Ya Rab

Review :  The much revered maulana Jilani (Akhilendra Mishra) is actually a wicked man who brainwashes young boys, so they commit atrocities in the name of religion. For his own…

Heartless

Review :  Shekhar Suman’s directorial debut Heartless is inspired by the Hollywood medical thriller Awake. The film, nicely adapted and understated (except for the misplaced title track) deals with the disturbingly real…

Babloo Happy Hai

Review :  Best friends Jatin (Sahil Anand), Harry (Sumit Suri) and Rohan (Amol Parashar) take a road trip to Manali as Jatin is engaged to the very dominating Tamanna (Preet…

Hasee Toh Phasee

Review :  Hasee Toh Phasee is for the romantics who like their martinis stirred not shaken. Debutant director Vinil Mathew’s straight-forward approach is smart and fresh; his characters are lovable. Nikhil(Sidharth…

One By Two

Review :- Wait to be seated, in the meanwhile take a look at the menu tonight. The portions are large, so everything is served one by two. In the ‘Specials’…

Jai Ho

Review :- There is nothing ordinary about this aam aadmi. He rips, roars and ravages the raavans with a single blow – like a Stallone on steroids. Jai (Salman) is…

Karle Pyaar Karle

Review :- Karle Pyaar Karle (KPK) is cinema born in the ’80s, rechristened in 2014. While the film has been lavishly mounted because it supports Bollywood’s nepotism, practice of a…

Miss Lovely

Review :- Picture this. A bunch of ready-to-titillate starlets, crude men waiting to pull out their ‘pistols’, rubber-faced monsters melting in blood, cranky beds on tawdry sets, shaky hand-held cameras…

Paranthe Wali Gali

Review :- Playwright and theatre director Sachin Gupta’s debut film with an interesting title offers a fresh perspective on life, ambition and our ability to hit back harder when life…

Yaariyan

Review :- ‘Grease’ was the word. Helping hormone-rushed youngsters slide into puberty and outta tight-fitting pants. ‘Yaariyan’ could have been the word. About friends, first-kisses and hot flushes. Peppered with…