In Indian films, She’s Out Of My League would be that film which has a side-kick, comedian as the hero. And average-Joe, Jay Baruchel, looks even below average through-out the...
Continue reading...Enthiran (Music review), Tamil – A R Rahman
Enthiran has two show-stopper tunes – the phenomenally lilting Kadhal anukkal, that hits all the catchy, addictive notes; and Arima arima, that showcases musical grandeur in an absolutely awe-inspiring range!...
Continue reading...Ooh La La La (Music review), Tamil – Sekar Chandra, V.Kumar
The very-pedestrian Oh thozhiye lifts The Turtles’ So Happy Together, a full 27 years after Shankar Ganesh first lifted it for ‘Devi koondhalo’ in En Aasai Unnodudhaan. Vaa vaa baby...
Continue reading...Devadas (Music review), Kannada – Joshua Sridhar
Aadona stepsu is suitably groovy – standard tune, but those retro-styled arrangements work, while Bengaluru galligela is straight out of Manisharma’s massy repertoire – folksy, catchy hook saves it. Bul...
Continue reading...Hello Darling (Music review), Hindi – Pritam
Pritam’s remix of the Inteqam classic, Aa jaane jaan is bland and unidimensional despite Javed Jaffrey’s desperate attempts to infuse some life. Attrah baras ki is straight out of a...
Continue reading...Don Seenu (Music review), Telugu – Manisharma
NW1W. After a thoroughly enjoyable Happy Happyga, that is a shocker. I couldn’t find even one song redeeming!
Continue reading...Aashayein (Music review), Hindi – Salim-Sulaiman, Pritam and Shiraz Uppal
Ab mujhko offers faux optimism, in a conventional package, while Mohit Chauhan’s reflective Chala aaya pyar doesn’t work entirely despite some neat tabla-infused orchestration. Shafqat’s Shukriya zindagi is standard SEL-template and is...
Continue reading...Tere Bin Laden (Movie review), Hindi – Abhishek Sharma
Someone compared it to Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron, on Twitter, while OPEN magazine called it a ‘stupid comedy’ and gave it a severe drubbing. Those extreme reactions literally forced me...
Continue reading...Your review sucks!
Started this morning by staring at 2 similar comments from the same person – one on my take on Villu and the other on Aarya 2. Both simply said, “this...
Continue reading...Ricky (Movie review), French РFran̤ois Ozon
Imagine…you are in a fancy restaurant with a massive spread of yummy food in front of you. Your favorite, say, a Kahlua Dessert, is in the corner. You love it...
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