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The Narrative of the Multi-Linear Plot

The braided storyline, used so stylishly in Dhobi Ghat, can actually be traced back to Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace and DW Griffith’s 1915 film, The Birth of a Nation

Smita’s Boy

Prateik Babbar on friend, mentor and ‘father’ Aamir Khan, and Kiran Rao’s disconcerting stare

Dhobi Ghat

The city of great texture and matching indifference is poignantly captured by Kiran Rao in a sparkling debut

Yamla Pagla Deewana

Be prepared to shed your political correctness for this ode to the Patiala Peg and all things ‘Caneda’

No One Killed Jessica

The leading ladies shine, but the film rests on peripheral characters who fall woefully short

Gulliver’s Travels

Designed as a festive season film to rake in the moolah, this is a Hollywood assassination of literature

Tees Maar Khan

As far as parodies go, it’s a good one. But does the director have any original ideas?

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

A Woody Allen romantic comedy minus the wacky humour and curiosity the director is famous for

Band Baaja Baaraat

A bunch of newcomers gets the sound of go-getting Dilli pitch-perfect but slips up on the romance front

The Man with a Ferocious Impulse

Legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog on why 3D leaves him cold, the frictions of filming and why he doesn’t care about his legacy

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