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Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 by admin
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Love Aaj Kal (2009)

Take any romantic role Saif Ali Khan has recently stepped into (barring the brilliant Parineeta), shake it up with the turban clad, dholak baja-ing, bhangra pa-ing Punjab that Bollywood loves to stereotype and you have this movie that prances between the love stories of today and yesterday (aaj and kal, get it?).  Director Imtiaz Ali ...

. . . . . Drama

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 by admin
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Kambakkht Ishq (2009)

After a long tedious week, what one desperately needs is mindless entertainment. And this is precisely what Kambakkht Ishq promises and delivers: Bollywood masala coated in glam, tossed with idiotic humour, garnished with scantily clad women, spiced with a brigade of Hollywood superstars, and of course that special condiment a super sexy Kareena Kapoor igniting ...

. . . . . . Comedy

Monday, January 4th, 2010 by admin
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Maula Jatt (1979)

There is no need to go into the story, a gandasa, a howling musical note, fits of staccato laughter and the dialogue are the only things you need to savour the very essence of Maula Jatt. Memorably scripted by Nasir Adib, and directed with a contagiously maddening, no-holds-barred approach by Yunus Malik, Maula Jatt was ...

. . . . Action

Monday, January 4th, 2010 by admin
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Little Zizou (2009)

Indian cinema has been making serious inroads and developments into unchartered territories without the stereotypical Bollywood masala in tow- so much so that now even the term ‘Bollywood’ has been swiftly erased and replaced with the more professional diction of ‘industry’. With offerings of films like Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye, Chak De India, Life in ...

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Monday, January 4th, 2010 by admin
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Aa Dekhen Zara (2009)

Money is power. Power is seduction. It can seduce anyone, even the simplest of men. Can one cheat death? Can fate be fought? These are the questions that Aa Dekhen Zara poses as a film. But make no mistake. This isn’t a moralistic film. It is pure suspense with a dose of fantasy but the ...

. . . . . . . . . . . Thriller

Monday, January 4th, 2010 by admin
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Dev D (2009)

Anurag Kashyap (Black Friday, No Smoking fame) is not the first filmmaker to make a movie on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s famous novel Devdas. But he is certainly the only one who has literally turned the book on its head. The basic storyline is driven from original Devdas but the characters are shaped quite differently. Imagine ...

. . . . . Drama

Monday, January 4th, 2010 by admin
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Videsh (2009)

Premiering to much critical acclaim at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival, Videsh/Heaven on Earth has been directed by Deepa Mehta, the woman at the helm of the acclaimed Fire-Earth-Water trilogy of films. It also made Bollywood headlines when Preity won an award at the Festival, and the ensuing tangles with the Indian Censor Board ...

. . . . . . . Drama

Monday, January 4th, 2010 by admin
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8×10 Tasveer (2009)

Strictly (technically) speaking, 8×10 Tasveer is a milestone for Nagesh Kukunoor. As a storyteller, Kukunoor has tried changing his genre, stepping out of his comfort zone and right into the suspense-thriller genre. For a filmmaker, that stepping out can go either way. Where one was hoping for an intelligent film, one gets a technically brilliant ...

. . . . . . . . . . Thriller

Monday, January 4th, 2010 by admin
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Billu Barber (2009)

Billu Barber easily proves what you already know: Shah Rukh Khan has tremendous star appeal but when it comes to acting, he can easily be upstaged, in this case by the better Khan – Irrfan Khan. Billu is a story set in the picturesque village of Budbuda, where Billu the hajam (Irrfan Khan) struggles to ...

. . . . . . . . . . Comedy

Monday, January 4th, 2010 by admin
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Zinda Laash (1967)

In a day and age where even the mere mention of Lollywood elicits shudders of contempt, it is a relief to watch a resurrected classic Zinda Laash. Horror film buff and filmmaker Omar Khan decided to bring this desi gothic classic to life to show what Pakistani cinema was once capable of – and this ...

. . . . . . . . . Horror

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