Category Archives: outstanding

Movie Review : Mukkabaaz (2018)

Posted on January 27, 2018 by amodini

Rating : Excellent (5/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2018 Running time : 2 hours 35 minutes Director : Anurag Kashyap Cast : Vineet Kumar Singh, Jimmy Shergill, Zoya Hussain, Ravi Kishan, Sadhana Singh Kid rating : PG-15 Shravan Singh … Continue reading →

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What To Watch On Netflix Instant – Edition #29

Posted on March 11, 2017 by amodini

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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Best Hindi Films of 2015

Posted on January 28, 2017 by amodini

10. Bajirao Mastani The grandeur and beauty of this film was quite something. While I wasn’t totally floored by this film, it was quite the visual spectacle – Bhansali made sure of that. 9. Badlapur Badlapur was a violent, gory … Continue reading →

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Best Hindi Films of 2016

Posted on January 14, 2017 by amodini

My Top 10 movies for 2016 are below. These are, from my point of view, the best hindi films of 2016. Do let me know if you disagree 🙂 10. Wazir Wazir should have been rated higher, but this revenge … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Pink (2016)

Posted on October 7, 2016 by amodini

Rating : 4.5/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2016 Running time : 2 hours 16 minutes Director : Aniruddha Roy Chaudhary Cast : Kirti Kulhari, Taapsee Pannu, Andrea Tariang, Amitabh Bachchan, Piyush Mishra, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Angad Bedi Kid rating: PG … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Masaan (2015)

Posted on April 9, 2016 by amodini

Rating : 4.5/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2015 Running time : 2 hours Director : Neeraj Ghaywan Cast : Richa Chadda, Sanjay Mishra, Vicky Kaushal, Bhagwan Tiwari, Pankaj Tripathi, Nikhil Sahni Kid rating: PG-15 Devi Pathak (Chaddha) is a … Continue reading →

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What To Watch On Netflix Instant – Edition #27

Posted on April 2, 2016 by amodini

Gangs of Wasseypur – This is on Netflix as an 8 part series, each episode approximately 40 minutes or so. This series is actually 2 Bollywood movies (5 hours in total) which have been split up to make them easily palatable. … Continue reading →

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What To Watch On Netflix Instant: Edition #26

Posted on August 1, 2015 by amodini

A Series Edition this time – here are 5 recent Netflix Series I enjoyed: [amazon_link id=”B00WK6ZE26″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Witnesses (“Les témoins”, France, 2014) This is a very atmospheric mystery-thriller series with two detectives in a small, sleepy, coastal French … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Ankhon Dekhi (2013)

Posted on August 8, 2014 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B00M4M6OGG” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Rating : Very Good (4.2/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2013 Running time : 1 hour 48 minutes Director : Rajat Kapoor Cast : Sanjay Mishra, Rajat Kapoor, Seema Pahwa, Taranjit Kaur, Namit Das, Maya … Continue reading →

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The Music of Little White Lies

Posted on March 28, 2014 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B00BB8XEJY” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]I saw “Little White Lies (Les petits mouchoirs)” on Netflix because it starred Marion Cotillard, Francois Cluzet and Giles Lellouche, 3 French actors (although Cotillard has made forays into English movies too) whose movies I’m … Continue reading →