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Monday, April 16th, 2012 by
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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 …

. . . Drama

Sunday, April 1st, 2012 by
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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 …

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Sunday, March 11th, 2012 by
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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 …

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Monday, October 24th, 2011 by
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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 …

. . . . . . . . . . . . Drama . Romance

Monday, September 5th, 2011 by
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Laila Majnu – Review (1976)

“Laila Majnu” offers within its 19 reel, lavish sets, glit­tering desert exteriors, an ela­borate fantasy sequence, and gorgeous costumes. It all makes for an eye-catching pageant, except that the pageant often looks closer to being a comedy than a tragic tale of star-cross­ed lovers. For a tale of intense love …

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Thursday, August 25th, 2011 by
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Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara – Review (2011)

Zoya Akhtar has a knack for telling different stories, interesting stories. Her debut film, Luck By Chance, told the tale of a struggling actor while shedding light on the cutthroat business of cinema and ‘making it big’. With Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Zoya has proven that she is a director …

. . . . . . . Drama . Romance

Sunday, August 7th, 2011 by
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Delhi Belly – Review (2011)

Aamir Khan’s film offering Delhi Belly has done supremely well. Low budget, fast paced with crazy street lingo, some have called it a breath of fresh air, but it is a essentially a film that breaks wind literally and metaphorically. Delhi Belly mixes up the lives of three lads in …

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Sunday, July 31st, 2011 by
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Murder 2 (2011) – Review

The mystery of Murder 2 was: is it an actual sequel to Murder? Is it a horror movie? You’ll just have to watch it to find out, and I did. Most directors are headed the sequel or prequel way these days. Though Murder had released more than seven years ago …

. . . . . . . . . . . Social . Thriller

Sunday, July 17th, 2011 by
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Bbuddah… Hoga Terra Baap (2011) – Review

I’ve never been a stickler for action movies – particularly the dishum-dishum one-man army variety Bollywood serves on a blood-stained platter. The one exception, though, remains Indian cinema’s proverbial ‘angry young man’, Amitabh Bachchan: superhero for the masses eons before a shirtless Salman Khan became all the rage. Zanjeer. Deewar. …

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Sunday, July 3rd, 2011 by
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Double Dhamaal (2011) – Review

There are movies that will always make you regret wasting precious hours of your life. Double Dhamaal is one of them and I’m not even being critical here. If you think you have a slightly refined taste in movies, stay away from Double Dhamaal at all costs. However, if you …

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