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Toote Khilone (1954) – Review
Pragati Pictures’ “Toote Khilone,” premiered at the Roxy Theatre on March 19, 1954 is produced by N. Mehta and directed by Nanabhai Bhatt and it is a very good film based on a story-idea whose truth and simplicity invest it with an irresistible appeal. The deeply moving and very human …
Love Breakups Zindagi (2011) – Review
Bollywood’s easy formula of success is a romcom with catchy songs, attractive locations, eye-catching clothes and scenes that radiate energy and freshness. Love Breakups Zindagi (LBZ), had all of these, yet failed to meet the expectations its eye-catching trailers had built. The only reason I wanted to watch LBZ was …
Force (2011) – Review
The John Abraham-starrer Force is a standard South Indian potpourri of larger than life action, whippy camera work and swift intercutting – the precise qualities which make Tamil and Kannada hybrids the taste of the new Mumbai. Remake of the South Indian blockbuster Kaakha Kaakha, Force is a film very …
Mausam (2011) – Review
Whether it started off with the Deol family’s ‘No if, no but – only Jat’ entourage, or with the arrival of rhythm-heavy UK Bhangra into film lore, the Punjab-infatuation is still garnering strength in Bollywood. Pankaj Kapur’s love against the annals of time story Mausam is one of the few …
Bodyguard (2011) – Review
While the promos and trailers of the movie had tagged Bodyguard to be a comedy the actual movie changed the perception. Lately Kareena and Salman have mostly done comedy, but this is different. Salman always has had the macho physique and in this movie he is actually showing it the …
Khamoshi (1969) – Review
Camera cuts from the girl on the balcony to the ambulance below. It drives off and the nurse is alone staring into space. She has been in love with the patient: never mind all that corn about love therapy, it seems an interesting enough affair. A while later they clear …
Baadbaan (1954) – Review
An excellent picture, and obviously the result of the united effort of a group of stars and technicians all of whom have given of their best, “Baadbaan”, produced by the Bombay Talkies Workers’ Industrial Cooperative Society Limited, was premiered on Friday, June 18, 1954, to packed houses at the Roxy …
Mangu (1954) – Review
Sheikh Mukhtar Productions’ action-packed, sentimental human drama “Mangu,” whichwas premiered at the Super and other cinemas in Bombay on February 11, is one of those films loaded with mass appeal. Deftly written and cleverly directed, the picture is a singular success for N. A. Ansari, the veteran character-actor, who makes …
Jane Bond 008 Operation Karachi (1971)
Synopsis – There is much in common between Jane Bond 008 Operation Karachi and the James Bond movies made in Western countries. Like its prototypes, this movie also starts in Scotland Yard. The central character is a woman instead of man. She (Rakshanda Khattak) is sent to Pakistan on a …
Chandni Chowk – Review (1954)
Hira Films’ “Chandni Chowk”, justifies its title by providing a superbly-mounted musical romane of a time when Chandni Chowk, the glittering ancient locality of Old Delhi, was the centre of attraction for people from all parts of India. Deftly designed in a suspense-packed screenplay by I.S. Johar, and cleverly and …
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