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Sat,26 May 2012

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Rashid Irani's review: Fast Five

The fifth installment of the globally hot-rod franchise that started with The Fast and the Furious back in 2001 delivers exactly what thrill-seeking gear heads want: explosive action, death-defying heroics and camera caressing heroines and hunks. Rashid Irani writes.

Rashid Irani's review: Hanna

Rashid Irani's review: Beastly

Evidently aimed at legions of young fans of the Twilight saga, the teen update of "Beauty and the Beast" transposes the setting to a high-school in New York (albeit filmed largely on location in Montreal). Rashid Irani writes.

Rashid Irani's review: Water for Elephants

Adapted from the hugely popular novel by Sara Gruen, this bit of Depression-era romantic fluff is at least easy on the eyes. After all, the setting is a travelling circus and it has been photographed by Rodrigo Prieto, the celebrated cinematographer of all of Inarritu's feature films from Amores Perros (2000) to Biutiful (2010). Rashid Irani writes.

Mayank Shekhar's review: Shor In The City

For a nation of a gazillion English readers, where 3,000 copies of a book sold is deemed a bestseller, pirates who publish the same books to hawk around the city’s traffic junctions couldn’t be doing too well either. Mayank Shekhar writes.

Mayank Shekhar's review: I Am

I Am, strictly speaking, is not a feature film. It’s a bunch of four entirely unrelated short films. Given lowered attention spans among audiences in general, this may well be how movies could be watched in the future.

Mayank Shekhar review: Chalo Dilli

"Chape" is a peculiar Hindi slang for a pesky, over-friendly fellow. Pathak, a fine actor, has unfortunately made a living out of playing just that role (Bheja Fry onwards). Small town is Bollywood’s new Switzerland. We're in the boondocks hence. Mayank Shekhar writes.

To be heard in a herd

Sometimes you tend to admire the talent of a creative person better in a crowd. Things become clearer when a set of songs stands out in an album scored by several composers who were chosen by a director who was, in turn, picked by a moneybag producer. Amitava Sanyal writes.

Mayank Shekhar's review: Dum Maaro Dum

It just about makes for an enticing thriller here. There's probably an even better film when compressed. But if you stay 'susegaad', relaxed, laidback, it's unlikely that you'll regret the promise of entertainment this picture meets in major portions. That, as you'd know, is saying a lot. Mayank Shekhar writes.

Mayank Shekhar's review: Teen Thay Bhai

The bros, with no food supply, but loads of cheap whiskey, keep tanking up from the bottle, when not tearing each other apart. Title track sounds mysteriously similar to Ibn battuta (from Ishqiya); background score bears neat sound of the slide guitar.

Mayank Shekhar's review: Thank You

“Mard kutte hote hain.” The film repeats this line every now and then. So we must. Men are dogs. Dogs. Born to stray. Hoof. Hoof. They love only two things: their own kids, and other people’s wives – I guess, we get the point. Mayank Shekhar writes.

Mayank Shekhar's review: Game

Billionaire Kabir Malhotra makes his patient speech. Culprits realise their gruesome crimes. He offers each of them a free night's stay at his island hence. Before the cops can come pick them up next day. Why? So we can watch this film. Why else.

Mayank Shekhar's Review: Monica

One MJ is a newspaper editor in this film. The reference, I suppose, is to Akbar. And not the king of pop with the same initials. Monica (Divya Dutta), a hot, hungry reporter, works under MJ. She also sleeps under a telecom minister to rise to the top of her profession. What that dizzy top means, we'll get to in a bit. Mayank Shekhar writes.