Review: Welcome To Sajjanpur (2008)

Cast : Shreyas Talpade, Amrita Rao, Illa Arun, Divya Dutta, Ravi Kishan Director : Shyam Benegal Ratings : * * * Welcome to Sajjanpur was previously titled Mahadev ka Sajjanpur because it is Mahadev’s (Shreyas Talpade) story of all the people residing in Sajjanpur. Mahadev wants to be a writer … Read more

Review: The Last Lear (2008)

The Urban Lear Star Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Arjun Rampal, Preity Zinta, Divya Dutta, Shefali Shah, Prosenjit, Jishu Director: Rituparno Ghosh Ratings: * * The film, ‘The Last Lear’ has a good performance of Amitabh Bachchan who tries to play a man who worked long in Shakespearian Theater and he starts … Read more

Review: Ru-Ba-Ru (2008)

Star Cast: Randeep Hooda, Shahana Goswami, Rati Agnihotri, Jayant Kripalani Director : Arjun Bali Rating: * * Ru-Ba-Ru is a Hindi version of Hollywood’s ‘If Only’ (2004; Jennifer Love Hewitt and Paul Nicholls). Being made as a modern urban love story, Randeep Hooda and Shahana Goswami are the lead characters … Read more

Soha Ali Khan goes 99

Soha Ali Khan who maintained a low profile after her terrific performance in Rang De Basanti has been the most talked about actress of late now. With Mumbai Meri Jaan receiving a lot of critical acclaim at the box office, looks like producers are on the run for the actoress. … Read more

Review: Tahaan (2008)

Starring : Purav Bhandare, Anupam Kher, Rahul Bose, Rahul Khanna, Sana Shaikh, Sarika, Victor Banerji, Ankush Dubey, Dheirya Sonecha. Director: Santosh Sivan Ratings: *** Santosh Sivan’s ‘Tahaan’ – is a fable-like journey of the eponymous eight-year-old boy in ravaged Kashmir. The film is set against the picturesque backdrop of Kashmir … Read more

Animated Sutradhar in Hari Puttar, A Comedy of Terrors

For the first time in a Bollywood film, an animated character will play the sutradhaar (narrator)! Funtoon – Masti ka Boss, is the animated character’s name that plays this sutradhaar. In the film, Fantoon indulges children in a riot of laughter, with his enormous repertoire of mischief and naughtiness. Funtoon … Read more

Review: A Wednesday (2008)

Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Anupam Kher, Aamir Bashir, Jimmy Shergill, Deepal Shaw Director: Neeraj Pandey At the very beginning we got to clarify that ‘A Wednesday’ is not a film based on the Mumbai train blasts or a sequel to ‘Mumbai Meri Jaan’ which too was about the blasts that rocked … Read more

Review : HIJACK (2008)

Cast : Shiney Ahuja, Esha Deol, K.K Raina, Mona Ambegaonkar, Kaveri Jha Director :Kunal Shivdasani The story of ‘Hijack’ revolves around the life of Vikram Madan (Shiney Ahuja). He is an ex-pilot, who once used to serve in a commercial airline. However, now he works as a maintenance engineer, in … Read more

Film Review: Mukhbiir (2008)

Black face of the white truth is Mukhbiir Producer: Sudhish Ram Medhla Director: Mani Shankar Music: Illaya Raja, Karthik Raja Lyrics: P K Mishra Screenplay: Mani Shankar Starring: Om Puri, Jackie Shroff, Alok Nath, Suneil Shetty, Sushant Singh, Sammir Dattani, Rahul Dev, Kelly Dorje, Raj Zutshi and Raima Sen (guest … Read more