Monthly Archives: September 2014

Movie Preview : Haider (2nd October 2014)

Posted on September 23, 2014 by amodini

After making superb film adaptations of many of the Bard’s plays (Maqbool, Omkara) , Vishal Bharadwaj returns with an adaptation of “Hamlet”. The film is set in Kashmir, and stars Shahid Kapoor, Tabu, Kay Kay Menon and Shraddha Kapoor.

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Movie Review : Khoobsurat (2014)

Posted on September 21, 2014 by amodini

Rating : Average (2.5/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2014 Running time : 2 hours 7 minutes Director : Shashanka Ghosh Cast : Sonam Kapoor, Fawad Khan, Kirron Kher, Ratna Pathak-Shah, Aamir Raza Hussain If you read my post previewing … Continue reading →

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What to Watch on Netflix Instant : Edition #20

Posted on September 16, 2014 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B00EO2I6QK” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]– Barbara (Germany, 2012) It is 1980s East Germany, some years before the fall of the Berlin Wall, and Dr. Barbara Wolff has been assigned to work at a provincial hospital as punishment for expressing … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Finding Fanny (2014)

Posted on September 13, 2014 by amodini

Rating : Poor (0/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2014 Running time : 1 hour 54 minutes Director : Homi Adajania Cast : Naseeruddin Shah, Dimple Kapadia, Arjun Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Pankaj Kapoor So, Being Cyrus was OK. Not spectacular – … Continue reading →

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The Music of Begin Again

Posted on September 5, 2014 by amodini

Begin Again is a romantic musical starring Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo and Adam Levine. Knightley makes her singing debut and Levine his film one. I can’t say that Begin Again worked for me as a romantic musical, although there is … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Khoobsurat (releases 19th September 2014)

Posted on September 2, 2014 by amodini

A rom-com courtesy Disney Pictures and Anil Kapoor Films, this one might be interesting if it does not get too juvenile/cheesy/nausea-inducing. Sonam Kapoor and Fawad Khan star.

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