Tag Archives: Bipasha Basu

Revisiting Hip Hip Hurray and Chak De India

Posted on May 13, 2021 by Jitendra Mathur

Yash Raj Films’ Shimit Amin directed movie – Chak De India (2007) can deservingly claim to be the best sports movie made in Bollywood. If we set aside the biopics of the Indian sportspersons released during the past few years, … Continue reading →

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Cinema is the art to make believe

Posted on January 7, 2020 by Jitendra Mathur

Today is the birthday of Bipasha Basu who is my favourite heroine from the contemporary cinema. I dedicate this review to herself. Many many happy returns of the day Bipasha. Cinema is said to be the art of storytelling. But … Continue reading →

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Ladaai abhi jaari hai

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Jitendra Mathur

Kashmir is burning despite the recent Govt. steps (and suffocated because of them). Lamhaa (2010) is still relevant in the present scenario. Lamhaa is a certainly one notch below follow-up by the maker of Parzania (2005) , Rahul Dholkia who … Continue reading →

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Double crossing whom Director Duo ? The audience ?

Posted on December 22, 2017 by Jitendra Mathur

Being always in search of new tricks of fooling the typical Indian moviegoers, certain oversmart Bollywood filmmakers have started the franchisee business. If one movie succeeds on the box office, these clever guys convert the title of that movie into … Continue reading →

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I am contrasting it with Lage Raho Munna Bhai

Posted on October 4, 2017 by Jitendra Mathur

Writing positive reviews for such movies which were not only box office disasters but also trashed by the critics, is nothing new for me because I believe in the quote of esteemed movie reviewer Aruna Thyagarajan (moviezombie) : ‘Review is … Continue reading →

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Emraan Haashmi’s first step on the silver screen

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Jitendra Mathur

Emraan Haashmi is one of the popular heroes (though not in the league of the Khans or the Deols) of Bollywood today. Footpath (2003) is his debut movie which was made by his uncles Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt as … Continue reading →

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Even the title is not original

Posted on July 16, 2017 by Jitendra Mathur

Bollywood filmmakers are habitual of lifting the story ideas, plots and sometimes the whole scripts from foreign movies(and old Indian movies too). Sometimes they do not reveal the source of the story and shamelessly take its credit but sometimes they … Continue reading →

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If only I were the director of this movie !

Posted on April 12, 2017 by Jitendra Mathur

With sincere thanks to my friend Suketu who inspired me to write a review of Bollywood movie – Rakht which was released in 2004, the first thing that I am willing to say is that I wish I were the director of this … Continue reading →

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