In the days of VHS, we would trust our video store guy for his recommendations. Knowing my dad’s affinity to Scorsese films, he recommended Siva. ‘Very interesting film sir. Naya director hai!’ So we rented it. I didn’t understand anything,…
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Why I enjoyed Salman Khan’s Bodyguard (read the post before you judge me!)
At 9.20pm, the lane leading to the G7 theatre complex is packed. Not a single car moves, the parking lot at the theatre is overflowing. People walk past us dressed in shiny, new clothes. Some ladies in the adjacent car…
Review: Khap
Film: Khap (U/A) Director: Ajai Sinha Cast: Sarrtaj, Uvika Chaudhary, Mohnish Behl, Anooradha Patel, Om Puri, Govind Namdeo, Manoj Pahwa and others Rating: *1/2 There are films that shake you up and force you to realise that by virtue of…
Move over Lucy, LSD has been hijacked by Indians
First with Khosla Ka Ghosla, Dibakar Banerjee introduced us to a typical middle-class Delhi family and their dreams, then he gave us Lucky, the Punjabi con artist who takes us through the different strata of Delhi society and now, he…
Look Who’s Calling
All I knew about ‘Karthik Calling Karthik’ before I entered the movie hall was that it’s about a loser who turns his life around. I fell in love with the opening credits, and then, the film just sort of rolled.…
Review: Delhi 6
Ram Leela, NRI returning to the country, exuberant India and all that made me think Delhi 6 was going to be Swades revisited. But the soundtrack enthralled me, Sonam looked awesome, Abhishek seemed to look cute and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra…
…Hmmn
I never knew what love was (not that I know now!) until I saw Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge! The day I watched the movie I fell in love. The guy was Raj, Raj Malhotra. It was the magic of the…
The Magic’s Gone
Anybody who knows me knows I eat, live and breathe movies. I enjoy an abstract French film as much as a grand Chinese picture. I dig dramatic sci-fi films as much as I adore romantic comedies that make you weep…
Golmaal Returns but disappoints
Golmaal, both the Amol Palekar as well as the recent Ajay Devgan one, is synomnymous with a laugh riot. So when a sequel to Rohit Shetty’s laugh riot Golmaal is released on Diwali, you walk in expecting to be tickled…
Eccentric Saturday!
After a hard week, one always enjoys hanging out with the family. I do immensely because I rarely get to see them. So, yeah W, RK and family are in town, and as usual RK was super excited about going…