Category Archives: 2017

Movie Review : Jolly LLB 2 (2017)

Rating : 3.4/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2016 Running time : 2 hours 20 minutes Director : Subhash Kapoor Cast : Akshay Kumar, Huma Qureshi, Saurabh Shukla, Annu Kapoor, Sayani Gupta, Kumud Mishra Kid rating: PG This is what … Continue reading

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Movie Preview : Meri Pyaari Bindu (releases 12th May 2017)

Abhi (Ayushmann Khurana) and Bindu’s (Parineeti Chopra) love-story comes at us 12th May. Look promising. The film will continue the saga told of in the trailers, which are 5 in all, all conveniently embedded below for your viewing pleasure. Chapter … Continue reading

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Movie Review : Aligarh (2016)

Rating : 3.7/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2016 Running time : 1 hour 54 minutes Director : Hansal Mehta Cast : Manoj Bajpayee, Rajkumar Rao, Sumit Gulati Kid rating: PG-17 Aligarh leaves an impression. Days after watching it, I still remember … Continue reading

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Movie Preview : Jagga Jasoos (releases July 14th, 2017)

Anurag Basu brings us a tale of a search – a search for Jagga Jasoos’s missing father. Jagga (Ranbir Kapoor) is accompanied by the lovely Katrina. Seems quirky.

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Movie Review : Badrinath ki Dulhania (2017)

Rating : 3.65/5 Genre : Romance Year : 2017 Running time : 2 hours 19 minutes Director : Shashank Khaitan Cast : Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Sahil Vaid, Rituraj Singh, Gauhar Khan, Shweta Prasad Kid rating: G Here’s another film … Continue reading

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Movie Preview : Phillauri (releases March 24th, 2017)

A Punjabi love-tale involving a ghostly spirit, Phillauri stars Anushka Sharma (who is also the producer) and Diljit Dosanjh. Seems decent and comedic. The only downside to this is Dosanjh, who I have trouble seeing as a hero. Anushka, however … Continue reading

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What To Watch On Netflix Instant – Edition #29

Sairat (Marathi, 2016) I’ve watched Marathi movies before, but they are generally non-commercial social-issue based/bio-pic dramas. Sairat is a semi-commercial venture – it has become the highest revenue grossing Marathi film of all time. And well-deservedly so – it is … Continue reading

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Movie Preview : Badrinath ki Dulhania (releases March 10th, 2017)

Is this Humpty Sharma 2.0 or a whole new film all on its own? Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt star in similar looking avatars; Dhawan probably has the dumb act down pat :). Looks entertaining though!

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Movie Review : Rangoon (2017)

Rangoon is slow and meandering. It does get its act together somewhat in the second half, but by then it has sapped you of your will to live :). Continue reading

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Movie Preview : Rangoon (releases February 24th, 2017)

Vishal Bharadwaj’s new offering starring Shahid Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan and Kangana Ranaut.

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