Category Archives: recommended

Movie Review : 3 Idiots

Posted on December 26, 2009 by amodini

Rating : Above average (3.6/5) Genre : Comedy / Drama Year : 2009 Running time : 2 hours 50 minutes Director : Rajkumar Hirani Cast : Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Boman Irani, Sharman Joshi, Madhavan, Mona Singh Kid rating : … Continue reading →

Posted in 2009, all-in-one, bollywood, family-friendly, rating-PG, recommended | 12 Comments

Movie Review : Rocket Singh, Salesman of the year

Posted on December 12, 2009 by amodini

Rating : Good (4/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2009 Running time : 2 hours 35 minutes Director : Shimit Amin Cast : Ranbir Kapoor, Navin Kaushik, Manish Chaudhari, Prem Chopra, Gauhar Khan, Shazahn Padamsee Kid rating : PG ROCKET … Continue reading →

Posted in 2009, bollywood, drama, family-friendly, rating-PG, recommended | 4 Comments

Movie Review : Wake up Sid !

Posted on October 3, 2009 by amodini

Rating : Above average (3.75/5) Genre : Romance/Drama Year : 2009 Running time : 2 hours 30 minutes Director : Ayan Mukerji Cast : Anupam Kher, Supriya Pathak, Ranbir Kapoor, Konkona Sen Sharma, Rahul Khanna, Shikha Talsania, Namit Das, Kashmira … Continue reading →

Posted in 2009, All Netflix, bollywood, drama, family-friendly, Hindi movies on Netflix, rating-PG, recommended | 10 Comments

Review : Chintuji

Posted on September 8, 2009 by amodini

Rating : Above average (3.7/5) Genre : Comedy / Drama Year : 2009 Running time : 1 hour 56 minutes Director : Ranjit Kapoor Cast : Rishi Kapoor, Grusha Kapoor, Priyanshu Chatterjee, Kulraj Randhawa, Annu Kapoor, Saurabh Shukla Kid rating … Continue reading →

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Indian Film Festival Houston 2009

Posted on August 26, 2009 by amodini

The Indian Film Festival will for the very first time be held in Houston, from Sept 21-25 2009. Local papers like the Voice of Asia have been covering this first-time-ever event, and in yesterday’s paper there was a full page … Continue reading →

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Review : A Wednesday

Posted on August 20, 2009 by amodini

Rating : Above average (3.85/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2008 Running time : 2 hours 15 minutes Director : Neeraj Pandey Cast : Anupam Kher, Naseeruddin Shah, Jimmy Shergill, Aamir Baashir, Deepal Shaw Kid rating : PG13 A WEDNESDAY … Continue reading →

Posted in 2008, bollywood, drama, rating-PG13, recommended, thriller | 3 Comments

Review : Kaminey

Posted on August 14, 2009 by amodini

Note : The edited version of this review appears at Planet Bollywood, here. Rating : Excellent (4.4/5)Genre : DramaYear : 2009Running time : 2 hours 15 minutesDirector : Vishal BharadwajCast : Shahid Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Amole Gupte, Chandan Roy Sanyal, … Continue reading →

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Directors to watch out for : Vishal Bharadwaj

Posted on August 6, 2009 by amodini

The filmi Gods are smiling down on me. Last week, “Love Aaj Kal” by Imtiaz ali, and next week, “Kaminey” by Vishal Bhardwaj! I am in Bollywood-ian heaven. Because really, I ask for so little; one fantastic desi film by … Continue reading →

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Review : Love Aaj Kal

Posted on August 1, 2009 by amodini

Note : The edited version of this review appears at Planet Bollywood, here . Rating : Very good (4.3/5) Genre : Romance Year : 2009 Running time : 2 hours 30 minutes Director : Imtiaz Ali Cast : Saif Ali … Continue reading →

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Review : Sankat City

Posted on July 29, 2009 by amodini

Rating : Excellent (4.5/5)Genre : ComedyYear : 2009Running time : 2 hours 30 minutesDirector : Pankaj AdvaniCast : Anupam Kher, Kaykay Menon, Rimi Sen, Chunky Pandey, Yashpal Sharma, Manoj Pahwa, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Hemant Pandey, Jahangir Khan, Veerendra Saxena, Shri Vallabh … Continue reading →