Welcome

Welcome

Exit from the hall at the end of the movie was the better part of watching Welcome , director Anees Bazmee’s latest comedy film. The movie falls way short of expectations.
Firstly, the film does gross injustice to an actor like Akshay Kumar , someone who has time and again proved his prowess at comedy. In [...]

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Taare Zameen Par

Taare Zameen Par

Ishaan Nandkishore Awasthi (Darsheel Safary) is all of eight and has repeated his third grade already. Papa Awasthi is one angry middle-aged man who wants Ishaan to be like his older brother Yohaan (Sachet Engineer) – a winner. Caught between the father and son is the mother (Tisca Chopra) who cannot decide for herself what [...]

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Dus Kahaniyaan

Dus Kahaniyaan

The most basic problem with Dus Kahaniyaan, the omnibus film featuring ten short stories, is that there is no common theme, nothing at all really, that merits these ten stories to be slapped together as one collection.
Unlike Ramgopal Varma’s Darna Mana Hai or its follow-up Darna Zaroori Hai which were both omnibus films whose short [...]

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Khoya Khoya Chand

Khoya Khoya Chand

Sudhir Mishra’s ‘Khoya Khoya Chand’ recreates the Bombay film industry of the fifties and the sixties beautifully. Everything from the sets to the costumes to the overall feel is in place. Coupled with beautiful performances by a competent set of actors, the film does manage to leave an impact.
Aspiring actress Nikhat (Soha Ali Khan) dreams [...]

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