Movie Rating: 4/5 Billu barber ( Irfan Khan) lives in the charming country-side of Bubuda, virtually penniless and without much hair left to cut. The reason behind his collapsing business is a new rival outfit , the rural avatar of Bombay Blunt , a modern salon , with revolving chairs, green-colored gels, electric trimmers ,… [Read more…]
June 18, 2009
Movie Review: Slumdog Millionaire Rating : 4.25 Who Wants To B A Millionaire? Perhaps most , but not Jamal, and therein lies the irony of Slumdog Millionaire. Jamal is on that quiz show only to locate his lost love, the bountiful Rs 20 million prize as meaningless to him as the inexplicable contempt with which… [Read more…]
June 18, 2009
Last night, one saw an unprecedented ugly spat between the so-called brotherhood of Bollywood fraternity on public display at the Star Screen Awards at MMRDA Grounds, Bandra. Frankly, the award show was rolling along fairly smoothly , with the hosts Sajid Khan ( Hey Baby) , Shreyas Talpade and Farah Khan ( choreographer and OSO… [Read more…]
June 18, 2009
Ghajani: Movie Review Rating: I am still searching the bottom of the barrel Three weeks after watching a tortured expression of a grim-faced Aamir Khan staring down at me with an intimidating stare from the billboards , all bulging triceps and tattoo marks all over, with loud proclamations of a monster hit with Rs 170… [Read more…]
June 18, 2009
RAB NE BANA DI JODI Movie Review: Rating: 4 “What do women really want?” A confused, dapper-local Casanova with torn-washed jeans who wears glares even in Amritsari dusk , Shah Rukh Khan asks this of his dancing queen Anushkha Sharma. She turns philosophical and says that a woman wants a man to love her more… [Read more…]
June 18, 2009
Movie Review: Dostana Rating: 2/5 Miami, in the sunshine state called Florida, is what you could call the city with all the tempting trappings. White sands, turquoise blue sea, swaying palm-trees, al fresco eating joints, fast cars, swank pubs, and wild partying. It is a city that symbolizes free spirit. Producer Karan Johar uses the… [Read more…]
June 18, 2009
Movie Review: Quantum of Solace: James Bond Rating: 1.5/5 I am a generation that grew up watching movies in Air Cool theatres ( AC was a super-luxury in just a select few theatres ). Hollywood movies would release in India at least two to three years after it’s LA premiere , and there would be… [Read more…]
June 18, 2009
Movie Review: Fashion 4/5 The world of glitzy fashion, sexy ramp walks, endless flash bulbs, late-night parties , brand endorsements, Page 3 celebrity status, Bollywood dreams ; producer-director Madhur Bhandarkar is fully aware of what draws the Chandigarh-born, hugely determined, middle-class local beauty-contest winner Meghana Mathur ( Priyanka Chopra) to the big bad rat-infested world… [Read more…]
June 18, 2009
Movie: 21 Rating: 3.75/5 What happens if you are a mathematical genius scoring outstanding grades, graduating from MIT, Boston , and have received admission in the neighboring prestigious Harvard Medical School only to find out that you are financially broke? That it costs a whopping $ 300,000 to bankroll admissions, and no educational loans are… [Read more…]
June 18, 2009
Rating: 3.25/5 This movie has an inauspicious beginning; it starts with a widescreen shot of Adam Sandler’s McDonald’s hamburger-shaped bum . Sandler ( Zohan) , for whom playing the buffoon is like slipping into second skin, is part of some Israeli spy force ( god bless the Mossad!) and is a cult hero , like… [Read more…]
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