Category Archives: New Bollywood Movies

Movie Preview : The White Tiger (releases Jan 22nd 2021)

Posted on December 12, 2020 by amodini

The White Tiger is based on Arvind Adiga’s Booker prize-winning book of the same name. I reviewed it here on my book blog. The film is directed by Iranian director Ramin Bahraini and stars Priyanka Chopra, Rajkummar Rao and Adarsh … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Ludo

Posted on November 23, 2020 by amodini

Rating : 3.8/5 Genre : All-in-one Year : 2020 Running time : 2 hours 29 minutes Director : Anurag Basu Cast : Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Tripathi, Abhishek Bachchan, Sanya Malhotra, Aditya Roy Kapoor, Fatima Sana Sheikh, Rohit Saraf, Pearle Maaney … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Ludo (releases 12th November)

Posted on October 24, 2020 by amodini

Ludo has a large star cast – 4 heroes, and at least 2 heroines that I could see in the trailer. And it is directed by Anurag Basu, who also brilliantly helmed one of my favorite movies of all time … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Cargo

Posted on October 17, 2020 by amodini

Rating : Poor (2/5) Genre : Sci-fi Year : 2020 Running time : 2 hours 5 minutes Director : Arati Kadav Cast : Vikrant Massey, Shweta Tripathi, Nandu Madhav Kidwise : PG Cargo’s premise is an interesting mix of Hindu … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Ginny Weds Sunny

Posted on October 14, 2020 by amodini

Rating : Poor (1.5/5) Genre : Romance, Comedy Year : 2020 Running time : 2 hours 5 minutes Director : Puneet Khanna Cast : Vikrant Massey, Yami Gautam, Ayesha Raza, Rajiv Gupta Kidwise : PG The trailer promised a lively … Continue reading →

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Podcast Review : Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare (Episode 7)

Posted on September 29, 2020 by amodini

The Podcast Review of Dolly Kitty And Those Shining Stars is live now – listen on Anchor here! The written review is here.

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Movie Review : Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare (2020)

Posted on September 19, 2020 by amodini

Rating : 3.8/5 Genre : Drama/Feminist Year : 2020 Running time : 2 hours 10 minutes Director : Alankrita Shrivastav Cast : Konkona Sen Sharma, Bhumi Pednekar, Vikrant Massey, Karan Chandra, Amol Parasher, Amir Bashir, Neelima Azim, Kubbra Siat Kid … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare (releases 18 September, Netflix)

Posted on September 12, 2020 by amodini

Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare is a tale of two sisters, both finding their lives not going according to plan. This movie stars Bhumi Pednekar, Konkona Sen Sharma and Vikrant Massey, who was in the recent Cargo as well … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Cargo (releases September 8th, Netflix)

Posted on September 5, 2020 by amodini

Desi science fiction films are rare (or non-existent) which is why I’m excited for Cargo. Cargo stars Vikrant Massey and Shweta Tripathi (you might remember her from Raat Akeli Hai), and is directed by Arati Kadav. The sci-fi is mixed … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Shakuntala Devi (releases July 31st, 2020)

Posted on July 5, 2020 by amodini

Shakuntala Devi will premiere on Amazon Prime on the 31st of July. The film is directed by Anu Menon and stars Vidya Balan, Amit Sadh and Sanya Malhotra (whom we saw in Badhaai Ho). Director Menon also helmed Waiting (availabale … Continue reading →

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