Caste based atrocity is one of the worst, chronic and a few millennia old injustice of the world. Yet its continuing prevalence, especially in India, is one of its best kept open-secrets. India’s vibrant cinema has paid scant attention to it. The commercial venture “Aakrosh” comes as a late but welcome [...]
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October 15th, 2010 by Daanish Dhansi
The film revolves around a lower caste guy who had gone along with his 2 friends to a village – Jhanjhar in Bihar, his native place, to watch Ramleela. These 3 students of Delhi University go missing in the dusty village. In the previous 3 months there was no clue where the young students have [...]
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October 6th, 2010 by Daanish Dhansi
Ramgopal Varma is itching to tell a new story in his movies. You may garland him for his efforts or loathe him if you feel letdown, but you need to hand it to him for picking up stories that defy stereotype.
This time, in RANN, the maverick film-maker does an expose on the games the heavyweights [...]
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January 27th, 2010 by riaz
Ever wondered why bizarre and Akshay kumar rhyme so well? He is not some blue blooded second generation rich star kid who had it all easy. I love this guy for his sheer tenacity, his indomitable spirit and rustic charm which makes him so accessible to all and sundry. He is a hero we can [...]
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November 29th, 2009 by riaz
Nitin Bankar (Akshay Kumar) is a personal butler, cook, driver, watchman, gardener to a wealthy female industrialist (Archana Puran Singh) in Singapore. Like any young man, Nitin too, dreams of a better life, but misfortune is his constant companion and his reality is his job under Archana. He desperately wants to become rich and marry [...]
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October 23rd, 2009 by riaz
Nitin (Akshay Kumar) and Ram (Suneil Shetty) are only lucky in love – otherwise, their lives are a big zero, so is their bank balance! But now their rich girlfriends – Anjali (Katrina Kaif) and Manpreet (Sameera Reddy) have given them an ultimatum – earn enough money so that we can elope or forget us [...]
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October 16th, 2009 by riaz
Character Sketch
Amitabh Bachchan as Vijay Harshvardhan Malik
The founder of the first ever private news channel in the country INDIA 24/7, the Harvard-educated Harshvardhan Malik is India’s most respected media personality. He is a hardcore upholder of journalistic ethics. No wonder his Channel is battling for survival!
Sudeep as Jay Malik
A go-getter and highly aggressive and [...]
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Amitabh Bachchan, Ram Gopal Varma, Ritesh Deshmukh, Paresh Rawal, Sudeep, Madhu Matena at press conference of the film Rann at Religare Arts Gallery, New Delhi. The occasion was the showcasing of the song – Jana Gana Rann.
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Any Ram Gopal Varma film always arouses a certain amount of curiosity and when you have the likes of Big B, Riteish Deshmukh, Paresh Rawal, Gul Panag and Rajpal Yadav as a part of the ensemble cast, expectations only get bigger.
The film in question is Rann aka India 24/7. Ramu is currently working at break [...]
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White City Entertainment Pvt Ltd and Mehul Kumar launched their prestigious film KRANTIVEER- THE Revolution, the sequel to the Mega-blockbuster Krantiveer of 1994 at a glittering event held at J. W. Marriot on 27th March, 2009. Shri Amitabh Bachchan, who has worked with Mehul Kumar, made his gracious presence at the launch. Also present were [...]
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March 28th, 2009 by neeraj
Nearly flawless, almost pitched perfectly to show the trauma of those who lose limbs, lives loves and faith in a communal carnage Nandita Das’s directorial debut leaves you speechless.
This is what cinema was always meant be. But somewhere in its chequered course from information to entertainment our movies began to feel like vaudeville entertainment meant [...]
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Naseeruddin Shah is surely the man of the hour. An otherwise complacent and low profile man, veteran actor Naserudddin Shah surprised on and all when he threw a private screening of his forthcoming movie Barah Aana for close friends and family at Fame Adlabs.
Tanishtha Chatterjee looked ravishing in a purple outfit. The screening saw a [...]
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March 14th, 2009 by neeraj