Rating: 4/5 The normally reticent film-maker Shyam Benegal , usually associated with exploring hard-core realism with dark social themes, does a remarkable turn-around with the just-released Welcome To Sajjanpur. Thr fact that he has chosen an English title itself for the charming rustic film set in a vibrant UP village is a novel breakthrough, and… [Read more…]
June 18, 2009
Rating 4/5 The Mumbai Commissioner of Police is having a regular day at the office, when his cell-phone rings, but the caller’s number cannot be identified. A cool, calm, literally chilling voice gives him clear instructions; release four deadly terrorists lodged in different jails, or Mumbai will witness a repeat of 1993 serial blasts. To… [Read more…]
June 18, 2009
MOVIE REVIEW ROCK ON! Rating: 4.25 /5 IT’S PURE MAGIK There is something about Farhan Akhtar. In one of the most under-rated movies of our times ( at least in terms of commercial yardsticks) , Lakshya, which was his second directorial flirtation after the charmingly refreshing Dil Chahta Hai, the erstwhile timid spoilt lazy buffoon… [Read more…]
June 18, 2009
I met Aamir Khan in the halcyon Internet days of Y 2000 , when the word dot com on the visiting card represented a new zeal, the symbol of risk-taking , of creating a dream global company. With Shah Rukh Khan already the reigning badshah of the web world with SRKWorld.com, Aamir became for us… [Read more…]
June 18, 2009
MOVIE REVIEW Rating: 2.5/5 The movie starts with a “re-hashed” version ( read as Bollywood rap) of the Rishi Kapoor classic ” Bachna Ae Haseeno” track, with Ranbir Kapoor appearing as the man-in-distress thanks to some time spent canoodling damsels in- the- mattress. High on testosterone , and with a BPO sort of initial salary… [Read more…]
June 18, 2009
He is a true-blue superstar, a national rage and an international celebrity, intellectually vibrant, and usually a paragon of classic perfection. He said that politics least interested him. He said that he only respected and lauded what his ‘big brothers’ were doing for the state of Uttar Pradesh. He was only returning favors done for… [Read more…]
June 18, 2009
As the sinister laugh of the sadistic Don hit the surround sound at Inox multiplex theatre in Bombay last Friday night, at the end of 17 reels of high octane adventure, the casual disdain in that majestic, cocky mocking laugh carried the sarcastic twinge which only an imperial monarch can naturally summon. Farhan Akhtar’s remake… [Read more…]
June 18, 2009
If Mr Natwarlal (alias Mr Amitabh Bachchan , Bollywood legend) becomes the President of India , the following is inevitable: 1 Amar Singh will be ushered into Madame Tussaud’s, dark glares and a CD in hand (it is rumoured that he had made indiscreet calls to Madame Tussuads’s thinking it is the name of an… [Read more…]
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