After the hit sex comedy “Kyaa Kool Hain Hum”, director Sangeeth Sivan is back to entertaining audiences with the sitcom “Apna Sapna Money Money” releasing Friday. Sivan’s narrative focuses on the lives of a mechanic, a conman, a club dancer, an upright cop, an obsessed father and his homely daughter, a ruthless gangster, a [...]

  Film: “Vivah”; Cast: Shahid Kapur, Amrita Rao, Anupam Kher, Alok Nath, Seema Biswas, Samir Soni; Director: Sooraj Barjatya; Rating: *** Sooraj Barjatya rectifies all the mistakes he made in his first two historic hits “Maine Pyar Kiya” and “Hum Aapke Hain Koun”. The sweet coyness and almost-unbearable bonhomie of his earlier films are replaced [...]

  Film: Umrao Jaan; Cast: Shabana Azmi, Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan, Puru Raj Kumar, Suniel Shetty; Director: J.P. Dutta; Rating: ***1/2 In one of the countless visuals of stunning resonance, Aishwarya, playing the doomed and poetic tawaif (courtesan) Umrao Jaan Adaa, travels through a burning field of crops. “The crops have been reaped, now the [...]

From SANGAM to KABHI KABHIE to CHANDNI to SAAJAN, the concept of two men falling head over heals in love with the same woman has been done to death in Bollywood. Is there anything else left to explore? What novelty does JAAN-E-MANN offer then? Is it old wine packaged in a new bottle? Sure, JAAN-E-MANN [...]

  Remaking a yesteryear hit can be an arduous task. Especially if it happens to be the Amitabh Bachchan starrer DON. One film people remember vividly for various reasons, right from Big B’s towering performance to the popular tracks to its gripping story and sharp execution… The advantages first? Perhaps, the new generation might not [...]

  Let’s just say that Rocky tries to be a typical Bollywood action film — its hero trying to do everything. From wooing a belle whie running around trees, to beating up goons and being a dutiful son, it’s all in a day’s work for Rocky. Many films try it, of course, and this one [...]

Nagesh Kukunoor’s Dor is a complex tale of how two very diverse worlds collide. Yet it is told in an uncomplicated, sensible manner, minus melodrama, cliches and a glamour overkill. It’s also amusing enough to keep you in splits throughout. Ayesha Takia plays Meera — an innocent, affectionate, spirited but abiding young woman who lives [...]

  ‘Khosla Ka Ghosla’ presents a common social problem with a delectable blend of comedy. Director Dibakar Banerjee in his very first outing has adopted a nice way to explain a common problem prevailing in some metropolises. Khosla Ka Ghosla stars Anupam Kher , Boman Irani , Parvin Dabas and Ranvir Shorey in main roles. [...]

  Fifteen years ago the one-man-army theme used to be much in vogue. By recreating the ‘expected’ experience from the past Shiva comes up with a reasonably unexpected thrill of what used to be the expected not so long ago. Remember Amitabh Bachchan making long lingering strides into the villain’s den in Zanjeer to reduce [...]

  Bas Ek Pal is the story of urban relationships. It is a tale of friends drifting apart, of love that is left unrequited, of youth spent behind bars, and of a startling revelation that sometimes people close to you can deceive you with such cunning that you wouldn’t even suspect. Two years after his [...]