“Ventilator” Marathi Movie
By Ravi Ozarker HOUSTON: When you hear about famous Bollywood personalities such as Priyanka Chopra, Ashutosh Gowariker, and Boman Irani what comes to a reader’s mind? The recent super-hit Marathi movie “Ventilator” is very different. All three have acted in this movie and Priyanka has beautifully sung a great song to promote her latest movie […]
Befikre Movie Review: Ranveer Singh, Vaani Kapoor’s Chemistry Is Middling At Best
A not-so-shudh desi romance, Befikre is posited as an extravagant ode to the adventures of unfettered youth. The film plays out mostly on touristy locations in the French capital and on sundry dance floors and nightclubs. But are its pretty frames and foot-tapping songs worth the price of a multiplex ticket? Well, depends entirely on […]
Moh Maya Money movie review: An apt film in these times of demonetisation
Moh Maya Money movie cast: Ranvir Shorey, Neha Dhupia, Vidushi Mehra, Anant Raina Moh Maya Money movie director: Munish Bhardwaj Aman (Ranvir Shorey) is a young, hungry real-estate agent who wants it all, and doesn’t care what he has to do to get it. His wife Divya (Vidushi Mehra) works in news television and is […]
Kahaani 2 review: Vidya Balan is on an auto pilot mode in this thrilling ride
After the debacles of Ghanchakkar and Humari Adhuri Kahaani, Vidya Balan is back and how! Director Sujoy Ghosh teams up with the actor four years after the blockbuster Kahaani and the result is an equally impressive, edge-of-the-seat suspense drama that keeps you hooked. Tuck in for a spoiler-free review of the movie. Kahaani 2: Durga […]
Chaar Sahibzaade:The Rise Of Banda Singh Bahadur Movie Review
STORY: Under the guidance of Guru Gobind Singh, his disciple Banda Singh Bahadur takes on the Mughal armies to restore peace and justice in Punjab. REVIEW: You’ve seen multiple versions of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata; even characters from these epics have got their own spin-offs on primetime television. But stories from the Sikh mythology […]
Yeh Hai Lollipop Movie Review
STORY: An out-of-work writer, who operates out of a mall, gets to write his life’s biggest movie. The only sad part is that the producer wants him to deliver a flop. REVIEW: Yeh Hai Lollipop, the title bearing no semblance to anything in the movie, is a mall-film which is a decade too late, considering […]
Ventilator movie review: Priyanka Chopra’s production is a study in human emotions
The moment you hear the word ventilator, the first thought that strikes you is either an ailing patient or about a hospital. The title of the recently released Marathi movie, Ventilator, gives out a similar impression to the movie goers. In the movie, Gajanan Kamerkar suffers a brain hemorrhage. The moment the news breaks, all […]
31st October movie review: It has nothing we didn’t know
The assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on that fateful 1984 October day had led to three days of shocking mayhem in the national capital, where armed mobs rampaged through many parts of Delhi, burning and killing Sikhs, and pillaging their establishments. It was, not to put too fine a point on it, a pogrom. […]
Tutak Tutak Tutiya Movie Review
STORY: Krishna (Prabhu Deva), a city bachelor, wishes to get married to a modern, English speaking girl but ends up with village belle Devi (Tamannaah). The newlyweds return to Mumbai and rent out a house as Krishna is too ashamed to introduce his desi wife to his friends. Turns out the house is haunted by the […]
Movie Review: Mirzya Movie Review
STORY: Mohnish/Aadil (Harshvardhan) and Suchitra (Saiyami) are schoolmates, who care deeply for one another. An untoward incident that occurs in their hometown, Jodhpur, separates them. Years later, their paths cross. But this time around, Suchitra is on the verge of getting married. REVIEW: Mirzya is inspired by the story of the star-crossed lovers Mirza-Sahiban, a popular folklore […]
M S Dhoni Movie Review: Sushant Singh Rajput’s Film is a Fanboy Account
Neeraj Pandey’s M S Dhoni – The Untold Story is a highly unusual enterprise. Never before in the history of cinema has a biopic of an active sportsman been mounted with quite this level of patronage from the subject himself. This unabashed puff-job has been bankrolled by Dhoni’s long-time confidant and business partner Arun Pandey and personally […]
Banjo review: There’s a lot to like in this Riteish Deshmukh film
Most Bollywood heroes prefer Switzerland or New Zealand or similar scenic locations for dream sequences, but Nand Kishor alias Tarrat Bhai (Riteish Deshmukh) isn’t one of them. He likes to sweep the Mumbai streets with his beloved even in a beautifully planned and executed dream song. After all, this is what he has seen. Chris […]
Raaz Reboot Movie Review
STORY: Happily married couple – Rihaan (Gaurav) and Shaina (Kriti) move into a heritage hotel like property in Romania and call it their home. Trouble beckons as the wife starts feeling the existence of an evil entity in their haunted house. REVIEW: Her deadpan banker hubby refuses to believe her, while her ex beau Aditya (Emraan Hashmi) […]
Pink review: Amitabh Bachchan is still the only boss around
Two cars are moving in two different directions. Each has three passengers – the first one has girls and the second is being driven by boys. Parallel cutting suggests a connection. One of the boys is bleeding and the girls look tense. A dark and sinister night has engulfed the Delhi-NCR region and everyone’s waiting […]
Freaky Ali review: Nawazuddin Siddiqui scores a sixer, not an albatross
In golf, you seldom see albatross. It’s a rare score where the player sinks his ball into the cup ‘three strokes below the par’ (meaning three strokes less than the par score of the hole). Extremely challenging. Yet, if it happens, you never see crowds go crazy with dhols and dance. Why? Well, that happens […]
Akira Movie Review
Sonakshi Sinha is an eye-catching action star and director-turned-actor Anurag Kashyap evil incarnate in A R Murugadoss’ intriguingly titled Akira. Both pull off their roles with astonishing aplomb. The film as a whole is, however, patchy. Its facile genre sleights – rogue cops, wronged innocents and bloody confrontations – hit home only sporadically. Despite pitchforking a […]
‘A Flying Jatt’: A Bonafide Desi Super-Entertainer
It isn’t a bird. It isn’t a plane. And it’s definitely not Superman. Why must the desi superhero behave like a country cousin of his Hollywood counterpart? Remo d’Souza, who makes indigenous films based on western concepts such as the dance-competition genre which he made into “ABCD” (it was actually ‘Ka Kha Ga Gha’), here turns […]
UnIndian film review: This side, that side
A cross-cultural romance comes with its own tropes. A successful one manages to break free while acknowledging the need for said conventions. UnIndian does quite well on that count; it’s familiar enough and yet manages to please. So there’s Will Henderson (Brett Lee), a true-blue Aussie who teaches a bunch of rookies the rules of […]
Pretham movie review: Jayasurya excels in this horror film without chills
Renjith Shankar’s movie Pretham, supposedly a horror comedy, keeps you waiting for a twist which never comes. What you get instead is a pretty ordinary climax, which is neither memorable nor scary. Thanks to Jayasurya’s character John Don Bosco, the movie is engaging in parts though. The actor again proves his versatility as he plays […]
Chauthi Koot Movie Review
Gurvinder Singh’s Chauthi Koot (The Fourth Direction) has already attained the status of a cinematic milestone. Last year, it became the first-ever Punjabi-language feature to break into the Cannes Film Festival’s official selection. No Indian entry in the past decade has arguably been more deserving of that nod. Opening in multiplexes with English subtitles this Friday, Chauthi Koot, […]
