Review: ‘Guddu Ki Gun’
Film: “Guddu Ki Gun”; Cast: Kunal Kemmu, Sumeet Vyas, Payel Sarkar and Aparna Sharma; Directors: Shantanu Ray Chibber and Sheershak Anand; Rating: *** “Guddu Ki Gun” is the tale of Govardhan aka Guddu...
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Film: “Main Aur Charles”; Cast: Randeep Hooda, Richa Chadha, Adil Hussain, Tisca Chopra, Alexx O’Neil and Lucky Morani; Director: Prawaal Raman; Rating: ***1/2 “Main Aur Charles” is a fictional...
View ArticleTHE CROW’S EGG film to hit UK screen
Universally Acclaimed Film “The Crow’s Egg” which provides a vivid portrait of urban child poverty in South India is all set to hit the UK screen. Asian Lite reports The critically acclaimed,...
View ArticleBajirao Mastani – ****
Troy Ribeiro reviews Bhansali’s ‘Bajirao Mastani’. VERDICT – A visually captivating masterpiece – **** Film: “Bajirao Mastani”; Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali; Cast: Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone,...
View ArticleDilwale Disappoints – Review by Troy Ribeiro
“Dilwale”; Director: Rohit Shetty; Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Varun Dhawan, Kriti Sanon, Sanjay Mishra, Varun Sharma, Pankaj Tripathi and Mukesh Tiwari; Rating: **1/2 A still from Dilwale Song Gerua...
View ArticleREVIEW: Saala Khadoos – ***1/2
Sudha Kongara’s movie Saala Khadoos is a ‘champ’ ….writes Troy Ribeiro – ***1/2 “Saala Khadoos”; Cast: R. Madhavan, Zakir Hussain, Ritika Singh, Mumtaz Sorcar and Nassar; Director: Sudha Kongara ndian...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Boy – **
Troy Ribeiro says The Boy’ is an old fashioned horror movie based on a weak script Film: “The Boy”, Director: William Brent Bell; Cast: Lauren Cohan, Rupert Evans, Jim Norton, Diana Hardcastle, Ben...
View ArticleReview: ‘Sanam Teri Kasam’
Film: “Sanam Teri Kasam”; Directors: Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru; Cast: Harshwardhan Rane, Mawra Hocane, Murli Sharma, Anurag Sinha, Manish Choudhari, Divyetta Kaveri and Vijay Raaz; Rating: *** “Sanam...
View ArticleFITOOR – No ‘Great’ Expectations – ***
Troy Ribeiro reviews Aditya Roy Kapur, Katrina Kaif starrer Fitoorwhich is based on Charles Dickens’s “Great Expectations – Rating: *** Film: “Fitoor”; Director: Abhishek Kapoor; Cast: Tabu, Aditya...
View ArticleSANAM RE: Amateurish Romantic Mishmash- **
Troy Ribeiro says Sanam Re is an amateurish romantic mishmash “Sanam Re”; Director: Divya Khosla Kumar; Cast: Rishi Kapoor, Pulkit Samrat, Yami Gautam, Urvashi Rautela, Manoj Joshi and Prachi Shah;...
View ArticleReview: ‘Neerja’
Film: “Neerja”; Director: Ram Madhvani; Cast: Shabana Azmi, Sonam Kapoor, Shekhar Ravijani and Yogendra Tikku; Rating: ***1/2 Neerja, a biopic, encapsulates the life of Neerja Bhanot, head purser, Pan...
View ArticleREVIEW – Aligarh – Hauntingly evocative
“Aligarh”; Director: Hansal Mehta; Cast: Manoj Bajpayee, Rajkumar Rao, Ashish Vidyarthi and Delnaaz Irani; Rating: ***1/2 Filmmaker Hansal Mehta, actors *Manoj* Bajpayee and Rajkumar Yadav during the...
View ArticleGlobal Baba Mocks Godmen
Troy Ribeiro reviews Global Baba’: A true Indian phenomenon – VERDICT: *** Film: “Global Baba”; Director: Manoj Sidheshwari Tiwari; Cast: Abhimanyu Singh, Ravi Kishan, Sandeepa Dhar, Pankaj Tripathi,...
View ArticleFree State: Love Beyond Boundaries
Free State is a romantic movie portraying romance beyond race and boundary. . . . by Asian Lite News Poster of Free State Free State, directed by Sallas De Jager and produced by Terwadkar Rajiv, has...
View ArticleGhana Welcomes Indian Films
Indian film festival held in Ghana. . . . By Francis Kokutse A film festival in Accra has made Ghanaian filmmakers optimistic of possible collaborations with their Indian counterparts to learn from...
View ArticleU/A for The Jungle Book Leaves Audience Shocked
U/A for ‘The Jungle Book’ leaves Indian audience amused . . . .By Sugandha Rawal India’s censor board chief Pahlaj Nihalani’s decision to certify Jon Favreau’s “The Jungle Book” as a “scary” movie fit...
View ArticleVisually & Nostalgically Magical Jungle
‘The Jungle Book’: Visually breathtaking ….reports Troy Ribeiro Hollywood actor Neel Sethi Starring in The Jungle BookPIC: IANS “The Jungle Book”; Director: Jon Favreau; Cast: Neel Sethi, Ritesh Rajan;...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Jungle Book – ****
Subhash K. Jha says the Jungle Book is an extraordinary in the truest sense the_jungle_book Film: “The Jungle Book”; Director: Jon Favreau; Cast: Neel Sethi; Voices of: Nana Patekar, Om Puri, Irrfan...
View ArticleREVIEW: Sardaar Gabbar Singh – **
Haricharan Pudipeddi says Sardaar Gabbar Singh is entertaining, but lazily written Pawan Kalyan in Sardaar Gabbar Singh Film: “Sardaar Gabbar Singh”; Language: Telugu; Director: K.S. Ravindra; Cast:...
View ArticleIndian Films Awarded at IFFLA
‘Masaan’, ‘Parched’ awarded at film fest in Los Angeles . . . . by Asian Lite News Director Neeraj Ghaywan’s “Masaan” and Leena Yadav’s “Parched” were awarded at the 14th annual Indian Film Festival of...
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