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Cocktail

A smart romcom with three beautiful people gets all confused once it drags Indian values in

“I love solitude but I don’t need it to write”

The poet, lyricist and adman says advertising has helped his poetry

The Biography of a Song

Spandan Banerjee’s National Award winning documentary traces the origins of a popular Bengali folk song and its strange journey across the world

Bol Bachchan

If you lower your taste several notches, you might find this slapstick film funny

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

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