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Paa: Paa (r) excellence!

Published in December 8th, 2009
Posted by Anshu in India, Film reviews
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Watching R Balki’s Paa has been so uplifting. It teaches you to celebrate the goodness of life- however short it is.
Auro (Amitabh Bachchan)- a 12 year old patient of progeria suffers from a rare congenital disorder which makes him age rapidly. He has been brought up by a single mother (Vidya Balan) and his grandmother […]

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Dev D: More original than the original

Published in March 1st, 2009
Posted by Anshu in Music, Film reviews
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If you hated the different film adaptations of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s Devdas for the elaborate emotional atyaachaar, it is time you watched Dev D. Anurag Kashyap turns the age old tale on its head and comes up with his modern version of the classic set in rural Punjab and then travelling to sleazy Delhi.
Abhay Deol […]

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Slumdog Millionaire: Does it even deserve an Oscar nomination?

Published in February 5th, 2009
Posted by Anshu in India, Viewpoint, Film reviews
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The script of Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire is a much better version of the original book- Vikas Swarup’s Q & A. However for the life of me, I cannot fathom why it is being lauded as Oscar material.
The film revolves around the life of Jamal Malik (Dev Malik), a young lad from the slums of […]

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Luck by chance: Go watch it!

Published in February 1st, 2009
Posted by Anshu in Film reviews
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Zoya Akhtar’s debut venture ’Luck by Chance’ features her as the writer and director. And she does live up to the genetic baggage she carries on her shoulders- of both her parents being successful script writers and her brother Farhan being a director worth his money. The script has been etched by someone who has closely witnessed the nuances of life […]

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Rab ne bana di jodi: Sur(i)-Taan(i) ki kami thodi

Published in December 13th, 2008
Posted by Anshu in Film reviews
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Aditya Chopra does his best to churn out a screenplay like DDLJ, and almost succeeds until a Japanese Sumo wrestler pulls the mat under his feet.
Rab ne bana di jodi starts off with a predictable done-to-death sequence of a dying father marrying off his ‘responsibility’- a chirpy young lass, Taani (Anushka Sharma) to his eligible student Surinder […]

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Jodhaa Akbar: A regal romance rewritten

Published in February 17th, 2008
Posted by Anshu in Film reviews
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When you decide to see Ashutosh Gowariker’s Jodhaa Akbar do two things: One- don’t expect a historical narrative with accuracy in its depiction. And two- remember it is a fictitious tale. And then like any other die hard lover of Hindi cinema- enjoy the wonderful romance between Jodhaa and Akbar.
When Haider Ali (remembered best for his Nukkad […]

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Taare Zameen Par: A different director’s perspective

Published in December 24th, 2007
Posted by Anshu in Film reviews
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Aamir Khan’s directorial debut, Taare Zameen Par- Every Child is Special- is a story which manages to make you see children in a different light. He handles the script and his actors with a sensitivity that is very rarely seen in these times. Finally someone has made a film which is actually ‘different’.
Darsheel Safary, plays […]

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Saawariya: Bhansali’s indulgent disaster

Published in November 25th, 2007
Posted by Anshu in Film reviews
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After the extreme reviews that Saawariya had provoked, I had to see the movie for myself- if only to see how bad it was. But I decided to go with an open mind. Since I had been vacillating over this decision for a long time, I discovered that the movie was no longer showing in […]

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OSO: “Outrageously Silly Ode” to the 70s

Published in November 22nd, 2007
Posted by Anshu in Film reviews
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It was one of those lazy Sundays when I couldn’t sit in my lonely room or walk around London, as it was really cold and raining. So I decided to spend 10 pounds and watch Om Shanti Om at the Empire Cinema at Leicester Square. And had to suffer untranslatable Hindi dialogues and songs murdered […]

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