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Movie Review : Raees (2017)

Posted on February 1, 2017 by amodini

Rating : -1/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2017 Running time : 2 hours 41 minutes Director : Rahul Dholakia Cast : Shahrukh Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Narendra Jha, Zeeshan Ayyub, Mahirah Khan, Atul Kulkarni Kid rating: PG-13 Shahrukh Khan is … Continue reading →

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Best Hindi Films of 2015

Posted on January 28, 2017 by amodini

10. Bajirao Mastani The grandeur and beauty of this film was quite something. While I wasn’t totally floored by this film, it was quite the visual spectacle – Bhansali made sure of that. 9. Badlapur Badlapur was a violent, gory … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Kaabil (releases January 25th, 2017)

Posted on January 21, 2017 by amodini

Kaabil is a revenge drama with a blind protagonist. The film is directed by Sanjay Gupta, so am not sure how subtle this will be, but looks promising.

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Best Hindi Films of 2016

Posted on January 14, 2017 by amodini

My Top 10 movies for 2016 are below. These are, from my point of view, the best hindi films of 2016. Do let me know if you disagree 🙂 10. Wazir Wazir should have been rated higher, but this revenge … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : OK Jaanu

Posted on January 8, 2017 by amodini

OK Jaanu starring Aditya Roy Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor releases January 13th. It is the Hindi remake of the Tamil hit “OK Kanmani”, which is on Netflix, and is a pretty cute romance starring Dulquer Salmaan and the perky Nithya … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Dangal (2016)

Posted on January 2, 2017 by amodini

Rating : 3.8/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2016 Running time : 2 hours 49 minutes Director : Nitesh Tiwari Cast : Aamir Khan, Sakshi Tanwar, Fatima Sana Sheikh, Sanya Malhotra, Girish Kulkarni Kid rating: G Dangal is based on … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Dangal (releases December 23rd)

Posted on December 10, 2016 by amodini

Dangal is an Aamir Khan production and is directed by Nitesh Tiwari, who produced the gorgeous Nil Battey Sannata (his wife directed it). So this’s got to be good.

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Movie Preview : Befikre (releases December 9th)

Posted on November 26, 2016 by amodini

Aditya Chopra’s Befikre releases next month. It features the lovely Vaani Kapoor and the chameleon-esque Ranveer Singh. Stuff about living in Paris, loving and living life to the hilt. Hopefully it will live up to the hype.

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Movie Preview : Dear Zindagi (releases November 23)

Posted on November 12, 2016 by amodini

Dear Zindagi features Alia Bhatt and Shahrukh Khan, two people who seem incongruous in one frame if romantically linked. This film is directed by Gauri Shinde, who did such a marvelous job with English Vinglish, so there’s hope. The trailers … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2016)

Posted on October 31, 2016 by amodini

Rating : 3.2/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2016 Running time : 2 hours 38 minutes Director : Karan Johar Cast : Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Fawad Khan Kid rating: PG-13 Ae Dil Hai Mushkil reminds me … Continue reading →