Category Archives: Previews

Movie Preview : Gulaab Gang (7th March 2014)

Presumably inspired by the vigilante group Gulabi Gang (although the director denies it) Gulaab Gang stars Madhuri Dixit as the group leader and Juhi Chawla as a wily politician. Director Soumik Sen hasn’t had many successes; the only one of his … Continue reading

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Movie Preview : Shaadi Ke Side Effects (28th Feb 2014)

Remember Pyaar Ke Side Effects? Here’s life a few years later : Shaadi Ke Side Effects by the same director Saket Chaudhary. SKSE stars Farhan Akhtar and Vidya Balan.

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Movie Preview : Highway (21st Feb 2014)

Alia Bhatt and Randeep Hooda? Who would’ve thunk it? From the trailer Highway looks like Stockholm Syndrome in Kashmir, but this is an Imtiaz Ali product, so there’s got to be more. Here’s a preview:

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Movie Preview : Hasee Toh Phasee (7th Feb 2014)

You might remember Siddharth from “Student Of The Year”. Here he returns with peppy Parineeti Chopra (of Shuddh Desi Romance fame). HTP is produced by Karan Johar and Anurag Kashyap; Kashyap’s inclusion gives me hope that this will be more than … Continue reading

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Movie Preview : Dedh Ishqiya (2013)

Another Vishal Bharadwaj movie directed by the director of Ishqiya, this one has a fantastic cast : Naseeruddin Shah, Madhuri Dixit, Arshad Warsi, Huma Qureshi and Vijay Raaz and releases 10th January 2014. I feel good about this one.

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Movie Preview : Bullett Raja (2013)

Bullet Raja is directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia who also made the excellent Haasil, “Paan Singh Tomar” and “Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster“. This looks more commercial masala that the other three, but I’m keeping my fingers crossed. Release date : November … Continue reading

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Movie Preview : RamLeela (2013)

Ram-Leela – another vivid love-tale comes to the screen from Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Ranvir Singh, heavily afflicted with facial hair, plays the male lead. Deepika is the feisty lady love, and from the trailer it looks like she looks like … Continue reading

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Movie Preview : Krrish 3 (2013)

Krrish 3 is probably the biggest break for Vivek Oberoi in a while; after many misadventures he comes to the roles his father has been essaying for years – those of the bad guy. He plays the villain here, along with … Continue reading

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Movie Preview : Phata Poster Nikhla Hero (2013)

We haven’t seen him in a while. Shahid Kapoor returns in comedic caper “Phata Poster Nikla Hero” on September 20th, with Ileana D’Cruz (of Barfi fame), Saurabh Shukla and Darshan Jariwalla. Kapoor is one of the more like-able heroes of the Hindi … Continue reading

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Movie Preview : Shuddh Desi Romance

Am looking forward to this one. Releases this Friday, the 6th of September, features Sushant Singh Rajput of Kai Po Che fame, Parineeti Chopra of Ishqzaade,  and is directed by Maneesh Sharma – he also directed Ladies vs Ricky Bahl :

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