Tag Archives: John Abraham

Revisiting Hip Hip Hurray and Chak De India

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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Angels With Dirty Faces, Yet Again !

New York (2009) is a movie that had got a lot of critical acclaim after its release. Critics went on heaping praise and praise upon the movie as well as the moviemaking banner (Yash Raj Films). I read a lot … Continue reading

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Double crossing whom Director Duo ? The audience ?

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

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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It made me revisit Vardi Waala Gunda on celluloid

My regular readers may be able to recall that some time back (on the occasion of the death anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi), I had posted the review of a Hindi bestseller novel – Vardi Waala Gunda which was published first … Continue reading

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