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‘Haider’ (2014): Hamlet in the Himalayas

Directed by: Vishal Bhardwaj || Produced by: Vishal Bhardwaj, Siddarth Roy Kapur, Shahid Kapoor Screenplay by: Basharat Peer, Vishal Bhardwaj || Starring: Shahid Kapoor, Tabu Hashmi, Shraddha Kapoor, Kay Kay Menon, Narendra Jha, Irrfan Khan, Kulbhashan Kharbanda, Lalit Parimoo, Ashish Vidyarthi, Aamir Bashir Music by: Vishal Bhardwaj || Cinematography: Pankaj Kumar || Cinematography by: Pankaj … Continue reading

‘Border’ (1997): Old-School Cinematic Warfare with Memorable Characters

Directed by: J. P. Dutta || Produced by: J. P. Dutta Screenplay by: J. P. Dutta || Starring: Sunny Deol, Sunil Shetty, Akshaye Khanna, Rakhee Gulzar, Jackie Shroff, Tabassum Hashmi, Pooja Bhatt, Kulhushan Kharbanda, Puneet Issar, Sapna Bedi, Music by: Anu Malik || Cinematography by: Iswar R. Bidri, Nirmal Jani || Edited by: Deepak Wirkud || Country: … Continue reading

‘Goliyon Ki Raasleela: Ram-Leela’ (2013): Nutty Colors & Shakespeare

Directed by: Sanjay Leela Bhansali || Produced by: Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Chetan Deolekar, Kishore Lulla, Sandeep Singh Screenplay by: Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Siddarth-Garima || Starring: Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh, Supriya Pathak Kapur, Richa Chadda, Homi Wadia, Sharad Kelkar, Gulshan Devaiah, Barkha Bisht Sengupa, Abhimanyu Singh, Raza Murad Music by: Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Hemu Gadhvi, Monty … Continue reading

‘Neram’ (2013): Slim, Efficient South Indian Filmmaking

Directed by: Alphonse Putharen || Produced by: Koral Viswanathan Screenplay by: Alphonse Putharen || Starring: Nivin Pauly, Nazriaya Nazim, Bobby Simha, Lalu Alex, Manoj K. Jayan, Shammi Thilakan, Anju Kurian Willson Joseph, Ramesh Thilak, Joju George Music by: Rajesh Murugesan || Cinematography: Anand C. Chandran || Edited by: Alphonse Putharen || Country: India || Language: … Continue reading

‘Om Shanti Om’ (2007): A Deeper Analysis of Reincarnation

Directed by: Farah Khan || Produced by: Shahrukh Khan, Gauri Khan Screenplay by: Farah Khan, Mayur Puri, Mushtaq Sheikh || Starring: Shahrukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Arjun Rampal, Kirron Kher, Shreyas Talpade, Yuvika Chaudhary, Bindu Desai, Nitesh Pandey Music by: Vishal-Shekhar, Sandeep Chowta || Cinematography: V. Manikandan || Edited by: Shirish Kunder || Country: India || … Continue reading

‘Mumbai Police’ (2013): An Ambitious Yet Obtuse Crime Drama

Directed by: Rosshan Andrews || Produced by: Nisad Haneefa Screenplay by: Bobby-Sanjay || Starring: Prithviraj, Jayasurya, Rahman, Hima Davis, Aparna Nair, Deepa Rahul Ishwar, Kunjan, Rohith Vijayan Music by: Gopi Sunder || Cinematography: R. Diwakar || Edited by: Mahesh Narayanan || Country: India || Language: Malayalam Running Time: 145 minutes Rosshan Andrew’s cop thriller, Mumbai … Continue reading

‘Maryan’ (2013): Good-Looking Yet Awkward Romance

Directed by: Bharat Bala || Produced by: Venu Ravichandran Screenplay by: Bharat Bala, Joe D’Cruz, Sriram Rajan || Starring: Dhanush, Parvathi Menon, Appukutty, Uma Riyaz Khan, Salim Kumar, Vinayakan, Jagan, Imman Annachi, Ankur Vikal Music by: A. R. Rahman || Cinematography: Marc Koninckx || Edited by: Vivek Harshan || Country: India || Language: Tamil Running … Continue reading

Pather Panchali (1955): Social Realism Comes to South Asian Cinema

Directed by: Satyajit Ray || Produced by: Government of West Bengal Screenplay by: Satyajit Ray || Starring: Subir Banerjee, Kanu Banerjee, Karuna Banerjee, Uma Dasgupta, Chunibala Devi, Tulsi Chakrabarti Music by: Ravi Shankar || Cinematography: Subrata Mitra || Edited by: Dulal Dutta || Country: India || Language: Bengali Running Time: 120 minutes Indian cinema lovers, … Continue reading

‘Satya’ (1998): Bollywood’s Dark Underbelly

Directed by: Ram Gopal Varma || Produced by: Ram Gopal Varma, P. Som Shekar Screenplay by: Saurabh Shukla, Anurag Kashyap || Starring: J.D. Chakravarthy, Urmila Matondkar, Manoj Bajpai, Govind Namdev, Paresh Rawal, Saurabh Shukla, Aditya Srivastava, Makarand Deshpande, Jeeva, Shefali Shah Music by: Vishal Bhardwaj, Sandeep Chowta || Cinematography: Gerard Hooper, Mazhar Kamran || Edited … Continue reading

‘Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai’ (2000): Romance, Guns, and Fun in the Sun

Directed by: Rakesh Roshan || Produced by: Rakesh Roshan Screenplay by: Ravi Kapoor, Honey Irani || Starring: Hrithik Roshan, Ameesha Patel, Dalip Tahil, Anupam Kher, Abhishek Sharma, Mohnish Behl Music by: Rajesh Roshan || Cinematography: Kabir Lal || Editing by: Sanjay Verma || Country: India || Language: Hindi Running Time: 178 minutes One of the classic … Continue reading

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