Category Archives: Bollywood Reviews

By Taran Adarsh, IndiaFMRemaking a yesteryear hit can be an arduous task. Especially if it happens to be the Amitabh Bachchan starrer DON. One film people remember vividly for various reasons, right from Big B’s towering performance to the popular … Continue reading →

By Taran Adarsh, IndiaFMLet’s clear a myth before we get into the analyzing mode… JAAN-E-MANN is about two guys loving the same girl. Her first relationship doesn’t work for certain reasons. Opportunity comes knocking again. The second guy rides into … Continue reading →

By Taran Adarsh, IndiaFMNewer stories are being unfurled on the Hindi screen… In the recent past, Madhur Bhandarkar chose to narrate the war between two soft drink giants in CORPORATE. In GAFLA, debutante director Sameer Hanchate tells the story of … Continue reading →

By IndiaFM News Bureau“Maati Maay” (A Grave-keeper’s Tale) is based on a short story ‘Baayen’ by the well-known writer Mahasweta Devi. It is the heart-rending tale of a young mother who is trapped between her instincts and needs, and the … Continue reading →

Film: “Mera Dil Leke Dekkho”; Cast: Jackie Shroff, Archana Puran Singh, Koel Purie, Punit Tejwani; Director: Rohit Kaushik; Rating: **Debutant director Rohit Kaushik’s “Mera Dil Leke Dekkho” is a humorous but unimpressive take on gays in society. The film has … Continue reading →

Film: “Zindaggi Rocks”; Starring: Sushmita Sen, Shiney Ahuja, Moushumi Chatterjee; Director: Tanuja Chandra; Rating: ***”Zindaggi Rocks” is a film that surely rocks! Tanuja Chandra’s “Dushman” and to some extent “Sangharsh” and “Sur” were incredibly sensitive films. After a long hiatus, … Continue reading →

Character SketchZulfi Syed as Lucky Lucky a very smart and kool guy wants to have a girl whom he can love and keep for life, tries various things to get a girl but unsuccessful untill he meets his ladylove Dolly. … Continue reading →

Character SketchRitiesh Deshmukh as Kishan Devsaxena Common extraordinaire who listens to his heart and is ruled by his desires. He can’t be trapped, he can’t be stopped and he is a master of disguise. Celina Jaitley as Sania Badnam Young … Continue reading →

Film: “Woh Lamhe”; Cast: Shiney Ahuja, Kangana Ranaut, Purab Kohli and Shaad Randhwa; Director: Mohit Suri; Ratings: ***Mahesh Bhatt, one of the most prolific and daring filmmakers in Bollywood, has churned out quite a few emotionally charged films like “Arth” … Continue reading →

Film: “Dor”; Starring: Gul Panag, Ayesha Takia, Shreyas Talpade; Director: Nagesh Kukunoor; Rating: **** 1/2How far would you go for love? That’s the question the narrative of “Dor” softly raises. How far would you go to see this film? That’s … Continue reading →

By Subhash K. Jha, Indo-Asian News ServiceFilm: “Khosla Ka Ghosla”; Starring: Anupam Kher, Boman Irani, Parveen Dabas, Tara Sharma, Ranveer Shorey; Director: Dibakar Banerjee; Rating: **** “Khosla Ka Ghosla” tells you that sometimes you need to lose the plot to … Continue reading →

Film: “Pyaar Ke Side Effects”; Starring: Rahul Bose, Mallika Sherawat, Ranveer Shorey; Director: Saket Chaudhary; Rating: ** 1/2Once in a while, a film makes you smile. Not because of what it strives to be. But for its sheer sassiness and … Continue reading →

Film: “Shiva”; Starring: Mohit Ahlawat, Nisha Kothari; Director: Ram Gopal Varma Rating: * 1/2Fifteen years ago, the one-man-army theme used to be much in vogue. By recreating the ‘expected’ experience from the past, “Shiva” comes up with a reasonably unexpected … Continue reading →

Film: “Bas Ek Pal”; Cast: Urmila Matondkar, Sanjay Suri, Juhi Chawla, Rehaan Engineer and Jimmy Shergill; Director: Onir; Rating: ***Funny, this thing called life. It never fails to take you by surprise. Director Onir’s chamber piece, telescoping five intertwined lives … Continue reading →

Film: “Dil Diya Hai”; Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Ashmit Patel, Geeta Basra, Mithun Chakraborty and Kittu Gidwani; Director Aaditya Datt; Rating: * 1/2In Aaditya Datt’s latest venture, the pimp is supposed to look at his intended prey with a mixture of … Continue reading →

Film: Naqsha; Starring: Sunny Deol, Viveik Oberoi, Sameera Reddy, Jackie Shroff; Director: Sachin Bajaj; Rating: *A lot of actors here ham through this adventurous muddle that looks like Steven’s Spielberg’s “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”. Admittedly, Sunny Deol … Continue reading →

Indo-Asian News ServiceNew Delhi, (IANS) The wait is over. The lovable duo of Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi are back this Friday with the comic caper “Lage Raho Munna Bhai”, a sequel to their 2004 superhit “Munnabhai M.B.B.S.”. If “Munnabhai … Continue reading →

By Subhash K. Jha, Indo-Asian News ServiceFilm: “Aap Ki Khatir”; Starring Akshaye Khanna, Priyanka Chopra, Dino Morea, Ameesha Patel, Suniel Shetty, Anupam Kher, Lilette Dubey; Director: Dharmesh Darshan; Rating: * Jane Austen comes to Lokhandwala in this strange, sporadically interesting … Continue reading →