First Look : Shyam Benegal’s Well Done Abba (Trailer)

At 75, he is still going strong! After his last delightful small film Welcome To Sajjanpur, Shyam Benegal is ready with his new film titled Well Done Abba. The film is produced by Reliance Big Picturs and stars Boman Irani in double role along with Minissha Lamba and Sammir Dattani.  Its written by Ashok Mishra and is based on two [...]

VOTD : Directors Roundtable with Quentin Tarantino, Peter Jackson, James Cameron, Kathryn Bigelow, Jason Reitman and Lee Daniels!

This is it! It doesnt get bigger than this! The best directors of the year, all together. Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds), Peter Jackson (The Lovely Bones), James Cameron (Avatar), Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker), Jason Reitman (Up in the Air) and Lee Daniels (Precious) sat down for a roundtable chat to discuss outsider versus insider, toughest [...]

Film Reviews : Rann, Ishqiya & Road To Sangam

Three hindi films this weekend. Its quite a film friday! Two debutants and one veteran! And since we belong to BBC (Bhardwaj Bhakt Club), we made sure that we saw it even before the release. Click here for our review. Ishqiya is directed by debutant Abhishek Chaubey and stars Naseeruddin Shah, Arshad Warsi and Vidya Balan. [...]

First look : Walt Disney’s desi debut Zokkomon(trailer)

If others are here, can Walt Disney be far behind! In a country where there are more than half a dozen tv channels for kids, it cant be bad. Walt Disney is ready with its debut desi production titled Zokkomon. The film is directed by Satyajit Bhatkal, Aamir Khan’s good friend and director of Chalo Chalo, [...]

Ishqiya Review – Meet the hottest duo of the year & welcome the new graduate from Bhardwaj School!

Abhishek Chaubey has been working with Vishal Bhardwaj since Makdee days. As a co-writer and also assisted him on almost all the films that Vishal has directed so far. When Vishal decided to produce Abhishek’s debut film, how can it go wrong! Chaubey graduates from Bhardwaj School Of Filmmaking with distinction. Ishqiya stars three of [...]

“Will we ever know the truth ?” asked Ramu. We got all the answers!

Because its not Agyaat! And look at the irony! The man who went out to expose the media, got himself exposed! Courtesy writer Sonal Mehta. First, lets kill the rumours. Sonal Mehta is no journalist. Was never a journalist. All you journos get you facts right! She comes from advertising background and has experience of [...]

Chandan Arora’s Striker to release internationally on Youtube!

Is Studio18 going the Sundance 2010 way ? Seems so. Yes, even before you get to see Raj Kumar Hirani’s 3 Idiots on Youtube, Chandan Arora’s Striker is all set for its YouTube debut on February 5th, 2010. And this is going to be first bollywood film to do so, if you dont count Sudhir Mishra’s Tera Kya [...]

WTF : Na mila mera sur, na tumhara, na kisi aur ka!

WTF is this ? Why ? What is this Phir Mile Sur Mera Tumhara ? Bad video. Bad choice of celebrities/icons. Bad lip/voice sync. And all badly put together. Looks like as if we are still stuck in 80′s Bollywood. Like Ramu’s Sholay remake which turned out to be (Bh)Aag, this one fails on every account. As a freind said, [...]

Peepli Live’s first review is out!

And its a thumps up! The film has been directed by debutant Anusha Rizvi and produced by UTV & Aamir Khan. The main cast includes Omkar Das Manikpuri, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Raghubir Yadav, Shalini Vatsa, Malaika Shenoy and Farukh Jaffer. Screen Daily has published the first review of the film. You can click here or keep on reading [...]

Jaideep Varma’s Leaving Home (documentary on Indian Ocean) is a must watch!

Because its Indian Ocean. Its their story. Its all about their music. And if you are not a fan of Indian Ocean, what are you listening ? Or what are you smoking, dude ? From Kabir to Kashmir, Narmada to North-East, Indian Ocean’s music has the sound and soul of India. The roots that makes [...]