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Ishaqzaade – A high voltage rustic love story

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May 11, 2012
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It is quiet refreshing to see an earthy, rustic love story set amidst an Indian landscape with all its desi elements  at a time when most movies suffocate us with phoren locations, glitz and gloss. Ishaqzaade could be yet another adaptation of true blood love stories that derive inspiration from Romeo and Julliet.  But...
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‘Tezz’ is an action thriller fizzled out by a weak script

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April 27, 2012
‘Tezz’ is an action thriller fizzled out by a weak script

The promos promised an action packed thriller and Priyadarshan does indeed give you some gripping, well executed chase sequences but then a weak script knocks out the movie. Its high time, Bollywood comes out of its obsession for American and European backgrounds. Its almost getting to a point after seeing Bollywood movies, we can...
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Vicky Donor – Review: A brilliant sperm of a movie!

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April 20, 2012
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In the land that gave the world Kama sutra, discussing sex is still a taboo and sperm donation a bigger taboo. And here is a small budget Bollywood movie that tries to break the taboo by delivering a very entertaining, meaningful movie with a warm heart and a good intention. Vicky Donor is a...
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Bittoo Boss – review

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April 13, 2012
Bittoo boss

I always fancied watching a movie all alone in a movie hall. It realized today. Unlike the big budget movies, Bittoo Boss had a limited screens in Bangalore and that meant I had to hunt for the right multiplex for the first day, first show and zeroed in on the nearest one. Enter the...
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Housefull 2 – review

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April 6, 2012
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Sajid Khan is back with his trademark brain dead comedy genre in his sequel to 2010 super hit movie Housefull. The movie was panned by critics that includes yours critically but it reaped a bumper box office collections. And in the sequel Sajid Khan promises more madness and hillarious, low IQ entertainment. This time...
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3 – Why this kolaveri Di – movie review

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March 30, 2012
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Finally the wait is over. The much anticipated Tamil film 3,  starring Dhanush and Shruti Hassan thanks to the  Why this kolaveri Di viral video that went on to became a global phenomenon on youtube, hits the movie halls today.  Directed by Dhanush’s wife and Super star Rajinikanth’s elder daughter Aishwarya who makes her...
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Agent Vinod – The spy who bored me

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March 23, 2012
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Being a home production, Saif Ali Khan got a licence to do a bond-like movie, a licence to do a solo hero movie, a licence to have his fiancée as co-star. Fair enough, but then would have been great if he had a licence to good script, licence for more facial expressions, licence for...
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Kahaani – Review

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March 9, 2012
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After the national award winning dirty performance in The Dirty Picture, Vidya balan is back with yet another brilliant kahaani. Spoiler alert: Skip the next para to bypass the story knot. Though I have not revealed the entire summary. A heavily pregnant Vidya lands up all alone in Kolkatta in search of her missing...
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London Paris New York – review

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March 2, 2012
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The off-beat pairing of Ali Zaffar and Aditi Rao Hydari, the peppy musical score, feel-good, light hearted promos all had the expectations fly high for this rom-com. 3 cities, 2 continents, 3 nights spanning 7 years is all takes for the two characters from different background, personalities, aspirations to fall in love gradually on...
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Moneyball – review

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February 28, 2012
Moneyball

“Moneyball”, a portmanteau of the words “money” and “baseball”, tells an interesting tale of the down in the dumps manager of the “Oakland Athletics” baseball team and how he defies the dogma that suggests that great team selection comes from great intuition and experience as against using statistics and numbers. But what is a...
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