MISSING ON A WEEKEND - Hindi movie review

A Weekend in Goa with friends is a dream but what when they go missing? Precisely, this is what this well made investigative thriller is about. What would you do if you discover when someone dies and the rest are missing…

Here is one film – a realistic investigative crime thriller laced with a suspense!

Welcome to Bollywood Mr Abhishek Jawkar, the director of this slick thriller.

7 friends from Delhi embark on a weekend Birthday celebration of one of the guys. There are 4 males and 3 females. Once they reach Goa, its fun, beaches and booze. The same evening party time and amidst the fun times, the Birthday boy attempts to get physical with a female and things take an ugly turn.

The next day Laksh (Karan Hariharan) finds himself in a Police Station being investigated by the new undercover Inspector Ali Ansari (Pavan Malhotra) at the Calangute Police Station. Laksh is totally unaware about rest of his friends.

Being framed for murder of his friends, Laksh himself is unaware about what really happened that weekend.

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RUSTOM - Movie Review

Rating: ***

A Naval Commander pleads NOT GUILTY after 3 gun shots on his playboy friend.

At the very begining itself, the director has claimed that the film is a work of fiction, and is a fictional representation of the case of K M Nanavati versus State of Maharashtra which grabbed headlines during the 1960s.

The crispiness and pace of Akshay Kumar’s earlier thrillers (Baby, Special 26, Holiday, etc) are missing in this film. The Editor of the local english paper and the kid who sells the newspapers on the streets overdo their acts.

The film isn’t a murder mystery and lacks the suspense factor which doesn’t exactly keep you hooked to your seats.

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A Scandall – Hindi movie review

A small crew of four hoping to film paranormal activities going around Kuhu’s family very little do they know that their exploits will lead them into a quagmire of incest, sex and an unsolved murder mystery. 

What if a father who finds himself guilty for the death of his daughter, starts relating with her in day to day situations? Is he actually seeing her dead daughter or is it his way of dealing with his personal tragedy? What if a planchette session meant to invoke sprits brings out skeletons from past instead?

Its trailer is thrilling, promising and gripping be that as it may the feature film tends to stray at leisure pace several times.

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PHOBIA - Hindi movie review

Rating: ****

Radhika Apte is definitely one of the most under rated actresses in Bollywood. While in some other film she comes up as the glamorous doll, and maybe in the next, she is just the typical girl next door. This film needs to be appreciated for the courageous performance by Radhika Apte.

Phobia has number of firsts to its credit. Besides being one-of-a-kind psychological thriller, the makers have incorporated Virtual Reality technology, a first for a Bollywood film.

The central character, Mehak (Radhika Apte), an artist by profession, who suffers from agoraphobia, can be seen using a VR set in the movie.

Probably, this year’s creepiest psychological thriller is about an artist who visualizes violent and negative incidents which have no connection whatsoever.

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FREDRICK - Movie Review

Rating: ***

An intriguing story line with deftly guarded suspense which keeps one on the edge of the seat.

The story begins with a 16 year old boy, who seems just like all other guys , except than that his bonding was unusual with another boy of his age. This bonding was highly objectionable to his father and he has reacted violent on that another guy.

One fateful day few unfortunate events take place and this creates the platform for the story to grow further.

Then it takes a leap of 19 Years and shifts to the picturesque Mussoorie. In the breathtakingly gorgeous valleys and beautifully draped snow covered mountains of Mussoorie, a dark unknown shadow has cast a web of Human trafficking, whom nobody knows and no one has seen.

The suspended Intelligence Bureau agent Vikram (Avinash Dhyani) gets to know that sister who had gone to Mussoorie is missing.

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SHORTCUT SAFARI – Hindi movie review

Starring: Jimmy Sheirgill, Aashi Rawal, Sharvil Patel, Mann Patel, Ugam Khetani, Stuti Dwivedi, Deah Tandon, Hardil Kanabar


Genre: Family   Recommended: General Audience   Released: 29 April 2016

A jungle adventure film, that attempts to reconnect us with our roots through the eyes of seven children and showcase the natural world in contrast with the humdrum and chaos of daily city life.

Directoral debut of celebrated cinematographer (DoP), Amitabha Singh, who has National Award winners Chillar Party, Khosla Ka Ghosla and India’s Oscar entrant in 2014, THE GOOD ROAD to his credit, the film is finely crafted except otherwise the CGI when the wild animals are shown moving around freely in the jungle.

This adventure film traces the adventerous, exciting and even scary moments of a few school going kids who get stuck in a dense forest during their outing.

Kids are kids, and when they insist that they reach their destination before the other vehicles, in an attempt to take a short-cut, their van gets stuck in the middle of the dense jungle. The driver leaves to reach out for rescue from any surrounding habitation.

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Airlift - Hindi movie review

Airlift is about the plight of 170000 Indians stuck in Kuwait when Iraq’s President Saddam Hussein attacked and annexed Kuwait.

It is about one person’s true grit of helping his countrymen escape from a hopeless situation in the war zone.

Ranjit Katyal(Akshay Kumar) is a go-getter and ace negotiator, he hobnobs with the powers that be of Kuwait Royal family and feels and believes himself to be a Kuwaiti then an Indian.

He lives a lavish life with his wife Amrita (Nimrit Kaur – pleasing) and his daughter. All this changes overnight as Iraq invades Kuwait and all his contacts in the royal family have fleed leaving the country to the Iraqi army.

He is desperate to leave the country but the General in charge of Kuwait demands 100000 dollars, mean time seeing the plight of the people of Indian origin in his office and their relatives who have taken refuge in his office he has a change of heart and decides to take the baton in his hands.

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Jazbaa – Movie review

A captivating crime-thriller

Rating: ***

An edgy thriller based on the South Korean film Seven Days (2007) that is pacy with a taut screenplay, yet there are a few over dramatic scenes which seem a little out of place.

It is replete with one liners. Like this one, “Rishton mein Bharosa aur mobile mein network na ho toh log gama khelne lagte hein.”

Jazbaa is about Anuradha Verma, the iron lady, who melts down when her daughter is abducted by the kidnappers who want Anuradha to take up the case to represent a rapist killer who is convicted of murder. Her school friend is the just suspended Inspector Yohan a competent, crafty cop who is besieged with allegations of corruption by his higher ups.

Anuradha manages anticipatory bail for Yohan, who plays a significant role, supporting her, in tracking down the kidnapped girl.

Aishwarya Rai overacts, she is too loud in her dialogues and more so in her body language.

The film is saved by superlative performances by Irrfan Khan, Shabana Azmi and Jackie Shroff.

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TALVAR – Hindi movie review

India's most controversial case reopens this October

Rating: *****

Irrfan Khan’s performance, Meghna Gulzar’s direction and above all, its story and crisp screenplay by Vishal Bharadwaj makes Talvar a must watch film.

Talvar explores the socio-economic divides in urban India: the affluent doctor-couple, the Uttar Pradesh policemen with their regressive mindsets and rough methods of investigation, and the migrants engaged in lowly jobs. And the procedural protocol that exists in the Police System.

A high profile double murder case in 2008 in Noida, India where a 14-year old Aarushi Talwar was found murdered at her home. The suspicion pointed out to the 45 year old servant who was missing from the house. The next day his dead body was discovered in another part of the building.

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CALENDAR GIRLS - Movie review

An outdated Calendar - Rating: **

In these fast paced times, with the virtual world and the Television Channels continuously evolving, and new opportunities are cropping up every day, there is always a new face waiting to be discovered now and then.

A decade ago there was a phase when models featured on the Calendar of a brewery were treated as something out of this world. They became celebrities overnight.

The film features 5 girls who hail from different towns & cities of India, and who have been selected to pose for the country’s most prestigious annual Calendar which is a joint effort of a business tycoon Rishabh Kukreja, and his able photographer friend Timmy Sen.

The selected 5 calendar models are – a Hyderabadi girl Nandita Menon (Akanksha Puri), a Goan Sharon Pinto (Kyra Dutt), a Pakistani model Nazneen Malik (Avani Modi), Rohtak’s Mayuri Chauhan (Ruhi Singh) and a Bengali Paroma Ghosh (Satarupa Pyne).

Calendar Girls is an average film with skin show in abundance.

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The Perfect Girl – Hindi movie review

Ek simple si love story 

- Rating: **

It is said that there is always a perfect girl sent in this world by the almighty, for every male. The destiny of every human is drafted well before we are born. Is it so?

A 35 year old medical graduate is yet to come in terms with his life, his family and more so with his dad. Being the only son of his parents, they expect him to get settled in life now. Settled, in the sense that he ought to get married.

This would be doctor has realized that it would have been better if he went into film making.

The Perfect Girl begins with a spoof made by Jay (Teeshay) on the anti-smoking documentary film. It goes on to say how “pyaar” (love) can be detrimental to one’s life. A satire on the oft shown mandatory docu-film prior to the main screening about how tobacco is injurious to one’s health.

Jay prefers to stay with his friend and one evening at his pal’s place, the talk about Jay’s marriage comes up. Jay confides to his buddy that the one hour rendezvous he had with a girl in Goa, some 15 years back had the most defined impression in his heart. And maybe, he is still waiting for that girl.

The story then goes into a flashback

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Gauraiya – hindi movie review

 Shefali is writing a book on Dacoits of Chitrakoot as she is has taken up the issue of crime and the atrocities hurled towards its victims.

This offbeat film is based on true incidents with an imaginary story portrayal of a desert area somewhere in Patna in North India, a place of the poor and downtrodden people who are victimized by dacoits.

Shefali travels all the way to the hinterland and meets a downtrodden and sexually exploited woman Gauraiya from a village named Harijanpur which is situated in the backward area of Patna. She had kept the title of the book as END OF CRIME.

It was child marriage for Gauraiya when she was a little girl was married by the elders in the village to a boy Sukhna. As per their traditions, the child couple did not have her final wedding (Gauna) rituals. It is only when the children cross their teens, they are finally wedded.

Gauraiya narrates her tragedy to Shefali as to how and why she became a bonded labourer in the hands of Tendu Leaf contractor Kali Patel for the simple reason as she had to pay off the her father’s debt.

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Gour Hari Dastaan – The Freedom File (Movie Review)

Rating: ****

A biopic on Gour Hari Das, a freedom fighter who needed to establish his identity and his journey spanning three decades in his quest for a piece of paper – the Certificate of recognition for his efforts during the freedom struggle from the Government of India.

Not for seeking pension funds or other benefits, but recognition of his efforts as a teen-aged school boy who went to prison for several months for taking part in the freedom struggle during the British raj in India.

Gour Hari Dastaan is a story based on real life of an Odisha freedom fighter, Gour Hari Das who made his way through a long battle of silent war that lasted for 32 years, against his own government to prove his patriotic association towards the nation. He fought for a certificate recognizing his work as a freedom fighter which took three full decades to arrive.

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Drishyam – Movie Review

Visuals can be Deceptive

Rating: ****

A superb thrilling drama movie of an ordinary man who would go to any extent to safeguard his family.

After a brief scene at the Police Station, the story goes into flash-back.


A small hilly town in Goa, Vijay Salgaonkar (Ajay Devgn) a straightforward Cable Operator, spares no words when he witnesses corruption around, to that extent that he takes on a local cop for demanding haftas (bribes).

A school dropout, Vijay has managed to come up the hard way,owns a decent home with a garden and leads a happy life with his doting wife (Shriya Sharan) and two daughters.

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Second Hand Husband - Hindi movie review

Rating: ***

NO GUARANTEE. NO WARRANTY.

Actor Govinda’s daughter Tina Ahuja (Narmmadaa) is being launched in this romantic comedy. So is this one Gippy Grewal’s debut in Bollywood too.

Gurpreet (Tina Ahuja) and Rajbir (Gippy Greval) are in love and want to marry each other. Gurpreet is a practising lawyer and Rabjir has filed for divorce from his ex-wife Neha (Geeta Basra).

Gurpreet’s parents are open to this idea, however her brother (Ravi Kishan) is against his daughter getting married to a ‘second hand husband’. The brother dreams of getting his sister married to a bachelor Punjabi boy in Canada as he too gets a chance to go to Canada.

The only hitch stopping this couple is the alimony amount of Rupees 30,000 per month that Rajbir has to pay every month to his ex-wife, Neha. While Rajbir earns barely 45,000 a month.

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Tanu Weds Manu Returns – Hindi movie review

An entertaining and engrossing sequel

Rating: ****

A sequel to ‘Tanu Weds Manu’, the couple leads a happy married life in Europe.

It is nearly 4 years of their marriage, that Tanu (Kangana Ranaut) and Manu (R. Madhavan) loose interest in living together. She is ruing the loss of romance, while he too, is struggling to figure out what exactly has gone wrong. They visit a counselor, who makes the matters worse and next we see that they are separated.

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Tanu wants to seperate and so she returns to her hometown in Kanpur, India where she feels free and is back to her wild ways.

Manu comes to Delhi for a change in his life, until he meets the Haryanvi athlete Kusum aka Datto (Kangana Ranaut in a double role) – who resembles Tanu. Manu gets interested in this different yet a look-alike girl and comes closer to her.

Bombay Velvet - Hindi movie review

Rating: **

It is the story of how Bombay transformed its landscape during the 60s and 70s and the corrupt administration, which is hand in glove with the mill owners and the rich. This apart, the story is woven around the backdrop of Ranbir-Anushka romance.

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Ranbir Kapoor plays a small time hood, with an aim to become a 'big-shot' before he dies, Ranbir plays an ambitious street fighter, with a painful childhood. Ranbir gets into the skin of his character and is so realistic that one feels for the person Johnny Balraj.

Karan Johar's role as a media mogul Kaizad Khambata has a striking introductory scene. His performance as an antagonist is overshadowed by powerful performances by Manish Chaudhary, apart from the lead pair.

Ishq Ke Parindey – Hindi movie review

Rating: ***

Love knows no boundaries. A voice over at the opening states that if the partition hadn’t taken place, it would be a Gulistan, instead of Hindustan and Pakistan.

This is the message of Ishq Ke Parindey, a poetic and realistic love story of a boy and a girl across the border.

Saare Jahan Se Achchha Hindustan Hamara, Hum Bulbule Hain Iski Ye Gulsitan Hamara

When Allama Iqbal wrote the above couplet he never knew that the seeds sown by the British would lead to the creation of India and Pakistan. The land nurtured by the romantic poetry of Ghalib became a battleground.

Friends for generations were separated forever inthe name of partition. Humanity was buried under hatred.

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Mr. X – Hindi movie review

Vikram Bhatt’s Mr. X is a 3D sci-fi thriller. Emraan Hashmi and Amyra Dastur play the pivotal characters in this film which has some impressive 3D effects. The story is about a man who gains the power of invisibility, and becomes a vigilante to take revenge on those who have wronged him.

Raghuram Rathod (Emraan Hashmi) and Siya Verma (Amyra Dastur) are very efficient officers of the ATD (Anti Terrorism Department). The similar profession brings them closer, they fall in love and decide to get married.

After successfully thwarting a terrorist mission, they decide that its time to get married, and on the day before their marriage, they are summoned by their boss ACP Bhardwaj (Arunoday Singh) to report to an important task of taking charge of security of the Chief Minister as the department has been tipped of his assasination.

Dedicated to their jobs and the nation, this young couple are impassioned about their work as much as they are passionate about each other.

Their life is about to change, and this ‘supposedly last mission’ on the day prior to their marriage date happens to bring them opposite to each other.

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QISSA - Hindi movie review

Rating: ****

QISSA is a story of Umber Singh (Irrfan Khan) a Sikh who lives with his wife Maher (Tisca Chopra), three daughters & forth Son set in post- Colonial India when it was a part of Punjab in Pakistan. Umber Singh builds a new home for his family.

As Umber Singh always yearned for a son who could grow his empire, he therefore brought up his fourth child (who is actually a girl) as his son. This child is named Kanwar and is played by Tillotama Shome. Kanwar discovered himself slowly as he grows up and Umber Singh sets his marriage with Neeli (Rasika Duggal). As Urban Singh could not get son from his wife Maher, so he tries to seduce his Daughter in law Neeli for the simple reason that he wanted a son in the family. However, this isn’t approved by Kanwar who shoots his father.

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