Rating: 7/10 There is little similarity to Aashiqui, released over two decades ago, except that like that one; this sequel also relies on a lot of songs strung together. But the songs are not much to write home about, and the performance by the main lead exaggerated at times. Rahul …Read More
Rating: 6/10 There are three suspected witches in the life of troubled top magician Bobo (Emraan Hashmi), distracting him enough with visions of his childhood experiences with a witch to almost kill his assistant during one of his famous tricks on stage. As his hallucinations of witches that only he …Read More
Rating: 4/10 Confusion abounds in this movie as a group of wealthy business leaders con Shree (Hussain Kwajerwala) into being a guinea pig for an experiment which involved time travel, except that in this travel, he gets to meet himself and other characters he knows in that time zone. Initially …Read More
Rating: 6/10 Vidyut Jammwal, who made an impressive debut as a villain in Force last year, returns as an action hero in Commando. Karanvir Dogra (Vidyut Jammwal)is a commando with the Indian Army who returns after being held in neighbouring China for a year before he escapes from there. ] …Read More
Rating: 7/10 Director Rohan Sippy takes a rather unusual approach to the love triangle in this entertaining story with unexpected twists coming in frequently. Live stage actor Ram Parmar (Ayushmann Khurrana)is returning home late from work one night when he chances upon Mandar Lele (Kunaal Roy Kapur) attempting suicide and …Read More
Rating : 7/10 Shootout at Wadala relates the true story of student Manya Surve (John Abraham), who is sentenced to life in prison after being framed. He escapes from prison and forms his own gang, creating chaos in Mumbai. Director Sanjay Gupta does fictionalize Surve’s life to some extent, showing …Read More
Rating : 7/10 The basic plot is of three friends (Kunal Khemu, Vir Das and Anand Tiwari) who decide to go to Goa for a holiday, but end up embroiled in a zany plot about zombies chasing them to eat them. Joining them is Pooja Gupta, who falls for one …Read More
Rating: 6/10 Debut director Sonam Nair, boosted by the backing of ace filmmaker Karan Johar, makes a delightful tale of an underdog teenager triumphing over adversity. Gippi of the title is the nickname for a chubby teenager (Riya Viji) aspiring to be a dancer, practising constantly at home to the …Read More
Rating: 4/10 Director Jyotin Goel, probably impressed by the hit film Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke that featured Juhi Chawla and Aamir Khan in the 1980’s, borrows and adapts that title and even has a guest appearance by Juhi, but overall this film depends on silly comedy which coupled with …Read More
Rating: 5/10 The title might suggest that this is a film about love in Paris, the romance capital of the world. But “Ishkq” is rather the first name of Paris-based photographer Ishkq Elise (Preity Zinta). On a trip back from a neighbouring country by train, Ishkq meets businessman Akash (Rhehan …Read More
Rating: 8/10 This is not just one, but four different stories, each made by different directors as a project to mark the centenary of Indian cinema. It ends with a long song in which almost two dozen famous stars are featured. First up is Karan Johar, who directs Randeep Hooda …Read More
Rating: 5/10 Aurangzeb is a slow and tedious tale of corruption and manipulation by businessmen and even the police. Property dealer Yashwardhan (Jackie Shroff) rules with an iron first, almost mafia-like, where his word is law although he puts up a facade that gets him great respect. At the other …Read More
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Rating: 5/10 The commonly known view on a film by David Dhawan is that you have to leave your brains at home to appreciate the absurd slapstick style he loves, but even that will not help here. Supposedly a remake of the 1981 classic comedy, this version comes nowhere near …Read More
Rating: 5/10 Himmatwala does not live up to the great hype made about it being a remake of the hit 1980’s film that starred then top stars Jeetendra and Sridevi. It is rather just a self-centred exercise by director Sajid Khan to pursue his penchant for flat jokes about the …Read More
Rating: 5/10 Three friends, Rishi (Jackky Bhagnani), Vinod (Amitosh Nagpal) and Pakya (Vijay Verma), rescue a fourth friend trying to commit suicide because of separationf rom his girlfriend and hatch a plot to reunite the two. Along the way they get embroiled in all sorts of violent encounters with gangsters …Read More
Rating: 5/10 Maya (Bipasha Basu) has to fight very hard to save her daughter Nia from the clutches of a sprit trying to take her away. The spirit is her father who doted on her in real life, but died after causing a great deal of grief for Maya, who …Read More
Rating: 5/10 Debut director Anshul Sharma makes a spoof on the spiralling cost of living in India, resulting in the title, translating as ‘Most Expensive in the Universe”. A working class family unit consisting of Puttan (Sanjay Mishra), his father Nagpal (Vishwa Mohan Badola), his wife Noori (Pragati Pande) and …Read More
Rating: 7/10 This unusually fun tale with a moral story sees director Ashima Chibber tackle quite a novel theme. A typical Punjabi wedding is about to take place and the wealthy father of the bride (Ram Kapoor) buys a new red sports model Maruti as a wedding gift for his …Read More
Rating: 7/10 Director Subhash Kapoor tries to show what goes on behind the scenes in the justice system in India with unscrupulous lawyers who protect wealthy guilty clients at all costs. One such lawyer who stoops at nothing is Tejinder Rajpal (Boman Irani). But he finally meets his match in …Read More
Rating: 6/10 It takes almost a third of the film before you realise why three completely different characters in completely different environments and circumstances are all called David. Director Bejoy Nambiar uses a most unusual style, crisscrossing constantly between the stories of the three Davids. In London of 1975, the …Read More
