Any Body Might Dance, but certainly not anybody (or everybody) can make a movie!

* * In what can be one of the most cruel comments for the makers of this movie, it reminds you disturbingly of that Farah Khan atrocity –Happy New Year, in many ways. Both the films are about an international dance championship, the protagonists are a bunch of losers out to win the competition to

Dum Laga Ke Haishaa – * * * 1/2

Nostalgia and love, often intervened, are the two emotions which probably touch the deepest chords of our hearts. Yet, while it has been reasonably and excessively milking the latter for stories, Bollywood hasn’t really mastered the skill of evoking nostalgia on screen, often confusing it with period setting or a bland regressive imitation of the

Tevar: Atrocity, not Attitude

*1/2 So the right wing felt offended by pk and called for a ban. Keeping aside the violent nature of those protests, I have a similar desire each time I come across such banalities which Bollywood tries to pass off as ‘masala’, ‘paisa-vasool’ etc. My sentiments get badly hurt – those of rationality and self-respect,

Happy New Year, and all things wrong with Bollywood!

So as you read this, Farah Khan and SRK are probably laughing their way to the 100 crore club, shattering many records (highest first day collections, fastest 100 crores, widest release etc). In all probability it will create many more records, and add many a zeroes to the bank balance of the makers. Well, without

Chennai Express : Masaala Mix turned bland!

* * ½ Rohit Shetty Shahrukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Niketan Dheer, Kamini Kaushal Masala Mix turned bland! For a nation known for its cultural, linguistic and all sorts of diversity, Bollywood has seldom explored the phenomenon for cinematic purposes. In that respect, Chennai Express (CE) can be called path breaking. But sadly, in every other

Aurangzeb * * * ½

* * * 1/2 Yashraj Films Atul Sabharwal Rishi Kapoor, Prithviraj, Arjun Kapoor, Amrita Singh, Jackie Shroff, Deepti naval, Swara Bhaskar, Sasheh Agha, Sikander Kher, Anupam Kher Straight off the mark, Aurangzeb is an engaging experience, due to a number of reasons, the first being an impressive ensemble of talented and promising actors of yesteryears

Barfi: Beautiful, Brave and Brilliant

* * * * Anurag Basu Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Illena Desouza, Saurabh Shukla There you go, this is it. He has been called the next superstar, the actor to look out for, for too long now. With Rockstar last year, and now Barfi, Ranbir Kapoor has arrived, and how! As the dumb and mute

Raaz 3: Scary for all the wrong reasons

* 1/2 Vishesh Films Vikram Bhatt Bipasha Basu, Emraan Hashmi, Esha Gupta Haunted, Dangerous Ishq and now Raaz 3- Vikram Bhatt can now indisputably be anointed the new star of the B-grade wave of Bollywood, which is dangerously making its presence feel more than ever before. Seriously, is it the same man who gave us

Rowdy Rathore – * * 1/2- Fun While it Lasts

Bollywood has suddenly woken up to the power of mass hysteria, and of the movies across the vindhyas.  And like all the bandwagon marathons in the world, it is good as long as it lasts, the trendsetter being the director’s own earlier venture Wanted. Though Rowdy is bigger in scale, and well, more rowdy. You

Ishaqzaade

Yashraj films Habib Faisal Arjun Kapoor, Parineeti Chopra, Gauahar Khan *  * * Interesting, yet not quite there It is heartening to see the small town India making its presence felt in cinema like never before, in a real manner, without making a caricature of itself. Its not very often that you have the lead