Phhir: Film Review
PRODUCER – Surendra Sharma, Amita Bishnoi, Bhagwanti Gabrani DIRECTOR – Girish Dhamija WRITER – Vikram Bhatt CAST – Rajneesh Duggal, Adah Sharma, Roshni Chopra MUSIC – Toshi Sabri, Sharib Sabri, Raghav Sachar Karma, rebirth and redemption find a new packaging in Girish Dhamija’s ‘Phhir’, a tale of two lifetimes unfolding within the span of seven days in the lives of Kabir (Rajneesh...
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Aarakshan – Review
PRODUCER – Feroz Nadiadwala, Parakash Jha DIRECTOR – Prakash Jha WRITER – Prakash Jha, Anjum Rajabali CAST – Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Manoj Bajpayee, Deepika Padukone, Poorbi Anand, Prateik Babbar MUSIC – Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani, Loy Mendonca In a romantic moment, Purvi, one of the leads of Prakash Jha’s, ‘Aarakshan’ teases her boyfriend Deepak, ‘Short mein point...
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Chala Mussadi – Office Office -Review
PRODUCER – Rajiv Mehra, Rajesh Mehra, Umesh Mehra DIRECTOR – Rajiv Mehra WRITER – Ashwani Dheer CAST – Pankaj Kapoor, Deven Bhojani, Manoj Pahwa, Sanjay Mishra and Hemant Pandey MUSIC – Sajid Wajid Developed from the popular TV series about the common man, Office Office, Chala Mussadi, tells the tale of the symbolic Mussadilal Tripathy and his travails at the hands of the System. The original...
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Rise Of The Planet Of Apes – Review
PRODUCER – Peter Chernin, Dylan Clark Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, DIRECTOR – Rupert Wyatt WRITER – Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver (based on Pierre Boulle’s book) CAST – James Franco, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow, Andy Serkis MUSIC – Patrick Doyle The Planet of the Apes series has reversed the world order and back a couple of times. In the latest film, ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’, director...
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Gulshan Devaiah – Bollywood’s Find of 2011
Every so often we have a new face and a new perspective which lights up Bollywood and makes us sit up and notice. The same is true for Gulshan Devaiah. He is the talent of 2011. Ironically and contrary to popular belief it is not about being the lead, it is more about being noticed in the time you do come on the screen. Gulshan did that in DUM MARO DUM and GIRL IN YELLOW BOOTS. He has stepped...
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Gandhi to Hitler – Movie Review
PRODUCER – Dr. Anil Kumar Sharma DIRECTOR – Rakesh Ranjan Kumar WRITER – Nalin Singh, Rakesh Ranjan Kumar CAST – Avijit Dutt, Raghuveer Yadav, Neha Dhupia, Aman Verma, Lucky Vakharia, MUSIC – Arvind, Lyton It is the late1930’s and Germany is about to wreak an unrevocable havoc on Europe. The second WW seems imminent. In contrast with Germany’s struggle for supremacy India is fighting...
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BUBBLEGUM – Movie Review
PRODUCER – Sushma Kaul DIRECTOR – Sanjivan Lal WRITER – Sanjivan Lal CAST – Sohail Lakhani, Apurva Arora, Sachin Khedekar, Tanvi Azmi MUSIC – Hanif Sheikh, Bapi, Tutul There is a cusp of change that is as tumultuous as they come and it is popularly known as adolescence. That time of our lives when transition brings a world of conflicts and choices, that defines who we are going to become....
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The Lion King 3D – Review
PRODUCER – Don Hahn DIRECTOR – Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff WRITER – Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts VOICE CAST – Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons, Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella MUSIC – Hans Zimmer Simba takes his place in the circle of life in 3D. The much-loved saga of Simba, Timon, Pumba, Mufasa and Scar comes back after seventeen years with enhanced sound effects and visuals...
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RUPINDER NAGRA- ON BEING A CANADIAN SOUTH ASIAN ACTOR
Canada is home to many South Asians, but despite the IIFA and Deepa Mehta’s, it is not easy being a professional South Asian actor in the Maple Leaf. However, emerging from that pack, with some amazing performances stretching across Bollywood, Canada, US and UK is Rupinder Nagra. His screen presence was noticed in a big way in Amal, where despite being with some stalwarts, he managed to hold his...
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Singham – Movie Review
PRODUCER – Reliance Entertainment DIRECTOR – Rohit Shetty WRITER – Yunus Sajawal CAST – Ajay Devgn, Kajal Aggarwal, Prakash Raj MUSIC – Ajay Gogavale, Atul Gogavale He roars like a lion and struts around like one too. The good old days of the all-powerful, one-man army, angry young hero seem to have come back to Bollywood to stay. Ajay Devgan plays the upright, fearless Bajirao Singham,...
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