Audiences will feel looted


Cast: Govinda, Suniel Shetty, Javed Jaffrey, Mahaaskshay Chakbraborty, Ravi Kissan and Prem Chopra;
Director: Rajneesh Thakur;


There is a Don played by Prem Chopra who loves Meena Kumari and "Pakeezah". Sighing loudly he tells another don, played with lipsmacking relish by Mahesh Manjrekar, "They don't make heroines like Meena Kumari anymore. She was someone you wanted to marry. Nowadays the heroines are good for only one thing."

That is just about the most subtle dialogue you will get to hear in this in-your-face farce where three small-time...

Soft and beautiful



Starring: Esha Deol, Vinod Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, Dharmendra, Arjan Bajwa, Chanda Roy Sanyal;
Directed by Mayur Puri/Hema Malini;



"Tell Me O Khuda" (TMOK) is a bit of a smile-invoking ode to parenthood. The best is that it is sweet and gentle at the same time.

Tanya (Esha Deol, in an author-backed, tailor-made, custom-built role), happily ensconced in her...

Film: Damadamm
Cast: Himesh Reshammiya, Purbi Joshi, Sonal Sehgal
Director: Swapna Waghmare

New Delhi: This time Himesh Reshammiya moves away from the wannabe-rockstar's image to play a working-class nerd. Himesh's Sameer is a bit of an idiot.

So he celebrates the departure of his over-possessive bossy girlfriend Shikha (Purbi Joshi) by dancing on the steets, making weird faces at...

Film: "Ra.One"

Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Arjun Rampal, Armaan Verma, Shahana Goswami

Director: Anubhav Sinha

New Delhi: Movie which has marked its presence in the audiences because of SRK's unique promotional strategies and a movie the Hindi film industry can be proud of. "Ra.One" can be touted as the first Hindi film that blends the elegance of Hollywood with Indian...

In tune with the times


Cast: Rachel Weisz, Monica Bellucci and Vanessa Redgrave;
Director: Larysa Kondracki;



It's an old cliche that the world is what it is not because of bad men, but because of good men who watch and do nothing. We all have a strong sense of personal justice. But ask yourself if you saw something so wrong happening with others that it churns your guts, would you...

Film: Paranormal Activity 3
Cast: Christopher Nicholas Smith, Katie Featherston, Chloe Csengery, Jessica Tyler Brown
Directors: Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman


"Paranormal Activity 3" will leave you amazed. The beauty of this film lies in it managing to give you the creeps even after you have seen the first two.

Yes, horror films are expected to shock. You realise that there isn't much...

Beware of this

Cast: Rajniesh Duggal, Zaid Hamid, Tanisha Mukherjee, Kiran Rathore, Shilpi Sharma, Johny Lever, Sanjay Mishra and Rajpal Yadav;
Director: Chandrakant Singh


Inspired by films like "Masti" and "No Entry", this comic drama is the story of two promiscuous and wanton husbands Sameer (Rajneish Duggal) and Anand (Zaid Hamid). Tried and tested formula but treated like an...

Small but okay

Cast: Prateik, Kalki Koechlin, Arjun Mathur, Shruti Seth, Makrand Deshpande, Divya Dutta;
Written and Directed by Raghav Dar;


"Zindagi khwab hai khwab mein sach hai kya aur bhala jhooth hai kya?" Remember Motilal's staggering existentialism in 1956's "Jagte Raho"? Some such philosophy underlines the key goings-on in "My Friend Pinto" - a wispy, nostalgic comedy about a...

A real take on Facebook



Cast: Saqib Saleem, Saba Azad, Tara D'Souza, Nishant Dahiya and Prabal Panjabi;
Director: Nupur Aastana;




"Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge" is a sweet teen romance in the times of broadband connection, social networking sites and fake IDs! It explores the pros and cons of the proposed 'fraaandship' networking in our lives. It offers food for thought with -...

Music that is Mod


Cast: Ayesha Takia Azmi, Rannvijay Singh, Raghuvir Yadav and Tanve Azmi;
Director: Nagesh Kukunoor;


Ayesha Takia brings to this film a kind of inner conviction that makes you want to believe in her faith in the oft-abused emotion. When Ayesha speaks her lines, they don't sound written in this under-written film about love that has gone into the realm of the surreal.

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