Star Shine: Cleaning up systemic corruption has been Shankar’s pet theme, whether in Indian, Mudhalvan or Anniyan. He also has a larger-than-life style and the ability to make the absurd palatable. But Game Changer has no…
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Time Travel: A net search reveals that Naam was completed in 2004. It was titled Benaam then and remained unreleased, possibly because of the demise of the producer Dinesh Patel, or maybe some other disclosed…
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Copland Capers: In keeping with the current mood of the people, Rohit Shetty’s modern-day retelling of the Ramayan makes it critic-proof. In any case, in his extravagant actioners, no rules of logic…
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So It Goes: With advances in technology, the invasion of privacy that takes place in Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video, would be more likely today. But Raaj Shaandilyaa seemed determined…
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Runaway Bride: The best thing about Kahan Shuru Kahan Khatam is its running time, which is less than two hours; while that is ideal for a romcom, this one looks like…
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Keeping Up With John: Reports in the media regularly portray a grim reflection of violence against women, honour killings and rampant casteism. Nikkhil Advani’s Vedaa, written by Aseem Arrora, picks from the…
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Punjabi Pops: There’s one thing this film deserves credit for—who’d have imagined that one day the term ‘heteropaternal superfecundation’ would be used in a mainstream Hindi film! Bad Newz, directed…
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Clueless Tourist: What kind of idiot would willingly go into a troubled country for a wedding anniversary trip? A privileged idiot, that’s who, the kind that thinks he is getting…
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The Land Bhupinder ‘Bhuppi’ knows his name won’t make him a star, so he has changed it to a trendy Aryan Shaw. With a few economical strokes, producer, writer, director,…
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Oh Brother! For no discernable reason, Manoj Bajpayee wants to brand himself a “desi superstar,” and the way to do that, apparently, is to do a revenge film, that kind…