from good looking stars styled most gorgeously, a fine plot, harmonious/foot tapping music, visually dazzling locales, loads of entertainment… it has it all, packaged well to cater to the desi sensibilities. The expectations, therefore, soar upwards when the triumphant team of BAND [...]
Read MoreAs mentioned in this column last week, ‘Ready’ took a humongous start even though it did fall short of ‘Dabangg’ opening weekend record (something that was always predicted). Nevertheless, a 40 crores weekend was still a little above expectations and that means that now ‘Ready’ is pretty much aiming at a ‘super-hit’ tag for itself. [...]
Read MoreFilm: ‘Game’; Starring: Abhishek Bachchan, Kangna Ranaut, Anupam Kher, Boman Irani, Jimmy Sheirgil, Shahana Goswami, Gauhar Khan, Introducing Sarah Jane Dias; Directed by Abhinay Deo; Rating: *** 1/2 – a stylishly crafted whodunit. ‘What a story!’ Abhishek Bachchan, playing a cross between a fugitive and a guardian-angel, says wrily at the end of this elegantly [...]
Read MoreOne of the biggest challenges in filming a real life story is that it has already been told. So how do you make it exciting, unpredictable or entertaining? Also can you really do any of these things without altering the original story? And yet, “No One Killed Jessica” (NOKJ) manages all this, for the large [...]
Read MoreMovie: Break Ke Baad; Star Cast: Imran Khan, Deepika Padukone, Shahana Goswami, Yudhishtr Urs, Sharmila Tagore, Navin Nischol and Lillete Dubey; Director: Danish Aslam; Rating: *** With a promise of entertaining the youth, debutant director Danish Aslam tries to offer you an old story with some new twists and turns incorporated in it. However, you [...]
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