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Movie Review: Mithiya Mithya is a very complicated film dealt in an uncomplicated manner by director Rajat Kapoor. The director handles the complexities of the film and the central character with aplomb, to first set your creative juices flowing as a viewer. Then, long after the credits have rolled, you begin to unravel the mystery of the plot. There is […]
Movie Review: Ekkees Toppon Ki Salaami In life, they never realized the value of their father and his honest approach. In death, the sons are stunned when they see the love pouring in for their dead father, and the praises they hear for his honesty. But the funny part is, when alive, Purshottam Narayan Joshi (Anupam Kher) a worker with […]
Movie Review: Ek Chalis Ki Last Local Dhai Ghante mein Dhai Crore, reads the tag line. I’d say Dhai ghante mein paisa vasool. Director Sanjay Khandoori delivers a hit with his maiden flick. From just Rs 70 in his pocket to being the waaris of Rs 2.5 crore!! In the inner recesses of your mind you can hear Eurythmics belting […]
Movie Review: Dasvidania Vinay Pathak is peeling off layer after layer to reveal the talent he is. Frankly, I expected a typecast performance from him but the man completely blew me away with his picture perfect characterisation of Amar Kaul. There’s not a flaw you can detect in this standout act, which deserves a standing ovation. Take a bow, Sir. […]
Movie Review: Bheja Fry It’s slick, neat and clean. Above all, it lives up to its name—Bheja Fry. As in you don’t come out of the theatre with your brains in a mess, but rather grinning at a comedy well made. There is a plot and a sub-plot and the scenes are woven, one into another with finesse, which highlights […]
Movie Review: Miss Lovely Miss Lovely is art-house cinema at its best. Dark, deceitful and diabolic. The movie ventures into the commercial world of sex, X-rated movies and the business behind it. Set in the late 1980s, the mood is retro, the sets surreal and performances in a league of their own. It’s very real. You can almost feel the […]
Movie Review: Talaash Talaash engages you in every scene. Like the protagonist, it keeps you alert at all times looking for clues to solve the mystery. It gives you a feeling that you have almost cracked the crime… almost. But when the mystery is revealed, you are as shocked as inspector Surjan Singh Sekhawat (Aamir Khan). Dumbfounded would be an […]
Movie Review: Manjhi Only one thing comes to mind after watching Ketan Mehta’s biopic on the late Dasrath Manjhi, the man from Bihar who turned a mountain into a molehill—a lesser actor would have crumbled under the weight of this character. But not Nawazuddin Siddiqui; he stands tall to deliver a powerful impersonation of the man who labored for love’s […]
Movie Review: Kick The movie actually begins when Devi Lal Singh and Devil, both slice through Dr Shaina and Himanshu on a Poland street asking for directions to a doctor’s clinic. Yes, Sajid Nadiadwala takes this much time to get the action rolling in Kick. Immediately after this scene, the words I N T E R V A L flashes […]
Movie Review: Kahaani Kahaani is a thriller which you just cannot miss. Sujoy Ghosh goes about unraveling the mystery of Vidya Bagchi’s (Vidya Balan) missing husband with such neat detailing that the trump card he reveals in the end is like a swift blow to the Solar Plexus. It catches you unawares and leaves you short of breath. Stupendous! Take […]
Movie Review: Bullett Raja Tigmanshu Dhulia is getting bolder and louder. Bolder, in the sense that he is trying to please the masses, louder in his characterization of his main protagonists. What he has achieved so far has been commendable. In Bollywood, he has carved a niche for himself with his brand of cinema. Somewhere, I guess he is getting […]
By Martin D’Souza | Opening Doorz Editorial | November 18, 2016 Rating: 1 / 5 The essence: There is absolutely no sequence to the action on screen as the story goes out of […]
Movie Review: Mardaani My word! Mardaani is a must watch. It’s an edge-of-the-seat thriller that catapults you right into the middle of the plot. The execution is near flawless and it takes you a while to realize that this is a film on child trafficking. Pradeep Sarkar begins with the finesse he is known for and before you know it, […]
Movie Review: Force This one is not for the faint-hearted. It leaves a bloody trail throughout and has an ending unlike the typical Bollywood flick. There’s Force and more force. Yes, it’s very forceful. It begins with John Abraham forcefully pumping to pulp a few baddies when a consignment deal goes wrong. He tries in vain to get rid of […]
By Martin D’Souza | Opening Doorz Editorial | November 18, 2016 Rating: 2 / 5 The essence: The film looks good but lacks the killer punch. Nevertheless, for those in love, it will […]
Movie Review: Youngistaan We have seen a lot many film on politics; but most of it, nay all of them, are loaded with blood and gore. Not Youngistaan; Vashu Bhagnani’s Silver Jubilee production is full of the flavor of youth and the mood of the moment. The writers have spun a neat tale around the love story of the son […]