Tag
romance
Friday, July 2nd, 2010
Boy, Girl, Misunderstanding, Bonding, Airport. Mix well, add tons of cheese, a few tears, and lots of Karan Johar in-jokes. Also, hip t-shirts. You can’t do without those, mmm hmm.
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Basu Chatterjee’s 1974 Filmfare award-winner for Best Picture kicks off our 70s Week posts. Vidya Sinha plays a young woman who’s having a bit of trouble deciding on who she wants to spend the rest of her life with (but it doesn’t play out as you would expect).
Sunday, January 31st, 2010
Curry Western? Masala Noir? Whatever the genre, Abhishek Chaubey’s directorial debut is a spicy treat served straight up from the India we don’t get to see a lot of.
Friday, January 15th, 2010
In the 90s Ken Ghosh made Indian music videos that didn’t suck. In the Noughties he delivered one fun film and one not so good one. Let’s see what he has in store for the new decade.
Friday, October 23rd, 2009
Mistaken identities, vicious killers, dogged cops and a femme fatale. It takes a deft hand to make even the most simple and tired plot new again. Such is the case in Jérôme Salle’s thriller — but, as always, there is a twist.
Friday, October 2nd, 2009
Bollywood made the slacker rich man’s son an icon. So what happens when one of them has to grow up?
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
It’s Love modern style versus Love 1965 style in this romantic comedy/drama from the director of Socha Na Tha & Jab We Met. But is twice the romance enough to live up to the director’s previous juggernauts, or does it leave you heartbroken?
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
Kung-Fu action meets Bollywood madness in this cross-culture caper about a bumbling cook from India who travels to China to save a village from an evil gangster. The ingredients are all there, but is this fusion dish perfectly balanced, or just an overcooked mess?
Saturday, March 28th, 2009
A movie filled with firsts: new actor, new director, and the first film Aamir Khan’s produced in which he doesn’t show up onscreen. It’s had the whole of India abuzz, but can this frothy teenage romance come out from under its superstar producer’s shadow?