Tag Archives: Boman Irani

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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Cocktail ? No, it’s actually a mocktail

Posted on June 8, 2018 by Jitendra Mathur

Cocktail (2012) was not only a blockbuster but accolades were showered upon it by several reviewers. I watched it quite late. I was expecting it to be as good as Love Aaj Kal (2009) but my expectations were not fulfilled. It’s … Continue reading →

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Well done Benegal Saheb ! But only half the way.

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Jitendra Mathur

The English word WELL has two meanings – one is good or fine and the other one is the cylindrical shaped excavation in the soil for getting underground water for drinking purposes. Well Done Abba (2010) refers to both the … Continue reading →

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The connection of lady luck

Posted on November 13, 2017 by Jitendra Mathur

Lady luck is the personification of luck in the form of a lady bringing good or bad fortune for a person (mostly a male as it’s the males who think this way). Males look upon the females they love or … Continue reading →

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The honest and the modest can also dream big

Posted on March 7, 2017 by Jitendra Mathur

On my son Saurav’s previous birthday (3rd November), I had posted the review of an old movie – Ehsaas (2001) which tells a very touching story of a father-son duo (Sunil Shetty and Mayank Tandon) with a sports backdrop (race). … Continue reading →

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Horrifying reality blended with fiction

Posted on February 11, 2017 by Jitendra Mathur

First of all I sincerely thank my friend as well as esteemed movie and book reviewer – Deepa Swaminathan for inspiring me to write a review of this low-budget and simple yet admirable movie which is a realistic picture of the horrifying reality in … Continue reading →

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This is (Indian) court. Nothing happens fast here.

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Jitendra Mathur

More than three decades back, the additional district and session judge – Justice Saanwar Mal Agarwal had asserted in an interview given to the fortnightly published popular Hindi magazine – Sarita that the difference between reel courts and real courts … Continue reading →

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