‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha’ – unconventional …
The million dollar question making the rounds is – Does “Love Sex Aur Dhokha” have a story?’ The answer is yes. In fact, there are three stories, each of them being shown in episodic manner with ‘Love’, ‘Sex’ and ‘Dhokha’ being the plot drivers for the respective tales. Do they work? Yes, they do though it is apparent that there are ups and downs in the pace of these stories. …
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‘Atithee..’ a one-episode sitcom
Be Ajay Devgan’s guest. So many films about the guest as an intruder. But this one takes the creak. And yes we do mean creak. The plot sets out to portray the ‘bin bulaye mehmaan’, or uninvited guest, as a pest rather than a guest and finally spends agonizing playing time portraying him as a messiah in a dhoti. Trust Paresh Rawal to get into the skin of his character. From …
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‘Shaapit’ of curses, witchcraft and other …
There are good spirits and bad spirits waltzing all over the place. All we have to do is reach into the past and pull out the relevant ghoul, and we are into the realm of the spooky cool. Vikram Bhatt’s “Shaapit” has a certain coherence and clarity generally denied to the horror genre. Bhatt, a past master at creating the shiver, treats the material on hand with affection …
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Rocket Singh - Sales Man Of The Year
YRF last shot at the B.O. 2009 is uplifting and well performed by the ‘Chak De’ jodi of helmer, Shimit Amin and writer Jaideep Sahni. Undoubtedly the odd flick out from the YRF stamp this inspiring film about today’s competitive times is enthralling story that should win over ‘thinking’ audiences. Anyhow the absence of elements to please the fun loving audience who hate …
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Agyaat - So Thrill
‘Agyaat’ is bounded with cheap thrills and proves to be a lousy flick letting down the ardent buffs, who eagerly expected it. To begin with, it’s a good attempt by this scrapper who hardly believes in his film’s results. A horror-adventure, somewhat like ‘Predator’ had really knocked a high-shot on our adrenalines. Perhaps, scenarios are different once you’re before the screens. …
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