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Star Trek fans will not be disappointed with the new film, writes Ankur Pathak.Spectacular in its own right, but ruefully short of the greatness of its predecessor, Star Trek Into Darkness is an enjoyable feast.Like the previous film, Into Darkness has a complex story which is best experienced as it is impossible to synopsis-ize it without giving away spoilers.The film starts with the Enterprise trying to insert a massive ice-cube to contain a volcano as it may potentially erode the ...

Shootout At Wadala fails on all counts, writes Ankur Pathak.Sanjay Gupta’s new film Shootout at Wadala documents the rise of crime in 1970s Mumbai and how, after local cops gunned down feared gansgter Manya Surve, the term 'encounter' entered the police lexicon. However, instead of engaging the viewers with a well-written screenplay, the film’s story runs all over the place with horrendous dialogues peppered with crass expletives that sound more inconsequential than sinister.John ...

Shree, though ambitious, suffers because of an over-wrought plot that is too tedious to follow, writes Ankur Pathak.The genre of science fiction still remains largely unexplored in Hindi films. More than the lack of conceptual originality, it is also the restrained budgets that make for tacky production values, resulting in something borderline ambitious, but terribly underwhelming and at times, unintentionally funny.Similar is the case of Shree, a film that delves into the concept of ...

Rangrezz works despite being saddled with a rather cliched plot, writes Ankur Pathak.Rangrezz (remake of Tamil hit Naadodigal), which in Hindi means the person who dyes clothes (the symbolic meaning being someone who adds color to life), is a powerful film about three seemingly aimless youngsters living in the chawls of Mumbai, who are blinded by the idea of friendship, and see nothing wrong in risking their lives in the name of friendship. Their humble background has probably rendered them ...

Bloody Isshq is as bad as the title, writes Ankur Pathak.Well let me just sum up the film for you in one line. The film is as bad as its title. Or maybe worse depending upon how much you really fancy the title. It is an easy film to dislike, and there is almost no justification why it is made. The film has a love-quadrangle of sorts that is ostensibly Abbas-Mustan inspired, but then it has an absurd twist of organ trafficking with Bangkok as backdrop; all of which is weirdly reminiscent of the ...

Only a film old, actor Arjun Kapoor who impressed everybody with his Ishaqzaade performance, is ready to take on the sinister land mafia of Gurgaon in his next film Aurangzeb. At Yash Raj studios for the interview, the actor looks like a star who was born to be one. Although he insists he hasn't got the charisma of Ranbir Kapoor, he's got an independent aura of his own. In this interview with Ankur Pathak, he discusses the importance of making atmospheric films, and also reveals that he may ...

The cheerful arrival of Gippi is an indicator of the healthy trend that Bollywood has given up with the formula films, writes Ankur Pathak.Much to the delight of its patrons, Bollywood is challenging its staid notions of normalcy.In the recently released trailer of Gippi, we see the titular adolescent girl, and some of her friends battling with puberty. One talks about her growing breasts while the other disappointingly mentions the impending and irksome menstrual cycle that is about to hit ...

Gol Maal (1979) is a comedy movie directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. The film was produced by Mukherjee and N.C.Sippy with music by Rahul Dev Burman. The film starred Amol Palekar, Utpal Dutt, Bindiya Goswami, Dina Pathak, Om Prakash and Manju Singh.

To Hindi cinema, with love and exasperated fondness Kirron Kher (centre) is mother to Abhishek Bachchan (left) in Dostana (2008) Updated: Sat, May 04 2013. 12 36 AM IST Movie mothers Mommy dearest. It became a bit difficult to take Salim-Javed's ...