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  Jolly LLB 2

  By Sanjukta Sen on February, 13 2017

  Jolly LLB was an enjoyable good movie. Directed by Subhash Kapoor, the prequel was shouldered by brilliant actors like Arshad Warsi and Saurabh Shukla but they don't have the tag of the stars. So when the sequel was announced with Akshay Kumar, it brings out all sorts of mixed feelin...

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  Raees

  By Sanjukta Sen on January, 27 2017

  The “king of Bollywood,” Shah Rukh Khan, rarely plays the villain. So it’s not surprising that as the criminal title character in Rahul Dholakia’s “Raees” would create an expectation amongst the audience. So, let's find out if Raees has been able to meet th...

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  Haramkhor

  By Sanjukta Sen on January, 16 2017

  An affair between a 15-year-old student and her much older, married teacher is the centrepiece of Shlok Sharma's directorial debut. A lonely 15-year-old Sandhya (Shweta Tripathi) has a dysfunctional and toxic relationship with her father, who neglects her and is also having an affair. She fin...

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  Ok Jaanu

  By Sanjukta Sen on January, 16 2017

  Director Shaad Ali’s Ok Jaanu is an official Hindi remake of Shaad Ali’s mentor Mani Ratnam’s 2015 Tamil film O Kadhal Kanmani (Oh My Love, The Apple of My Eye), otherwise known as OK Kanmani, starring Dulquer Salmaan and Nithya Menen. Ratnam has produced the Bollywood ...

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  Kahaani 2

  By Sanjukta Sen on December, 05 2016

  Kahaani 2 – Durga Rani Singh starts on a gripping note where Durga a working woman realises that her teenager paralysed daughter has been abducted. A car knocked her down while she was rushing to save her daughter. The film is set in small cities of West Bengal, Chandan Nagar and K...

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  Dear Zindagi

  By Sanjukta Sen on December, 01 2016

  Story: Kaira is a young cinematographer who always seems to be on edge. She flits from one relationship to the other, is rude to everyone around her, and can barely look beyond herself. When her land-lord asks her to vacate her apartment, she moans to her friend, “I am going to be homeless ...

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  Force 2

  By Sanjukta Sen on November, 19 2016

  Story: The sequel once again brings back the daredevil officer, ACP Yashvardhan (John Abraham) but this time he has a bigger job to do than just the Mumbai police work. After a series of killings of RAW agents become rampant in China, an investigation team is set up to nab the traitor who has bee...

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  'MSG: The Warrior – Lion Heart'

  By Siddharth Dhongle on October, 07 2016

  This movie is the third installment to the MSG series. 'MSG: The Warrior — Lion Heart'. As a warrior who seeks to establish the respect of women in society, Lion Heart or Sherdil travels across historic time zones and merges the future with the past. After playing the Guru in the fi...

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  MS Dhoni: The Untold Story

  By Sanjukta Sen on October, 03 2016

  Neeraj Pandey's 'MS Dhoni: the Untold Story' opens with MS Dhoni in the dressing room during the India-Sri Lanka 2011 WC finals. Sushant Singh Rajput, who plays the lead in the eponymous film, is glued to the television set before he decides to take the pitch against Murali instead of Yu...

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  Banjo

  By Sanjukta Sen on September, 24 2016

  Banjo is a sweet, spirited film about a band of slumdog musicians. You can see it in the innovative way in which director Ravi Jadhav sets up the band members. There’s Paper. He’s called that because he delivers newspapers (but he also spends several hours a day fetching water for his...

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