Fitoor

I have not read Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, so this review won’t have any comparisons and statements regarding the “justice” part of this adaptation titled Fitoor. The successful films of director Abhishek Kapoor (Rock On and Kai Po Che) had the beauty of a scene or situation having an interesting drama. With Fitoor, he tries… Continue reading Fitoor

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Saala Khadoos

Saala Khadoos directed by Sudha Kongara has the roughness the title demands in the visual making of the movie. When it comes to the scripting style it has taken inspiration from other films that came under the “rise of the underdog” category sports dramas. And in the dialogues department, the movie is largely melodramatic. With… Continue reading Saala Khadoos

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Airlift

Set in the backdrop of the Kuwait war, the latest Akshay Kumar starrer Airlift is a wonderfully crafted movie that depicts the reality of the situation along with genuine patriotism. With the screenplay not wasting a single moment on desperate commercialization, the realistic treatment only got better with that pinch of bollywood formula. Ranjit Katyal,… Continue reading Airlift

Wazir

By the time the movie reached its second half, I sort of felt a disappointment as things looked too easy and guessable. But to my surprise, in the last five minutes Wazir creates a climax that justifies the chess factor and the sort of intentional predictability in the writing. Narrated with his signature roughness, Wazir… Continue reading Wazir

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Bajirao Mastani

Grand sets, emotional dilemma of characters, dramatic conversations, spectacular dance choreography, depiction of tragedy etc. are the major components of a Bhansali film and may be because of the possibility of including all these things in a cinema made him do his latest venture Bajirao Mastani. While Bhansali managed to squeeze out the best from… Continue reading Bajirao Mastani

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Dilwale

Cars, slap stick jokes and a very thin story line are the essential ingredients of a Rohit Shetty film. Dilwale from Rohit Shetty has all this, but the proportion is so unequal that the movie looks very dull in terms of entertainment. With melodrama and outdated romance and sentiments eating a large chunk of the… Continue reading Dilwale

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Tamasha

If you look at films like Rockstar and Highway, there is this longing for freedom beyond the conventional right and wrong. Those movies had protagonists who wanted to feel the positive side of not being strangled by orthodox mindsets. The good side of Tamasha is that Imtiaz Ali takes away the tragic angle of those… Continue reading Tamasha

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Prem Ratan Dhan Payo

Prem Ratan Dhan Payo is one more reason for you to wonder whether we are back in the 90’s. The other two being the cricket all stars tournament and Lalu Prasad Yadav’s victory in elections. Outdated content is the one simple description that I can give to this Salman Khan starrer. Sooraj Barjatya and his… Continue reading Prem Ratan Dhan Payo

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