Category Archives: New Films

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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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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Movie Preview : Thappad (release 28th February 2020)

Posted on February 22, 2020 by amodini

Oh, how far we’ve come! Bollywood’s going bleeding edge – in Thappad, a woman’s seemingly happy marriage crumbles when her husband slaps her, and she files for divorce. Taapsee Pannu stars and Anubhav Sinha (director of Article 15) directs.

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Movie Preview : Panga (releases 24th Jan, 2020)

Posted on January 18, 2020 by amodini

Panga stars Kangana Ranaut, Jassi Gill, Richa Chaddha and Neena Gupta and is about a national level kabaddi player striving to get back in the game at the ripe old age of 32 AND post-motherhood. Ashwini Iyer Tiwari (of Nil … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Chhapaak (releases 10 January, 2020)

Posted on January 4, 2020 by amodini

Chhapaak is based on the real-life story of acid attack survivor Laxmi. Deepika Padukone and Vikrant Massey star. Megan Gulzar directs.

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Movie Review : Bala

Posted on November 17, 2019 by amodini

Rating : 4/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2019 Running time : 2 hours 11 minutes Director : Amar Kaushik Cast : Ayushmann Khurana, Bhumi Pednekar, Yami Gautam, Saurabh Shukla, Seema Pahwa, Sunita Rajwar, Abhishek Banerjee Kid rating : PG … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Motichoor Chaknachoor (releases 15th November 2019)

Posted on November 3, 2019 by amodini

Motichoor Chaknachoor stars Athiya Shetty and Nawazuddin Siddiqu, a pairing I’d never thought I’d see. Leggy Ms Shetty plays Anita, a small-town girl who’s looking for marriage as a ticket to go abroad. Siddiqui is Pushpinder Tyagi, a 36 year … Continue reading →