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Malegaon Magic

When director Faiza Ahmad Khan set out to capture this town’s passion for film spoofs, things just fell into place: the funding, a slew of awards, a theatre release. Almost like the way Malegaon’s films get made—miraculously

The Amazing Spider-Man

It’s great to have a brand new Spider-Man instead of another boring sequel

A Kiwi in Bollywood

Mike McCleary’s scores for Shanghai and Shaitaan spotlight the work of a man who barely understands Hindi and usually works blind, without a script

Gangs of Wasseypur

A startingly original film with entertaining conversations and settings

Ferrari ki Sawaari

A cloyingly sweet story gets stumped trying to bridge a kiddie cricket fantasy with an adult automobile romance

Shanghai

The plot is implausible but the superb acting and understated tone make it eminently watchable

The Helen Fan’s Launda Number

Transgender artist, animator and NID teacher Pradipta Ray makes his debut as an erotic dancer in Gangs of Wasseypur

Rowdy Rathore

When a film’s reference point is bad cinema, you end up with a noxious cipher like this one

Men in Black 3

Josh Brolin is an inspired choice as the young Tommy Lee Jones. But the one-liners, the mainstay of the franchise, are too far apart

Department

With this, it’s clear Ram Gopal Varma has exhausted himself on the mafia-police nexus

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