Posts Tagged ‘ first day first show ’

Khatta Meetha – Review

July 23, 2010
Khatta Meetha – Review

Priyadarshan is a director of contradiction. In 2008 his Tamil movie Kanichivaram won the national award and in 89’s and 90’s he has many commercially successful Malayalam movies to his credit. Then he ventured into Bollywood taking the safe route of remaking his Malayalam hits and turning many into hits again. But the problem...
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I hate luv storys -review

July 2, 2010
I hate luv storys -review

When the title says I hate luv storys and the promo shows the heroine’s character as mushy mushy die-hard romantic and hero as one who hate the four letter L- word, you are pretty sure what to expect from a Bollywood movie. Under Karan Johar’s banner debutant director Punit Malhotra starts by spoofing Bollywood love...
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Raavan – review

June 18, 2010
Raavan – review

There was a director by name Mani Ratnam who gave wonderful movies with his forte being strong script and story telling. Raavan credit titles shows it is Mani Ratnam movie but the director is completely missing in this movie. Beera is a fearsome tribal leader liked and equally feared by many. Dev is posted in...
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Raajneeti – review

June 4, 2010
Raajneeti – review

Prakash Jha’s Raajneeti is a feudal dynastic politics played in mafia style. The film is compelling, powerful and intense but at same time flawed. The movie takes a cue from our greatest epic Mahabharat mixes it with Mario Puzo’s  Godfather in the field of dynastic politics that reminds erstwhile bloodstained struggle for crown in...
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Kites – Review

May 21, 2010
Kites – Review

The much awaited and annoyingly very much delayed movie finally hits flies into the movie halls. My eagerness took a beating twice when I could not attend the Thursday preview and when I took the First show of the Friday; I was told the show is cancelled since there was some issue in...
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Housefull – review

April 30, 2010
Housefull – review

The heyy baby team is back with yet another low IQ mindless crapper but this time it makes you say oh no baby! Akshay is a born looser. Bad luck is written all over him and everywhere you go.  Dejected and rejected in love, he goes to London to spend some time with his best...
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City of Gold – review

April 23, 2010
City of Gold – review

City of Gold by Mahesh Manjrekar treads the path between a classic movie and commercial movie and hits you hard. Packed with powerful performances, characterization and an earthy cast the movie wins over us in most of the scenes barring few jerky moments that can be excused. The movie starts with Baba (Ankush Chaudhary) taking...
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Phoonk 2 – review

April 16, 2010
Phoonk 2 – review

Planning to make a horror movie? Well, there seems to be some  standard ingredients that goes into  horror movies. Let me list them for you. Cat/wolf/dog/crow. Some characters with blank looks. Slow camera movement. Dramatic background music. Quick shadow movements. Slow door movements / or screeching sound of doors or windows. Sudden voice change. Sudden close-up shots. Mix all this into your script...
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Prince – Review

April 9, 2010
Prince – Review

A high-tech, savvy international thief, Prince, wakes up one day with all his memories lost. At his beach house where he wakes up, he is told a version of his past by his servant. He discovers that his memory has been infact “robbed”. He finds himself chased by two different groups who are in look...
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Well done Abba – review

March 26, 2010
Well done Abba – review

Shyam Benegal has a distinctive style of film making which was evident in his previous outings. His USP is simple, clean stories with a wonderful scripting. Like his previous movie Welcome to Sarjapur, Well done Abba follows the similar terrain – a story set up in a rustic village, a simple story but a brilliant...
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