Theeya Velai Seyyanum Kumaru Movie Review: Predictable yet Entertaining
Once upon a time Sundar.C was considered to be one among the select band of safe commercial Tamil filmmakers. Safe, because the filmmaker would ensure that an entertainer in the complete sense would be delivered, keeping the producer happy as well. But like many of his contemporaries the acting bug bit him too. SethumadhavanMovie enthusiast,travel,music [...]
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Comme Un Chef (The Chef): A Sweet Little Tale of Food and Chutzpah
Food! Glorious glorious food! After cinema, sport and politics, it must be food that serves as a source of many lively discussion and you don’t need to be an expert to contribute either. Every country has their share of foodies or “connoisseurs” (depending on who you’re with), but nobody will dispute the fact that the [...]
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Martin Scorsese’s Kundun (1997) Movie Review
Reincarnation is a very strong belief that’s predominant in Asia, primarily in the sub-continent where Hinduism and Buddhism are followed pretty extensively. Both the religions place a lot of faith in reincarnation and the school of Tibetan Buddhism places its belief on a much larger scale than one could possibly imagine. The Dalai Lama is [...]
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Man of Steel(2013) Imax 3D: Movie Review
Hollywood Studios seem to have found a formula to mint money, which is to make movies based on comic book superheroes. In the past, Hollywood had produced many Superhero movies, but the success of Spider-Man changed the way Hollywood looks at these films. Suddenly Hollywood realized wasting time in creating new action blockbusters is futile, [...]
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Reviews
Fukrey Movie Review : Largely a funny film
Fukrey, produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani under Excel Entertainment, is a small little film that came out this weekend. The first trailer did invite me to watch the film, specially with the compelling Delhi (read Daehli) flavor that it reeked of. But then it looked like another coming of age story of 4 [...]
Events
Asia’s first ever Non Fiction Festival announced in Mumbai
The commercial capital of India shall witness Asia’s first non-fiction festival this June. A genre that is a mirror for viewing the world around us, dealing with facts about people, places, issues and events, will have one of the world’s few non- fiction events called the India Non Fiction Festival. Centered on the theme, Be [...]
Videos
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag – Official Trailer
Sports films are very rare in Bollywood, in fact you can nearly count on your fingertips sports films produced in Bollywood. Chake De India, Jo Jeeta Woh Hi Sikandar, Lagaan, Iqbal etc are examples of sports based mainstream Hindi films which have caught the audience fancy, while only the first was based on a true [...]
Tamil
Aval Appadithan(1978): Review of Classic Tamil Cinema
Historically, the 70s are a very important decade in Indian cinema. Not that the others are any less important but the 70s hold a special place because more than any other decade it was in this that films on social stigmas, society came into play and film makers like Balu Mahendra, Bharathiraja, Mani Kaul, Shyam Benegal etc. started making waves. [...]
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Bhaag Milkha Bhaag – Official Trailer
Sports films are very rare in Bollywood, in fact you can nearly count on your fingertips sports films produced in Bollywood. Chake De India, Jo Jeeta Woh Hi Sikandar, Lagaan, Iqbal etc are examples of sports based mainstream Hindi films which have caught the audience fancy, while only the first was based on a true [...]
World War Z – Indian Theatrical Trailer
Zombie movies as a genre is very popular in western cinema. There is a loyal fan base for this genre.It also caught the fancy of Indian Directors and this year we had two Zombie films, one of them was Go Goa Gone, produced by Bollywood Actor Saif Ali Khan. Both the Zombie films failed to [...]
Asia’s first ever Non Fiction Festival announced in Mumbai
The commercial capital of India shall witness Asia’s first non-fiction festival this June. A genre that is a mirror for viewing the world around us, dealing with facts about people, places, issues and events, will have one of the world’s few non- fiction events called the India Non Fiction Festival. Centered on the theme, Be [...]
Pizza 2 -The Villa: First Look Promo
Pizza was a revolutionary Tamil movie in every sense. The initial half of 2012 saw a lot of big Tamil films biting the dust & not living up to expectations. And here was a small film with a relatively new technical crew including a director making his debut, Karthik Subbaraj. AdminMore Posts Follow Me:
Fukrey Movie Review : Largely a funny film
Fukrey, produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani under Excel Entertainment, is a small little film that came out this weekend. The first trailer did invite me to watch the film, specially with the compelling Delhi (read Daehli) flavor that it reeked of. But then it looked like another coming of age story of 4 [...]
Aval Appadithan(1978): Review of Classic Tamil Cinema
Historically, the 70s are a very important decade in Indian cinema. Not that the others are any less important but the 70s hold a special place because more than any other decade it was in this that films on social stigmas, society came into play and film makers like Balu Mahendra, Bharathiraja, Mani Kaul, Shyam Benegal etc. started making waves. [...]
Sanjay Kak’s Red Ant Dream Film Screening in Mumbai
Red Ant Dream 120 mins | Gondi, Odiya, Punjabi with English Subtitles The revolutionary patriot had said, almost a hundred years ago, and that forewarning travels into India’s present, as armed insurrection simmers in Bastar, in the troubled heart of central India. But in the east too, beleaguered adivasis from the mineral-rich hills of Odisha [...]
Chennai Express : Official Trailer
Now this is one unique combination. Shah Rukh Khan teams up with director Rohit Shetty for Chennai Express. After receiving much flak for the portrayal of South Indians in Ra. One, Chennai Express seems like a full fledged potboiler owing it’s roots to a variety of South Indian potboilers. AdminMore Posts Follow Me:
Lootera Music Review: Sublime and Soulful
A collaboration of Amit Trivedi and Amitabh Bhattacharya on a music album can only whet the appetite for some lilting music. With Lootera, one of the most promising composer lyricist duo of recent years steals the scene with a music score that is adorned with charm and character sans the frills of technology laden cacophony. [...]
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