Film: “Sarhad Paar”; Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Tabu, Mahima Chaudhary, Chandrachur Singh, Akash Khurana; Director: Raman Kumar You gaze at Tabu – that wonderful actress, who has constantly been short-changed by filmmakers barring a few who have tried to capture her essence, and succeeded in just touching the lapel of her talent. In director Raman Kumar’s [...]

Film: “1971″; Cast: Manoj Bajpai, Ravi Kishan, Chittaranjan Giri, Manav Kaul, Kumud Mishra, Deepak Dobriyal; Director: Amrit Sagar; Ratings: ** War films are hard to make. More so in India where budgets are often as constrained as the director’s vision. Director Amrit Sagar manages to make “1971″ look filled-out and believable, not just at the [...]

Film: “Guru”; Director: Mani Ratnam; Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, R. Madhavan, Vidya Balan, Mithun Chakraborty, Sachin Khedekar and Manoj Joshi; Rating: ***1/2 When Mani Ratnam decides to convey something through his films, he usually does it deftly and effectively and with “Guru” once again he succeeds in raising the artistic standards. In “Guru” Ratnam [...]

Film: “Anwar”; Actors: Manisha Koirala, Siddharth Koirala, Nauheed Cyrusi, Hiten Tejwani; Director: Manish Jha; Rating: ** 1/2 Lucknow – volatile, culturally rich, temperamental, poetic, dichotomous, ironical … somehow writer-director Manish Jha captures all of this with brutal force in this deeply flawed yet moving tale of love and politics. “Anwar” picks up a welter of [...]

Film: “Red”; Cast: Aftab Shivdasani, Celina Jaitley, Amrita Arora, Sushant Singh; Director: Vikram Bhatt; Rating: * She’s a widow, though not the weeping kind. He needs a change of heart, though not in the way you would expect him to. Aftab Shivdasani, muscles pumped up, tattoo on forearm and scowl in place, plays a man [...]

Writer-director Amar Butala’s first movie Kudiyon Ka Hai Zamaana is like a poor man’s version of ‘Sex And The City’. The movie is supposed to be a lighthearted comedy sprinkled with some tear-jerking moments. But it neither makes you laugh, nor moves you emotionally. Yes, it does titillate a bit, thanks to Mahima Chaudhary and [...]

Film: “I See You”; Cast: Arjun Rampal, Vipasha, Chunky Pandey, Kirron Kher; Director: Vivek Aggarwal; Rating: * Shah Rukh Khan and Hrithik Roshan flit across the screen during the credit titles of “I See You”. They were being kind. Dress designer Manish Malhotra has the easiest job in this quaint but dead film about a [...]

Movie Wallpapers    Movie Review   Movie Lyrics  Now, this is a musical experiment which hasn’t been tried before. For his film Namaste London, Vipul Shah has created three different versions of the songs. Informs Vipul Shah, “Namaste London has 7 original tracks. Besides these, the album will also contain remix versions of all the songs in the [...]

Vinod Chopra’s Ek Lavya – The Royal Guard, has received a U certificate from the Censor Board without a single cut. A contemporary dramatic action thriller, the film is about Eklavya, loyal guardian of a royal dynasty whose duty is to protect the erstwhile royal family in Devigarh, Rajasthan. This grand multi-star cast film with [...]

  “I am tired of shouting over the rooftops that my film Om Shanti Om is not a remake of Karz”, said Farah Khan.   Following the success of her directorial debut Main Hoon Na, she is all set to begin her next film Om Shanti Om. The film stars Farah’s good friend Shah Rukh [...]