Music and films go hand in hand. You may not notice it, but pretty much every top Hollywood film has a background score accompanying the actual film. Not sure what I mean? Well, think elevator music, quick murmurs of sound, or how about that time when that creepy, thrilling music comes on during a scene. [...]
I figured today might be just as good a day as any other to finally review this film. This little number took my by surprise in the dark November nights and taught me a few things about Bollywood. Lets get started already. The film stars our lovely Aishwarya Rai (now Aishwarya Rai Bachchan), Salman Khan, and Ajay [...]
Is Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu really a love story? If any of you were up to date on the Hindustan Times around last December, you probably heard the gossip about Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu, or maybe you watched the trailer. There was a lot of controversy about the use of the S word [...]
If you’ve seen the first Housefull film (realeased in 2010), you’d know that the flim was a crazy-London-masala-mash-up comedy flim full of fun and flavor. The second film gives us just that, as well as a lot more. Housefull 2 stars a large cast of big name Bollywood stars including: Akshay Kumar, Ritesh Deshmukh, John [...]
If you want an unusual Bollywood picture featuring the representation of female sexuality in Bollywood film making, The Dirty Picture is probably your best recent newly-released bet. The film stars actors Vidya Balan, Naseeruddin Shah, Tusshar Kapoor, and Emraan Hashmi. The Dirty Picture is about a poor young woman who ran away from home and [...]
If you hadn’t known, the Disney corporation makes various films targeted towards other countries aside from English speaking ones, an example of this is Zokkomon and Once Upon a Warrior (starring Siddharth). Zokkomon was released in 2011, in Hindi Language. Zokkomon is played by Darsheel Safary, and also starsAnupam Kher, Tinnu Anand, Manjari Fadnis and Anirudh [...]
Once upon a time in India, A dancing girl named Dia (Dixit) falls in love with a National Geographic Photographer. But all is not well in her life, as her parents are shamed that their daughter could fall in love with someone from outside the village, so they quickly get her marriage fixed to a [...]
Tashan is a Hindi language Bollywood genre film from 2008 about action, betrayal, trust and revenge in sorts. The film stars Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan and Anil Kapoor. The film begins with Jimmy Cliff (Khan) : A call center worker and ESL teacher. One day he sees his ‘special woman’ getting drenched [...]
Chup Chup Ke is a Hindi language film directed by Priyadarshan and released in 2006. Many top bollywood stars appear in this film starring Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor with Neha Dhupia, Sunil Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Rajpal Yadav, Shakti Kapoor, Om Puri and Anupam Kher in supporting roles. The film is about a very unsuccessful in debt guy named Jeetu (Shahid Kapoor). Jeetu’s debts get the best of [...]
Don 2 is a 2011 Hindi language Bollywood-action thriller film. Shahruhk Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Florian Lukas, Boman Irani, Lara Dutta, Kunal Kapoor, and Om Puri star. It’s a direct continuation from the film Don (a recent 2006 remake of the 70′s version of the film that stars Amitabh Bachchan). Don 2 picks up where it [...]