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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

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Mittal v/s Mittal Filed in Movie Reviews on 26th Mar, 2010
Very often we come across news about marital rape in newspaper. Is rape possible within a marriage or only outside of that? Mitttal v/s Mittal is a film on marital rape that happens within the four walls of a married life. According to the dictionary, rape is the crime of forcing another person to submit to sex acts, especially sexual intercourse.

Mittal v/s Mittal is based on the Domestic Violence Act, 2005, which was passed by Parliament recently. Directed by Karan Razdan, Mittal v/s Mittal stars Rohit Roy, Rituparna Sen Gupta, Suchitra Krishnamoorthi, Gulshan Grover, Dolly Thakore, Reema Lagoo, Anjan Srivastavm Irawati Harshe, and Hazel.

The film is about Karan Mittal, scion of the Mittal, a spoiltbrat and Casanova and Mitali, a successful model from a middle class family. When Karan meets Mitali in a fashion show he is completely enamored by her. He is habituated to get what he wants and lands up at Mitali’s house with his parents for a marriage proposal. Mitali’s pare....
Starring : Rohit Roy, Rituparna Sen Gupta, Suchitra Krishnamoorthi, Gulshan Grover, Dolly Thakore, Reema Lagoo, Anjan Srivastavm Irawati Harshe, Hazel
Release Date : 26th Mar, 2010
Language : Hindi
Genre : Drama 

Love Sex Aur Dhokha
After having earned critical acclaim for Khosla Ka Ghosla and Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, director Dibakar Banerjee maps a new terrain with his bold film Love, Sex Aur Dhokha (LSD), which highlights voyeurism in society.

A digital film with a hidden camera playing a character by itself, Love, Sex Aur Dhokha features a bunch of newcomers with no mainstream trappings to it, but sex and voyeurism constitute a major driving force of the narrative. The movie releases on March 19, 2010.

"Voyeurism is what the whole society finds itself trapped in and this is the reality that I wish to bring through my film," Banerjee said.

A co-production of Ekta Kapoor, Shobha Kapoor and Priya Sreedharan, it is a small-budget movie that will release across 350 screens in India. Unlike other Bollywood films, it won't have an international release.

It stars debutants Anshuman Jha, Shruti, Raj Kumar Yadav, Neha Chauhan, Amit Sial, Arya and Herry Tangdi.

"We are not releasing Love Sex Aur Dhokha internationally because the recovery for small movies is not possible outside. We plan to take it to festivals instead," Sunny Khanna, senior vice president of Balaji Motion Pictures, said.

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Nine - Filed in Movie Reviews on 26th Mar, 2010
 Nine is directed by Rob Marshall famed for the 2002 Academy Award Best Picture Chicago and the 1998 Broadway revival of Cabaret. Nine is a musical-romantic film and is based on Arthur Kopit's book for the 1982 musical of the same name, which was itself suggested by Federico Fellini's semi-autobiographical film 8½. The screenplay of the film has been written by Michael Tolkin and Anthony Minghella. Maury Yeston composed the music and wrote the lyrics for the songs.

Rob Marshall has roped in impressive star casts including Academy Award winners Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Nicole Kidman, Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz, Sophia Loren, Kate Hudson, and Grammy Award winner Fergie. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress (Penélope Cruz), Best Art Dire....
Starring : Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz, Judi Dench, Fergie, Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman, Sophia Loren
Release Date : 26th Mar, 2010
Language : English
Genre : Musical/ Romance

Well Done Abba - Filed in Movie Reviews on 26th Mar, 2010
 Boman Irani seems to to be the flavor of Bollywood films these days. He has not looked back since 2003 Munna Bhai MBBS followed by 2006 Lage Raho Munna Bhai and 2009 super duper hit 3 Idiots. Well Done Abba joins the trio of Boman Irani’s remarkable films. This comedy is directed by none other than Shyam Benegal, the veteran film maker who won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi seven times. He directed films like Zubeida, Welcome to Sajjanpur, Ankur and many more. For this flick, Benegal has roped in Boman Irani, Minissha Lamba, Ila Arun, Sameer Dattani, Ravi Kissen, Ila Arun, Salim Ghouse, Sonali Kulkarni, Rajit Kapoor.

Well Done Abba is a political satire. The film has tried to convey the message that to run good schemes which are initiated by the government for the peo....
Starring : Boman Irani, Minissha Lamba, Ila Arun, Sameer Dattani, Ravi Kissen, Ila Arun, Salim Ghouse, Sonali Kulkarni, Rajit Kapoor
Release Date : 26th Mar, 2010
Language : Hindi
Genre : Political Satire / Comedy 
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Lahore     Filed in Movie Reviews on 19th Mar, 2010
Pakistan refused to release film Lahore on its soil terming it to be anti-Pakistan. But it’s released in India. Sanjay Puransingh Chauhan has brilliantly used the backdrop of a violent sport, kickboxing in the flick Lahore. If you are expecting it to be like any other sports films; Chak De and Apne then you may be disappointed. Lahore has a strong message and tries to bridge the gap between two nations India and Pakistan through sports. This film is devoid of any slogan shouting or Pak-bashing and that makes Lahore a film with difference. It also delves into the isues of politics in sports.

The storyline of Lahore is simple. It is not only about kick-boxing but relationships, bonding between two brothers and their love for sports. The film opens with kick-boxing selection committee and final stage of selection is going on. In this mayhem, a wily politician Reddy, (K Jeeva) wants his favourite participant to be selected while a genuine coach Rao (Farooque Shaikh) wants merit to be the only criteria for selection. Dhirendra Singh (Sushant Singh) like a true sportsman dreams to qualify on the basis of his merit. He is selected to represent India in Kuala Lumpur. There he fights with Noor Moha.......
Starring : Sushant Singh, Nirmal Pandey, Ashish Vidyarthi, Kelly Dorji, Nafisa Ali, Farooque Shaikh, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Saurabh Shukla, shraddha das, Shradha Nigam, Mukesh Rishi, Aanaahad
Release Date : 19th Mar, 2010
Language : Hindi
Genre : Sports/Drama


The Box      Filed in Movie Reviews on 22nd Mar, 2010
Richard Kelly’s The Box is a science fiction/thriller/ horror flick based on the 1970 short story “Button, Button” by Richard Matheson, which was previously adapted into an episode of the 1980s incarnation of The Twilight Zone. Richard Kelly has also written the script of the film and stars Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella.

The Box revolves around a box which forms the main theme of the film. In the year 1976 Richmond, Virginia there is a couple Norma (Cameron Diaz) and Arthur Lewis (James Marsden) and their son. Norma is working as a teacher in a private school and has lost her four toes to radiation. Arthur is an optics engineer at NASA. Though financially the family is not that sound, they lived a happy life. Everything is normal until one fine morning the doorbell rings at 5:45 am. Outside her door lie a box and a note inside the box which offers them one million dollars if they press the button sealed within the dome on top of the box. But the catch is that by pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world; someone they don't know. They just have 24 hours to ha......
Starring : Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella
Release Date : 19th Mar, 2010
Language : English
Genre : science fiction/thriller/ horror
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Shaapit Filed in Movie Reviews on 22nd Mar, 2010
It is universally accepted that curse has the power to destroy life. It is also believed that curse go down from one generation to another. Curse is dreaded by all and hence it is important we don’t offend or hurt anybody. Shaapit is a horror flick based on curse directed by Vikram Bhatt who has given horror hit like Raaz. With Shaapit, Vikram Bhatt has ventured into something new in the genre of horror – spectrology (study of ghosts). It is diffeent from other horror film of the past.

When Aman (Aditya Narayan) and Kaaya (Shweta Agarwal) get engaged secretly little did they know that their life is not going to be easy. It is going to change forever. As soon as the couple drives off together they almost escaped death. When Kaaya parents come to the hospital and sees the engagement ring on her finger, we come to kno...... 
 Starring : Aditya Narayan, Shweta Agarwal, Rahul Dev, Shubh Joshi
Release Date : 19th Mar, 2010
Language : Hindi
Genre : Horror
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Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge                   5th Mar, 2010
Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge There is a saying in India, “Atithi Devo Bhava” which means guests are the personification of God. Comedy flick Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge is inspired from late Sharad Joshi’s (well known Indian Hindi poet, writer and satirist) article ‘Tum Kab Jaoge Atithi.’ It is directed by Ashwani Dhir (director of One Two Three). Atithi has an ensemble cast of Ajay Devgn, Konkona Sen Sharma, Paresh Rawal, Satish Kaushik, Akhilendra Mishra, and Sanjay Mishra. At some point in our life we have guests at home, some welcomed and some unwelcomed guests..We did our best to serve them because we thought them to be God visiting us in disguise. Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge is the story of Puneet (Ajay Devgan) and Munmun (Konkona Sen) whose life takes a U turn with the arr...
Starring : Ajay Devgn, Konkona Sen Sharma, Paresh Rawal, Satish Kaushik, Akhilendra Mishra, Sanjay Mishra
Language : Hindi
Release Date : 5th Mar, 2010
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Love Happens Filed in Movie Reviews on 5th Mar, 2010

Aaron Eckhart and Jenifer Aniston stars in Love Happens, a romantic drama directed by Brandon Camp. The script for this comedy flick has also been written by Camp himself. Frances Conroy, Dan Fogler, Martin Sheen, Judy Greer are the other actors that complete the cast. Burke Ryan (Aaron Eckhart) is the main protagonist in Love Happens. Like every human being, Ryan has his share of personal tragedy.He is a successful Ph. D. who has lost his wife in a car accident. In order to cope up with the death of his wife he writes book. He is the author the best selling 'A-Okay!' and gives motivational lec....
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Invictus Filed in Movie Reviews on 2nd Mar, 2010

Invictus Nelson Mandela is larger than life and Invictus is a film that truly depicts the greatness about this man who spent 27 years in prison, silently struggling against apartheid in South Africa, ruled by the Whites. Many of us were not even born when this great soul had wage a war to free his fellow South African from the prejudices against the white. Invictus is directed by the living legend Clint Eastwood who always surprises us with his incredible films. The film is based on the John Carlin book Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Changed a Nation. Iinvictus is set in the early 90s in South Africa. The exiled ANC leader Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) is just released from Robben Is....
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Teen Patti Filed in Movie Reviews on 2nd Mar, 2010

Teen Patti is the latest film by lady director Leena Yadav who directed the Sanjay Dutt-Aishwarya Rai starrer Shabd. This flick boasts of star cast like Amitabh Bachchan and Ben Kingsley. The complete casts of the film include R. Madhavan, Saira Mohan, Raima Sen, Siddharth Kher, Dhruv Ganesh, Vaibhav Talwar, Shraddha Kapoor, Tinnu Anand, Shakti Kapoor, and Mahesh Manjrekar. Teen Patti is inspired from Hollywood flick 21 starring Kevin Spacey. Teen Patti is about Venkat Subramanium, a mathematician professor who has done a dissertation on the Theory of Probability. The theory will help in predicting the winner in a card game and thereby earn fast bucks. The professor and his group of students are all set out to apply the theory in the practical world. Teen Patti could have been an exciting thriller. But the poor script and bad exe...
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It’s Complicated Filed in Movie Reviews on 2nd Mar, 2010

It’s Complicated It’s Complicated is written, produced and directed by Nancy Meyers. This romantic comedy has an ensemble casts of Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin, Lake Bell, and John Krasinski. As the title of the flick suggests, the female protagonist create complicated situation in her life for which no one is to be blamed except her. When the film opens we are shown that Jane (Meryl Streep) is a self-reliant divorcee. She is running a bakery successfully. She has three grown up children and is divorced from her husband, Jake a successful attorney. He left her for the much younger woman, Agness (Lake Bell). However, after 10 long years of divorce, fate is going to unite them together again – this time through their son Luke’s college graduation in New York. Soon a dinner together will make their meetings more frequent, thus culminating into an affair. The divorced couple is very much attracted towards each other. But everything is not going to be smooth for Jane and Jake. Jane is also b...
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Karthik Calling Karthik Filed in Movie Reviews on 26th Feb, 2010

Karthik Calling Karthik (KCK) generated much curiosity before its release. Firstly, the odd pair of Farhan Akhtar and Deepika Padukone was to be seen on celluloid for the first time Secondly, Karthik Calling Karthik is the third film of Farhan after starring in two successful hit films like Rock On and Luck By Chance. Thirdly, the unusual title of the film was enough to arouse interest in the film. Produced by Ritesh Sidhwanim and Farhan Akhtar, Karthik Calling Karthik is directed by Vijay Lalwani who incidentally is also the writer. Karthik Calling Karthik is the simple story of an unusually introvert and under-confident Karthik (Farhan). He is a loser and is bullied everywhere; school, college and even office (can you believe it?). But inspite of all this, he too has a heart and that beats only for one girl – Shonali Mukherjee (Deepika). Shonali is an architect in his office. She is smart but she is oblivious of his existence (how sad for Karthik). I wonder why opposite always at...
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