LOVE, FACTUALLY

Gautham Vasudev Menon’s very real, very true-to-life, very messy romance is yet another effort, this year, that pushes the envelope far beyond the realms of “safe” commercial cinema.
MAR 7, 2010 – WHAT A YEAR THIS IS TURNING OUT to be for Tamil cinema! Forget good films or perfect films or successful films or films [...]

Warner Bros production Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge? is based on Sharad Joshi’s novel Tum Kab Jaoge Atithi. While going to watch this film, do remember that it is not a madhouse comedy like Priyadarshan’s or David Dhawan’s. It takes you there slowly and subtly, bringing home the message.
Puneet (Ajay Devgan) is a scriptwriter who’s landed [...]

Genre: Horror
Star Cast: Shreyas Talpade, Sada, Sneha Ullal, Rehan Khan, Chunky Pandey
Producer: Sangeeth Sivan, Sanjay Ahkuwalia, Vinay Chowskey
Director: Sangeeth Sivan
EXCLUSIVE REVIEW BY ROHIT KOTHARI
The movie revolves around the young, zealous and a first rate fashion photographer Avi (Shreyas Talpade). While working on various projects, Avi comes across a beautiful and a stunning looking damsel named [...]

Wait! Did I read the name of Syd Field there, the guru of screenplay writing, as a story consultant? Wait! Are those muted colours that Ravi Chandran has chosen to bathe his frames in? Wait! Is that an effectively scored segue-way from the opening expository shots and scene of the film into the protagonist’s flashback? [...]

BOARD EXAM
A carrom whiz is constantly tested by life in a beautifully textured docudrama that keeps us at an arm’s length.
FEB 7, 2010 – SURYA (SIDDHARTH), THE MINOR-LEAGUE LEADING MAN of Striker – I hesitate to call him “hero,” for he stands resolutely, refreshingly life-sized – is someone with major dreams. He lives in the [...]

The ever-tightening web of news-channel foul play forms the focus of an engrossing melodrama. Plus, a wickedly entertaining desi-Western that pulls its punches.
Rann: RAM GOPAL VARMA’S RANN OPENS with the sun glowering on a sweltering metropolis. Inside the homes, however, the heat emanates from television, from news channels aboil with sensation mongering (underscored by shivering [...]

MUSIC FROM BEYOND THE SKIES
AR Rahman proves, once again, that love his songs or loathe them, there’s no questioning the spirit of restless creation in them.
JAN 24, 2010 – WHATEVER THE OSCARS HAVE DONE FOR AR RAHMAN on a professional level, they certainly haven’t altered an iota of his person. Ascending the stage towards the [...]

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Star Cast: ShahRukh Khan, Sushmita Sen, Fardeen Khan, Ishita Sharma
Producer: Viveck Vaswani
Director: Mudassar Aziz
Music Director: Lalit Pandit, Pritam
Banner: Insight Productions, Morpheus Media Ventures
EXCLUSIVE REVIEW BY ROHIT KOTHARI
In the world of mature cinema where people expect matter as well as good story which can keep them on the edge for two hours, movies like Dhula Mil [...]

Noor-e-khuda is clearly the soundtrack’s best, with Adnan and Shreya joining Shankar in a tune that navigates from lovely pop to bewitching, tabla-driven portions; the chorus, in particular, is extraordinary. Solid start to the year, by the trio!
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