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Producer : Reliance Entertainment Director : Vikram Bhatt Starring : Karisma Kapoor, Rajneesh Duggal, Jimmy Shergill, Divya Dutta, Arya Babbar, Gracy Singh, Ravi Kissen, Ruslan Mumtaz Music : Himesh Reshammiya Lyrics : Samir Anjaan and Shabbir Ahmed Genre : Thriller Recommended Audience : General Film Released on : 11 May 2012 Storyline Karisma Kapoor as Salma, Geeta or Sanjana gets news of death of her lover’s death / kidnap multiple times in the movie. Her dovey eyes turn red just too often, her voice cracks, she breaks down just as often. Every time she does this you don’t have dialogues but you hear loud Himesh vocals (as loud and as listenable as ever) in the background. You want to relate to the girl, you want to feel bad for the one who died or at least feel concerned. But you just cannot. Dangerous Ishq is a romantic thriller that spans across centuries to get the lovers connected but fails to connect to the one sitting on the other side of the screen. The movie marks the come

Producer : Mahesh Bhatt Director : Kunal Deshmukh Starring : Emraan Hashmi, Esha Gupta, Randeep Hooda Music : Pritam Lyrics : Sayeed Quadri, Sanjay Masoomm, Mayur Puri genre : Thriller Recommended Audience : Adult Film Released on : 02 April 2012 Storyline The original Jannat (2008) was watchable due to the cricket concept, exceptional music (by Pritam), a better heroine and an interesting story! Jannat 2 is a tossed, stashed rather crushed version of the original with fewer stellar songs and a new female lead (who most of the times reads news headlines when it comes to delivering a heavy dialogue!). Esha Gupta must have been hoping that the audience would go wild seeing her curves but she should realise there’s no scarcity of that in Bollywood today! Perhaps the surprise element of the movie is that the lover boy himself is even more irritating than the female lead. Once upon a time it was a delight to watch Emraan Hashmi showering us in these romantic / gunda roles. Sadly his presen

Producer : Ratan Jain Director : Priyadarshan Starring : Anil Kapoor, Ajay Devgan, Kangna Ranaut, Zayed Khan, Boman Irani, Mohanlal (Cameo), Sameera Reddy Music : Sajid-Wajid Lyrics : Jalees Sherwani, Shabbir Ahmed Genre : Thriller Recommended Audience : General Film Released on : 27 April 2012 Storyline When Priyadarshan’s Aakrosh came out in theatres, I was damn impressed with his execution of the almost watertight script – and the length didn’t even matter. It was another story altogether that I had decided voluntarily not to review the film at all, because my euphoria was dampened by the immediate discovery of the film being a brazen rip-off Mississippi Burning – and in fact, after watching the film, my spirits dampened even more. Now, almost two years later, when his Tezz was about to release and all its promos were out there, I had almost predicted the film to have a strange connection with The Taking of Pelham One Two Three – and I’m not talking the Tony Scott remake, I’m talki

Producer : John Abraham Director : Shoojit Sircar Starring : Ayushmann Khurrana, Yami Gautam, Annu Kapoor Music : Abhishek-Akshay, Donn & Bann, Rochak Kohli, Ayushmann Lyrics : Akshay, Juhi, Kusum, Swanand, Vijay, Ayushmann Genre : Social Recommended Audience : General Film Released on : 20 April 2012 Storyline Vicky Donor. He doesn’t donate life saving blood, kidney or bone marrow; instead he gives new life by donating sperm. A fresh story giving importance to the fact that sperm donation is not an act to be ashamed of, rather it’s a noble deed that can bring happiness to so many parents devoid of kids! The concept is presented in a light breeze without burdening you with heavy emotional drama! The entire first half of the movie is filled with comedy that makes you fall off your seat. Director Shoojit Sircar and writer Juhi Chaturvedi created a total comic drama which is also heart felt and doesn’t lead to heavy bannered messages or morals but just lets people know that sperm don

Producer : Sajid Nadiadwala Director : Sajid Khan Starring : Akshay Kumar, Asin, John Abraham, Jacqueline Fernandez, Ritesh Deshmukh, Zarine Khan Shreyas Talpade, Shazahn Padamsee Music : Sajid-Wajid Lyrics : Sameer Genre : Comedy Recommended Audience : General Film Released on : 05 April 2012 Boy, Farah Khan’s brother Sajid Khan is quite a polarizing figure isn’t he? The director is more well known for his skewering (and on the spot) commentary as host of almost every award show in the UNIVERSE (add echo effect here), yet his work as a director contains perhaps only 25% of the wit he has shown as a host. Why is that? Yes, I get the fact that he wishes to make entertaining films for the whimsical and more tolerant (of mediocre films) masses, and doesn’t quite care for the nose in the sky “elite” filmgoers who prefer comedies like” Munnabhai” (both films) and “3 Idiots”. Yes, I get that he blatantly makes his films as middle of the road as possible. It’s almost certain that his

Producer : Saif Ali Khan, Dinesh Vijan Director : Sriram Raghavan Starring : Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Gulshan Grover, Ravi Kissen, Ram Kapoor, Anee Lee Roberts, Malika Haydon Music : Pritam Lyrics : Amitabh Bhattacharya, Nilesh Mishra Genre : Thriller Recommended Audience : General Film Released on : 23 March 2012 Storyline Director Sriram Raghavan is a master at producing slick, suspense thrillers like Johnny Gaddar and Ek Hasina Thi. I was pretty sure that with such accomplished credentials, Agent Vinod would be another unforgettable film. The trailer strengthened that notion. Now post-viewing I’ve got to say that I liked Agent Vinod, although this is well below Raghavan’s usual efforts. Agent Vinod is Bollywood’s answer to James Bond. Well almost. Saif Ali Khan is RAW operative Vinod – a stylish, suave master of international sleuthing. When a fellow RAW agent Rajan (Ravi Kissen) is killed, AV is forced to country-hop across Afghanistan, Morocco and London in pursuit

Producer : Ronnie Screwvala Director : Tigmanshu Dhulia Starring : Irrfan Khan, Mahi Gill, Vipin Sharma Music : Abhishek Ray Lyrics : Genre : Historic Recommended Audience : Parental Guidance Film Released on : 02 March 2012 Storyline-- Paan Singh Tomar is the story of an innocent simple village man who speaks his mind and joins the army for the pride it entails. He doesn’t have any particular interests. Instead he believes that people more knowledgeable and literate can direct him in life and he has no qualms following their orders. Paan Singh’s potential as a sportsman is seen by Major Masand (played by Vipin Sharma). The film’s first half is about Paan Singh’s experience as an army man, a sportsman and a husband. A family feud then takes over Paan Singh’s career and the film’s story. Paan Singh never believed in the government but he believed in the system. It is when his family suffers the enmity that his belief in the system shatters. He turns into a hardened rebel. The rest of t