Hulchul Review

Years ago, the late O.P. Ralhan made a film called "Hulchal", which was about a mistaken murder conspiracy. The pace was maddening.The new "Hulchal" certainly doesn't lose the...

Mughal-e-Azam Review

Flawless, seamless, timeless...What do we say about a film that immortalised each one of its cast members and technicians?"Mughal-e-Azam" is to the pseudo-historical what the Taj Mahal is...

Naach Review

Abhi and Rewa, the two protagonists of Ram Gopal Varma's fascinating study of the dynamics of the man-woman relationship within a metropolitan setting, are on their way back after watching an...

Veer Zaara Review

"Which era do these people belong to!" Rani Mukherjee exclaims about the Pakistani girl and the Indian man who live with the "idea" of love for 22 years. Old yet passionate,...

Aitraaz Review

A star is born! As the predatory social-climbing seductress who can go to any length to satiate her lust for life, Priyanka Chopra rocks the scene like never before.Her character, appearance,...

Morning Raga Review

Whether it's "Abhimaan", "Sur" or "Saaz", Hindi movies about music and musicians have employed ego as the primary focus of interest.In Mahesh Dattani's second feature...

Kis Kis ki Kismet Review

The two things that emerge from this haze of vapid and vaporous humor is the camera's commitment to the leading lady's figure and the director's obsession with food.If the camera isn't focusing on...

Vaastu Shastra Review

It's arguably the most terrifying Bollywood horror film ever conceived and brought to the screen with an ingrained integrity that diminishes both rational explanations and irrational fear to a mound...

Dil Bechara Pyaar Ka Maara Review

A new farcical formula of filmmaking has erupted after Ram Gopal Varma's "Love Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega" and N. Chandra's "Style" -- three boys obsessed with girls and money out...

Shukriya Review

Straight away, let's give debutant director Anupam Sinha his due. He has tried to dodge the formula in some areas of his film, never mind the artistic liberties whereby some European resort is...

Bride and Prejudice Review

It is so easy and slot-friendly to mistake a celebration of Bollywood's kitsch to be actual kitsch. But to confuse Gurinder Chadha's delicious, walloping and wacky adaptation of Jane Austen as a...

Tauba Tauba Review

Eminently distasteful and not the least erotic or even titillating, "Tauba Tauba" makes a mockery of the audience. Presumably inspired by the freak success of "Ek Chotisi Love Story...

Popcorn Khao Mast Ho Jao! Review

It's okay to be purposelessly chic at times. "Popcorn Khao...Mast Ho Jao" belongs unapologetically to the cool school. It borrows heavily from the Archies comic strip. Newcomer Abhishek...

Dance Like A Man Review

The cultural dilemma and conflicts faced by exponents of a fading art form seem to fascinate playwright Mahesh Dattani. In "Morning Raga", a Carnatic singer comes to terms with past...

Madhoshi Review

This seems to be the week of Hollywood adaptations. While "Tumsa Nahi Dekha" goes straight for "Arthur", in "Madhoshi", debutant director Tanveer Khan borrows the core...

Tumsa Nahin Dekha Review

If it's a Mukesh Bhatt production, it's got to be Hollywood. Having reworked two trivial Hollywood films -- "Dragonfly" (as "Saaya") and "Unfaithful" (as "Murder...

Ek Se Badhkar Ek Review

We should seriously question why comedy has come to such a sorry state in our cinema. To Kundan Shah goes the credit for directing "Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron", one of the brightest situational...

Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahaa Review

Let's get one thing clear right away. "Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahaa" isn't a bad film. It's a boring film. And that's worse than being bad. In the absence of a gripping plot, cohesive narration...

Hum Kaun Hai Review

This disastrous trans-creation of Alejandro Amenabar's "The Others" - the only Hindi adaptation since Govind Menon's "Khwahish" to borrow almost every frame and word from the...

Rakht Review

Not often do we get a mainstream Hindi film that allows some of our biggest stars to defiantly depart from their images. "Rakht" gives macho actors like Sanjay Dutt, Suniel Shetty and Dino...