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Bhoothnath
- a re-review
Instead
of quoting Aristotle, Shakespeare, James
Joyce, Bob Marley, or perhaps George Bush
at the beginning of the film, there is
an extremely introspective quote that
goes ‘I believe in angels,’
by the director Vivek Sharma himself!
One could swallow it even if it was Subhash
Ghai saying it, because obviously then
it would be tongue-in- cheek, but this
is Sharma’s debut and the swollen-headedness
starts right here...More
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Tashan
- a re-review
Tashan
is another of those collages of big action
set-pieces ala Dhoom 2 bound
together by a thin, unconvincing plot.
And with the film coming from the Yashraj
Banner, you naturally have an A-grade
cast and technical crew, money lavishly
spent on high production values, creation
of a huge hype around the film and a savvy
marketing campaign targeted at youngsters.
But what you still don’t have is
a convincing story and screenplay to hold
all its elements together...More
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Krazzy
4 - a re-review
If
ever there was a sign on why one should
not watch Krazzy 4 – it
was apparent a month before release when
we realized that both SRK and Hrithik
Roshan are doing items in the film. If
any film needs the two biggest stars in
the business to feature in a song, it
can only be a desperate salvage effort.
Add to that a massy Rakhi Sawant number
with a catchy tune and you’ll be
guaranteed an opening at least. Not sure
if it got the opening, but hell, it’s
definitely not going to stay afloat for
too long after. This is one of the worst
mainstream films to hit theaters in a
long time...More
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U
Me aur Hum - a re-review
U
Me aur Hum gets its act right in
its choice of story, the characters that
inhabit the film and their relationships
with each other. But as the story is fleshed
out into a screenplay, the problems begin.
The film, marking Ajay Devgan’s
directorial debut, has its heart in the
right place but in spite of two fine central
performances from Ajay Devgan and Kajol,
U Me aur Hum suffers from a badly
written script and a lack of cinematic
language.More
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