Category Archives: social issues

Movie Preview : Masaan (releases 24th July 2015)

Posted on July 11, 2015 by amodini

The film that got a standing ovation at Cannes is coming to a theater near you. Masaan stars Richa Chaddha and is directed by Neeraj Ghaywan, who also gave us the very interesting Shorts.

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Movie Review : NH10 (2015)

Posted on March 15, 2015 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B00TPIAAX0″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link] Rating : Good (4/5) Genre : Thriller Year : 2015 Running time : 1 hours 54 minutes Director : Navdeep Singh Cast : Anushka Sharma, Neil Bhoopalam, Deepti Naval, Darshan Kumaar Kidwise Rating: A … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Shahid (2013)

Posted on January 6, 2015 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B00GNZSUFS” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Rating : Good (4.2/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2013 Running time : 2 hours 9 minutes Director : Hansal Mehta Cast : Rajkumar Rao, Prabhleen Sandhu, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayub, K.K. Menon Shahid is based … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : PK (2014)

Posted on December 21, 2014 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B00PUBD66O” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link] Rating : Good (4.3/5) Genre : Romance Year : 2014 Running time : 2 hours 33 minutes Director : Rajkumar Hirani Cast : Aamir Khan, Anushka Sharma, Saurabh Shukla, Sushant Singh, Boman Irani, Parikshit … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014, bollywood, comedy, directors, humor, rating-PG, romance, social issues | 6 Comments

What To Watch On Netflix Instant – Edition #22

Posted on December 19, 2014 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B00IIUATDM” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]- The Wolf Of Wall Street (2013) Based (loosely, I assume) on Wall Street conman Jordan Belfort, this is a 3 hour long ride, featuring lots of over-the-top sexual situations and Leonardo DiCaprio in his … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Daawat-e-Ishq (2014)

Posted on December 11, 2014 by amodini

Rating : Good (3.5/5) Genre : Romance Year : 2014 Running time : 2 hours 15 minutes Director : Habib Faisal Cast : Parineeti Chopra, Aditya Roy Kapoor, Anupam Kher Gulrez Qadir aka Gullu (Chopra) is tired of the marriage … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Revolver Rani (2014)

Posted on October 8, 2014 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B00KSF7D5M” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Rating : Average (2.5/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2014 Running time : 2 hours 12 minutes Director : Sai Kabir Cast : Kangana Ranaut, Vir Das, Zakir Hussain, Piyush Mishra I had high expectations … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Mardaani (releases 22nd Aug 2014)

Posted on July 27, 2014 by amodini

Rani Mukherjee returns as a cop in a hard-hitting film about child sex trafficking:

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What to Watch on Netflix Instant : Edition #19

Posted on July 22, 2014 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B009UHGW7Y” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]- The Scapegoat (UK, 2012) John Standing lives a lowkey life as a teacher at a boarding school. At a local pub one day,  he spies someone who looks exactly like him. The other guy, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Shorts

Posted on May 30, 2014 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B00FK3VD08″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Rating : Above Average (3.5/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2013 Running time : 1 hour 35 minutes Director : Neeraj Ghayawan, Siddharth Gipt, Rohit Pandey, Anirban Roy, Shlok Sharma Cast : Huma Qureishi, Nawazuddin … Continue reading →

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