Movie Review: Bhoothnath Returns
The one thing to be said for Nitesh Tiwari’s “Bhoothnath Returns” is that it has impeccable timing. At a time when India is caught up in election fever, and every TV news channel is celebrating “the dance of democracy”, the film delivers the same message, albeit with a higher budget and a stronger medium than public service advertisements, writes Shilpa Jamkhandikar
UNIQUE MARKETING
Post-release marketing helps 'Queen' rule
Vikas Bahl’s film wasn’t supposed to make so much money. “Queen,” made on a meagre budget of 170 million rupees ($2.8 million) without the trappings of a big-ticket Bollywood movie, was initially slotted as a niche film that would hardly threaten Indian box-office records. Yet it broke a Bollywood record, and its lead actress, Kangana Ranaut, is being hailed as the next big thing.
BEYOND BOLLYWOOD
U.S. festival spotlights independent Indian films
Bollywood films often capture the colour and beauty of Indian culture through high-profile stars and big-budget blockbusters, but a group of filmmakers is attempting to show a different side of India's people through smaller, independent fare. The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles is bringing the movies made outside of the Bollywood studio system to Hollywood.
Movie Review: Main Tera Hero
When you think about it, David Dhawan’s latest comedy is more tragic than comic. In almost every frame of “Main Tera Hero”, you see glimpses of a film-maker desperately trying to restore his former glory, writes Shilpa Jamkhandikar.
A MINUTE WITH
Rajat Kapoor on 'Ankhon Dekhi'
Over the past decade, film-maker Rajat Kapoor has found a niche for himself in Bollywood, writing and directing movies that rely more on unusual plots than glamorous movie stars. His latest film, “Ankhon Dekhi”, has actor Sanjay Mishra playing a man who refuses to believe anything that he hasn’t experienced himself.
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