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2008 Releases
Ghajini: Not meant for the faint hearted
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Sanjay Singhania (Aamir) after being hit on head suffers from a short term memory loss. He cannot recollect anything beyond 15 minutes. He has...
Movie Review: Jumbo
Another animation (a good one though) goes into the credit list of the Indian cinema. The movie Jumbo is about a fat, blue...
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi: SRK Ne Bana Di Hit Film
Destiny plays a cruel joke on an extremely enthusiastic young girl Taani (Anushka) as she loses her fiancé and his family in a road...
Dil Kabaddi: Go enjoy this game
DINK (Double Income No Kids) uptown couple - Samit (Irrfan) and his control freak wife Mita (Soha) are bored of their stagnant married life....
Maharathi: When actors rise above the script
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Subhash (Paresh Rawal) is a struggling actor cum small time crook who makes money by cheating unsuspecting ATM visitors. One late night he saves...
Meerabai Not Out: Could have been better
The film tells the story of a 30 plus middle class school teacher, Meera Achrekar (Mandira) whose obsession for cricket crosses all bounds. While...
Oh My God: Save us from this film
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Rajendra Dubey (Pathak) is a simple salesman who has big dreams. Being an hardcore Dhiru Bhai Ambani fan, his biggest dream is to become...
Sorry Bhai: Naa mere bhai
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...
Oye Lucky Lucky Oye: One helluva fun ride
Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye tells the story of a loveable conman Lucky Singh (Abhay Deol). Such is his charm that even the Delhi police...
Yuvvraaj: Is an average entertainer
Yuvvraaj basically begins as the story of Deven Yuvraaj (Salman) who is madly in love with Anushka (Katrina). He is a chorus singer where...
Karzzzz (2008): Himesh Rocks!
This remake of Subhash Ghai's 1980s super hit Karz has basically the same storyline as the original with a little twist added to it....
Shoot On Sight: Has it’s heart in the right place
Shoot on Sight, the title refers to a contentious, post-9/11 British law-enforcement policy, doesn't make pulses pound in the tradition of a big Hollywood...
Hello – ready for getting bored?
Not all bestsellers can be picturised and turn out a hit. Well Hello is one of this kind. It is definitely give a poor...
Rafoo Chakkar – another struggling attempt at comedy..
One more attempt at comedy. Some are genuinely funny while the others turn out to be brainless ones that can't even tickle us to...
Kidnap – Time for a nap!
The girl who is kidnapped, is the daughter of a tycon (Sanjay Dutt) who is worth 50 billion dollars! The girl Minissha is sweetly...
Drona.. such a drone!
Yet another mythical fairytale like fable spun to lure the moving going population. Drona is here to capture the audience with awe and intrigue....
Zain Khan shines in fun film HARI PUTTAR
A child accidentally left behind alone at home tries to protect his house against two funny criminals - does this ring a bell? You...
SAAS BAHU AUR SENSEX – a good concept gone awry
To be fair, putting together saas-bahu sagas and the sensex seems a good concept, but director Shona Urvashi fails to use it effectively in...
WELCOME TO SAJJANPUR endears with simplicity, warmth, humour
Welcome to Shyam Benegal's world of enchanting social comment. Every character in this village of the damned, the doomed and remarkably redeemed is a...
‘1920’ another horrible horror tale
After "Phoonk", you'd think the possessed woman was a thing of the past. But wait, it's time for another lady to elevate far beyond...
RU BA RU Movie Review: Poetic Romance and Deja Vu
The most unreliable thing in life is life itself. This, the protagonist of this sweet little concoction discovers when he wakes up one morning...
THE LAST LEAR Movie Review – BIG B Excels
Greatness, they say, is never thrust on you. You are either born with it. Or you are not. Amitabh Bachchan is at a place...
Little shine in Bobby Deol’s ‘CHAMKU’
First things first - what kind of a name is "Chamku"? Is it the name of a detergent or a whitener? No, it's the...
ROCK ON – A mind blowing pastiche of music and life
A large number of our films are about life. Some are about music. Seldom has a film blended the music of life into the...
‘C Kkompany’ – an interesting idea gone astray
Apart from a rather sad and overdone vulgar joke on the surname 'Jha', "C Kkompany" steers clear of turning the comedy into full-fledged farce....
The shock value in ‘Phoonk’ is negligible
It's a vicious world out there. Anything can happen. "Phoonk" goes into the land of voodoo and black magic. Civilised society may frown at...
Ranvir steals the show in ‘Ugly Aur Pagli’
A romantic comedy that starts with a fart and a puke joke can only get better as it progresses. Sure enough, "Ugly Aur Pagli"...
MONEY HAI TOH HONEY HAI – sometimes funny, sometimes drab
Give this film a chance. "Money Hai Toh Honey Hai" has a certain sincerity of purpose and a rather sturdy narrative that serves the...
MISSION ISTAANBUL – action-packed terrorism tale
Mission Istanbul has some superbly skilful editing. The editor's scissors snip through the material on international terrorism demonstrating a tailor's tight command over size...
Manisha the saving grace of boring ‘Mehbooba’
Manisha Koirala is the one reason why one would want to brave this prolonged homage to the cinema of Sanjay Leela Bhansali. "Mehbooba" is...