Go for Guru

Before the long weekend, here’s yet another review on a movie which I distinctly enjoyed in parts. Guru is a simple movie, the second half of which makes you fe...read more

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Just about passable

Good movies are all alike, bad movies are bad in their own special way. Honeymoon Travels is not a good movie at all; compared to the tripe that Bollywood dishe...read more

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Painfully bad

Perhaps what is more deplorable than some of the movies which Bollywood frequently churns out is the sheer number of people who actually go and watch the trash....read more

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Engaging

The Namesake is an interesting movie. It is not a great movie, but it’s a good one. Adaptations of books into movies have never been easy, and rarely has it bee...read more

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The dockside

Red – the dark side is, quite expectedly, Vikram Bhatt’s tribute to crass, unworthy and unwatchable cinema. As the movie progresses, you realize how bad an idea...read more

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Refreshingly different in parts

After a long hiatus, I am back to writing reviews. And what better to start with than the ferociously advertised Eklavya – the royal guard. The movie is a succe...read more

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Grotesque filmmaking at its best

I hated this movie. Hated it because it was a shoddy attempt at making a film which is supposed to matter – in some curious, lopsided way. There is no doubt tha...read more

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The greatest composers in India

Creating a list of ten music directors is not without it pitfalls. Because, very soon you realize that it would be more interesting if you could rank them as we...read more

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Absolutely sublime

For a person who watched the second movie of the trilogy before the first, Pather Panchali, *watching Aparajito was an amazing and path-breaking experience. Of ...read more

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The death of poetry

Deciding upon the worst songs ever is tough as it is potentially inflammatory. There is always chance of comments appearing out of nowhere on your review, just ...read more

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How Johnny Cash became Johnny Cash

Walk the line is a sweet, meandering biopic on the darkness of Johnny Cash’s life, a man who was never as simple as he looked. Starkly different from the brutal...read more

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A look at the year gone by

If one looks at the releases from Bollywood in the year 2006, one would be surprised to see a surprising number of rather well-made movies, which proves two thi...read more

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The weekend review on favorites...

It’s that time of the week when you post something on your favorites, and if you are exceptionally bored, post something which requires a fair amount of thinkin...read more

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Weighed down by over-expectation

Given that Naseeruddin Shah is such a fine actor, and has directed awesome plays over the many years of his chequered career, Yun Hota to Kya Hota, his director...read more

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Below expectations

I finished watching Corporate. And immediately I realized that if someone from an engg. college would have written a movie script on a similar theme,he would ha...read more

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Coming of age

With the album Black Friday, Indian Ocean has finally come of age. I remember the first time I watched them perform at our college, astounded at their technical...read more

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A few personal favorites

Choosing a meager twenty songs as your favorites out of the vast treasure trove of Hindi Film Music(HFM) is a humongous task. But since I have nothing much to d...read more

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Satire and humor at its rawest

This is one of the funniest books I have ever read. And probably the best attempt at humorous and mind-bending satire by an Indian author. It all starts with th...read more

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A powerful film on a weather-beaten topic

A somewhat late review on a wonderful film. The Pianist, released in 2002, is a magnificent movie, and by far, Polanski’s most polished and personal work. Polan...read more

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Could have been better

Saw is one overhyped movie. And although there is a lot of stuff to get really scared about in this film, the scariest is the acting.What's painful about Saw is...read more

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