Friday, December 26th, 2008

Sanjay Singhania (Aamir) after being hit on head suffers from a short term memory loss. He cannot recollect anything beyond 15 minutes. He has various phone numbers and names tattooed on his body all hinting at one thing, seek revenge for the murder of his girlfriend, Kalpana (Asin). The only clue he has is the name that he remembers his dying girlfriend uttered in his ears - Ghajini. What obstacles Sanjay encounters in his hunt for Ghajini forms the rest of the film. (more…)
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Friday, December 26th, 2008

Another animation (a good one though) goes into the credit list of the Indian cinema. The movie Jumbo is about a fat, blue colored, young elephant named Jaiveer, who loves playing with frogs and is in his own dream world where there are loads of fun and fun around. Everything is happy around him but one thing disturbs Jumbo the most, that he is without a father. It was rumored that his father was a coward and had ran away from the elephant community. This is not well digested by Jumbo who decides to venture out in search of his father. (more…)
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Saturday, December 13th, 2008

Destiny plays a cruel joke on an extremely enthusiastic young girl Taani (Anushka) as she loses her fiancé and his family in a road accident on the eve of her marriage. Her father, a retired professor, on his death bed requests her to marry his old favourite student, Surinder Shahani (SRK). Taani obeys his last wish and thus begins the start of this extraordinary love story between an otherwise ordinary jodi. (more…)
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Sunday, December 7th, 2008

DINK (Double Income No Kids) uptown couple - Samit (Irrfan) and his control freak wife Mita (Soha) are bored of their stagnant married life. Mita desperately longs for a sensitive, level-headed partner but fun-loving Samit craves for a naughtier and more adventurous sex life. (more…)
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Sunday, December 7th, 2008

Subhash (Paresh Rawal) is a struggling actor cum small time crook who makes money by cheating unsuspecting ATM visitors. One late night he saves a man’s life, to do so he puts his own at risk. He ends up accompanying the injured man back home. Subhash is awe struck at the grandeur and affluence of Mr. Adenwalla. (Naseeruddin Shah) Subhash realizes this may lead to a generous tip. (more…)
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Sunday, December 7th, 2008

The film tells the story of a 30 plus middle class school teacher, Meera Achrekar (Mandira) whose obsession for cricket crosses all bounds. While on one hand her family comprising of an ever caring parents and a cricket hating brother (Manjrekar) are trying their best to get her married, her craze for cricket is growing manifold. (more…)
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Sunday, December 7th, 2008

Rajendra Dubey (Pathak) is a simple salesman who has big dreams. Being an hardcore Dhiru Bhai Ambani fan, his biggest dream is to become like him but using ethical ways. He even carries with him brochures of a scheme that he believes will change his (and his investors’) fortunes forever. (more…)
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Saturday, November 29th, 2008

Geeky scientist Siddharth Mathur (Sharman) is given their mother’s ’swear’ by elder brother Harsh (Suri) to bring her along for his wedding to be held in Mauritius. Their mom, (Shabana) is least interested in attending the wedding because Harsh has planned to marry against her wishes. (more…)
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Saturday, November 29th, 2008

Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye tells the story of a loveable conman Lucky Singh (Abhay Deol). Such is his charm that even the Delhi police are extremely fond of him. The film is a journey of Lucky from a middle class boy to becoming a small time crook to notoriety and faux celebrity and the people he encounters in this journey. But the film is also much more than that as it multilayered with class envy and conflict, family dynamics, lower middle class aspirations, thwarted ambitions and the nature of celebrity. (more…)
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