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REVIEW: Dabangg

DA-BANG SPLIT MY PERSONALITY! SANITY SAYS: You've seen this before in Bachchan/Mithun/Vikram/Mahesh Babu/action movies, you've heard the music refrain in spaghetti westerns, you've seen the fight scenes in movies like The Transporter... SalmanFanINSANITY SAYS: Seee! It's Salman! Have you seen such style? Such attitude! SANITY SAYS: The plot is wafer... Continue reading

Posted Sep 10, 2010 at Film Impressions

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REVIEW: We Are Family

KABHI KAJOL KABHI KAREENA Karan Johar bought the rights to Stepmom so he wouldn't have to say, 'Eh, mujhe cheater mat kaho, okay?' Kajol is good, in spite of the suddenlystrickenwithcancer type situations she's made to act out (which means, hero/heroine look and act normal until doctor says, 'You have... Continue reading

Posted Sep 2, 2010 at Film Impressions

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REVIEW: Antardwand

GROOM KIDNAPPING MAKES FOR AN ARRESTING MOVIE When was the last time you saw a film, paying full attention to everything that every character was doing? I found myself watching out for minor characters reacting to dialog written in just perfect local Hindi (asal ka Bihari Hindi, samjhe ka nahee,... Continue reading

Posted Aug 27, 2010 at Film Impressions

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REVIEW: Aashayein

NIRASHAAYEIN IS TRULY HOPELESS Nagesh Kukunoor who gave us Teen Deewarein, Dor, and Hyderabad Blues is dead. Aashaayein is a convoluted story which gets so painful, you wish someone from The Expendables running on the screen next door would come in and shoot all the characters in this one. This... Continue reading

Posted Aug 26, 2010 at Film Impressions

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CLUELESS IN DEF COL 'Sex. Clothes. Popularity. Is there a problem here' was the tagline to Amy Heckerling's Clueless (1995) which brought Jane Austen's 1851 drawing room romance Emma up to date. Aisha attempts to bring Austen to saddi Dilli. You could tear the wiki page for Emma and tick... Continue reading

Posted Aug 6, 2010 at Film Impressions

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REVIEW: Once Upon A Time In Mumbai (2)

BAK BAK BHAIS Imagine High Noon, when the dramatic tension of the movie is created not by silences but by dialog. Or Citizen Kane where the whole story is narrated to you instead of leaving you with one word, 'Rosebud'... Well, the film Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai could... Continue reading

Posted Jul 30, 2010 at Film Impressions

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REVIEW: Udaan (3)

BEEN THERE, DONE THAT We're living in times when kids kill themselves because they got caned at school. We grew up in times when parents encouraged teachers who 'do whatever necessary' to keep us toeing the line. We were hit on knuckles with a 'ruler' and made to kneel outside... Continue reading

Posted Jul 16, 2010 at Film Impressions

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REVIEW: Inception (3)

BLADERUNNER MEETS MATRIX Ken Watanabe, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Cillian Murphy and Leonardo Di Caprio - the glam quotient of this movie sure brings the roof down. And if you are from a generation even earlier than mine, you will be happy to find Micheal Caine as well. I will... Continue reading

Posted Jul 16, 2010 at Film Impressions

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REVIEW: Milenge Milenge (3)

SERENDIPITY Do you remember annual plays students put up in high school? Everyone faked it, everyone hammed it, everyone's clothes were obviously rented or unearthed from the school's costume department, and the prettiest girl and boy always got to play the main parts. The film reminds you of just that... Continue reading

Posted Jul 9, 2010 at Film Impressions

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REVIEW: I Hate Luv Storys

HATE THEIR SPELLING Love Sonam and Imran as a pair. They are far, far more refreshing than ALL the ageing stars who pretend they are college going dudes. And trust me, this story is young. So young, Miley Cyrus and Zac Efron would have been perfect for this tale. HATE... Continue reading

Posted Jul 2, 2010 at Film Impressions

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REVIEW: Krantiveer - The Revolution

SCREECH QUEEN 'Haan main neta hoon, aur mujhe raajneeti ka ganda khel khelna bahut achchee tarah se aata hai! Aur ab wakt aa gaya hai ki hum ab yeh raajneeti ka ganda khel khelna shuru kar dein!' 'Main bhi builder hoon, aur mujhe in gareeb aur middle class logon kee... Continue reading

Posted Jun 25, 2010 at Film Impressions

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REVIEW: The A-Team

CIGAR-CHEWING & MORE 'Are they trying to shoot down the drones?' 'No. They are trying to fly a tank.' Now if this doesn't make you imagine laugh out loud at the impossible action unfolding on screen, then you might as well rent Bergman or something and let the adolescent males... Continue reading

Posted Jun 24, 2010 at Film Impressions

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REVIEW: Raavan, Raavanan (3)

A SOFT CORNER FOR BAD GUYS 'It's best I should let you go...If I let you go, she is mine to take... I should let go of your hand... But maybe I will save you for her.' The voices in Beera's head are racing wildly ahead of the action. Beera... Continue reading

Posted Jun 18, 2010 at Film Impressions

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REVIEW: Kites (3)

KATI PATANG Unabashed romance. That's what Bollywood dreams are built on. It's the gaze, the wooing, the sweeping the girl off her feet that every woman in the audience wants to see. When the hero runs towards the heroine our collective hearts anticipate everything from her surrender in his arms... Continue reading

Posted May 22, 2010 at Film Impressions

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REVIEW: Shrek Forever

GROWN UP SHREK, DARK BUT FUN Sequels are usually a bit of stretch but the makers of Shrek Forever After manage not only to keep us involved in the storyline, but also take the whole Noah's ark full of characters along very nicely for a joyride through not one but... Continue reading

Posted May 21, 2010 at Film Impressions

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REVIEW: Admissions Open

IF YOU ARE SQUEAMISH STAY AWAY He's no Robin Padilla, but even Robin does not pretend to have just taken his 12th grade exam. This sweaty muscle-bound person thinks he can get away looking like a 17 year old... Now please say thank you, because I have spared you the... Continue reading

Posted May 15, 2010 at Film Impressions

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REVIEW: Remember Me (2)

DROOLFEST FOR RPAT FANS I did not understand why young women were turning into mush puddles en masse when the name Robert Pattinson was but mentioned. And I missed the Twilight series completely. So Remember Me would be my first experience of the mush inducing Robert Pattinson. The story is... Continue reading

Posted May 14, 2010 at Film Impressions

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DVD REVIEW: The Good The Bad The Weird (2008)

JOHENUNNOM NABEUNNOM ISANGHANNOM Put three Korean outlaws in the middle of the Gobi desert with a treasure map and throw in the Japanese and the Chinese to complicate things. Before you can say 'Whaat?!' you will feel your jaw drop, your brain will suspend all logic and you'll be ready... Continue reading

Posted May 12, 2010 at Film Impressions

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REVIEW: Badmaash Company (3)

FINALLY A WELCOME SUMMER BREAK FOR AUDIENCES First a confession. If you are a style fiend, you will cringe at the clothes and shoes and sunglasses (so many of them!) that look great, but do not belong to the period the movie is set in. If you have traveled Air... Continue reading

Posted May 7, 2010 at Film Impressions

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REVIEW: It's A Wonderful Afterlife (2)

WILL THE REAL GURINDER CHADDHA STAND UP? Bhaji On The Beach was a great fun, because we saw a bit of ourselves in the biddies who took that trip to the beach. Bend It Like Beckham spoke to the tomboy within every Indian woman who was told to stay away... Continue reading

Posted May 7, 2010 at Film Impressions

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REVIEW: Iron Man 2

ROBERTO, OH ROBERTO! Iron Man is so sexed up in this sequel, if it were Come September, every woman in the audience would want to be Gina Lolobrigida and would go, 'Oh, Roberto!' each time Robert Downey Jr was in the frame. And every young man in the audience who... Continue reading

Posted May 5, 2010 at Film Impressions

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CHASE THE LAUGHS They say that we get the cinema we deserve. And when you watch movies like Chase, you know you are paying for your past sins. However, this movie has so many comic possibilities that I would like to share just those. DIG THE D.I.G The bad bad... Continue reading

Posted Apr 29, 2010 at Film Impressions

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REVIEW: Paathshaala

LET'S GIVE THEM DETENTION, SHAHID FANS WALKED OUT! Salman Khan fans will forgive his at once short, at once long hair. Although Shahid Kapoor tries the same stunt in Pathshala, fans found him wanting. He spread his hands a-la Shah Rukh Khan singing Mitwaa! in Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna and... Continue reading

Posted Apr 17, 2010 at Film Impressions

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REVIEW: Phoonk 2

FRIGHTFULLY UNFUNNY: CROW, CHUCKY, CHAKU, CHUDAIL! 'Bring on the ECG machines!' the marketing team screamed. Tomorrow the ads will claim stars and swooshes of approval from critics known and unknown. They'll even have success parties. And they will conveniently forget that the audience is not equus asinus. The audience is... Continue reading

Posted Apr 16, 2010 at Film Impressions

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NOSTALGIA: Kader Khan

My earliest memories of this Khan was his white bearded avatar in Muqaddar Ka Sikander. He's the one who tells young Amitabh Bachchan to laugh at the face of a bewafa zindagi. He is credited with 319 movies as an actor, and 100 as a writer and when I last... Continue reading

Posted Apr 14, 2010 at Film Impressions

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