Movie: ‘Guzaarish’; Star Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai, Aditya Roy Kapoor, Monikangana Dutta, Suhel Seth; Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali; Rating: ***** – big, beautiful, dazzling. Breathe a sigh of relief. During a year when cacophonic crassness masquerading as comic entertainment has been sanctioned by critics and the masses, ‘Guzaarish’ comes along to remind us that [...]
Read MoreNagesh Kukunoor enters a new zone with 8 x 10 Tasveer: Suspense-thriller. His choice of the genre and subject material is also right. Yet, 8 x 10 Tasveer goes wrong, horribly wrong. Now what was that? This is one question that haunts you at the end of the show. And, seriously, you want to direct [...]
Read MoreThere’s a major difference between K.L. Saigal, Dilip Kumar, Shah Rukh Khan and Abhay Deol’s Devdas. The first three films were faithful to Sarat Chandra‘s legendary novella, while Anurag Kashyap‘s deviant take on Devdas is contemporary and in the process, differs from the original work. In Kashyap’s ‘Dev D‘, Dev is into drugs and vodka. [...]
Read MoreFilm: “Victory”; Cast: Harman Baweja, Anupam Kher, Amrita Rao,Gulshan Grover; Director: Ajitpal Mangat; Rating: *** First things first. This isn’t a film about cricket. Not entirely. It’s also about life, dreams, ambitions and nightmares and how the individual gets progressively sucked into self-seeking opportunism while chasing those elusive dreams. “Victory” takes a leaf out of [...]
Read MoreNo larger than life character or lavish sets, over-the-board acting or trademark merchandise – Aditya Chopra’s latest offering “Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi” is an extraordinary love story of an ordinary man and thoroughly entertains the audience. After the record breaking hit “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge” (1994), followed by “Mohabbatein” in 2000, the third much-awaited [...]
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