Dinner table, bed, traffic signal, lounge, multiplex, saloon – These and many more places are what formed various settings for me to read and complete ‘First Day First Show’.
Three brothers many yawns strong The ApunKaChoice movie review of Teen Thay Bhai strong Bad comedies aren’t the exclusive preserve of Bollywood big shots with gummy smiles or dopey eyes Even the best of actors with not so formidable fan base but incredible talent to vouch for can flounder — and flounder big time — if saddled with a script full of silly juvenilia and fart jokes in the name of humour Precisely the case with em Teen Thay Bhai em starring the powerhouse performers Om Puri Deepak Dobriyal and Shreyas Talpade as three estranged brothers Chixie Happy and Fancy ?…
Movie: F.A.L.T.U; Directed by Remo D’Souza; Starring: Jackky Bhagnany, Pooja Gupta, Angad Bedi, Chandan Roy Sanyal; Rating: *** – A pleasant surprise.
Strictly for those with FALTU time strong The ApunKaChoice movie review of F A L T U strong The Pink Floyd dictum We don’t need no education we don’t need no thoughts control usually appeals to two sets of youngsters – geniuses or failures Choreographer-turned-director Remo D’Souza’s film em F A L T U em is about the latter ?…
Movie Review: Faltu; Star cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Kangna Ranaut, Sarah Jane Dias, Jimmy Sheirgill, Gauhar Khan, Shahana Goswami, Boman Irani, Anupam Kher; Director: Abhinay Deo; Rating: ** – Disappointing.
Movie Review: Faltu; Star cast: Jacky Bhagnani, Arshad Warsi, Puja Gupta, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Madhavan, Ritesh Deshmukh, Kareena Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan; Director: Remo DSouza; Rating: *** – go watch it.
Boring to death B The ApunKaChoice movie review of Khoon Maaf B Jesus I feel bored to death There’s no bell tower nearby to rush to and vent my indignation nor any spouse to bump off And though I don’t exactly feel like being punished for someone else’s sins I am overwhelmingly disappointed to see that Vishal Bhardwaj — the bellwether of the herd of new-age Hindi film-makers the auteur who so convincingly brought the Bard of Avon to the badlands of UP — has now strayed into mediocrity with so artless and heartless a film as i Khoon Maaf ?… more
Watch it for Anushka and Akshay B The Patiala House movie review on ApunKaChoice com B From ‘Kal Ho Na Ho’ to this Kahlon saga about i baap-beta i stand-offs director Nikhil Advani has remained an undeviating votary of melodrama With dogged determination he has followed the one-point formula through one hit and two massive flops in his career piping in as much melodrama and tear-jerking moments quintessential to the Hindi cinema genre that’s been dying for years but is yet not fully dead strong Patiala House strong in that sense is another i salaam-e-kitsch i by the director who ?…
Watch it for Anushka and Akshay B The Patiala House movie review on ApunKaChoice com B From ‘Kal Ho Na Ho’ to this Kahlon saga about i baap-beta i stand-offs director Nikhil Advani has remained an undeviating votary of melodrama With dogged determination he has followed the one-point formula through one hit and two massive flops in his career piping in as much melodrama and tear-jerking moments quintessential to the Hindi cinema genre that’s been dying for years but is yet not fully dead strong Patiala House strong in that sense is another i salaam-e-kitsch i by the director who ?… more
Watch it for Anushka and Akshay B The Patiala House movie review on ApunKaChoice com B From ‘Kal Ho Na Ho’ to this Kahlon saga about i baap-beta i stand-offs director Nikhil Advani has remained an undeviating votary of melodrama With dogged determination he has followed the one-point formula through one hit and two massive flops in his career piping in as much melodrama and tear-jerking moments quintessential to the Hindi cinema genre that’s been dying for years but is yet not fully dead strong Patiala House strong in that sense is another i salaam-e-kitsch i by the director who ?… more
Watch it for Anushka and Akshay B The Patiala House movie review on ApunKaChoice com B From ‘Kal Ho Na Ho’ to this Kahlon saga about i baap-beta i stand-offs director Nikhil Advani has remained an undeviating votary of melodrama With dogged determination he has followed the one-point formula through one hit and two massive flops in his career piping in as much melodrama and tear-jerking moments quintessential to the Hindi cinema genre that’s been dying for years but is yet not fully dead strong Patiala House strong in that sense is another i salaam-e-kitsch i by the director who ?… more
Watch it for Anushka and Akshay B The ApunKaChoice movie review of Patiala House B From ‘Kal Ho Na Ho’ to this Kahlon saga about i baap-beta i stand-offs director Nikhil Advani has remained an undeviating votary of melodrama With dogged determination he has followed the one-point formula through one hit and two massive flops in his career piping in as much melodrama and tear-jerking moments quintessential to the Hindi cinema genre that’s been dying for years but is yet not fully dead i Patiala House i in that sense is another i salaam-e-kitsch i by the director who refuses ?… more
A delightfully different film B The ApunKaChoice movie review of Yeh Saali Zindagi B Getting your head around the maze of director Sudhir Mishra’s i Yeh Saali Zindagi i could be quite an ask and task Taking a plot bursting at its seams Sudhir Mishra plonks in it so many characters with many a voice-over and flashbacks that keeping the count after a while becomes an exercise in maths But given the reputation of the director you are willing to sit back play along and let the movie grow on you And it does ?… more
Film: ‘Ee Sanje’; Cast: Arya, Sanjjana, Rangayana Raghu, Kishor, Sathyajith and others; Director: Sree; Producer: Balaji Singh; Music: Jai Shivu; Camera: Shankar; Rating: *
Film: ‘Ee Sanje’; Cast: Arya, Sanjjana, Rangayana Raghu, Kishor, Sathyajith and others; Director: Sree; Producer: Balaji Singh; Music: Jai Shivu; Camera: Shankar; Rating: *
Film: ‘Burlesque’, Director: Steven Antin; Cast: Cher, Christina Aguilera, Alan Cumming, Stanley Tucci, Cam Gigandet; Rating: ***
Like a one-night stand gone wrong B The ApunKaChoice movie review of Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji B Film-maker Madhur Bhandarkar’s maiden plunge into the rom-com genre is like a one-night stand gone wrong One laps it up for the moment let it play footsie knock back a few shots of one’s favourite beverage giggle at silly jokes fidget through stretched conversations and boredom just waiting impatiently for that one sought-after climactic moment that tragically never comes What rather comes is the grogginess of the morning after and an itching for hair of the dog ?… more
Like a one-night stand gone wrong B The ApunKaChoice movie review of Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji B Film-maker Madhur Bhandarkar’s maiden plunge into the rom-com genre is like a one-night stand gone wrong One laps it up for the moment let it play footsie knock back a few shots of one’s favourite beverage giggle at silly jokes fidget through stretched conversations and boredom just waiting impatiently for that one sought-after climactic moment that tragically never comes What rather comes is the grogginess of the morning after and an itching for hair of the dog ?…
A melancholic ode to Mumbai B The ApunKaChoice movie review of Dhobi Ghat B i Dhobi Ghat i is a film that will get diverse reactions from the viewers Some will no doubt snore through it some will keep shifting in their seats impatiently and there are still others who’ll be glued to the screen unable to blink totally sunk into the layered drama the melancholy unravelling against the gentle unnerving thrum of the most unique city in the world ?… more
January 14, 2011: Film: The Dilemma Director: Ron Howard, Producer: Brian Grazer under Universal Pictures.
By Neharika Director: Raj Kumar Gupta Banner: UTV Spot Boy Producer: Ronnie Screwvala Cinematagrophy : Anay Goswamy Editor : Aarti Bajaj Music: Amit Trivedi Cast : Rani Mukerji as Meera Gaity, Vidya Balan as Sabrina Lall, Randeep Hooda, Neil Bhoopalam as Vikram Jai Singh, Myra as Jessica. Grade-A: Wah! Kya Film Hai A decade ago, the cold blooded murder of an aspiring model Jassica Lall, in the view of more than 300 ‘socialites’, and the accused walking away scot free, shook the very foundations of the justice system of our nation. The memory of this scintillating murder faded away with time, but has now been refreshed by director Raj Kumar Gupta, through the flick ‘No One Killed Jassica’.
A film for every one B The ApunKaChoice movie review of No One Killed Jessica B Manish Bhardwaj Mohammed Zeeshan Ayub wasn’t No One A pampered son a politician and therefore high on the sense of power that comes with such pedigree he cold bloodedly gunned down Jessica Myra a model doubling as bartender in an elite Delhi restaurant with a dozen witnesses to the crime just because she refused to serve him a drink ?…
A film for every one B The ApunKaChoice movie review of No One Killed Jessica B Manish Bhardwaj Mohammed Zeeshan Ayub wasn’t No One A pampered son a politician and therefore high on the sense of power that comes with such pedigree he cold bloodedly gunned down Jessica Myra a model doubling as bartender in an elite Delhi restaurant with a dozen witnesses to the crime just because she refused to serve him a drink ?… more
Movie: Toonpur Ka Superrhero; Director: Kireet Khurana; Cast: Ajay Devgan, Kajol, Tanuja; Rating: **1/2
Teen Star Khan B The ApunKaChoice movie review of Tees Maar Khan B ‘ i Sheila Ki Jawani i ‘ is fun but ‘ i Tawaif ki luti izzat i ‘ overdone Likewise director Farah Khan’s third baby i Tees Maar Khan i is a joke stretched too far with she poking fun at all and sundry from Hollywood to apna Bollywood be it Manoj Day Ramalan shooting a jingoistic Brit-bashing period piece in rural Dhulia or an Oscar-obsessed actor Aatish Kapoor Akshaye Khanna ruing his missed chance to work with Danny Doyle in i Dumbdog i And ah there’s ?… more
Movie Review: Tees Maar Khan; Director: Farah Khan; Cast: Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Akshaye Khanna; Rating: **1/2
By, Neharika Director & Writer : Maneesh Sharma Producer : Aditya Chopra Cinematography: Aseem Mishra Editor : Namrata Rao Music : Salim-Sulaiman Cast : Anushka Sharma and Ranveer Singh Grade:B: Paisa Vasool A coke in the right and a bucket of pop corn in my left hand, I was prepared to view another mushy and melodramatic flick of Yash Raj Films. Seated among a hand full of audience, the movie didn’t seem to be all that promising
Movie: Mirch; Director: Vinay Shukla; Cast: Konkona Sen Sharma, Raima Sen, Boman Irani, Shreyas Talpade, Rajpal Yadav, Shahana Goswami, Arunoday Singh; Watch The Modern Woman Taking Charge Of Her Own Sex Life.
Film: No Problem; Cast: Anil Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, Akshaye Khanna, Suneil Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Sushmita Sen, Kangana Ranaut; Director: Anees Bazmee.
Watch it for Suriya B The ApunKaChoice movie review of Ram Gopal Varma’s film Rakta Charitra – B Violence begets violence and a gore-fest flick begets a sequel After unleashing Rakta Charitra arguably the most violent film in Hindi cinema a month and a half back Ramu returns again with another bloodbath saga of revenge and retribution ?… more