Archive for Action
Company (2002)
Cast: Ajay Devgan, Manisha Koirala, Antara Mali, Mohan Lal, Seema Biswas,Vivek Oberoi Director: Ram Copal Varma Music: Sandeep Chowta Lyrics: N. Raikwat,T. Romani, J. Sahni Capsule Review: Never before has a Hindi film on crime and punishment achieved such an extraordinary synthesis of violence and poetry—an underworld film of such …
Ghayal (1990)
Cast: Sunny Deol, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Raj Babbar, Moushumi Chatterjee, Amrish Puri Director: Raj Kumar Santoshi Music: Bappi Lahiri Lyrics: Anjaan, lndivar Capsule Review: A revenge saga with a difference. Raj Kumar Santoshi’s blood- splattered debut showed him to be a craftsman of unforeseen devices. Though Ghayal is a routine revenge …
Hathyar (1989)
Cast: Dharmendra, Rishi Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, Amrita Singh, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Asha Parekh, Sangeeta Bijalani, Paresh Rawal Director: J.P. Dutta Lyrics: Hassan Kamal Capsule Review: Hathyar did a remarkable job of portraying the end of innocence and the beginning of crime in the life of its protagonist Sanjay Dutt who moves …
Dacait (1987)
Cast: Raakhee, Sunny Deol, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Paresh Rawal Director: Rahul Rawail Music: R.D. Burman Lyrics: Javed Akhtar Capsule Review: Dacait takes us into the ravines of Chambal Valley to show the class persecution of Deol’s character and his family to the extent that he becomes an outlaw. Rawail’s treatment of …
Blue (2009)
It would be unfair to watch every movie with the same vision. You watch Yash Raj films for ensemble casts, romance, songs and exotic locales. You watch Vishal Bhardwaj films for their intensity and David Dhawan films for their light hearted humour. Plunging into another genre of Bollywood films, debutante …
Luck (2009)
If there’s one thing that writer-director Soham Shah got right, it was to name his film in the hope that like some magical charm it would transfuse the power from its name onto the object itself. Luck is precisely what he needs to make this venture work. Half-baked characters in …
New York (2009)
New York, directed by Kabir Khan of Kabul Express fame, has all the makings of a successful film if one just disregards the miniscule fact that the plot is at least five years stale. An endearing story of three friends whose lives meet a tragic fate, New York has it …
Fatma Begum - Filmography
Afsar (1950)
Lollywood - The Golden Era (1956 - 1966)
Bollywood - Year by Year - 1960
Ghayal (1990)