Review of The Japanese Wife
April 10, 2010 by FSJ · Leave a Comment
As slow as snail mail
It’s snail mail in the era of SMS and email.
Aparna Sen has shown a predilection for desolate loneliness right from the 36 Chowringhee Lane days and she doesn’t disappoint on that front in The Japanese Wife.
Review of Prince
April 10, 2010 by FSJ · Leave a Comment
No drool over Prince of cool
An international thief as suave as Aryan (Hrithik Roshan) of Dhoom:2 and all the James Bond movies put together is what the expensively-mounted Prince sets out to recreate.
Review of Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai
April 10, 2010 by FSJ · Leave a Comment
Wonder where it came from
If The Japanese Wife was like a bullock cart with a wheel that’s come off, writer Milap Zaveri’s first attempt at direction takes off like a rocket with some enjoyable comedy that features guests like Farah Khan (comfortable before the camera as a self-obsessed film director) and Akshay Kumar (he is first-rate in his comic turn as a senior star who bitches out the new competition).
Review of Sadiyaan
April 3, 2010 by FSJ · 2 Comments
Stale Travail
Hark back to the bloody days of the Partition if you must, when Rajvir Singh (Rishi Kapoor, wasted) and Rekha (ditto) raise the wailing infant of Pak parents who’ve fled Amritsar, leaving behind their little one.
Review of The Great Indian Butterfly
April 3, 2010 by FSJ · Leave a Comment
A Flight With Turbulence
It could’ve been any upwardly mobile couple, the way Krish (Aamir Bashir) and Meera (Sandhya Mridul) bicker all the way while motoring down to Goa.
Review of Pankh
April 3, 2010 by FSJ · Leave a Comment
Clipped before take-off
The cruel tale of a little boy called Jerry who is forced to work as a little girl called Baby Kusum, could have made a poignant screenplay.
Review of Tum Milo Toh Sahi
April 3, 2010 by FSJ · Leave a Comment
Lost Heritage
A story that had its heart in the right place with a heritage property being threatened by a richie-rich chain of restaurants, Tum Milo Toh Sahi unfortunately stumbles before it unfolds with tiresome predictability in its celluloid narration.
Review of Hum Tum Aur Ghost
March 27, 2010 by FSJ · Leave a Comment
On the whole, Hum Tum Aur Ghost lacks entertainment in the sense in which the audience today wants it. Its story is also not so strong that the public would overlook the lack of the usual entertainment value and accept the film whole-heartedly.
Review of Well Done Abba
March 27, 2010 by FSJ · Leave a Comment
On the whole, Well Done Abba may be an intelligent satire but it won’t do well at the box-office because it is a wrong marriage – of mass-appealing content with class-appealing treatment. It will have its share of fans but that just won’t be enough.
Review of Mittal V/s Mittal
March 27, 2010 by FSJ · Leave a Comment
On the whole, Mittal V/s Mittal is a very dull show and, given its horrifyingly poor start, it will be unable to make any mark at the box-office.
