Tanu Weds Manu

Directed By: Anand L. Rai

Written By: Himanshu Sharma

Cast: R. Madhavan, Kangana Ranaut, Jimmy Shergill

I like Kangana Ranuat. I liked her in many movies but even then there was nothign about this movie that made me want to watch it. The only reason I watched this movie was because it was avaialble for free on Dish TV and I did not have much to do on one of those days.

The movie is about a doctor, Manu who has returned from somewhere outside India (I think London) and coz of his parents is going around seeing girls for marriage. He lands up at Tanu’s house and falls in love with her on first sight. Tanu incidentaly doesn’t even see Manu since she is totally knocked out due to her Vodka shots. The marriage is finalized and both parties decide to go to Vaishno Devi before the two get engaged. On the train Tanu shows her true self asking Manu to refuse the marriage since she has a boyfriend and she wants to marry him.

Patiala House – review

Directed By: Nikhil Advani

Genre: Drama

Cast: Akshay Kumar, Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Anoushka Sharma

Gurtej moved to England in dream of a better life. He fought for the rights of the Asians in that country and became an arrogant man who hated everyone white.

Dhobi Ghat – review

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When I saw the trailers I did not want to see this movie. I mean apart from the beautiful photographs that were shown in the trailers, there seemed to be nothing extraordinary about the movie. Even the presence of Aamir Khan and the fact that this was his home production could not invoke the desire in me to watch it.

But what did force me to think about watching this movie was its review in Hindustan Times. And when I did pick it up, was I impressed? An initial no which slowly turned in an emphatic yes.

When the movie started, I couldn’t understand what was happening around but when I started to get a hang of things, it turned out to be just awesome.

No One Killed Jessica….

I am a big fan of movies based on true events and when this movie came out, it was a definite that I would be watching this one. But the problem I have with such movies is that I start to expect a little too much from them. And the same happened her which left me disappointed in the end.

Peepli Live – Something is peeping live

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Directed By: Anusha Rizvi

Written By: Anusha Rizvi

Genre: Drama

Cast: Omkar Das Manikpuri, Raghubir Yadav

Being a farmer in India is hell and being a poor one (which is majority btw) is worse than hell and Natha is one such poor farmer who has come on brink of losing his land to auction as he was unable to pay the installment of his loan. He goes to the local politician for help, who suggests him to commit suicide as government is giving 1 Lac to every farmer who commits suicide.

Badmaash Company (2010) – some company to have

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Directed By: Parmeet Sethi

Written By: Parmeet Sethi

Genre: Crime

Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Anushka Sharma

What do you do when you have a really good brain but no money to go along with it. You try to earn some quick money using your brain. Thats what Shahid Kapoor tries to do in this flick.

Born to a poor family but damn intelligent, he doesn’t want to go his father’s way and do an average job. He wants to earn quick money and goes about it by importing pairs of goods but in parts, getting them shipped to different places. Once the product is useless since only a part arrives at a place, they reject it and then buy it on cheap at export auction and then sell it at a profit. To do this job Shahid takes into confidence Anushka Sharma and two of his friends and create a venture called ‘Friends and company’.

Well Done Abba (2010) – A ‘water well’ gone missing

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Directed By: Shyam Benegal

Written By: Shyam Benegal

Genre: Comedy/Drama

Cast: Boman Irani, Minissha Lamba

As per Wikipedia

A water well is an excavation or structure created in the ground by digging, driving, boring or drilling to access groundwater  in underground aquifers.

But if well is a structure created in the ground, how can it go missing? This movie shows how. Arman Ali (Boman Irani) goes on a month-long leave to find a groom for his daughter, Muskaan Ali (Minissha Lamba) but returns after 3 months. When his boss threatens to fire him, he decides to narrate the entire story to him.

Toh Baat Pakki (2010)

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Directed By: Kedar Shinde

Written By: Vibha Singh

Genre: Comedy/Romance/Drama

Cast: Tabu, Sharman Joshi, Vatsal Seth, Yuvika Chaudhary

Rajshree (Tabu) wants to get her sister Nisha (Yuvika) married to a rich and decent guy. Problem is where to find such a guy. And then happens the encounter with Rahul (Sharman). Rahul is a Saxena and pursuing his engineering and seems to be perfect for Nisha. Rajshree offers him a room for rent in her house and tries to bring Rahul and Nisha close to each other. Her efforts succeed as both of them fall in love.

My Name is Khan (2010)

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Directed By: Karan Johar

Written By: Shibani Bhathika

Genre: Drama/Romance

Cast: Shahrukh Khan, Kajol

Rizwan Khan (Shahrukh Khan) is a Muslim kid who is suffering from Asperger’s syndrome. But he has a special ability of being able to repair almost everything. His mother is the only one who understands how Rizwan is different and pays special attention to him which results in his brother Zakir (Jimmy Shergill) getting highly jealous of him. His mother teaches Rizwan one important lesson that there are two kinds of people – good or bad and no other which is embedded into his brain in such a way that even if he is dies and comes back to life, he would still remember those previous words.

Karthik Calling Karthik (2010)

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Directed By: Vijay Lalwani

Written By: Vijay Lalwani

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Farhan Akhtar, Deepika Padukone

Karthik (Farhan Akhtar) is a sort of a loser who can barely interact with anyone positively. Everyone tries to take advantage of him not being able to say ‘No’. His boss always treats him as a piece of junk and never recognizes his effort. His landlord tries to extract money out of him since he can barely ever say no. He drafts loads of email for his love interest, Shonali (Deepika), but never sends them. Shonali by the way has never noticed him even though they are in the same office for quiet some time.