Mayank Shekhar’s Review: Yuva
Not Bad, Mani Moshai! Yuva Director: Mani Ratnam Actors: Abhishek Bachchan, Ajay Devgan By Mayank Shekhar The elements of a reputable great whilst he is still alive often get taken for granted. And if...
View ArticleMayank Shekhar’s Review: Woh Tera Naam Tha
Woe Ho! Woh Tera Naam Tha Director: Kuku Kohli Actors: Amrish Puri, Kanchi Kaul By Mayank Shekhar Once in a while there comes stuff at the cinemas, so mind numbing and miserable, that words fail for...
View ArticleMayank Shekhar’s Review: White Noise
Trite Noises White Noise Director: Vinta Nanda Actors: Rahul Bose, Koel Purie By Mayank Shekhar Having to bear this piece, right after Vinod Pande’s Sins, the first obvious lament has got to be over...
View ArticleMayank Shekhar’s Review: Waisa Bhi Hota Hain (Part II)
Omighosh! Waisa Bhi Hota Hain (Part II) Director: Shashanka Ghosh Actors: Arshad Warsi, Prashant By Mayank Shekhar Booze, bhais, babes and single-barrelled guns. A card house of clever characters,...
View ArticleMayank Shekhar’s Review: Veer-Zaara
Yash and No! Veer-Zaara Director: Yash Chopra Actors: Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta By Mayank Shekhar As elusive in their personal exchanges as effusive with their movies. Like father like son. Yash and...
View ArticleMayank Shekhar’s Review: Vaastu Shastra
Hi, Spirits! Vaastu Shastra Director: Sourabh Usha Narang Actors: Sushmita Sen, Chekravarthy By Mayank Shekhar As a lot, this part of the world I reckon records the highest fear of the unknown, deepest...
View ArticleMayank Shekhar’s Review: Vaada
Don’t Look Vaada Director: Satish Kaushik Actors: Arjun Rampal, Amisha Patel By Mayank Shekhar Kaushik, the lately-anointed king of small-town cinema, enters a new genre with this one. And so far as I...
View ArticleMayank Shekhar’s Review: Tumsa Nahin Dekha
Nahin Dekhna Tumsa Nahin Dekha Director: Anurag Basu Actors: Emraan Hashmi, Diya Mirza By Mayank Shekhar Sorry for a corny line, but the only ism the prolific producers of this picture have forever...
View ArticleMayank Shekhar’s Review: Tum
Hard on the Tummy Tum Director: Aruna Raje Actors: Manisha Koirala, Karan Nath By Mayank Shekhar If sleaze suits your palette, then with Tum’s male protagonists con stantly sniffing on the necks of...
View ArticleMayank Shekhar’s Review: Tehzeeb
Rock Autumn Tehzeeb Director: Khalid Mohamed Actors: Shabana Azmi, Urmila Matondkar By Mayank Shekhar Honest, lucid, subtle, yet brutally raw. A dazzling show of the claustrophobic love-hate bond...
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