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Cut and paste!
December 8, 2010, 7:45 PM IST
Dev Anand is disappointed. A forthcoming Rohan Sippy film starring Abhishek Bachchan and Bipasha Basu has been titled Dum Maro Dum. That is why. The octogenarian insists that the new film’s title is an insult…
December 8, 2010, 7:45 PM IST
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Tera Kya Hoga Johny
December 7, 2010, 2:23 PM IST
Sudhir Mishra‘s films, whether I like them or not, I look forward to them every single time. That’s what one Is raat ki subah nahi or one Hazaron Khwaishein Aisi can do, no matter how…
December 7, 2010, 2:23 PM IST
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Sa Re Ga Ma Pa: And then there were Five
December 1, 2010, 9:26 PM IST
There are now five singers left on India’s premier TV competition. There are three teams. Almost predictably, one person from each team has been lined up as the team’s hopeful. Daler’s team has Abhilasha. Vishal…
December 1, 2010, 9:26 PM IST
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Rakht Charitra 2 Reprise
November 30, 2010, 1:08 PM IST
Absolutely loved the slideshow promo –
November 30, 2010, 1:08 PM IST
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Black, Blue and, now, a nice blackish blue
November 30, 2010, 11:55 AM IST
His fascination for black and blue notwithstanding, Guzaarish will go down as one of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s better made movies. Those who hated Saawariya, will not have a good opinion of Guzaarish for, barring a…
November 30, 2010, 11:55 AM IST
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Return of Bachelor Boy
November 29, 2010, 8:36 PM IST
Those were the days when music was heard, not seen. LPs rotated on turntables, leading to music that we heard without any other distraction. Very few Western musicians hit the mart consistently, and we discovered…
November 29, 2010, 8:36 PM IST
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The weirdly wonderful art of Haren Vakil
November 29, 2010, 5:02 AM IST
All through Haren Vakil’s life – from his birth and raising in Mumbai, journeys through Europe and settling down in Canada – the visual elements at odds in his environments fascinated him. He consumed these…
November 29, 2010, 5:02 AM IST
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Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey
November 24, 2010, 9:00 AM IST
Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey sounds very exciting because of the walk down history it promises. One, I don’t regret getting bored in History lessons. Two, it is almost guaranteed to be ‘different’ from the…
November 24, 2010, 9:00 AM IST
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Break Ke Baad
November 23, 2010, 12:24 PM IST
Director, Danish Aslam promises that we will find parts of ourselves in the lead pair. If even half the things he says about the lead pairs relationship really comes out in the film, I’m likely…
November 23, 2010, 12:24 PM IST
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Allah Ke Banday
November 22, 2010, 1:52 PM IST
Allah ke Bandey is about two juvenile delinquents. So it is about how they are treated in jail for juveniles and what becomes of them when they come back to real world. But this awesome…
November 22, 2010, 1:52 PM IST
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There is something about Harry
November 19, 2010, 6:37 PM IST
Harry Potter has changed the world we read and watch in. With Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part I hitting the marquee, many Harry addicts have wiped the dust off their sets of Rowling…
November 19, 2010, 6:37 PM IST
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Line of Chat: Inside the background score of Guzaarish with Parik (and Tubby)
November 17, 2010, 9:57 PM IST
Sure songs are really important in Bollywood movies. But there is a different kind of music that is just as important. Once you are in that theater and the lights dim, it does all the…
November 17, 2010, 9:57 PM IST
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Guzaarish
November 17, 2010, 2:47 PM IST
Did you read about people getting offended by Laxman’s (Shreyas Talpade’s) stammering in Golmaal 3. Then there is someone who thinks Aishwarya Rai seen smoking on a poster will set a trend of guess what?…
November 17, 2010, 2:47 PM IST
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Line of Chat: Mikey McCleary on the music of Break Ke Baad
November 13, 2010, 10:06 AM IST
On the soundtrack for the Imran Khan – Deepika Padukone starrer Break Ke Baad, Vishal Shekhar deliver six original tracks that retain the trademark freshness one associates with the composers. But something strange has happened…
November 13, 2010, 10:06 AM IST
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The fall and fall of Akshay
November 8, 2010, 8:31 PM IST
Till sometime ago, Akshay Kumar could do nothing wrong. Now, he can do nothing right. His films come. His films go. The box-office continues to be uncharitable, while the number one spot seems way beyond…
November 8, 2010, 8:31 PM IST
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Indian Movie Promos: It’s complicated!
November 6, 2010, 9:48 AM IST
Just the other day my wife (who we refer to as the Drift Memsaab, don’t ask long story) decided to curl up and watch a movie starring her favorite actor in a rather cute and…
November 6, 2010, 9:48 AM IST
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More New (Ignored) Bollywood Music
November 2, 2010, 9:52 PM IST
A few good soundtracks have made their way through lately. A number of songs have become hits. But we also need to give love to those kids who didn’t get enough love from their parents….
November 2, 2010, 9:52 PM IST
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A mystery named RGV
October 28, 2010, 6:48 PM IST
India has many filmmakers. And, India has Ram Gopal Varma, whose gore fest Rakht Charitra painted the marquee red recently. RC isn’t vintage RGV, but it isn’t his worst either, courtesy some masterly scenes manifesting…
October 28, 2010, 6:48 PM IST
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Action Replayy
October 28, 2010, 11:24 AM IST
There are only so many ways you can say, “boy meets girl” in. But, if there is a fresh angle to it, movie-goers, however irregular, will lap it up. I know that a regular like…
October 28, 2010, 11:24 AM IST
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Golmaal 3
October 26, 2010, 12:49 PM IST
Every time someone complains of brainless stuff being said or shown on radio/TV/films, there is someone in the drawing room conversation who’ll say, “this is what the people want”. And every time this happens, I…
October 26, 2010, 12:49 PM IST
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