Tees Maark Khan

Forget plagiarizing the entire plot or an iconic scene every now and then, Farah Khan’s Tees Maar Khan has five minutes of screen time dedicated to a character first seen in the Happydent ‘Tere dil roshan, tere mann roshan’ chewing gum commercial. Really? The Czarina of non-sense cinema has left no...

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No Problem

In the past one could have been forgiven for sheepishly enjoying an Anees Bazmi film like No Entry and even Welcome to some extent on the pretext of being a guilty pleasure but there is nothing, absolutely nothing that can redeem the torture called No Problem. Centered around a diamond heist where...

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Band Baaja Baaraat

*This review contains spoilers. Continuing to explore the loves and the lives of the common folk of west Delhi, Band Baaja Baaraat succeeds to a great extent at repackaging a done to death tale. Even with a story that has really has nothing new to offer Band Baaja Baaraat is enjoyable largely thanks...

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Real Fakes

Apparently Sanjay Dutt was ‘raring to go’ the moment Mani Shankar narrated Knock Out’s script to him. One can understand his excitement for how often does an actor get a chance to play the exact same role that he saw on DVD a few moons ago! To say that Mani Shankar copied Joel Schumacher’s 2002 thriller...

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Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

Sequels are made for two reasons- to take the story (in most cases franchise) forward or curiosity to find out whatever really happened once the dust settled. Oliver Stone wanted to see how Gordon Gekko, “a quintessentially American story, manages to survive in a new shark tank 22 years later”. Stone...

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We Are Family

*This review might contain spoilers.A fashion photographer, Aman’s (Arjun Rampal) been divorced for three years now and decides it’s time for him to introduce his girlfriend Shreya (Kareena Kapoor) to his kids and divorced wife Maya (Kajol). Nothing goes as planned and the kids- Aleya, Ankush and Anjali-...

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Aashayein

*This review might contain spoilersRahul Sharma (John Abraham) is a compulsive gambler who hopes to strike it big some day. Following his mantra of ‘all or nothing’ he puts everything at stake and ends up winning more money that he could ever dream of. Rahul loves his life and hopes to settle down with...

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Madholal Keep Walking

Madholal Dubey (Subrat Dutta) is one of millions living in Mumbai who go about life with a spring in their step no matter what. Working as a security guard in the city, the only ‘friends’ Madholal has made are the ones who meet him everyday in the local train he takes to work. In between the friendly...

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Men Who Do Not Stare At The Normal Things

With The Men Who Stare At Goats we are in the land where fantasy and reality roam hand in hand. This is a film based on a book by a journalist who stumbled upon a secret project funded by the US Army to create soldiers with Superpowers. Like walking through walls, becoming invisible and also killing...

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The Expendables

Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone) leads The Expendables who might be a pack of highly trained mercenaries but all of them are in the twilight of their professional job. Contacted by a man called Mr. Church (Bruce Willis), the Expendables are asked to overthrow a ruthless South American dictator, General...

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