The problem with the incessant and tedious remakes of South Indian movies (Telugu film Okkadu in this case) is the lack of anything original in them. Every movie has the same old damsel in distress, a powerful and eccentric goon, a ...
Anurag Kashyap has a knack of ruffling feathers. Among the sea of mediocrity in Bollywood, his films have always held up on their own against the system and formula. Conforming to it somewhat in his last two outings namely, the Wasseypur ...
With his earlier three films, the Munna Bhai series and 3 Idiots, Rajkumar Hirani has created his own unique template of filmmaking. His latest offering, PK, too sits quite comfortably within it so yes, we again have an outsider at the ...
Filmmaking is an art which can take you to the highest of the highs and even sink you to unimaginable depths. And then there is cinema like Action Jackson. Action Jackson sets the bar so low that you might need anti-depressants ...
Ungli has good intentions and a good ensemble cast. That's about all the positive takeaways from this drag of a 2 hour movie.
The film more predictable than a daily soap and includes some cringe-worthy dialogues that are delivered in a deadpan ...
Mili (Malayalam)
Introverts range from the sorrowful, quiet types with few or no friends to the beaming, star performers with a zillion fans. And there is no sure, scientific way of recognizing them. The protagonist of Mili, though, exhibits the pronounced and most ...
I (Tamil)
I is an Indian retelling of the beauty and the beast in a contemporary setting. It begins as a simple film that is trying to comment on the unethical and big bad world of corporate advertising and the compromises one is ...
Lingaa (Tamil)
One wonders if a film like Lingaa even needs reviewing. The primary aim of the film overriding any so called cinematic aesthetics is to keep Rajinikanth's huge fan pace happy. And with the film giving them two Rajinis - one ...
Madras (Tamil)
On one side, Madras has a lot going for it - a gritty, realistic setting of a lower middle class housing colony in North Chennai, some great attention to detail in its production design, interesting and well-fleshed out characters and above ...
Anjaan (Tamil)
You can't find fault with UTV's absolutely brilliant marketing strategy and hype they created for Anjaan. The buzz was terrific, expectations sky high. For all the gory violence, they even managed a U certificate for the film. This translated into a ...
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The transition of child actors to adulthood is often painful and has seen many, many careers round the world die out or have limited success once these children grew up. Shirley Temple and Mickey Rooney, no less, were among those who found the going extremely tough once adolescence kicked in. In India too, Tabassum, Naaz, Daisy and Honey Irani, Mas
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