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20/06/2013

Do you know Luv Sinha knew that Sadiyaan won't work on the first day of shooting itself?

20/06/2013

Anushka Sharma can wear a bikini any time since she's constantly working out & has a toned bod. Woah!

15/06/2013

Many Many Happy Returns of the Day -Shekhar Suman

11/06/2013

Do you know Akshay Kumar has never used any cream, only almond or mustard oil to maintain his robust good looks?

11/06/2013

Our heart goes out to Priyanka Chopra. Be strong, Daddy's Li'l Girl.

06/06/2013

Jackie Shroff is firm that nothing can break up his marriage to wife Ayesha, least of all an affair by either of them.

06/06/2013

Wearing a bikini is not a big deal for Kangana Ranaut, she wore one for Rascals because David Dhawan insisted, "nahin, aaj kal bikini har picture mein hota hai."

05/06/2013

A very Happy Birthday to Amit Sadh! Hope he has many more Kai Po Ches to his credit!

05/06/2013

Parineeti Chopra loves birthdays so much that up until a year ago, she celebrated the 22nd of every month!

04/06/2013

Wrestling The Undertaker was one of the best filmy moments for Akshay 'Khiladi' Kumar!

04/06/2013

All of 25, Jiah Khan committed su***de last night. May her soul rest in peace. Our condolences to the family.

24/05/2013

Director: Jyotin Goel

Starring: Dev Goel, Adah Sharma, Samrat Mukherjee

Weary Journey

Childhood pals can only be chaddi buddies. Until they take the weirdest route from Mumbai to Pune and return in one piece to smooch in the lift.

The enforced comic situations en route fall like a failed soufflé, there are four Chunky Pandays (one ain’t enough?), Dev Goel, the young man on debut, has a long way to go before he can be called an actor, the guest appearances (by Sanjay Dutt, Juhi Chawla, Rati Agnihotri et al) are singularly un-spectacular, Adah is unkempt and needs grooming urgently and...You seriously want this list to go on?
Take the expressway and drive away, fast.

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24/05/2013

Director: Prem Raj

Starring: Preity Zinta, Rhehan Malliek, Isabelle Adjani

Ishhh, what a risk

Two strangers, one evening, a special night. They meet again. How do you think it’s going to end?

Though Preity tries to look smoking hot, her face no longer reflects the youthful charm of her Veer Zaara and Salaam Namaste days. The only highlight of the film, when the screen really comes alive, is her song with Salman Khan (‘Kudiye di kurti’), thanks to his star charisma.
The biggest negative is the casting of Rhehan Malliek. This former TV actor overacts in every scene and gets more annoying since his voice is dubbed. His chemistry with Preity never comes across in any major scene.

As a first-time producer, Preity should have done better with her casting and with the story (she even wrote this one herself).
It’s not worth a movie date. Instead, check out the Eiffel Tower on TV or on your smart phone.

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21/05/2013

Many Many Happy Returns of the Day - Aditya Chopra

18/05/2013

Director : Chris Wedge

Actor : Beyonce Knowles, Amanda Seyfried, Jason Sudeikis, Christoph Waltz, Aziz Ansari, Chris O’Dowd

There’s a new species of miniature human beings called the leaf-men who are the protectors of the jungle. And we are the stompers. The concept of miniature humans may have gone out with the Lilliputians but this is fresh with some great animation.

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18/05/2013

Director: Baz Luhrmann

Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Leonardo DiCaprio, Joel Edgerton, Isla Fisher, Elizabeth Debicki, Jason Clarke, Steve Bisley, Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire

Great Indeed

A young couple madly in love, torn by war and unwieldy societal expectations, finally meets only to tear apart once again, this time, causing a lot of destruction all around. A novel as sweeping as The Great Gatsby is difficult to transform into a film and a lot of expectations are bound to be placed on it. Baz Luhrmann's adaptation certainly comes close to fulfilling most of it.

Superb, heartfelt performances come from each and every character, right from Leonardo DiCaprio to Jason Clarke. Leonardo as a hopeful, hopeless romantic will remind you of the lovelorn boy from the Titanic days. Amitabh Bachchan shines as Meyer Wolfsheim; but this character could've easily been played by anyone else too.
The Great Gatsby is like a Hollywood film made with a Bollywood formula and it will work...at least for the Indian audiences.

The movie at 2 hours 23 minutes is long even if it is the subject's requirement and there was absolutely no need for the movie to be in 3D.

Still, The Great Gatsby does justice to Fitzgerald's epic and is an intense experience of the lavish, the beautiful, the ugly and the gruesome face of society, all mixed into one.


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18/05/2013

Director: Atul Sabharwal

Starring: Arjun Kapoor, Prithviraj, Rishi Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Sasha Aagha, Amrita Singh, Tanvi Azmi, Swara Bhaskar, Deepti Naval, Sikander Kher

Twin Confusions

Where there are gangsters and pawns, policemen and politicians, there must be blood and scams. To add to the mess is a complicated family story of judwaa Arjun Kapoors. Complications abound in this drama as Atul Sabharwal serves Aurangzeb full of style and stellar performances but ultimately remains fairly ordinary.

Arjun Kapoor in his double role has to shoulder the responsibility of being the gentle mamma’s boy on one hand and the rowdy spoilt brat on the other, and he does this with such precision that it is hard to believe it is just his second film. But of all the actors, Rishi Kapoor is undoubtedly the show stealer.

Packed with masala and good performances, it ultimately doesn’t end up being the greatest. You can watch it once if you have the patience and time to spare two-and-a-half hours. The single screens probably love just that formula.


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15/05/2013

"It's so ironical. When you finally achieve recognition, you hide behind dark glasses." - Madhuri Dixit

15/05/2013

Many Many Happy Returns of the Day - Madhuri Dixit

10/05/2013

Director: Sonam Nair

Starring: Riya Vij, Divya Dutta, Arbaz Kadwani, Jayati Modi, Taaha Shah, Doorva Tripathi, Mrinal Chawla, Aditya Deshpande

Back To School, Yippy!

Finally, we have our very own teen drama with the expected dash of filminess…and silliness.YRF tried it with Luv Ka The End but this one scores higher.

Riya Vij is spectacular as the innocent Gippi, she carries it off brilliantly on her broad, pudgy shoulders. The supporting cast of Arbaz Kadwani, Doorva Tripathi, Aditya Deshpande and Divya Dutta bring plenty of ‘aww’ moments.

It’s a simple, uncomplicated story which showcases teenage tensions and a broken home with sensitivity. When Pappi confesses that she might be replaced in her kids’ hearts by the new stepmom, the way Gippi reassures her is heartwarming. Even an implication that pre-teen Booboo likes boys is taken with a pinch of salt especially when Gippi mocks, ‘Tumhara bhi toh boyfriend nahi hai. Kyon? Booboo ke paas bo***es nahi hai?’
This one is for kids and all those who want to relive their school days. It evokes nostalgia and brings a smile to the face. Isn’t that enough for starters?

10/05/2013

Directors: Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK

Starring: Saif Ali Khan, Kunal Khemu, Vir Das, Puja Gupta, Arvind Tiwary

Go Have Fun

Let’s escape those khooni Mondays and break free with a trio of buddies to Goa. But hey, what kind of rave party is going on here? On a bloody island full of wicked zombies, there’s not a human in sight. Until the hero who ‘kills the dead’ swaggers in. Twisted tale? You bet. But the light as fluff treatment of harsh-as-death situations makes this an endearing experience.

Saif Ali Khan unfortunately carries around a whiff of Tashan and appears slightly puerile with the golden hair and all that jazz. The twist in the tale is a definite disappointment. There is a huge lapse of logic here.

The humour gets ‘pervy’ at times but refrains from turning too vulgar. Be warned though: it is outright adult stuff.

The three buddies trip (Dil Chahta Hai, Delhi Belly, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara) works again. With its heart in the right place and humour all over, give Saif credit for producing something different in India. Go Goa for a breath of fresh air.

03/05/2013

Director: Sanjay Gupta

Starring: Anil Kapoor, John Abraham, Tusshar Kapoor, Ronit Roy, Kangana Ranaut, Sonu Sood, Manoj Bajpayee, Mahesh Manjrekar
Shoot Your Brains Out

You’ve been warned by Gupta – it’s a hybrid of fact and fiction. It’s also a cross between crass act and 80s action.

In a police van that takes 150 minutes to reach the hospital, uniform-loving cop Afaque (Anil Kapoor) and Manya Surve (John Abraham), the gangster he’s just riddled with bullets, swap gang war stories.
Guffaw at this: Tusshar and Siddhant Kapoor have lines like, ‘I like the Kutub Minar more than the Taj Mahal because it’s long and forever standing up,’ or ‘I’m the Bruce jo ‘Lee’ nahin in eight years.’

If you like dancers with chests that don’t hide their treasure and item numbers that don’t have a single musical note or choreographed jerk (oops, no pun) worth taking home, you get a triple helping of it (Sunny Leone, Priyanka Chopra, Sophie Choudry, take your pick).
Hmm, like your s*x to be wild? John even bites Kangana’s lips at one point. Sanjay Gupta likes it gritty-raw all the way. And there’s more violence here than on a terrorist’s agenda.

Once the initial noise settles down, it’s essentially bloody action with a slew of Sanjay Gupta’s technically slick shots.

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03/05/2013

Directors: Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee, Karan Johar, Zoya Akhtar

Starring: Rani Mukherjee, Randeep Hooda, Saqib Saleem, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Naman Jain, Ranvir Shorey, Vineet Kumar Singh, Amitabh Bachchan, Katrina Kaif

Fourplay!

What’ve a closet gay, a cross-dresser and craze for a star got to do with one another? They get together to celebrate 100 years of cinema. With four directors, each with a skill of his/her own, trying to tell four different stories, it still falls short of a real celebration.
Rani Mukherjee is daring in her tantalizing Manish Malhotra cholis. And what a stellar performance!

Nawazuddin also turns in his career’s finest so far. But Katrina is so plastic, she doesn’t touch a chord anywhere.

Zoya and Anurag have deified film stars cloyingly to sell either a dream or to hand over mom’s murabba to a super star. Adulation was shown eons ago by Hrishikesh Mukherjee in Guddi – hero worship can’t get better than that.

Still, for some really outstanding performances and a variety of fresh cinematic thoughts, it’s worth a visit.

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27/04/2013

26/04/2013

Director: Shane Black

Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Sir Ben Kingsley, Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Jon Favreau, Rebecca Hall

Iron-clad Entertainment

Robert Downey Jr is back, incredible as ever. This time it is pure retribution and revenge when Iron Man faces a deadly enemy called Mandarin. Hop on, you wouldn’t want to miss this latest adventure.
Downey Jr as the irrepressible Tony Stark/Iron Man is in rib-tickling form. It’s a visual spectacle with some brilliant writing (Drew Pearce and Shane Black), well-etched characters coupled with witty dialogues galore and impressive direction (Shane Black, again). If only it wasn’t in 3D!

Iron Man 3 is bigger and better than the last two. But it didn’t need the 3D glasses for sure.

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26/04/2013

Directors: Mohit Suri

Starring: Shraddha Kapoor, Aditya Roy Kapur, Shaad Randhawa
Time To Fall In Love Again

Intense and raw like a Mahesh Bhatt film of yore, it lives up to the chartbusting expectations of the romantic franchise. With music that’s already a craze especially with the young gen, the Bhatt brothers get it right once again with nephew Mohit Suri keeping the family flag fluttering high.

Shraddha Kapoor and Aditya Roy Kapur whip up the correct intensity to transcend lust and turn sublime.
There are questions that arise. Why doesn’t Rahul’s (Aditya) long-distance dad (voiced by Mahesh Bhatt and heard only over the phone), not even once bother to check on his son when the whole world’s abuzz about his self-destruction? And never heard of rehab, guys? The answer to all such queries will probably be, watch it with your heart, not your mind, woman.

That’s just it. Watch Aashiqui 2 with your heart.

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20/04/2013

Directors: Kirk DeMicco, Chris Sanders

Voiceovers: Nicholas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Keener, Clark Duke, Cloris Leachman, Chris Sanders, Randy Thorn

They’re Kinda Cute

It’s what we in India call “wholesome family entertainment”. With super fine animation, the characters turn practically human and our world looks truly awesome when you see it through the eyes of a caveman and his family.

Dad Grug (‘baritoned’ by Nicholas Cage) is so protective, his instructions are etched in stone...err, quite literally. You must fear anything unknown, anything new must be bad, you can’t climb to the top, you can’t go out of the cave after dark, you can’t...you just can’t have fun, in short. Sure-footed daughter Eep (voiced by Emma Stone) has adventure in her veins and when she meets Guy (Ryan Reynolds), sparks fly ’tween them. He’s the brainy one who’ll ultimately guide the Croods to a safe and shining tomorrow when their world caves in around them. The well-intentioned but all-brawn Grug can’t stand Guy; certainly not his chemistry with darling daughter Eep. But not for long as the Croods are tossed into a new world for a happy family ending.

If you’re okay with 3D glasses, you’ll find The Croods pretty cool.

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20/04/2013

Director: Kannan Iyer

Starring: Emraan Hashmi, Konkona Sen Sharma, Kalki Koechlin, Huma Qureshi, Visshesh Tiwari, Sara Arjun, Pawan Malhotra

Dust Thou Art

This one sure scares you...for a brief while. A young boy is so obsessed by witchcraft that he accuses his stepmom of being a witch. When he grows up to become a famous magician, his past comes back to haunt him.

Emraan Hashmi as Bobo the master illusionist is effortless but it’s not a never-seen-before act because he almost looks like he’s strayed in from the sets of Raaz 3.

A powerfully different story gets botched up in the second half because of needless theatrics, seen-many-times-before ‘witchy’ scenes and black magic that must be doused in the choice between good and evil. The special effects are not awe-inspiring – we’ve just seen better in Raaz 3 and some of it in Aatma too. There is too much repetition – of daayans crumbling into dust, lizards dropping all over and long chotis that must be cut – which reduces the fear factor.
With limited appeal, what begins like an edge-of-the-seat scare-fest soon loses it spine-chilling quality.

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12/04/2013

Director: Rohan Sippy

Starring: Ayushmann Khurrana, Kunaal Roy Kapur, Pooja Salvi, Evelyn Sharma, Gaelyn Mendonca, Sanjeev Bhatt

Saala, You Fall Flat

Based on the French comedy Apres Vous, Rohan Sippy’s well-promoted new film adds to the downward spiral of endlessly long romcoms. A classic tale of boy falling for best friend’s girl stumbles into a clumsy mess of emotions.

The entire enterprise falls straightaway because its foundation – RP and Mandar being BFFs – doesn’t work at all. The routine storyline offers you nothing refreshing and the screenplay (by multiple writers) nosedives without once going up.

Mandar asks RP, “Which was the scene the producer liked in the play?” RP says, “The interval.” We agree.


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12/04/2013

Director: Dilip Ghosh

Starring: Vidyut Jamwal, Pooja Chopra, Jaideep Ahlawat

Totally In Command

It gives you what it promises – loads of action. It’s wonderfully choreographed (by action director Franz Spilhaus) and skilfully executed by Vidyut Jamwal in a one-man show. Add to it Jaideep Ahlawat’s wicked-as-Satan act and you have a complete paisa vasool fare for single screens and action junkies.

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05/04/2013

Director: David Dhawan

Starring: Siddharth, Ali Zafar, Divyendu Sharma, Rishi Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Lilette Dubey, Taapsee Pannu

Dum Hai, Boss!

Finally, a remake that works just as well as the original did in 1981. Add Sai Paranjpye’s simple plot to David Dhawan’s brand of cinema, toss it with crackling dialogues and voila, you get a cracker of a film that will have you chuckling in your seats.
Superb performances by Siddharth, Divyendu, Ali Zafar, Anupam Kher and Rishi Kapoor keep you wondering who’s the ace in the pack.

The star performance, however, comes from dialogue writers Sajid-Farhad. The cheeky, cheesy dialogues keep it going without a pause and without once stumbling into adult, vulgar territory.
With punch lines strewn all over, the 131-minute long film sails through without a yawn.

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29/03/2013

Director: Sajid Khan

Starring: Ajay Devgn, Tamannaah, Paresh Rawal, Mahesh Manjrekar, Zarina Wahab, Adhyayan Suman, Sonakshi Sinha, Riteish Deshmukh

Need himmat to watch it

It’s as Sajid Khan promised. The old Himmatwala is back with new gloss and ancient this-one’s-for-you-mom revenge melodrama. Sajid can’t quite decide whether he’s making a parody, a tribute or a remake. Although entertaining in parts (doff your hat to the actors), you still need jigar and himmat to actually sit through and completely enjoy it. But don’t fret if you are disappointed – the director has after all promised a refund to anyone who is unhappy with his Himmatwala!

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28/03/2013

The first time I was told I was s*xy was when I was in kindergarten - Akshay Khanna



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28/03/2013

The Film Street Journal Wishes Mr. Akshay Khanna A Very Happy Birthday!

May God bless you and may you have all the success and happiness in the world!