Rock On is better than most

Published on August 30, 2008

The rock-star look of the youngsters is wonderfully natural and you do not have any awkward wigs or outrageous tattoos. These are normal people, with normal lives, living and dreaming music, creating rhythm and lyrics out of day-to-day scenarios. And as time and tide changes, they decide to move on with what life offers them, except for Joe, the character played by Arjun Rampal. He is the only person who doesn’t give up even on his hair, and over the years his shoulder length tresses become long – as long as his wait to get just another chance to play his kind of music, to an appreciating audience.


Bhootnath: Yours morally

Published on May 23, 2008

We watched Bhootnath over the weekend, but I decided to wait for a couple of days to write an unbiased review. Though I have no qualms about saying that this 2-hr flick was entertaining in the first half, I still don’t feel confident about recommending the movie to someone. Maybe the easiest way out is to [...]


In the name of God …

Published on May 1, 2008

This is the biggest success of the script writer, who managed to weave the threads of hope and peace in a movie that is primarily about fear, desperation, dejection, mental and physical trauma, and also the sad plight of women.


A never ending romance … Jodha Akbar

Published on March 15, 2008

Literally and metaphorically … 
Literally, because the movie rambled on and on for three hours and eternity.
Metaphorically, because the movie-makers asserted that the love-influence of the Jodha impacted Muhgal politics for posterity. 
Fact, or fiction, true love or political game, the first concern that the movie invoked in me was not regarding the historical sources or [...]