Category Archives: Previews

Movie Preview : Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai Again (2013 – Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha)

Posted on August 1, 2013 by amodini

In 2010 came “Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai” and it was a pretty good film. In 2013 it comes again, or rather a sequel comes again; hence the expressive title, I assume :-). Akshay Kumar, Imraan Khan and Sonakshi Sinha … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Chennai Express (2013 – Shahrukh Khan, Deepika Padukone)

Posted on July 21, 2013 by amodini

This film is from director Rohit Shetty, maker of mindless masala like Singham, Golmaal etc. Am expecting this to be of the same genre, i.e.; a full-on mindless masala film, although Deepika Padukone with that Southie accent is hilarious. Releases 9th … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Lootera (2013 – Ranveer Singh, Sonakshi Sinha)

Posted on June 16, 2013 by amodini

Finally a film where Sonakshi Sinha breaks out of the dumb belle mould! Lootera releases July 5th and also stars Ranvir Singh. This is a romance of the 1950s, so everything seems sepia and lace. Lootera is directed by Udaan … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Ghanchakkar (2013)

Posted on June 13, 2013 by amodini

A robbery takes place. The thieves decide to split up the money later. The guy who has the money loses his memory. Yes, this movie looks fun and quirky. Ghanchakkar releases 28th June. It comes to you via director Raj … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013)

Posted on May 17, 2013 by amodini

Deepika must have gotten over her broken heart, now that she’s doing another very close-to-real-life romance film with the cad 🙂 . Ranbir is in Ranbir mode, playing the badtameez brat Bunny. Ms. Padukone is straight-laced “scholar” Naina, and she must … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Aurangzeb (2013)

Posted on May 4, 2013 by amodini

Brimful of stars, this Yashraj production releases 17th May. It has Rishi Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, southie star Prithviraj (recently seen in Hindi film Aiyyaa), Jackie Shroff. It also has lesser seen actors like Deepti Naval, Amrita Singh and Tanvi Azmi – … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Gippi (2013)

Posted on April 16, 2013 by amodini

A change of pace for Hindi cinema, Gippi is a coming-of-age story, for kids, or teens rather. Directed by Sonam Nair, who was assistant director on “Wake up, Sid”, this comes to the big screen (on May 10th) via Karan … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Nautanki Saala

Posted on March 29, 2013 by amodini

I’d never thought he was cut out for Bollywood, but Ayushmann Khurana of Vicky Donor fame is actually getting roles. His upcoming “Nautanki Sala” releases April 12th and promises to be a rollicking comedy, from the looks of the trailer. … Continue reading →

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Death by Movie : The Return of Himmatwala (2013)

Posted on March 3, 2013 by amodini

I’m sure we are heading for the Big Bang. The world will end soon y’ll – Himmatwala is back in a new and updated avatar. Why, oh why, must film-makers rehash ghastly movies ? As if the original wasn’t bad … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Kai Po Che

Posted on February 14, 2013 by amodini

This one I’m really looking forward to. Via the director of “Rock On” – Abhishek Kapoor – comes this book-to-film adaptation based on Chetan Bhagat’s “The 3 Mistakes of My Life”. This is a story of three friends Ishaan, Omi … Continue reading →