Category Archives: 2012

What To Watch on Netflix and Amazon Prime – Edition #33

Posted on December 1, 2019 by amodini

-Unbelievable (Netflix, Series) The series is based on the true life story of Marie Adler, a young woman who’s moved from foster home to foster home. She’s finally starting to find friends and some confidence as she settles into a … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Ek Ladki Ko Dekha To Aisa Laga (releases 1st Feb, 2019)

Posted on January 26, 2019 by amodini

Ek Ladki Ko Dekha To Aisa Laga (what a mouthful) stars Sonam Kapoor and Anil Kapoor, real-life daughter-dad playing screen daughter-dad. Also starring is Rajkummar Rao. Now, while I think Rao is a fabulous actor, I’m kinda surprised to see … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Manmarziyaan

Posted on September 16, 2018 by amodini

Rating : 4/5 (Good) Genre : Romance Year : 2018 Running time : 2 hours 36 minutes Director : Anurag Kashyap Cast : Abhishek Bachchan, Taapsee Pannu, Vicky Kaushal Kid rating : PG-15 I was looking forward to Manmarziyaan; you … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Anaarkali of Aarah (releases March 24th, 2017)

Posted on April 15, 2017 by amodini

This preview is a little late, but I still feature it because am such a fan of the three main leads of this film: Swara Bhaskar (of Nil Battey Sannata fame), Sanjay Mishra and Pankaj Tripathi.

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Kaifi Aur Mein

Posted on May 14, 2016 by amodini

Recently saw Kaifi Aur Mein, the play based on Shaukat Azmi’s book and memories of Kaifi. The “play” is performed by Shabana Azmi and her husband Javed Akhtar. And I put the “play” in double quotes, because it is less … Continue reading →

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What To Watch On Netflix Instant – Edition #25

Posted on April 10, 2015 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B006INDMEE” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]The Debt (US, 2010) The Debt is a spy film about three Mossad agents who try to apprehend a dangerous Nazi criminal in 1965’s East Berlin. The three are considered war heroes at home when … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Margarita With A Straw (17th April 2015)

Posted on April 1, 2015 by amodini

Margarita With a Straw is the coming-of-age story of Laila Kapoor (Kalki Koechlin), a young woman with cerebral palsy, who goes to the US to study. Besides Koechlin, this stars the magnificent Revathy, as Laila’s mother. This film is directed … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Dozakh – In Search of Heaven (20th March 2015)

Posted on March 13, 2015 by amodini

This small budget movie about religion and religious tolerance comes via a newbie director. It stars the fantastic Lalit Tiwari, whom you might remember from Shyam Benegal’s Hari-bhari. I hope this film releases in the US and does well, because … Continue reading →

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What to Watch on Netflix Instant : Edition #19

Posted on July 22, 2014 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B009UHGW7Y” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]- The Scapegoat (UK, 2012) John Standing lives a lowkey life as a teacher at a boarding school. At a local pub one day, he spies someone who looks exactly like him. The other guy, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Sandcastle (2012)

Posted on October 16, 2013 by amodini

Rating : 2.5/5 Genre : Feminist Year : 2012 Running time : 1 hour 23 minutes Director : Shomshuklla Das Cast : Shahana Chatterjee, Malvika Jethwani, Rajat Sharma, Uditvanu Das Sandcastle, is on the surface, Sheila’s story. Sheila (Shahana Chatterjee) … Continue reading →