3-Bachelors

Review :- We know the release of 3 Bachelors has been stuck up for some ten odd years now. So naturally expectations are not high. Rightly so, for everything –…

Daal Mein Kuch Kaala Hain

Review :- Daal mein kuch kaala hain! Hona hi tha… because… 1) The movie has just too many characters – some eleven… and counting. 2) The characters have names you don’t…

Maximum

Review :- Mumbai! Yeah, sure! The city of dreams and disasters. Traffic and terrorism. Slums and skyscrapers. Bollywood and bhais. Corruption and ‘cop’ulation. Cutting chai and ‘cut-pieces’. The city of…

Superman of Malegaon

Review :- SOM follows the adventures of a band of Malegaon men, led by local movie-maker Shaikh Nasir, producing a parody on Hollywood’s Superman. Malegaon lies 300 kilometres from Mumbai,…

Teri Meri Kahaani

Review :- Love is being revisited in three different acts, in true Shakespearean style. Like this prem kahaani that yawns all the way from Lahore to London. Struggling to bloom…

Gangs of Wasseypur

Review :- This one’s a gang bang. Sorry, make that a gang bang-bang; because that’s how this story explodes – with bullets, blasts and bust-ups. Throw in gallons of blood,…

Qasam Se Qasam Se

Review :- Priorities for Qasam Se Qasam Se are clearly defined:  More than focusing on the nitty gritties of film making, the movie is a launch pad for Azim, son…

Chakradhaar

Review :- Is it really that difficult to set things right in an otherwise corrupt system? Moreover, is it really necessary to go in for an image makeover to get…

Ferrari Ki Sawaari

Review:- Vroom! Vroom! It’s time to go zoom! Rev up those engines and turn up that turbo firepower for a ride on ‘560 horses’ (as the Ferrari’s horsepower is cutely…

Shanghai

Review :- Okay, so there are no towering ‘erections’ here – like in the famed Chinese city of the same name. Of course, it’s ‘election’ (now how does the Orient…