The Fighter

One could be right in thinking that there might be nothing new in The Fighter. It’s a true life biographical tale, it’s about boxing and it’s about how an underdog rises to the occasion. Guilty on all counts but dismissing The Fighter as yet another boxing film would be a big mistake. Of course, it’s...

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Tanu Weds Manu

‘I love you and what’s that got to do with you…’ seems to be the mantra that drives Tanu Weds Manu and much like a hidden lover you don’t really care or worry about, hidden intentions make this romantic-comedy a half-baked approach. Manoj Sharma or Manu (R. Madhavan) is the true silent types who no...

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I'm Number Four

You know some films that people warn you about and you still watch them to form your own opinion? This is one of them. Stay away for it’s not worth of forming any opinion.Based on the book by Pittacus Lore, I’m Number Four is about the fourth of the nine special kids who survived the attack on their...

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Rabbit Hole

Based on a play by David Lindsay-Abaire, Rabbit Hole is one of those films where big stars play regular people. They scream, they shout, they cry and they smile like everyone else and before you know they manage to seep into your system and completely engross you. Becca (Nicole Kidman) and Howie (Aaron...

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Kachcha Limboo

Sagar Ballary wouldn’t have imaged that the runaway success of Bheja Fry would make it so difficult for him. Ballary’s Kachcha Limboo explores growing pains with a likeable protagonist but nothing works for the film. 13 year-old Shambhu (Taheer Sutarwala) seems to have trouble on every front. He can’t...

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7 Khoon Maaf

*Spoiler alert.Expectations always make it harder and especially if you happen to be Vishal Bhardwaj. Since Maqbool, every Vishal Bhardwaj film has been looked at with great expectations and to be honest the filmmaker hasn’t really disappointed. But nothing lasts forever and perhaps for the first time...

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Patiala House

Rumored to be inspired by the trials of Monty Panesar, the first Sikh to make it to the English cricket team, Patiala House finally gives you an Akshay Kumar film where you won’t be waiting for it to get over. Parghat Singh Kahlon or Gattu (Akshay Kumar) is a promising fast bowler who gets a call...

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No Strings Attached

No matter how you like No Strings Attached, the latest rom-com on the block, it seems like Hollywood's really tried all combinations of the genre. Yet another of those assembly line films that studios have to regularly dish out, the only thing that separates this one from the rest is the inversion of...

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The Rite

*This review contains spoilers Think exorcism and you just can’t look beyond William Friedkin’s The Exorcist. To imagine any other film that will come remotely close to the classic is an uphill task but having said that Mikael Håfström’s The Rite does manage to stand a little bit of ground as far as...

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The Mechanic

Remaking a cult classic is definitely the easiest way to make a film and sometimes it works but mostly such an exercise usually results in a senseless mishmash that’s best avoided. Even though it has all the elements that make an action film The Mechanic simply remains a senseless effort to connect...

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Biutiful

Have you ever wondered about a character long after the film is over? Biutiful is one such film where the character goes beyond the realm of the film and lingers on for a long, long time. Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Biutiful is a film where Javier Bardem doesn’t play a character, rather he becomes...

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Yeh Saali Zindagi

Besides being a well made film Hazaaron Khwahishen Aisi suddenly attached a great deal of seriousness to ‘A Sudhir Mishra Film’ but the subsequent follow ups have been a different story. Mishra’s latest Yeh Saali Zindagi is one confused hack job that makes you wonder if half a decade ago Mishra’s seminal...

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