Starring: Bobby Deol, Nana Patekar, Shriya Saran, Priti Bhutani, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Raghuvir Yadav, Pradeep Kharab and Zarina Wahab Director: Sangeeth Sivan Review; Nandu (Bobby) and Shekhar (Pradeep Kharab) are childhood pals who have taken to crime and contract killing at a very young age. They get mentored by a goon Sawtya (Jackie Shroff) during their [...]
Straight (2009)
Starring: Vinay Pathak, Gul Panag, Siddharth Makkar, Anuj Choudhary and Rasik Dave and Ketki Dave. Director: Parvati Balgopalan Review; Settled in London Pinu Patel (Vinay Pathak) is a successful restaurateur who runs an Indian restaurant. But the 30 crossed simple at heart bloke is still a virgin. His foster brother Rajat (Sid Makkar), however is [...]
Lottery (2009)
Starring: Introducing Abhijeet Sawant, Manisha Kelkar, Rucha Gujarathi, Mukesh Tiwari and Sanjay Narvekar. Director: Hemant Prabhu Review; The film begins with Abhijeet Sawant shooting himself and when it ends you feel like gunning for the film’s makers and actors and every single person who was responsible for the making of this film. This apology of [...]
8×10 Tasveer (2009)
Starring: Akshay Kumar, Ayesha Takia, Sharmila Tagore, Girish Karnad, Javed Jaffrey, Anant Mahadevan, Rushad Rana and Uttara Baokar. Director: Nagesh Kukunoor Review; Jai Puri (Akshay) is a forest ranger in Canada. For over a year he is having a live in relationship with Sheela (Takia) and staying separately from his parents Jatin (Benjamin Gilani) and [...]
Kal Kissne Dekha (2009)
Starring: Introducing Jackky Bhagnani and Vaishali Desai, Rishi Kapoor, Rahul Dev, Archana Puran Singh, Rachana Shah and Satish Shah Director: Vivek Sharma Review; Nihal Singh (Jackky) from Chandigarh comes to Mumbai for higher studies. His college is the typical filmy college where he encounters seniors (Akshay Kapoor and company) who rag him. But then there [...]
Maruti Mera Dost (2009)
Starring: Chandrachur Singh, Ritika Srivasatava, Eric Nanda, Sushmita Mukherjee, Vindoo Dara Singh and Murli Sharma Director: Manikya Raju Review; Eight year old, Rameshwari (Ritika) loses her mother during her birth and is brought by her dad, Kunwar Raghavendra Singh (Chandrachur) who remarries for getting her a mother. While Rameshwari’s stepmom Mohini is a kind soul [...]
Anubhav (2009)
Starring: Sanjay Suri, Gul Panag, Jackie Shroff, Mita Vasisht, Shruti Seth, Raj Zutshi, Sudha Chandran and Anoop Menon. Director: Rajiv Nath Review; Anubhav (Sanjay Suri), Antara (Shruthi Seth) and Aadi (Anoop Menon) are products of the Bombay theatre academy who nurture big Bollywood dreams. But reality soon dawns upon them that those dreams are not [...]
Team: The Force (2009)
Starring: Sohail Khan, Yash Tonk, Aarti Chabbria, Amrita Arora, Sayaji Shinde, Vrajesh Hirjee and Kulbhushan Kharbanda Director: Ajay Chandok Review; Raj (Sohail), Yash (Yash Tonk) and Jassi (Vrajesh) are three best pals who aim to strike big in the music industry but are down on luck. They stay as paying guests at Baabe’s (Kulbhushan Kharbanda) [...]
Sanam Teri Kasam (2009)
Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Pooja Bhatt, Atul Agnihotri, Sheeba Director: Lawrence d’ Souza Review; Do not mistake this for the 1982 entertainer of the same name, starring Kamal Haasan and Reena Roy. But this ‘Sanam Teri Kasam’ is not exactly new either—it’s been stuck in the cans for over a dozen years. It’s coming out [...]
Detective Naani (2009)
Starring: Ava Mukherjee, Master Zain Khan, Ankur Nayyar, Amrita Saluja, Shubhangi Gokhale, Amit Verma and Shweta Gulati Director: Romilla Mukherjee Review; During her daily ritual of morning walk, 75 year old Naani (Ava Mukherjee the famous Dabur model) witnesses a small girl (Saili Shettye) peeping at her nervously. Intrigued, as Naani tries to find more [...]

