| New York - Pragmatically touching |
 Instantly the innocents were tortured sans any clarifications pertaining to 9/11 incident. It’s out and most of imbecility that American Security Forces had rippled down their lives. They paved the way for turning them into terrorists. Who bears the fault? Kabir Khan elaborately blends the heart touching reality with interesting elements. He has precisely delineated the sufferings of an innocent
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| Paying Guests - Bad Tenants indeed |
 Whoops-a-daisy! You’ll regret this to be the ever-made biggest mistake in your lifetime. Step into theatres presuming this to be a comedy flick to get yourselves brimmed with ruefulness and annoyance. Had the makers viewed first copy before patting the shoulders of Paritossh? Of course, there are few hilarious moments that will get your faces sparkled with smile, but that doesn’t last long. Rest o
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| Kal Kissne Dekha - Unfairly middling |
 Alas, looks like long-listed supernatural-thrillers aren’t gonna end in Bollywood. Why do filmmakers penning a thriller-script actually fail to deliver that genuine genre? A Billion dollar question indeed! In the past couple of months we’ve been witnessing certain flicks running lack of nitty-gritty panoramas of thriller elements. Regrettably, the scenarios were wretched with ‘8X10 Tasveer’, ‘Aa D
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| Zor Lagaa Ke Haiya - decorously crafted for family audiences |
 Ooh! It’s realms of cherishing moments for film buffs of B-town. Bounded to a much knotty situation of multiplex owners-producers pettifoggeries, things are turning to be more exquisitely perfect now. When you’ve three flicks of unparalleled genres hitting screens this weekend, you’re sure to have a fine weekend.
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| 99 - Not out |
 Exquisitely, it’s a great weekend for all film buffs who felt like thrown out of kilter sans releases. Gone are those unremarkable Fridays that didn’t bring an entertaining moment for them as ‘99’ kick-starts as a first release after such issues prevailing for a long time.
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| Dashavatar - Passable show to Kill Time |
 By all odds, Kamal Haasan has been universally acclaimed as ‘Jacks of all trades in tinsel town. Watching this fantastic actor over on a show of grandeur isn’t something off-the-wall. On the dots, there doesn’t need to be an illustration for his record-breaking attempts for that would be a cliché. But, donning 10 roles isn’t a history-breaking record of this.
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| 8x10 Tasveer - Picture perfect, a li’l blured |
 Well, here’s a new genre of ‘Supernatural Thriller’ persistently hitting screens sans a pause. Glimpse through previous weeks’ releases. ‘13b’ dealt with a phenomenal idiot box, ‘Aa Dekhen Zara’ – A mysterious camera unveiling future’. Here goes, ‘8 X 10 Tasveer’ right on the similar notes. This time it’s all about a ‘Photograph’ that will unravel the frizzled scenario.
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| Ek - The Power of One - Strictly for ‘Masala’ buffs |
 It isn’t all the same this weekend. Three films with different genres hitting screens should be a real fiesta for all film buffs… If Aa Dekhen Zara is about ‘Supernatural Thriller’ and Deepa Mehta’s ‘Videsh’ a dramatic theme, Ek – The Power of One is a well-tailored commercial cinema for B and C Centres
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| Aa Dekhen Zara - Super-Thriller Ride |
 Obviously, very few auteurs composed unique fictions on the supernatural thriller genre. Well, none presumed to go for the most speculative take on such genres. Perhaps the raise of new filmmakers inspired by western flicks is coming to the forefront with groundbreaking motifs. Aye! You know something….
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| Videsh - Unconvincingly crafted |
 Hop-skipping through socio-contro themes, Deepa Mehta strikes with yet another flick with a strong feminism. Precisely, the film’s female protagonist has many similarities with Aishwarya’s role in The Provoked… Indian brides battered black and blue in soul and body – these similarities tags them together.
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| Barah Aana - A passable show to watch |
 On the buttons, final take for ‘Barah Aana’ is that it’s a flick meant strictly for few amongst miniscule groups. Well, there aren’t many chances for single screens to fill their sacs with profits. Incisively, Raja Menon can be praised for his most adept efforts of delivering a piece of out-of-box. Picking the characterizations of a driver, a watchman and a waiter, (categories of people who face t
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| Firaaq - Magnificence all throughout |
 Perhaps, right on the first frame you’re sure to get grisly frizzled with an appalling pictorial of truck throwing down innumerable dead bodies for mass burial. On the front, it’s clearly implying the directorial touch of how things are gonna be hard throughout the show. 6 parallel stories based on a scandalizing incident;
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| Aloo Chaat - Deliciously cooked |
 Very rarely, we do find blithely bounded entertainments on the screens. Appositely, ALOO CHAAT isn’t an elision for you feel it worth watching for each penny paid. KISS – Keep it short and simple. Perhaps, a ducky formula picked by Robby shores him on palmy grounds. With a duration of 110 minutes, the film get-goes with a simple tale blended with laugh riots. Of course, it isn’t as colossal as Rob
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| Jai Veeru - A middling entertainer |
 Merely, for past couple of months Bollywood was in-lock with a bleak scenario. Naturally, not did any flick make it big on terms of offbeat or entertainment. Previous week’s release ‘13B’ picked up good show across the multiplex audiences while here’s ‘Jai Veeru’ – An entertainment falling between the lines of finesse and mediocre.
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| Gulaal - Powerful yet flimsy |
 Perhaps, here’s the best contemporary filmmaker turning yet another glistering motif on his papers into screens. Much avowedly, ‘Gulaal’ has the clichéd vernacular trait of Anurag Kashyap.
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| Dhoondte Reh Jaaoge - Falling Below Average |
 It’s precisely a willy-nilly scenario for UTV Productions has it persistently churning out flicks with good motifs. Well, that’s a good spell but one finical doubt does keep ringing in our minds. Do the producers heed to full-fledged script and screenplay or else sign-up for directors merely with one-liners. Previous year has been the most fantastic
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| 13 B - A chill down the spine |
 For the most part of eerie dioramas, what else would’ve got our audiences hackneyed? Aye! A disembodied arm chocking one’s neck, ghosts fast-flying across the ceilings and nooks of the screen space, victim shuddered over carking vexations and lastly, everything culminating with Spiritual powers. Merely, these were so clichéd that they’re not a scariest thing for a small kid too. They would term it
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| Delhi-6 - A Masterpiece indeed |
 'Delhi-6' is an incredible flick in terms of all panoramas. The film is simply prodigious with flawlessness and a piece of work that takes Indian Cinema to the next level
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| The Stoneman Murders - Thriller-coaster Ride |
 When solutions aren't made in reality, cinematic approach gratifies it. Well, it's more patent with Manish Gupta's 'The Stoneman Murders'.
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| Billu - Middling on all vistas |
 Unluckily, Srinivasan and Director Mohanan – makers of the poignant tale of 'Katha Parayumpol' should be topsy-turvily entangled in their sense about selling remake rights. Yeah! Absurd remakes in two different versions as 'Kuselan' and 'Kathanayakudu' had really balled up the duo's best efforts and now Priyadarshan
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| Chal Chala Chal - A Bus without fuel, brakes and tyres |
 Yeh Sab Kya Hai? Patha Nahi…. Govinda, once a stupendous actor who carried off his audiences with colossal performances has jumped on ill-sorted grounds. Alas! What makes him do that? Lack of offers and you've got to shoot this out on Govinda. Often, we boast with prideful spirits 'Yeah! It's changing phase of Bollywood' and at many times our elatedness are shattered watching such pieces of works.
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| Dev D - Middling yet Sleek & Stylish |
 Here comes a dissimilar version to yesteryear classics of 'Devdas' that were so solemnly delivered the words of Sarath Chandra into picture. Well, in an era of cyber mania and lots of changes happening over, one cannot assure about the same classic hitting on top-of-charts. Yeah! Anurag Kashyap brimmed with such a motif strike a different note based on same lines. Of course, when you've Devdas tu
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| Victory - Not Like the Title |
 It happens to be a welcome First Friday for couple of debutant filmmakers in Bollywood. Yup! If Zoya Akhtar does it with 'Luck By Chance', Ajithpal Mangal takes on with 'Victory'. Perhaps, film 'n' cricket buffs were elated picking on 'Lagaan' and 'Iqbal'. These flicks had much more on emotional touch touching the poignant theme of unity and integrity. Well, real biggies on cricket field teaming u
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| Luck By Chance - Not too far from excellence |
 Flicks based on tinsel town aren't new to the world of cinema. Be it Krzysztof Kieslowski's 'Camera Buff' or Federico Fellini's '8 ½'; these avant-garde films dealt with intrinsic something more than filmmaking. Precisely, it was far away from shooting spots of clapboards and 'Camera Rolling –Action-Cut'. To start off with, 'Luck By Chance' is worthy to be called as the best of its kind. Earlier,
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| Slumdog Millionaire - No looking back! |
 Yeah! When you've a British Filmmaker and Indian Artists are on the show, 'A mind-boggling' magic goes on. For sure, you wouldn't need an illustration for this. Richard Attenborough's 'The Gandhi' touched the feat of honor.
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| Raaz - The Mystery Continues - A Stylish-Horror, but clichéd |
 Perhaps, the title 'Raaz' should've got everyone's adrenalines shot-up, anticipating it to be a stupefying ride of roller-coaster. Well, 'Bhatt' factors seem to be spelling tremendous magic when it comes to a genre of 'Horror'. Of course, who can refuse it or forget the most scintillating horror flicks churned by them. Years back it was Raaz and then 1920 enthralled us with a goose bump experience
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| Chandni Chowk To China - A turbulent journey |
 Perhaps, Chandni Chowk to China has nothing phenomenal, but a timeworn script of coward transcending into hero, estranged family getting unified. Producers promoted CC2C as 'First Ever Bollywood Kung Fu comedy' and for your kind information, the flick doesn't possesses top-notching humorous elements or the splendid Kung-Fu you expected.
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| Jumbo - Fails to make it big as title |
 Brimming with new genre of 'Animation', Bollywood has been striding on with its best efforts in churning out a perfect of its style. Well, note this down. Possibly, even a diehard fan of animation flicks wouldn't appreciate 'Jumbo' for it isn't so appealing. Perhaps, an Akshay Kumar's fan would go through similar-experiences.
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| Ghajini - Aamir's 'mementoes' to Bollywood |
 And at the end of this year, there's a bedazing blockbuster in Indian Box office. Here comes our maestro of perfection swaying on with a different genre from his previous ventures. Merely, producers wouldn't have considered Ghajini as an 'Empaling Speculation' for enormous reasons. Well, when you've South India's top-charting Director, Bollywood's superstar, Musical Maestro and versatile technicia
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| Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi - Grandeur but lacks finesse |
 Well, to start off with, Aditya Chopra spells yet another poignant dimension of pure love as in his previous ventures with SRK; DDLJ and Mohabattein. Yeah! These tales were retentive impressing everyone from 8-80yrs old men and women. Of course, we fell in love getting imbibed with those spellbinding personations in these flicks. So, guess what about Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi – a film that brings
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| Meerabai Not Out - A wrong decision indeed |
 India – A land of enormous lingos, customs and religions fall invariably become united for 'Cricket'. Perhaps, some could wonder why cricket isn't picked as National Game since passion for this sport goes insatiable amongst millions here. Be a top-charting tycoon or a hapless chap, there are on with more enthuses when there's India in stadium.
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| Maharathi - Prodigious script 'n' shaky screenplay |
 Not many auteurs in Bollywood adapt spellbinding stage plays for it happens to be an empaling speculation. Perhaps, there were few amongst many who spelled adaptations on screens getting ennobled as 'no-hopers'. Well, if you're seeking for an illustration,
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| Dil Kabaddi - Bold but Lacks Finesse |
 Yeah! Years back we had censor boards so hard-and-fast on cuts for root word of 'profanity' and 'adult contents'. And now, the scenario hop-skips on different grounds where Indian audiences have to resist the shock with such bold themes hitting screens.
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| Sorry Bhai - Bold Drama of a difference |
 Well, it's changing phase of Bollywood where you've bold themes spelled with an ease on the screens. Perhaps, the sheer motif may not cater to all centres but it's worth deserving good appreciations with trendsetting endeavors. Precisely it's a great show of such films as they make high waves sans superstars or big teams on the crew-lists. If you need an illustration, it goes with this week's rel
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| Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! - A Lovable Chor indeed |
 Most hunky-dory of his kind, Dibakar Banerjee shored up on grounds of Bollywood with enticing debut 'Khosla Ka Ghosla'. And now, we've the winner back with a flick with ostentatious theme partially inspired by real life incidents.
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| Yuvvraaj - Magnificent comeback by Ghai |
 Bollywood's once-heralded auteur jolted with his previous flops 'Yaadein', 'Kisna' and 'Black & White' is back with a yarn-spinning tale of emotions. Perhaps, ennoble Yuvvrraj – 'The Returns of Ghai in Town' and it's a directorial of finesse savoring to family audiences.
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| Dasvidaniya - Reveling with heart-binding emotions |
 Flamboyantly influenced by best Hollywood flicks Rob Reiner's The Bucket's List and Wayne Wang's The Last Holiday, Shashanth Shah pitches a spellbinding deliverance with 'Dasvidaniya'. Splendiferous jaunting of an individual of rediscovering himself on the course of accomplishing his list of 'To do 10 things before I die'…
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| Dostana - Merely a frivolous flick |
 It's so execrable to see one of the best producers in town churning a flick sans strong substance. On other terms, John Abraham and Abhishek Bachchan turn to be the hapless guys picking a flimsy script in hand.
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| Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi - Poignant flick with fantabulous theme |
 'Marvelous', 'fantabulous' and what else, put your best words of appraisals for Director Kaushik Ghata. Amidst, corporate companies and Hollywood's top-charting production houses churning out their extravaganzas in Bollywood, Rajshri Productions enriches with simplistic beauteous themes straight from its shoulders. 'An oasis amidst of large deserts' – Of course, Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi deserves it for
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| EMI - Watch it for Sanju Bhai |
 EMI is a raucous, digressive comedy, offering some laughs and for real life loan defaulters, it mocks and celebrates. On its course, there are some bittersweet experiences of personal lives on individuals caricatured.
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| Fashion - Stunning strike by Bhandarkar |
 For all who ever intended 'World of Fashion' is something about fun, glamour and ramp shows, Madhur Bhandarkar enlightens them. Rendering the best realistic themes in each of flicks, Madhur Bhandarkar had conquered the hearts of world-wide audiences. Of course, his top-notching directorial 'Fashion' surmounts our expectations and to define the film, it's 'Wordless'. Lots and lots of ramp walks, ba
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| Golmaal Returns - A real Golmaal |
 Perhaps, first word that you uttered after watching 'Golmaal' would have been 'Wow, Extraordinary'. So what could be your verdict for its sequel? 'Golmaal Returns – Alas! Merely disappointing'.
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| Roadside Romeo - Precisely Average in deliverance |
 Obviously, lots of multiplexes launched should have urged Yash Raj Films to stride successfully on new genre of Animation. Indeed, the biggest production house in India joining hands with the ever best studios of Hollywood Walt Disney Pictures is a cock-a-hoop for all. With animation flicks of several foreign countries bringing home
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| Heroes - An embodiment of Pure Patriotism |
 Indeed, if you know filmmaker Samir Karnik's work – early and later titles like 'KYON HO GAYA NA' and 'NANHE JAISALMER', you may find yourself watching his recent movie, 'HEROES' surmounting your expectations. Obviously, his earlier directorial were merely dashing down everyone's hopes and how about this one? It's a fantabulous piece of work churned by Samir Karnik and it's worthy to be ennobled a
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| Cheenti Cheenti Bang Bang - A Flunk Show |
 Patently, Cheenti Cheenti can be praised for being 2nd Indian non-mythological flick churned out and first animation film in India made in cell-animation (manual) using hand drawn pictures thereby ensuring international quality standards.
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| Shoot On Sight - Best at Sight |
 Never-seen-before indeed! 'Shoot at Sight' strides with an enamoring motif with rigid characterizations. Obviously, it's about bomb blasts, violent attacks, racialism, Islamic individuals wedged in troublesome moments and clear-cut terrorism. Probably, you should have watched out these ready-made affairs a million times in Indian films. But the niftiest backdrops where these matters get blended s
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| Karzzzz - An unimpressive remake |
 Alas! Karzzz dashes down your expectations flubbing on every aspect: performance as well narration. Even it happened to be an archetypical piece of work by Director Satish Kaushik, the film has nothing great to be appreciated about. Perhaps, you'll get miffed up equating both the versions and better don't strain yourselves clinging on with it.
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| Hello - A Passable Show |
 Turning words into pictures is fairly clichéd when it comes to Hollywood: Be it Francis De Coppola's The God Father or Stephen King's scintillating piece 'Different Seasons' adapted as The Shawshank Redemption.
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| Kidnap - Ridiculous Cat-n-Mouse Game |
 Director Sanjay Gadhvi should have displayed disclaimer much before title credits, "Don't watch this flick carrying same expectations of Dhoom and Dhoom 2". Well, the film deserves it, for you are sure to get down with your hopes after watching it.
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| Drona - A powerless Warrior |
 Perhaps, DRONA had raised our expectations for its overhaul radical genre of fantasy. Well, not many auteurs in Bollywood did endeavor with such genres of fantasies and Goldie Behl deserves a pat and applause for his bold attempt.
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| Welcome to Sajjanpur - Divulging with new flavors |
 Appositely mirthful, surprisingly sweet, Welcome to Sajjanpur is one more trenchant piece of work from ace auteur Shyam Benegal. This flick isn't as appealing as worthy to be entitled 'The most dramatic comedy milieu'. It's not just about penning script inclusive
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| Saas Bahu Aur Sensex - sang-froid entertainer |
 Alas! Her directorial debut 'Chupke Se' was a slipshod piece of work. Well, Sona Urvashi demarcates with Saas Bahu Aur Sensex that perfectly lets her stride, winning laurels for a unique theme. In reality, what's so topping the chart in television channels of India? Saas-bahu show with its high TRPs and marking everyday's sensex graphs. One's passions for either of these two are insatiable.
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| 1920 - Splendiferous horror but clichéd |
 An audacious auteur indeed! Director Vikram Bhatt who won rave reviews across the far-flung corners of globe for his debut directorial Raaz, is back again with a scintillating spine-chilling horror flick. Perhaps, looks like Vikram Bhatt is vividly influenced by the World's ever best flicks The Exorcist and The Others. Precisely, 1920 doesn't carry anything unique in terms of its storyline, but th
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| The Last Lear - A sad adaption indeed |
 Known for percolating exceptional themes and winning laurelses, Rituparno Ghosh pitches 'The Last Lear', based on the classic play 'Aajker Shahensha' by Utpal Dutt. Alas!
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| Hijack - Blemishing turbulence |
 Latterly, debutant filmmakers are spelling their flicks completely breaking the clichés. Kunal Shivdasani, an ad filmmaker hops down into filmmaking, not with a peculiar story. Hijack is something an already seen panoramas and to be particular with terrorists, there more and more. What does Kunal Shivadsani spell unique in this flick?
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| A Wednesday - Grandiloquent Flick |
 From the debutant Director Neeraj Pandey: Two men more challenging: an unrecorded event, spine-chilling thriller ride for 100 minutes with unexpected twists and turns. Cinematic purgatory, right?
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| C Kkompany - Don’t see this company |
 With the number of so called comedy flicks being made at a random pace , here comes yet another one starring Tusshar Kapoor after ‘One Two Three’. This time around debutant Sachin Yadri fuses in the entire bandwagon of Ekta Kapoor’s ‘Balaji Telefilms’ and why not when the soap queen is the producer of this film.
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| Chamku - Lost itself through the journey |
 Vijayta Films Pvt Ltd celebrates its 25 years in the Indian Film Industry a Silver Jubilee by presenting ‘CHAMKU’ which is scheduled for release on August 29, 2008. The banner proudly owned by the Deol family brings forth director Kabeer Kaushik of the ‘Sehar’ fame.
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| Rock On!! - Relive an enthralling experience of friendship and |
 Finally the big day has arrived. With four Hindi films at the box office this week , all eyes are on ‘Rock-On’ for the obvious buzz it has created. The surprising fact is that the most awaited film of the year doesn’t feature a ‘Khan’,’Kapoor’or ‘Kumar’ . All that hype with relatively new actors and a director whose previous film ‘Aryan’ was a wash out.
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| Mukhbiir - The desi ‘Bourne’ gets bore |
 It’s been a while now that ‘Mukhbiir’ has been mired with problems that have given the film a back seat. First with a series of events involving change of producers from Pritish Nandy Communications (PNC) to Color Chips and the legal money transactions to a postponement in the release date, the film has been badly hit.
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| Maan Gaye Mughal-E-Azam - All dialogues, no substance |
 This one was supposed to be one of the most awaited movies of the year for various reasons. Firstly, it brings back the ‘selective role choosing’ Mallika Sherawat alongside Rahul Bose. The two had a huge success story last year with ‘Pyaar Ke Side Effects’ and thus a repeat is expected here.
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| Mumbai Meri Jaan - A beautiful heart-gripping film! |
 Not many had heard of director Nishikant Kamat until the accolades he received for his first Marathi flick ‘Dombivili Fast’. Later R.Madhavan and Nishikant teamed up for the tamil version ‘Evano Oruvan’. Now, comes a dream project for the director with his first commercial hindi flick ‘Mumbai Meri Jaan’ ; a film celebrating the undying spirit of Mumbai backed by the likes of UTV.
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| Bachna Ae Haseeno - Bachna Ae ‘Audience’ |
 Yet another Yash Raj film releases this week with Sidhart’Tara Rum Pum ‘ Anand spearheading the bandwagon.
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| God Tussi Great Ho - A complete Salman flick |
 The very first time one heard of this film the excitement levels rose. After the success of ‘Mushje Shaadi, Rumi Jaffrey , the writer of the film was now turning director. What more when you have the likes of Salman , Mr.Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra?
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| Good Luck - Don’t push your luck too far! |
 Well , there is actually nothing much to mention about this film which has been swinging around with its release dates . The producers even went out to have the hoardings placed upside down hoping that luck would just shine upon their flick.
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| Singh Is Kinng - Khan is still King! |
 There has been a lot riding on this flick and why not when you have one of the hottest pairs Akshay and Katrina who return yet again after ‘Namastey London’. All the more hype when you have Anees Bazmee heading the ship. Bazmee’s track record at the box office says it all- Tremendous success with his previous ‘Welcome’ creating a box office record.
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| Ugly Aur Pagli - Script falters, Ranvir scores |
 A film called My Sassy Girl released in Korea way back in 2001. It's about a loser who meets a drunken girl one evening on his way back home. He takes the girl, who falls unconscious, to a hotel for the night as he does not know where her house is. The story takes off from here as he gets a call from the girl the next day to know what happened the last night. They meet again and again and become g
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| Money Hai Toh Honey Hai - What was that? |
 Ganesh Acharya is no doubt a man with immense talent. For people who have heard of his growth in the business of entertainment over the years know very much that Mr.Acharya has come up against all odds. With his very first film ’Swami’ as a director, you were eagerly awaiting his next.
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| Mission Istaanbul - No Mission, No Vision |
 Apoorva Lakhia better known for his sleek action packed flicks with an overload of so called ‘stars’ brings forth his mission with overtones of international terrorism. Vivek Oberoi walked away with rave reviews for his role as ‘Maya Bhai’ in ‘Shootout’, now let’s see what mission offers him?
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| Kismat Konnection - Enjoy the simplicity and romance |
 Raj [Shahid Kapur] was numero uno. In academics, sports, dramatics. But four years after winning the best-student-of-the-year trophy from his architectural college, he's wondering why a brilliant architect like him, with designs to set the Canadian landscape on fire, is still struggling to find that one big chance to showcase his mettle.
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| Contract - Sequel to ‘Satya’, ‘Company’ or ‘Aag’? |
 After ‘Sarkar Raj’ , Ramgopal Varma teams up with Praveen Nicshol for yet another film on the underworld. This time out it goes as follows:
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| Mehbooba - A delayed project! |
 ‘Mehbooba’ comes across with the likes of Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgan and Manisha Koirala. You might be wondering how come Manisha plays the heroine in 2008 when she has almost vanished from the film circuit. Well, take a closer look at a much slimmer Manisha and the drastically younger looking Sanju Baba and you will definitely figure out that the movie is maybe over 6-8years old.
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| Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na - Could have been so much better |
 Aamir Khan who has known to be an ace when it comes to selecting scripts and venturing into production, provides his nephew Imran the much awaited launch. Jaane Tu… also marks the directorial debut of screenplay and dialogue writer Abbas Tyrewala.
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| Love Story 2050 - Harry fails, Harman impresses |
 With almost every second day Harman , Priyanka and Harry making their presence felt in the media via various product launches , game launch etc ; Lovestory releases with a bang.
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| Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic - Kunal Kohli upholds the Yashraj Banner! |
 Despite Kunal Kohli’s attempts to push the release of the other film ahead or request producer Sahil Chadha to change his film’s title, Kunal faces the confusion battle of titles.
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| Via Darjeeling - Via ‘Roshomon’! |
 The National Film Development Corporation of India co-produces ‘Via Darjeeling’ and since it’s an overload of talented actors and a cinema valuing body such as the above, one would expect some quality cinema. So what if there haven’t been any promotions for such a film. Is it necessary for the so called cinema of the intellectuals?
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| Thodi Life Thoda Magic - The Indian ‘Truman Show’ |
 With much confusion this week come films with magic in their titles so please note: THIS IS NOT A YASHRAJ FILM. This film produced by Sahil Chaddha stars Jackie Shroff, Meera Vasudevan , Arbaaz Khan , Parmeet Sethi and Sahil Chadha himself.
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| Khushboo - Lacks fragrance |
 Pahlaj Nihlani the bigwig producer of films such as ‘Ankheein’,’Andaz’,’Talaash’,’Mumbai se aaya mera dost’brings this week some ‘Khushboo’ that lacks fragrance.
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| De Taali - Not worth a single clap |
 ‘De Taali’ which sounds all fun and youthful with its title and look of the film brings E Niwas after ‘My name is Anthony’. With the likes of Riteish , Ayesha , Aftab and Rimi Sen ; one would expect a laugh riot but the outcome nowhere calls for a single clap.
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| Haal-e-Dil - Just kills! |
 Kumar Mangat always dreamt of being an actor and sees his dream come true as he passes on the baton to his daughter-Amita Pathak. Amita makes her much awaited debut with ‘Haal-E-Dil’ with Shekar Suman’s son Adhyayan and Nakuul Mehta.
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| Mere Baap Pehle Aap - The 'Priyan' formula works again! |
 Whenever a Priyadarshan film comes around there’s always some good amount of laughter that’s guaranteed with the likes of Paresh Rawal , Rajpal Yadav and much more. When it comes to Priyan it doesn’t really matter whether it’s a ‘Kumar’ or ‘Khanna’ rather it’s the name ‘Akshay(e)’ that matters.
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| Summer 2007 - A complete downer! |
 Within weeks of his first release, Sikandar’s next releases without much hype. This time around there isn’t the Sanjay Gupta back up, but under the Atul productions banner directed by Suhail Tatari. The film also includes Gul Panag, Arjan Bajwa, Uvika, Alekh Sangal, Ashutosh Rana and Sachin Khedekar.
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| Aamir - It takes guts to make such a film |
 Aamir produced by the experimental wing of UTV – UTV Spotboys by debutant Rajkumar Gupta comes across very much unlike any UTV film lacking promotion and publicity. The film starring Rajeev Khandelwal , the face of Indian television comes across as the so called smaller film of the week.
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| Sarkar Raj - Ramu returns to bollywood! |
 After a disastrous ‘Ramgopal Varma Ki Aag’, many producers, directors and movie buffs have actually ruled out RamgopaL Varma; the man behind hits like ‘Shiva’, ‘Company’, ‘Bhoot’ and much more. ‘Sarkar’ being one of his finest piece comes across with its sequel this weekend-‘Sarkar Raj’.
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| Hum Sey Hai Jahaan - Mashhoor Amrohi, the actor makes a mark |
 In a year loaded with debutants, Mashhoor Amrohi , grandson of the legendary Kamal Amrohi and son of lyricist Tajdar Amrohi comes across with ‘Hum Sey Hai Jahaan’. The film earlier titled ‘Hum Laakh Chupyaaein Pyaar’ comes almost devoid of promotions which may prove really costly for the awareness level and in turn the run at the box office.
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| Hastey-Hastey - A test of one’s patience |
 ‘Hastey Hastey’ comes in this week with debutant Nisha Rawal accompanied by Jimmy Shergill and a triple role by Rajpal Yadav.
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| Woodstock Villa - Simply OK! |
 Sanjay Gupta has often been associated with the so called ‘Hollywood’ style of film making. Sanjay has a fascination for technique and style not many in India believe in. Now, with ‘Woodstock Villa’ Hansal Mehta directs debutants Sikandar and Neha Uberoi very much the Sanjay Gupta way.
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| Don Muthuswami - An overdose of sound effects and a dull plot |
 After heading ‘Jimmy’ as producer a few weeks ago, Mithun Chakraborthy returns as actor with ‘Don Muthuswami’. The film spearheaded by Ashim Samanta , son of the late Shakti Samanta marks his debut as director. The film marks Ashim’s attempt to revive the legendary Shakti Samanta Films banner.
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| Dhoom Dhadaka - Not enough Dhoom or Dhadaka |
 Director Shashi Ranjan returns to direction after a hiatus since the Raveena Tandon , Jackie Shroff starrer ‘Doobara’. Though Sashi has been doing the rounds in the media for various social causes such as ‘Laadli’ and his involvement with the Tv industry through the ‘GR8!’ magazine, pressure seems to be riding on him with ‘Dhoom Dhadaka’.
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| Jannat - Was it really Heaven? |
 Emraan Hashmi returns with none other than the Bhatt camp accompanied by some good musicby Pritam. But this time the Bhatt camp brings to you debutant Kunal Deshmukh spearheading the direction and partnering Vishesh Bhatt on the screenplay. Vishesh also makes his debut as story writer.
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| Bhoothnath - A complete family treat! |
 Much has been said about Bhoothnath right from the pairing of Amitabh and Shahrukh after a long time and the potential that the debutant director Vivek Sharma carries.
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| Jimmy - A poor launch pad for Mimoh |
 One of the many debuts this year is of Mithun Chakraborthy’s son Mimoh who was apparently supposed to make his debut with another film ‘HE’. Though we haven’t heard of that film which was also to be the launch for Hansika Mowani , Jimmy now comes as Mimoh’s official launch pad.
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| Mr. White Mr. Black - - Coloured with boredom! |
 Deepak Shivdasani, the director of the film , may have also forgotten about Mr.Black Mr. White but graciously the movie finds its way to the theatres . For a film that stars Suniel Shetty and Arshad Warsi , you would expect it to be a crowd puller. But what if the product which has been in the making for over 3 years sounds and tastes stale?
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| Anamika - The Hitchcock ‘Rebecca’ story |
 When Jia Rao(Minisha Lamba), received a call for being an escort to Vikram Singh Sisodiya(Dino Morea) from the palatial Gajner of Bikaner, she hadn’t imagined that life would take a total turnabout. Her rendezevous with Vikram who had come to the city of Mumbai for a convention to turn his home into an international resort actually ended with Vikram proposing to her .
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| Pranali – The Tradition - A dull, boring journey of a devdasi…. |
 Pranali-a never ending journey of a devdasi releases this week. The movie releases without much promotion or hype under Nikhil Mathur’s Harward Entertainments banner. The movie marks the solo debut of Nargis who was last seen in Garam Masala.
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| Tashan - Akshay Kumar aka Bachchan Pande back in action! |
 'Tashan’ , a movie kept totally under wraps without any media interactions or gigs of that sort by the team at Yash Raj Films; releases this week amidst a dry spell in bollywood. With the cricket IPl mania freaking the producers out, not many biggies dare to release their films unless you are from the Yash Raj camp.
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| Hope and a Little Sugar - A power packed ‘Kher’performance |
 ‘Hope and a little sugar’ isn’t your usual 9/11 film with terrorist bashing or so. ‘Hope’ is more of an emotional drama that really gets you involved into the lives of the family members undergoing the trauma of losing a loved one.
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| Krazzy 4 - Masala flick with moments of brilliant patriotism |
 The film under Rakesh Roshan’s Filmkraft India banner marks the debut of director Jaideep Sen . As the film relases across Ajay Devgan’s U Me Aur Hum, not many know that Jaideep has been an assistant director on two movies starring Ajay-‘Jaan’ and ‘Itihaas’.
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| U,Me Aur Hum - Amazing cinematography and a versatile Kajol |
 U Me Aur Hum marks the directorial debut of Ajay Devgan who comes in this year with a bad start at the box office with movies such as ‘Halla Bol’ and ‘Sunday ‘not faring too well. Much seems to be riding on this film too as one sees the Kajol-Ajay, husband-wife pair after a very long time.
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| Shaurya - A brave effort! |
 Former journalist turned director Samar Khan returns to direction after the collapse of Kuch Meetha Ho Jaye. This time Samar explores the very essence of bravery in a film that deals primarily with the army and its court martial procedure.
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| Bhram - No illusion, just a bad plot |
 Bhram the so called illusion has been in talks right from its shooting schedule as constant arguments between Dino Morea and Milind Soman were pushed across the media. Considering the fact that both the handsome hunks were dating Bipasha Basu a long time back; can this be one of the many reasons for a rift?
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| Khuda Kay Liye - A fantastic film from across the border |
 Khuda Ke Liye better known as ‘ In the name of God ‘internationally has been highly acclaimed at several film festivals and has bagged several prestigious awards. The film has been directed by Pakistan’s most renowned TV producer Shoaib Mansoor who has been the mastermind behind the success of the comedy play ‘Fifty Fifty’.
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| One Two Three - Monotonous jokes and weak script |
 123 comes your way as one of the so called multi-starrers of this year (at least that’s how it was promoted). The film attempts to bring in immense comedy on the basis of mistaken identities.
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| Race - High on action and style! |
 After a dry spell at the box office primarily due to school and college exams, comes the release of one of the most awaited films of the year. Tips Industries, the producers of the film have put in so much dedication and moolah to assure the masses that they see a flick that looks international.
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| Black & White - Subash Ghai underdelivers |
 After a huge gap and with several other directors making films under the prestigious Mukta Arts banner, Subash Ghai returns to direction with Black and White. Subash Ghai, popularly called ‘Showman’ of bollywood for his larger than life images and films of immense magnitude be it a Taal
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| Jodhaa Akbar - Ashutosh strikes gold |
 After several reshuffling of dates and over 2 years in the making , UTV and Ashutosh Gowarikar bring to you Jodhaa-Akbar a complete epic in itself. Any comparisons with Mughal-E-Azam or Ashutosh’s previous piece of work should be strictly avoided.
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| Superstar - A Star is born! |
 With a lot of films being made these days that are based on the film industry, here comes yet another venture that revolves around the same. Superstar marks the return of Rohit Jugraj whose previous film ‘James’ was such a wash out.
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| Mithya - A great start but poor finish |
 Here comes the release of a film that has been in the festival circuit for a while. Rajat Kapoor takes up the directorial reigns after films such as Raghu Romeo and Mixed Doubles. So, what’s in store for us from a filmmaker who loves exploring the ‘niche’ with ‘niche’ subjects?
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| Rama Rama Kya Hai Dramaaa - a poor drama |
 Finally comes the release of a film that has been pushed ahead week after week to avoid clashes with other films. The film finally comes out this weekend as a solo release , but maybe the audiences have even forgotten about the existence of such a film. With the delay in release and a dip in the promotional activities of the film, the film releases without much buzz of any sorts.
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| Sunday - All laughs, no story |
 Director Rohit Shetty became one of Bollywood’s most sought after names after the tremendous success of the rib-tickling Golmaal. This time around Rohit tries a repeat formula to make one giggle and laugh out loud. But does it work?
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| Bombay To Bangkok - Same Same, Nothing Different |
 After the huge success of films like Dor and Iqbal, a Nagesh Kukunoor film starring Nagesh’s chela -Shreyas Tadpade comes your way. Expectations for this flick too are running high. So here’s how the plot goes.
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| Halla Bol - The right mix to create halla at the box office |
 An Ajay Devgan-Rajkumar Santoshi combo film always creates those vibes irrespective of the box office success. Take for example The Legend Of Bhagat Singh which didn’t do too well at the box office but went on to receive the national award. With Halla Bol too, Santoshi has a lot to say through the film.
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| My Name is Anthony Gonsalves - A complete lost affair |
 To begin with, the film revolves around Anthony Gonsalves (Nikhil Dwivedi)- a struggling actor who is picked up from the streets and handed over to Father Braganza( Mithun Chakraborthy) by the local gangster Sikander Bhai (Pawan Malhotra).
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| Showbiz - POORLY-COOKED RECIPE |
 When Dhokha followed Awarapan which followed Woh Lamhe… that came after Holiday, we knew that it was high and more time that Vishesh Films and the three Bhatts changed their formula. But they do not seem to have learnt their lessons at all!
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| Return Of Hanuman - IRREVERENT BLUNDER! |
 The importance of the three pillar of cinema – script, direction and editing – is not confined to live features but also extends to animation, documentaries and anything on movie camera. Nothing highlights this more than The Return Of Hanuman, a complete anticlimax after the pioneering and enlightening Hanuman in 2005.
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| Welcome - IT’S A MOB MOB MOB WORLD! |
 So what’s the nutshell verdict? Go watch the film. Leave your brains behind to read this review. But don’t look for the uniform levels of either Hera Pheri or No Entry. They are classics that will be hard to better anyway!
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| Taare Zameen Par - OUTSTANDING ENTERTAINMENT |
 If this film does not win any Best Film award this year, it will be the awards’ loss. For rarely have entertainment and message so exquisitely combined in Hindi cinema.
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| Strangers - DECENT THRILLER – BUT… |
 In a way, the title could take another dimension. The four principle characters (based in London) seem like strangers to Hindi cinema, or at least to what we have come to expect from lead characters.
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| Dus Kahaniyaan - SURPRISE PACKAGE |
 To sum up, Dus Kahaniyaan is a surprise package from Gupta, whose last two films (Zinda, Shootout At Lokhandwala) have also shown a decided upward graph after his earlier tepid work. It will be a pity if its unconventional content and format does not reap box-office rewards. To me, this is the most riveting watch since Jab We Met.
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| Khoya Khoya Chand - LOST CAUSE |
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