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Paa

There’s grace in Auro, but not in ‘Paa’s script, which sags under the weight of many obvious statements.

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We can see where ‘Radio’ is going pretty soon after the characters get introduced and settle into their tracks...
Radio

Friday , 4 December '09

Ishaan Trivedi’s new film is about young love and confusion and confirmation, flitting in and out of studios, and TV screens, and Facebook status updates.
The ‘Hera Pheri’ trio of Paresh-Akshay-Suniel join forces with Priyadarshan, but somehow the magic is missing.
De Dana Dan

Friday , 27 November '09

An hour into ‘De Dana Dan’, you are at the exact same point you were the last time Priydarshan got a bunch of people to chase their tails in an enclosed space.
Saif and Kareena flirt and kiss and cuddle and have a hard time keeping their hands off each other.
Kurbaan

Friday , 20 November '09

'Kurbaan' raises the near-defunct issue-based cinema in Bollywood to the next level.
The scenes when the rain becomes an unstoppable torrent absorb you but otherwise lack of tension tells on the ...
Tum Mile

Friday , 13 November '09

An airplane heading back to Mumbai is where they meet again, six years down the line, only to land smack in the middle of the worst floods that Mumbai has witnessed.
Aao Wish Karein

Friday , 13 November '09

A twelve year old wishes with all his might that he becomes big. A shooting star passes by overhead, and presto, miserable Mickey becomes a six-footer.
Neil makes a credible transition from a bewildered innocent to a belligerent ‘qaidi’ to a man who lives in hop...
Jail

Friday , 6 November '09

'Jail’ is grim, gritty and stark, and, despite a saggy middle, very watchable.
Santoshi wastes Bollywood’s most winsome pair by giving them this year’s silliest script.
Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani

Friday , 6 November '09

When Prem and Jenny are not going la, la, la, they are circling around the l word—he loves her, she knows not that she loves him.
Ajay delivers a competent but dour performance as the driven rockstar, but it's Salman who steals the show.
London Dreams

Friday , 30 October '09

With his latest film, Vipul Amrutlal Shah goes back to familiar territory : Punjabi ‘munda’ in London town, all set to conquer the world.
Sujoy Ghosh’s ‘Aladdin’ shuttles between bland and boring.
Aladdin

Friday , 30 October '09

‘Aladdin’ proves just one thing: Indian filmmakers should stay strictly away from the fantasy genre.
'You are the pregnator, but I am the maker.'
Fruit and Nut

Friday , 23 October '09

By rights, ‘Fruit and Nut’ should have been Comedy Central. After all, Boman can be a complete fruitcake, and a bigger nut than Cyrus is hard to find.
Lara fulfils her job description, which is to look great in her bikinis.
Blue

Friday , 16 October '09

Everything about `Blue’ promises to be a crackerjack underwater adventure, but it’s hard to keep your eyes open while it’s on.
Main Aur Mrs Khanna

Friday , 16 October '09

When a film try bravely to go down the uncharted path of post-marriage blues, like in ‘Main Aur Mrs Khanna’, it flounders.
‘All The Best’  cheerfully sacrifices all pretence of sense to ensure the gags are rapid fire.
All The Best

Friday , 16 October '09

Rohit Shetty discovered his winning formula with ‘Golmaal’, kept it up with last year’s Diwali hit, ‘Golmaal Returns’, and is back with ‘All The Best'.
Sanjay Gupta’s productions usually involve beefy men playing with guns in settings; this one also has a woman ...
Acid Factory

Friday , 9 October '09

A group of men regain consciousness in a vast shed with no memory of how they got there. They don’t remember a thing.
Ranbir is paired opposite Konkana Sen Sharma and the film is directed by Ayan Mukherji.
Wake Up Sid

Friday , 2 October '09

Siddharth Mehra is a good-looking, rich lay-about. He drives his father’s expensive cars, flashes plastic at designer stores, and works very hard at partying.
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