Hindi movies
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There’s a reason why my choice for the best screen mom of all time is Jaya Bachchan in Fiza, and the reason is this scene. (Before you ask, no, I haven’t seen Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa, so I can’t comment on that one.) Her son was lost years ago during some communal riots in the…
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Watched Baabul yesterday night. Ravi Chopra seems to have made his choice of genre clear – the family melodramas of the eighties, the type that Visu used to be well-known for. (For a brilliant rant on the subject, check out this piece by dingchak). Now, while this may not be obvious from my earlier posts,…
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I just finished watching Vivah, Sooraj Barjatya’s latest venture into feel-good territory. It’s an interesting experience, sort of like watching The Princess Diaries – you figure there’s an audience for this kind of movie, but you have no idea what that is, or why such an audience would even exist. Vivah is, as the tagline…
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Towards the end of the first half, when the trip to Europe is over and SRK and Kajol are saying their goodbyes in the railway station, Kajol asks SRK if he would come to her wedding. And SRK simply smiles, shakes his head as if to say no, and walks away. Aditya Chopra sets that…
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Deepa Mehta’s adaptation of Bapsi Sidhwa’s Ice Candy Man is one of those rare instances where the movie makes wiser choices than the book. The most important of which is to end the movie when the story reaches its emotional climax. The book goes on for a while after that, but by then it has…
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Note: This isn’t really a review. In fact, if you haven’t seen the movie, I suggest you don’t read this post, coz there be spoilers! You have been warned. Now, on with the post. Generally, when I review or rate a movie, I do it on the basis of the following question: Did it achieve…
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