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Imtiaz Ali’s new film shuttles between the two time zones, ‘aaj’ and `kal’, and his twin-set of lovers, as they ricochet between cities and conviction.
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Friday , 24 July '09
‘Luck’, which is based entirely on the premise of it brimming over with edge-of-the-seat action, tips us over a couple of times-- at best. The rest is spent building up to a climax.
Friday , 17 July '09
‘Dekh Re Dekh’ is set in the middle of nowhere, populated with nowhere people, busy getting nowhere slowly.
Friday , 17 July '09
Guitar-slinger Akash wants to be a star. And he sets out on his journey, aided and abetted by reluctant sister Nisha, and loyal girl-friend Sara.Saturday , 11 July '09
Sankat City is Mumbai, maximum city filtered and distilled via its minimum people.Saturday , 11 July '09
How does an actor who delivers a cracking performance in one film switch to become a totally different person in another, both out the same day?
Saturday , 11 July '09
Jobless, hopeless actor Raju steals a superb script from sincere, hardworking writer Shekhar.
Friday , 10 July '09
This parade of pariahs criss-crosses paths and wits over a few days, and delivers unto us a film that is laugh-out-loud funny.
Friday , 10 July '09
How does an actor who delivers a cracking performance in one film switch to become a totally different person in another, both out the same day?
Friday , 10 July '09
`Shortkut’ suffers from director Neeraj Vora’s customary inability to infuse any newness or subtlety into a plot that could easily have gone the other way.
Friday , 3 July '09
‘Kambakkht Ishq’ aims at those who think from the groin, and hits the target unerringly.
Friday , 3 July '09
Ellie now getting ready for parenthood, saber-tooth tiger Diego scared of losing his edge, acorn-loving squirrel Scrat finding romance in Scratte.
Friday , 26 June '09
Our hero in Mauritius in order to shoot a few other fellows, on the orders of a bad guy back in India. Why, no one knows.
Friday , 26 June '09
Kabir Khan’s ‘New York’ is about three friends impacted by the fallout of 9/11: it was not just the twin towers which were destroyed; a whole way of life died too.
Friday , 19 June '09
The quartet in ‘Paying Guests’—Shreyas, Jaaved, Ashish and Vatsal—don’t have matinee idol looks, nor are their digs destined to be quite so posh.
Friday , 19 June '09
Who makes these films? And who watches them? There were just two other people in the theatre, who left half way.
Friday , 19 June '09
Suhani wants to break into the tough world of music videos, without having to give ‘private’ auditions to sleazy choreographers.
Saturday , 13 June '09
‘Zor Laga Ke Haiya’ is about a bunch of ecologically aware kids trying a save a tree in their compound.
Saturday , 13 June '09
The only good thing that came out of the film industry strike was the sporadic release of the kind of film which almost never manages to reach mainstream theatres.
Saturday , 13 June '09
Idioms are not the only thing that get mangled in this tale of crime, passion and reincarnation.
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