Ratings: ** Gabbar Is Back is based on the done-and-dusted idea of cashing in on the good-man-fighting-against-corruption technique. The film is a remake of AR Murugadoss’ Ramanaa, and is not linked to the iconic Gabbar in any manner. The plot is too simple for the audience to not understand and boring enough to make them…
Emraan Hashmi’s latest offering Mr X might have been panned by the critics but the sci-fi drama has able to earn Rs.13.99 crore in the opening weekend. A tale of an invisible man taking on the baddies in Mr. X has done average business at the box-office in the opening weekend. The film managed to…
Director Dibakar Banerjee recreates 1943 Calcutta for the big screen in period thriller Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! , starring actor Sushant Singh Rajput as the titular private eye on his first case. The film is the first Bollywood version of Bengali author Saradindu Bandopadhyay’s sleuth series. Film critic Saibal Chatterjee writes in his 3.5 stars rated…
Actress Anushka Sharma‘s thriller NH10, which opened on a low note, picked up pace on and minted Rs 7.85 crore on the opening weekend. NH10, Anushka’s production debut, sheds light on honour-killing and the plight of women in a male-dominated society. The plot revolves around a couple whose road trip goes awry after being attacked…
A good cast is the best thing that can happen to a movie. It is especially great when all of them not only look perfect for their respective roles but also individually give their best to the film. ‘Dum Laga Ke Haisha’ is the perfect example of this fact. The effort that has gone in…
Ab Tak Chhappan 2 Director: Aejaz Gulab Cast: Nana Patekar, Ashutosh Rana, Vikram Gokhale, Gul Panag, Mohan Agashe Rating: * 1/2 A decade has passed since we last saw encounter specialist Sadhu Agashe (Nana Patekar). We are shown that he has been enjoying a quite, retired life in Goa, going fishing, cutting coconuts and cooking….
Movie: Badlapur Cast: Varun Dhawan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Huma Qureshi, Yami Gautam, Divya Dutta, Vinay Pathak, Radhika Apte Director: Sriram Raghvan Rating: **** Sriram Raghvan’s debut film Ek Haseena Thi (2004) was a stupendous thriller and it worked well for Saif Ali Khan who played the lead role. Raghvan handles the genre well and he gets…
Bhatt camp’s erotic suspense thriller Khamoshiyan has performed better than biopic Hawaizaada and thriller Rahasya at the domestic box office. Khamoshiyan, starring Gurmeet Choudhary, Sapna Pabbi and Ali Fazal, raked in Rs. 4.13 crore in two days, read a statement. The film has been made on a budget of Rs. 11 crore (including marketing) and…
Within three days of its release, Akshay Kumar’s Baby has grossed over Rs 35 crore, a figure much ahead of the over-Rs.10 crore mark that Sonam Kapoor‘s Dolly Ki Doli has managed. Directed by Neeraj Pandey, Baby earned Rs.36.07 crore in just three days, read a statement. Also starring Anupam Kher, Rana Daggubati, Danny Denzongpa,…
Tevar is another masala action entertainer and is a good watch. It has pretty good performances by Arjun Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha and Manoj Bajpayee. Arjun and Sonakshi’s amazing chemistry is beautifully crafted on screen. Manoj Bajpai’s acting stands out pretty well in the negative role. Superman song is already popular and Radha Song looks much better on…
