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‘Burnt’ – Emotionally Bland

Film: “Burnt” Language: English Cast: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Omar Sy, Daniel Bruhl, Riccardo Scamarcio, Sam Keeley, Alicia Vikander, Uma Thurman and Emma Thompson Director: John Well Rating: ** Conceited and contrived. That’s “Burnt” in…


Sher Review – Routine

Film: Sher  Language: Telugu Cast: Kalyan Ram, Sonal Chauhan, Vikramjeet Virk, Brahmanandam, Mukesh Rishi, Prudhvi, M. S. Narayana, Fish Venkat, Ali, Rao Ramesh  Director: Mallikarjun Rating: 2.5 “Routine”  Like all mass entertainments starts off with a good setup…


‘Titli’ – an Intensely Dark, Disturbing Film

Film: “Titli” Language: Hindi Director: Kanu Behl Cast: Ranvir Shorey, Shashank Arora, Amit Sial, Shivani Raghuvanshi and Lalit Behl Rating: ***1/2 “Titli” is a dark neo-realistic film which takes you into the murky side of…


‘Guddu Ki Gun’ – Kunal Kemmu Strikes Gold

Film: “Guddu Ki Gun” Language: Hindi Cast: Kunal Kemmu, Sumeet Vyas, Payel Sarkar and Aparna Sharma Directors: Shantanu Ray Chibber and Sheershak Anand Rating: *** “Guddu Ki Gun” is the tale of Govardhan aka Guddu…


‘Main Aur Charles’ – Impressive and Intriguing

Film: “Main Aur Charles” Language: Hindi Cast: Randeep Hooda, Richa Chadha, Adil Hussain, Tisca Chopra, Alexx O’Neil and Lucky Morani Director: Prawaal Raman; Rating: ***1/2 “Main Aur Charles” is a fictional docu-drama that gives an…


‘Rock the Kasbah’: Does Not Rock, but Is an Easy Watch

Film: “Rock The Kasbah” Language: English Cast: Bill Murray, Kate Hudson, Bruce Willis, Danny McBride, Scott Caan, Zooey Deschanel Director: Barry Levison Rating: **1/2 Barry Levison’s “Rock The Kasbah,” follows Richie Lanz, a down-on-his-luck Hollywood…


Shaandaar: Avant-Garde Gone Awry

Film: “Shaandaar” Language: Hindi Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Sanah Kapoor, Sushma Seth, Pankaj Kapur, Niki Aneja Walia, Sanjay Kapoor, Diljit Dosanjh Director: Vikas Bahl Rating: ** Treated like a fantasy film with a back-drop of…


Kanche Review – Good Concept

Film: “Kanche” Language: Telugu Cast: Varun Teja, Pragya Jaiswal, Srinivas Avasarala, Nikitin Dheer, Gollapudi, Janaki Director: Krish Rating: 3.25 “Patience” and you need lots of it to watch this movie. If you have it, it is  a good…



‘Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2’: Packed with Punch

Film: “Pyaar ka Punchnama 2” Language: Hindi Cast: Omkar Kapoor, Sunny Singh, Kartik Aaryan, Ishita Raj, Sonnalli Seygall, Nushrat Bharucha, Sharat Saxena, Mona Ambegaonkar Director: Luv Ranjan; Rating: ***1/2 Just like “Tanu Weds Manu Returns”…



Bruce Lee-The Fighter Review

Film: “Bruce Lee – The Fighter” Language: Telugu Cast: Ram Charan, Chiranjeevi (special appearance), Rakul Preet Singh, Kriti Kharbanda, Sampath Raj, Rao Ramesh, Mukesh Rushi, Sayaji Shinde, Arun Vijay, Brahmaji, Brahmanandam, Ali, Saptagiri, Jaya Prakash…



Rudramadevi – Watch it

Rudramadevi has opened very well in Telugu states and may collect 9 to 10 crores on the opening day. The moving is carrying a divide talk  from the initial shows on social networks but is…



‘Pan’ – Staid, but Appealing

Film: “Pan” Cast: Levi Miller, Hugh Jackman, Garrett Hedlund, Rooney Mara, Adeel Akhtar, Kathy Burke, Nonso Anozie, Amanda Seyfried, Jack Charles and Lewis MacDougall Director: Joe Wright Rating: *** Based on characters introduced by Scottish…


‘Jazbaa’ – Stylishly Thrilling

Film: “Jazbaa” Cast: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Irrfan Khan, Shabana Azmi, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Atul Kulkarni, Jackie Shroff and Sara Arjun Director: Sanjay Gupta Rating: ***1/2 Anuradha Varma (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan) is a successful criminal lawyer…




Shivam Social Review – Disaster

“Shivam” deals with aroutine story, which is dragging and predictable in parts. Ram’s energetic performance, Raashi Khanna’s glamour, Devi Sri Prasad’s music, Fish Venkat, Posani Krishna Murali and Brahmanandam’s comedy scenes, well choreographed action and…