Review of Rann

On the whole, Rann is dull, dry and drab. With no humour to break the monotony, it will fail to make any mark whatsoever at the box-office. Vistaar Religare Film Fund and Cinergy’s Rann (UA) is about the commercialisation of media. Vijay Harshvardhan Malik (Amitabh Bachchan) owns a television news channel which is known for honest reporting.
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Review of Ishqiya

On the whole, Ishqiya is an average entertainer which will do well in pockets. Business in multiplexes will be better. Al­though made on a med­ium budget, it will have to struggle to recover its cost and there are chances, it may not succeed.
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Review of The Blind Side (English)

Some stories from real life are stranger than fiction, and more heartwarming. In Alcon Entertainment’s The Blind Side (UA), an Afro-American boy with a troubled background is adopted by total strangers, a wealthy white couple with two teenage kids of their own including a daughter. The boy grows up to be a rug­by legend.
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U.K. and U.S Box-Office (Jan. 22 – 24 Weekend)

Issue dated Jan 31 – Feb 6, 2010

‘MNIK’ Makes Sheikhs Weep

Weep Probably the first preview show of the much anticipated My Name Is Khan outside Bombay was held two weeks back in Abu Dhabi.
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Lucky Distributors

Some of the distributors, who acquired Veer for a price, are lucky. For, even though Eros, the presenter of the Sal­man starrer, is due to lose over Rs. 15 crore in the period drama, the distributors are expected to sail safe and some of them will even earn commission.
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SRK-Juhi Together In Cinemas

If  Shah Rukh comes on 12th February, can Juhi Chawla be far behind? The two erstwhile business partners have their starrers scheduled to hit the screens on the same day.
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Why Just Priyanka Chopra?

The press handouts by the producers’ association, the IMPPA, make for interesting reading. Even non-newsworthy items sometimes find a place in these press releases.
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“The film’s script is my God. Karan also knows that.” – KAJOL

There are very few heroines in Bollywood whom you enjoy watching on the screen, no matter what the film. Kajol is one of them. Her sheer presence on the screen lights it up. She sparkles whenever she comes on it and gives her cent per cent to every shot she appears in. She definitely makes her films more watchable simply because of her work. In other words, Kajol does make a difference!
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U.K. and U.S Box-Office (Jan. 8 – 10 Weekend)

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