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Reviewed Khoya Khoya Chand

This chaand is full of craters

I am a big Guru Dutt fan, though the last guru dutt movie I saw was aeons ago. I have seen his pyasa, kagaz ke phool and one of my favourite movie of all time - Sahib Biwi aur Ghulam and been enamoured by all three. Though I was too young to understand the movies I was still drawn towards it and...Read more

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Attack of the Bimbos
Saawariya

=> Tarun, Also I feel with Saawariya, SLB reached his pinnacle over his obsession with beauty. It is as if after Khamoshi he has fallen in love with beauty and with each movie he has increasingly sacrificed the soul to achieve superficial beauty. => Toorad, Yes it was supposed to be a f...airy tale but even a fairy tale has a structure. Similarly love at first sight is a staple of bollywood movies - yes. If SLB also wanted to convey love at first sight then why get inspired from white nights which was clearly not about that. And I thought Sonam's character was no different from the character of any of our Bollwood cookie cutter heroines. Most of our heroines in an average bollwood movie keeps obsessing over the hero, is coqettish and flirtatious. And the bimbo reference was to do with the superficialness of the entire movie right from the director to the actors and sets. Everyone went about capturing beauty at the expense of everything else. But then again if you have liked the movie, you definitely would have seen some merits in it and I am not going to dispute that. Beauty as they say lies in the eye of the beholder.Read More

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Attack of the Bimbos
Saawariya

=>Smita, Yes OSO is full of Cinematic liberties but OSO was supposed to be about that- a brain dead fultu masala movie. Saawariya was supposed to be this intense love story and here the cinematic liberties would have been o.k. if the protagonists were better fleshed out since that was not the... case the faults stood out glaringly. =>Nidhi, Thanks =>Rohit, Again thanks and I guess to each his own. =>Ips, I agree. Jaaneman was a good example of a musical. It was fun wacky and yet touching. Even SLB's own Khamoshi was a wonderful musical in the true sense. The scene where Helen dances to bid goodbye to the Piano was really good and still stands out as one of the best choregraphed and poignant musical numbers. Read More

Reviewed Saawariya

Attack of the Bimbos

Have you ever imagined how a movie directed by a 5 year old, who has no experience about the workings of the world emotions etc. but who has access to the best cinematographers, choreographers, decent actors and an unlimited budget, would be like. Well people look no further than Saawariya - ...Read more

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Reviewed Om Shanti Om

Om Sharukh Om

Watch him walk, watch him talk, watch him dance, watch him fight, watch him smile, watch him cry and to top it all watch him bare his six pack, cleavage and his bum crack (all captured lovingly by the camera) in a movie called Om Shanti Om which proclaims to be a homage to the movies of yore but...Read more

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Reviewed Ten Most Overrated Bollywood Personalities

My list of Overrated Film Personalities

In no particular order since I feel most of them are overrated as much if not more, I give below my list: Sanjay Leela Bhansali - One of the most overrated Indian directors. I have no problems in people calling him a hit director etc etc. but to compare him with Guru Dutt is I feel the ultima...Read more

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Reviewed Jhoom Barabar Jhoom

All that Jazz

Watched JBJ after reading the reviews deriding the movie. Hence Zero expectations. But the movie was o.k. It was meant to be a romcom musical and it worked in parts. What worked The plot was interesting but execution faltered. AB Jr as Rikki Thukral was v.v.v.good. Right from his hairst...Read more

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Reviewed Dhoom 2

Dhoom - Empty vessels make more Noise

If ever there was an award for the most nonsensical movie made till date - believe me Dhoom 2 will win hands down - Internationally. Where do I start - the actions, the sequences, the story (now that's a big joke), the romance everything about this movie was nonsense. The only entertaining and t...Read more

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Reviewed Umrao Jaan -2006 Bollywood

Ash - The only redeeming factor of the movie

Watched Umrao Jaan more because my mom was keen to watch the same. And I am still regretting my decision on acquiescing to the same. The movie was bad. The biggest flaw with the movie was that it came across moreas alow budget documentary of Umrao's life.The splendour, the richness, the ma...Read more

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Don - Evil never looked so good bfore
Don: The Chase Begins Again

==> Vikrant Thanks! ==> Moviezombie SRK played Don as a very flamboyant character and I think that what was so interesting about it. Even I sincerely hope there is a sequel. ==> Kavita, To each his own. I do not remember much about the original Don and I think the current Don makes... no pretensions about being a classic. I think the current movie is just Frahan's and Shahruks effort to give us some James Bond type or MI type Bollywood movie rather than a classic. ==>Satish, I again reiterate to each his own. I agree there is no emotion or anything as such in the movie. But I genuinely enjoyed the movie as a complete Time pass.Read More

Reviewed Don: The Chase Begins Again

Don - Evil never looked so good bfore

Saw Don after reading the multiple reviews deriding the film. Even my favourite reviewer Raja Sen was not happy with the movie therefore had zero expectations whatsoever with the movie. Fortunately, I had seen the old Don aeons ago and didn't much remember the old movie. With this background I w...Read more

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Reviewed Salaam Namaste

Worth a Watch

I watched this movie on DVD last night and though I am neither a fan of Preity nor Saif, I must admit that I did enjoy the movie though. I know this movie is supposed to be a rip off of Nine months, but since I don't remember much of Nine months (having watched it long time back) I really can't ...Read more

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It's all Black and White- not yet.
Black - Bollywood

Apparently the name 'Black' was also 'inspired'. Kieslowski the renowned European director had made a trilogy called red, white & blue which was critically acclaimed. And in these movies depending on the name, the same colour was used throughout in the movie. So in the movie Red he used red wherever... possible, same with Blue & white. SLB has tried the same thing with his Black and copying it further he has also used the same chimes (which rani keeps touching whenever she is thinking) which was used in Blue. And after all this people call Black a masterpiece.Read More

Commented on eng18's review

Maine picture kyun dekhi
Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya

I don't think I will be seeing the movie. I have heard that this movie is 'inspired' by the english movie Cactus flower. In cactus flower the doctor ends up with the nurse, who does salman end up with in this.

Commented on mouthshutdotcom's review

This weekend…JUST CHILL!!!
Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya

In the original movie (cactus flower) the nurse gets the guy. Who gets the guy in this movie?

Commented on prasidddha's review

Why so many negative reviews !
Preity Zinta

Please watch the movie Chori Chori Chupke Chupke. In that movie there is one scene where salman spells out the money that he would offer preity for carrying his baby. This scene was supposed to resemble the scene in Pretty woman where gere offers money to julia . That one scene put to rest whatever ...doubts I had of Preity as an actress. She cannot act. She just plays herself in all her movies. So whether it's lakshya, Kal Ho na ho, Veer zaara or any other movie only the costumes and maybe the level of loudness keep changing. So please saying that she is the best actress in India is truly insulting to all other actresses.Read More

Commented on nitu71980's review

More than what is deserved
Aishwarya Rai

U mean u realized Filmfare awards were a big fraud only after ash got the award. come'on I guess by now everybody knows that Filmfare awards is more of a popularity awards contest. Regarding your views on Ash, your well within your rights to feel the same, however I do feel you are not objective i...n your review. I think as a performer she has grown by leaps and bounds. Her performance in Raincoat was so far removed from her performance in her first film. Yes she is not a natural performer like Kajol, but I think she is one of the few actresses who sincerely tries to improve herself.Read More

Reviewed Koffee with Karan - TV Serials Star World TV Channel

Koffee with Karan - next time w/o Sugar pls

The Good I didn’t watch the first show but I watched the one with kareena & rani and I must admit I found the show pretty entertaining. I especially enjoyed the session where Karan was at his bitchiest self, putting kareena on a spot with all her past, present comments. Kareena handled ...Read more

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Commented on the_sudarshan's review

Teer Maara
Veer-Zara

ha Ha, I truly enjoyed reading your review. But unfortunately the morons everywhere seem hellbent on rewarding this stupid movie. If only mediocrity was not so appreciated in India.

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Ash - You Go Girl!
Aishwarya Rai

Appreciate ur comments. Just one reaction to the comment made by Asnu - if good PR and knowing the important people is enough to have your wax statue at Tussauds then half of our Film industry should be represented there. PR may have helped but I do not think Tussauds selected Aishwarya only beca...use of PR. And anyways with the kind of media coverge she gets in India from her fashion faux pax to her acting skills, I guess she needs to sack her Indian PR agency fast.Read More