Category Archives: outstanding

Movie Review : Queen (2014)

Posted on March 10, 2014 by amodini

Rating : Very Good (4.5/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2014 Running time : 2 hours 26 minutes Director : Vikas Bahl Cast : Kangana Ranaut, Rajkummar Rao, Lisa Haydon, Mish Boyko, Guithob Joseph, Jeffrey Chee Eng Ho Kidwise : … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014, bollywood, drama, feminism, humor, outstanding, rating-A, rating-R, recommended, social issues, women | 16 Comments

Movie Review : The LunchBox (2013)

Posted on February 6, 2014 by amodini

Rating : Very Good (4.5/5)Genre : DramaYear : 2013Running time : 1 hour 45 minutesDirector : Ritesh BatraCast : Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Lilette Dubey, Nakul VaidKidwise : G The film starts off showing us a young Mumbai … Continue reading →

Posted in 2013, 2014, bollywood, drama, humor, outstanding, rating-G, recommended, social issues | 8 Comments

Watching NFDC Films: Cinemas of India

Posted on November 8, 2013 by amodini

Blogger Subra Narayan pointed me to this excellent website featuring NFDC films. Cinemas of India has about 80 films, but they are the kinds of films you watch and remember for a long time to come. I remember watching Mirch … Continue reading →

Posted in 2013, bollywood, movies online, outstanding, recommended | 2 Comments

Movie Review : Gravity

Posted on October 11, 2013 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B005LAIIGW” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Rating : 4.5/5 Genre : Sci-fi Director : Alfonso Cuaron Cast : Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris, Paul Sharma You probably know what Gravity is about : astronauts marooned in space because of a … Continue reading →

Posted in 2013, drama, english, hollywood, outstanding, rating-PG13, recommended, sci-fi | 1 Comment

Movie Review : D-Day (2013)

Posted on September 29, 2013 by amodini

Rating : 4.5/5 Genre : Thriller Year : 2013 Running Time : 2 hours 33 minutes Director : Nikhil Advani Cast : Irrfan Khan, Arjun Rampal, Rishi Kapoor, Huma Qureshi, Nasser, Shruti Haasan, Aakash Dahiya Kid Rating : PG-15 Well-done … Continue reading →

Posted in 2013, action, bollywood, drama, outstanding, rating-PG15, recommended, spy movie, suspense, thriller | 9 Comments

3 Great Hindi Films NOT To Remake

Posted on April 12, 2013 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B0011W8DPU” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Watching the trailer for the new “Chashme Baddoor” makes me want to list out all the films that should not be remade, especially by David Dhawan. The list is long, but here are 3 out of … Continue reading →

Posted in 2013, comedy, directors, family-friendly, humor, lists, mini-reviews, outstanding, quirky, recommended, remake | 1 Comment

Movie Review : Antardwand

Posted on March 22, 2013 by amodini

Rating : 4/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2010 Running time : 1 hr 48 min. Director : Sushil Rajpal Cast : Vinay Pathak, Raj Singh Chowdhary (aka Raja Chowdhary), Akhilendra Mishra, Jaya Bhattacharya, Himanshi, Swati Sen Kid rating : … Continue reading →

Posted in 2010, All Netflix, crime, drama, film festival, Hindi movies on Netflix, outstanding, rating-PG15, recommended, social issues, suspense | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in 2012, annual roundup, Best hindi movies, bollywood, crime, drama, humor, lists, mini-reviews, outstanding, ratings, recommended, romance, social issues, thriller, Top 10 | 10 Comments

Disco Deewane : The Old and the New

Posted on October 25, 2012 by amodini

First there’s the gussied up version of “Disco Deewane” – the “Disco song” in “Student of the Year”. The song does keep some of the orignal lines in Hassan’s voice: Then there’s the original by Nazia Hassan, sung in the … Continue reading →

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