Almost Famous: There was a time when casting directors and auditions were unheard of; those who played small speaking parts in films were known as ‘side actors’ (now they are…
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Indian Marriage Story: Rating: Three stars The drama in Anubhav Sinha’s Thappad takes off from the scene in which a wife is slapped by her husband at a party at…
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Coma Mamma: Rating: One and a half stars: The idea of Gagan Puri’s film, Doordarsan, is delightful, but ruined in execution, probably by a small budget. Sunil (Manu Rishi Chadda)…
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Rainbow Love: Rating: Two and a half stars Films in recent years have dug into small towns, where they portray the ‘real India’ which is quite different from a westernized…
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Barely Afloat: Rating: Two stars: Some years ago, Mumbai had witnessed the strange sight of a ship running aground at Juhu Beach. Bhanu Pratap Singh saw the potential for horror…
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Pointless Retread: Rating: Two stars: When Imtiaz Ali made Love Aaj Kal in 2009, there was freshness in the characterizations and structure. He captured the Me generation of self-obsessed people, for…
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Goa To Go: Rating: Two stars: These days, it seems quite possible for a film to be made only to cast actors with perfect bodies, because presumably that’s what the…
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Casanova Curbed: Rating: 2-1/2 stars So, for a change Bollywood is trawling through world cinema for inspiration, and alights in Argentina to pick the 2010 Diego Kaplan comedy, Igualita A Mi to…
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Breathless In Bhopal: Rating: Three stars Ashwini Iyer Tiwari’s Panga may be about women following their dreams (the phrase is a cliché now), but it is actually an ode to…
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Plotless, Pointless: Rating: 1-1/2 stars Groups of dancers in Remo D’Souza’s Street Dancer 3D keep demanding something new, but the director serves up a film that is same old… without…