It’s a trilingual film, produced simultaneously in Tamil (as Devi) and in Telegu (as Abhinetry). Krishna (Prabhu Deva) proposes to practically any female in his multinational company, where he works as an executive. His repeated attempts to woo modern, hep girls perpetually end in dismal failure. Resorting to marrying a village belle (Tamannaah), but embarrassed…
If a modern-day film with a legendary folktale as the backdrop and boasting of 15 tracks qualifies as a musical, so be it. Let’s check that out later. Mirzya is purportedly based on the lines of immortal sagas such as Heer-Ranjha and Sohni-Mahiwal. Munish and Suchitra are pre-teen classmates, bonding over everything — travelling to…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Mumbai’s only major international film festival – MAMI (Mumbai Academy of Moving Image) – kicks off in Mumbai from 20 to 27 October, 2016. Unveiled at a press conference held at the Rang Mandir, Bandra on 29th Sept., Parsi Times film critic, Hoshang K. Katrak, reports. [/otw_shortcode_info_box] For the second year running, giving…
Dhoni’s initials are the most famous of all cricketers’ — M S could stand for Master Strategist or Motivational Skipper. It could perhaps, also denote Mahendra Singh. A film made on one of the shrewdest tacticians the game has seen, is bound to create more than just a flutter. MSD charts the ascent of the…
‘Days of Tafree’ — whatever that means — uh, uh, it’s supposed to mean your ‘carefree’ days, is an official remake of the 2015 Gujarati film ‘Chello Divas’ (by the same director), alluding to your last day, or days, in college. As you may have guessed, it has at the core of its story (story?),…
Westerns have always been the precursor of the superhero genre. 113 years after the first Western ‘The Great Train Robbery’ was exhibited, this genre still has the potential to enthrall audiences, despite this film being a remake of the 1960 classic (with itself was patterned on Kurosawa’s ‘Seven Samurai’). For audiences closer to home, ‘Sholay’…
A second sequel, 15 years after the original is by Hollywood standards not an unduly long interval. But, perhaps it would, if the subject is romance and subject is romance and at the core of the film is a 43-year-old childless spinster. Bridget (Renee Zellweger) celebrates her 43rd birthday all by herself. But at a…
In a country where archaic laws prevail, especially over women, and in a society where hollow traditions are hallowed, a film with a subject so bold as to tackle female emancipation has to be lauded. Set in an obscure village in Rajasthan, the film has four protagonists, all of them subjugated in various ways. There’s…
In ‘Raaz Reboot’ we are shown a couple Shaina (Kriti Kharbanda) and Rehaan (Gaurav Arora) in Romania, in Dracula’s homeland Transylvania to be precise — an extremely noble gesture on the part of the filmmakers to forewarn us! Rehaan has chucked a job in India, one through which he could buy a house within three…
Based on the 2012 novel by ML Stedman and spanning 32 years – from the end of WW1 to 1950, LBO is as evocatively emotional as it is refreshingly riveting. Shot in New Zealand and Australia, LBO tells the story of Tom Sherbourne (Michael Fassbender), who, after his stint in the Great War, takes up…
600 feet can be more than just a distance – it could spell the difference between life and a gruesome, horrifying death. Texas girl, Nancy Adams (Blake Lively) has dropped out of medical college after her mother’s death due to a long bout of cancer. She sets out to visit the beaches and surf the…