Manjadikuru-Sneak Peek
After being noticed on the festival circuit and raising expectations of a theatrical release it looks like filmmaker Anjali Menon‘s debut film Manjadikuru is finally ready to hit the screens. Winner of couple of awards at IFFK,Thiruvananthapuram in 2008 and multiple awards at SAIFF, New York in 2009 including Best Film and Best Director, Manjadikuru [...]
Chak De ! Shimit
Bollywood fans usually divide directors in the industry into two categories – the Hit Machine: whose films are guaranteed good return on investments (Karan Johar, Rohit Shetty, Imtiyaz Ali, Raju Hirani) and the Flag Bearers of Offbeat Cinema( Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Bannerjee, Vishal Bharadwaj, Madhur Bhandarkar). Somehow I never see Shimit Amin fitting into either [...]
Diamond Necklace Movie Review : Diamonds vs Relationships
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Hero ( Malayalam Movie )- Trailer
Director Diphan and Prithviraj combined together to give a successful film,Puthiya Mugam in 2009. While Puthiya Mugam was found to be a bit extravagant on the action front ( more on the lines of a masala Tamil/Telugu film ) what cannot be dismissed are the wonderful songs composed by Deepak Dev which are popular even [...]
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Round Ireland with a Fridge…Really!
The number one reason I admit I wanted to watch this movie would be for verification of its name. I’ll admit I was confused…”Is the name the actual movie, like ‘Snakes on a Plane’ or ‘Anaconda’ or is it metaphorical like ‘Before the Devil Knows You are Dead’ or ‘Spirited Away’” Of course 20 minutes [...]
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Gabbar Singh-A Fan Boy Tribute to Power Star
Gabbar Singh has been in the news since the day it was announced with fan boy posters coming out even before shooting started. If you are following director Harish Shankar on twitter, you would know that he is a fan boy of Pawan Kalyan. My apprehension with the movie was on account of Pawan Kalyan’s track [...]
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A New Beginning with ‘Guns & Guitars- A Musical Travelogue’
just a spark but! so you thought? not worthy of another glance… busy you were, of course! ignorant, even to know of your ignorance… doesn’t matter really- in your macro subsistence the micro realities of existence! but a gossamer wrap around the flicker – oh – to hide the glimmer! wise heads! too wise to [...]
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