Category Archives: crime

Movie Review : Special Chabbis (Special 26)

Posted on February 20, 2013 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B00B1YJ7NA” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link] Rating : 3.8/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2013 Running time : 2 hours 23 minutes Director : Neeraj Pandey Cast : Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher, Manoj Bajpayee, Jimmy Shergill, Kishore Kadam, Rajesh Sharma, … Continue reading →

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2012 : Watchable Hindi Films (or The Great Hindi Movie Wrap-Up – II)

Posted on January 5, 2013 by amodini

Yeah, so where were we ? Ah, counting down the watchable films of 2012! If you haven’t seen my Top Ten Films for 2012, go ahead and check that out! Here are the ones that didn’t make that list : … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012, annual roundup, bollywood, comedy, crime, drama, humor, lists, mini-reviews, ratings, watchable | 4 Comments

Best Films of 2012

Posted on December 26, 2012 by amodini

2012 was a good year for Hindi cinema – I haven’t had this little trouble deciding the Top 10 Movies in years ! Here you go : [amazon_link id=”B007SLF9ZK” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]10. Paan Singh Tomar : A bio-pic on … Continue reading →

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Anticipating Looper

Posted on October 4, 2012 by amodini

A sci-fi film, with time-travel AND Bruce Willis. I’ll be watching Looper this weekend and I can’t wait.

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Movie Review : Gangs of Wasseypur II

Posted on August 24, 2012 by amodini

Rating : 5/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2012 Running time : 2 hours 30 minutes Director : Anurag Kashyap Cast : Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Huma Qureshi, Richa Chaddha, Zeishan Quadri, Aditya Kumar, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Piyush Mishra, Vineet Singh Kid rating … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012, bollywood, crime, drama, outstanding, rating-A, rating-R, recommended | 14 Comments

Movie Review : Gangs of Wasseypur I

Posted on August 18, 2012 by amodini

Rating : 4.5/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2012 Running time : 2 hours 30 minutes Director : Anurag Kashyap Cast : Manoj Bajpai, Richa Chaddha, Piyush Mishra, Jameel Khan, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Anurita Jha, Huma Qureshi, Jaideep Ahlawat, … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Gangs of Wasseypur

Posted on May 31, 2012 by amodini

A juicy revenge drama from the Bihari badlands, this is Anurag Kashyap’s upcoming film. Gangs of Wasseypur stars Manoj Bajpai, and it’s been a while sine he’s been in a film worth his mettle. This also has Piyush Mishra and … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Paan Singh Tomar

Posted on March 29, 2012 by amodini

Rating : 4/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2012 Running time : 2 hours Director : Tigmanshu Dhulia Cast : Irrfan Khan, Mahie Gill, Zakir Hussain, Vipin sharma, Jahangir Khan Kid rating : PG-13 I’ve been hearing of this movie … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012, action, bio-pic, bollywood, crime, drama, rating-PG13, recommended, social issues | 7 Comments

Movie Review : Contraband

Posted on March 8, 2012 by amodini

Contraband is a thriller starring Mark Wahlberg, Giovanni Ribisi and Kate Beckinsale. It is a remake of an Icelandic film and directed by Baltasar Kormakur, the star of that movie. This is a pretty good film, well-paced, engrossing and well … Continue reading →

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Preview : Agent Vinod

Posted on February 9, 2012 by amodini

I’m excited about this film because it is directed by Sriram Raghavan, the director of such fantastic thrillers as “Johnny Gaddar” and “Ek Hasina Thi”. Agent Vinod releases March 23rd; here is the trailer :