Masand says the towering central performance demands that you make time for 'Lincoln'. What do you think? Write your own review and win exciting prizes.
'Lincoln' is what you might describe as a biopic with a difference. Director Steven Spielberg chooses to train the camera on the last four months of America's beloved President Abraham Lincoln's life in 1865, as he endeavors, with almost superhuman effort, to abolish slavery before the Civil War ends. We don't see a young Abe Lincoln; this is a stately, fatherly President, going off into rambling stories to elucidate a...
(1) Listen carefully to the musical tune that follows, and identify the popular song and the Bollywood film in which this tune appears:
Answer: Mast kalandar, Heyy Babyy
(2) Take a look at this picture from a popular Hollywood film. The actors have been removed, but can you name the film?
Answer: Slumdog Millionaire
(3) In Do Dooni Chaar, the Duggal family residing in Lajpath Nagar borrows their neighbour's car to visit a family wedding. Where is the wedding?
Answer: Meerut
(4) In Life of Pi, for how many days are Pi and Richard Parker shipwrecked at sea, before they finally reach the coast of Mexico where the tiger abandons Pi, and the boy is rescued and rushed to hospital?
The problem with authors adapting their own books into screenplays is that they're often so attached to the material, it's hard for them to yank out what doesn't necessarily work for the film and stick to the best bits. Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie's look at the history of India and Pakistan as illustrated through the journey of Saleem Sinai, is an unquestionably engrossing tale, but it's impossible to squeeze it...
Three stories set in three different time periods, each with a protagonist bearing the same name, is the central idea of director Bejoy Nambiar's David. The link between the three stories, revealed in the final ten minutes of the film, is a tenuous one, but Nambiar nevertheless throws up interesting ideas, and you can't accuse the film of being predictable. ...
Masand says 'David' has much to appreciate but formidable length, script holes are it's weak points. What do you think? Write your own review and win exciting prizes.
Masand says Vishwaroop' is unabashedly entertaining although you'll wish it was smarter. What do you think? Write your own review and win exciting prizes.
I'm happy to report that Kamal Haasan's Vishwaroop (the Hindi version of his Tamil film Vishwaroopam that became embroiled in controversy) contains nothing that might offend any community. Set around and after the events of 9/11, the film contains a message of anti-terrorism, but never anti-Muslim. ...
Like his earlier movie 'Pyaar Ka Punchnama', director Luv Ranjan's Akaash Vani is a promising but ultimately inconsistent film that starts out at one place, but ends up at quite another. This long, rambling love story makes an important point about marriage, and about parents shoving their decisions down their children's throats to stay within societal norms. It even touches fleetingly upon the issue of marital rape. But it's a...
'Race 2' is the cinematic equivalent of a trashy novel. It never holds together as a sensible piece of work, but as an insensible piece of work, it's pretty enjoyable. Director-duo Abbas Mustan create a cocktail of glamorous stars, exotic foreign locations, slick action scenes, and an outrageous plot. At nearly two-and-a-half hours, the film is too long by at least 20 minutes, but I'll give this to Race 2:...
03:25 PM, Feb 09, 2013
'Lincoln' is what you might describe as a biopic with a difference. Director Steven Spielberg chooses to train the camera on the last four months of America's beloved President Abraham Lincoln's life in 1865, as he endeavors, with almost superhuman effort, to abolish slavery before the Civil War ends. We don't see a young Abe Lincoln; this is a stately, fatherly President, going off into rambling stories to elucidate a... 
The problem with authors adapting their own books into screenplays is that they're often so attached to the material, it's hard for them to yank out what doesn't necessarily work for the film and stick to the best bits. Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie's look at the history of India and Pakistan as illustrated through the journey of Saleem Sinai, is an unquestionably engrossing tale, but it's impossible to squeeze it... 
Three stories set in three different time periods, each with a protagonist bearing the same name, is the central idea of director Bejoy Nambiar's David. The link between the three stories, revealed in the final ten minutes of the film, is a tenuous one, but Nambiar nevertheless throws up interesting ideas, and you can't accuse the film of being predictable. ... 
I'm happy to report that Kamal Haasan's Vishwaroop (the Hindi version of his Tamil film Vishwaroopam that became embroiled in controversy) contains nothing that might offend any community. Set around and after the events of 9/11, the film contains a message of anti-terrorism, but never anti-Muslim. ... 
Like his earlier movie 'Pyaar Ka Punchnama', director Luv Ranjan's Akaash Vani is a promising but ultimately inconsistent film that starts out at one place, but ends up at quite another. This long, rambling love story makes an important point about marriage, and about parents shoving their decisions down their children's throats to stay within societal norms. It even touches fleetingly upon the issue of marital rape. But it's a... 
'Race 2' is the cinematic equivalent of a trashy novel. It never holds together as a sensible piece of work, but as an insensible piece of work, it's pretty enjoyable. Director-duo Abbas Mustan create a cocktail of glamorous stars, exotic foreign locations, slick action scenes, and an outrageous plot. At nearly two-and-a-half hours, the film is too long by at least 20 minutes, but I'll give this to Race 2:... 
