Category Archives: Previews

Movie Preview : Bobby Jasoos (releases July 4th 2014)

Is India finally getting its own Precious Ramotswe? From the trailer this looks like a pretty interesting film. It’s got Vidya Balan playing a female detective who sets up shop as a detective in Hyderabad (spouting Hyderabadi Hindi and all)! … Continue reading

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Movie Preview : Ek Villain (releases June 27th 2014)

Siddharta Malhotra does a Shahrukh Khan in this film. No, he doesn’t wiggle his eyebrows – he plays a negative characters a la SRK in Darr.

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Movie Preview : Filmistaan (releases June 6th 2014)

A cineholic extra gets more adventure than he bargained for. Nitin Kakkar directs this zany comedy.

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Movie Preview : Citylights (Releases 30th May 2014)

Am glad that Rajkummar Rao is getting interesting films!

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Movie Preview : Kya Dilli Kya Lahore (releases 2nd May 2014)

Hum hai bhai-bhai, etc., etc. Edition #9 million. This one has a good shot at being a decent film because of the fantastic Vijay Raaz directing and acting in it.

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Movie Preview : Purani Jeans (releases 1st May 2014)

Here’s another teeny-bopper film trying to do a “Mujhse Fraandship Karoge”. Let’s hope it does as well; it is fairly easy to descend into dumbness with these kinds of films.

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Movie Preview : 2 States (releases 18th April 2014)

Based on Chetan Bhagat’s book of the same name, this explores cross-cultural marriages – Punjabi and Tamilian in this case. Amrita Singh plays the Punjabi mom and Revathi is the Tamilian one. Arjun Kapoor and Alia Bhatt star.

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Movie Preview : Revolver Rani (Releases 25th April 2014)

2014 will be Kangana Ranaut’s year. Hot on the heels of Queen’s success, comes another Kangana starrer. Let’s hope it’s as good.

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Movie Preview : Bewakoofiyaan (releases 14th March 2014)

Bewakoofiyaan releases tomorrow. High expectations from this one, because it is directed by Nupur Asthana who also directed the rather cute “Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge?”. )

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Movie Preview : Queen (7th March 2014)

This film looks interesting because it stars Kangana Ranaut and Rajkummar Rao (you might remember him from Talaash), both great actors. Queen, about a conservative middle-class girl Delhi Rani who inadvertently sets out to roam the world, is directed by Vikas … Continue reading

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