The main plot point of Nadodigal hinges on a typical Tier 3 Tamil Nadu town definition of friendship. Its no wonder then that the ensuing bravado shown for the benefit...
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Movie review: Luck By Chance (Zoya Akhtar)
With spirited underplaying (!) by Farhan and a heartfelt performance by Konkona, Luck By Chance is engaging cinema Рnear flawless, since clich̩s are treated in the films within the...
Continue reading...Movie review: Bommallaattam (Tamil – Bharathiraaja)
Bharathiraja’s long-in-the-making Bommallaattam, is one sickeningly boring experience. No, the plot is interesting enough, with a mind-bending twist similar to the one seen in The Crying Game and subsequently, Ace...
Continue reading...Movie review: Ghajini (A R Murugadoss)
While being utterly faithful to its Tamil original, barring the considerably spruced up climax, the Hindi version of Ghajini brings forth some of the most oft-repeated flavors of South Indian...
Continue reading...Movie review: Vaaranam Aayiram (Goutham Vasudev Menon)
Forget Surya looking like a million bucks – he actually looks like Gautam Menon; that is how self-indulgent this movie gets. The ode-to-everyday-dad is about the son and the Dad...
Continue reading...Movie review: Slumdog Millionaire (Danny Boyle)
For all those glowing reviews that lauded the film for its manic pace, what captured my attention was the restraint that Danny Boyle displays in almost every scene that could...
Continue reading...Dissecting A Wednesday!
Warning: This is a reactive post based on Utkal’s opinion posted in Naachgaana.com. Given that we both have starkly different opinions on the film, ‘A Wednesday’ I’d like to throw...
Continue reading...Movie review: A Wednesday (Neeraj Pandey)
Neeraj Pandey’s debut is a remarkable venture. It has a very simple premise, made eminently watchable by extremely competent performances from three men – Naseeruddin Shah, Anupam Kher and Jimmy...
Continue reading...Movie review: Rock On!! (Abhishek Kapoor)
Flawed. Nah, make it Contrived. With a capital C. Abhishek ‘Gattu’ Kapoor’s second film is amazingly similar to his debut, Aryan. While Aryan was about the protagonists’ reaction to a...
Continue reading...Movie review: Wanted (Timur Bekmambetov)
Who wouldn’t mind getting recruited by Angelina Jolie? That too, when she’s named Fox! But, James McAvoy does, for filmy reasons. Mark Millar’s fraternity of assassins yarn, in its loosely-inspired...
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