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Ajit Duara

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Cinema
The Bounty Hunter

This heavily trashed Hollywood movie has quite a few decent one-liners and funny gags.

28 April 2010
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Cinema
Paathshala

Nana Patekar and Shahid Kapur have been turned into spineless supporting actors in this asinine film.

21 April 2010
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Cinema
Prince

All the glitz and razzmatazz of Bond films minus the panache to carry it off.

14 April 2010
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Cinema
Tum Milo Toh Sahi

Dimple is ravishing, yes, but the amateurish acting, typecasting and godawful songs let you down.

07 April 2010
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Cinema
Well Done Abba

Shyam Benegal’s heart is still in the right place, but has he lost much of his early cinematic brilliance?

30 March 2010
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Cinema
Love, Sex Aur Dhoka

Dibakar Banerjee has stripped his persona off what he shot for this take on Sex, Lies and Videotape.

24 March 2010
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Cinema
Alice in Wonderland

Alice’s adventures aren’t nearly as insane as they ought to be in Tim Burton’s hands.

17 March 2010
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Cinema
Road, Movie

It is a beautifully shot film about alienation, but this art house style parable is at best a weird movie.

10 March 2010
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Cinema
Teen Patti

The mathematical mumbo jumbo, never mind the big stars, means this is one big bluff.

05 March 2010
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Cinema
Karthik Calling Karthik

The actors are likeable enough, but the designer psychology gives it a distinctly phoney tone.

03 March 2010

Authors

Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s most influential columnists and public intellectuals

Brahma Chellaney

Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground

MJ Akbar

MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns

Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav is a member of the National Executive of RSS and a founding member of the governing council of India Foundation. He is the author of, among other titles, Partitioned Freedom and The Hindutva Paradigm

Makarand R Paranjape

Makarand R Paranjape is an author and columnist. Views are personal.

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