Debutant director Abhinav Kashyap would have committed a crime if he would not have taken Sallu bhai of Bollywood for his directorial debut Dabangg. No one else from the fraternity could have essayed the role of Chulbul Robinhood Pandey than Salman Khan. By featuring Salman Khan in Dabangg, Kashyap, who was assistant director of Yuva, scores brownie points.

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Fresh Love stories in Bollywood has always been widely accepted, be it Kumar Gaurav’s Love Story or Hrithik Roshan’s Kaho Na… Pyaar Hai, most of them garnered mullah as well as made the actors overnight stars. Well, will IHLS help to raise the sinking career of both Imran (Kidnap, Luck) and Sonam (Saawariya, Delhi 6) ?
Only time can tell whether this would be hat trick flop for both of them or not ?

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After Mahabharat adaptation in Rajneeti two weeks ago, expectation raises high for Mani Ratnam’s Ramayan inspiration titled ‘Raavan’. Unfortunately, not just the expectation, but the movie falls flat. With some of the biggest names in the cast and crew, Mani’s Raavan can easily be aligned to RGV’s Aag.

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Multiple time awards winning Bollywood’s director Prakash Jha knows it well that it’s not just sex and Sharukh Khan that sells in Bollywood. A maker of critically acclaimed films like Damul, Gangajal and Apaharan, nobody else understands how to stitch political aspects in a film better than Prakash Jha.

After facing a lot of controversies and censorships, Jha finally won the battle and released his power-packed political thriller worldwide Friday.

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“A journey of a wanted man in search of his lost love.”

This one line summarizes the complete movie – Kites [preview]. First of all, to all the readers who have read awful, average and excellent reviews already of Kites. I request you to forget everything that you have read or heard about Kites.

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SRK, Kajol and Karan Johar the trio who have never given a single flop. Even in the movies, where Kajol has just a guest appearance. Moreover, Kajol and SRK have never failed to impress both critics and audience alike. Awards, Huge Box Office collection have always followed these stars. So, My Name Is Khan had huge expectations. People have been waiting for months for this movie release and luckily I got a chance to watch the first day, first show.

To simply put into words; My Name Is Khan is an average movie, which could have been better movie with good screenplay, dialogue and even with editing. Karan has tried to include too many things into 2:40 Hrs; Autism problem, Romance, 9/11, Post 9/11 torture, Human behavior in trauma, US people psychology over Muslims, Jihad movement, etc.

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seems to have swept aside every film of consequence that released this year. Such is the impact of the film, a lot of which has to do with its late release, that every other movie that came before it, seems to be dwarfed in comparison. And this is a year which has seen films like ‘Dev D’, ‘Gulaal’, ‘Firaaq’, ‘Rocket Singh Salesman Of The Year’, ‘Kaminey’, ‘Paa’ and ‘Love Aaj Kal’, all of which have stretched the language of Hindi cinema in their own manner. But ‘3 Idiots’ seems all set to bag most major awards. An indication of things to come was received when the film received 21 nominations out of 28 categories in the forthcoming 16th Annual Screen Awards.

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Disclaimer: If you thought RGV’s Bhoot was scary then this might give you heart failure. STRICTLY NOT for the weak heart people.

Mohit Suri, Vikesh Flims, Mahesh Bhatt, Mukesh Bhatt along with Emraan Hashmi what would you expect besides strip down Hollywood movies, but with good story adaptation and excellent execution. Well, this time too they don’t disappoint. Raaz – The Mystery Continues seems to be loosely inspired from Hollywood flicks – ‘The Ring’ (Well Scene), Da Vinci Code and many others. You can see Mohit nearing the perfection with every film of his and definitely, Raaz – The Murder Continues is one fine example of it. Raaz- TMC is a paranormal horror story merging Hindu mythology, its tribunal exorcist rituals and urbane life. Raaz as the name suggests is full of twists and turns and will scare hell out of you with its background score, unexpected scary scenes, etc.

If you want to feel Xzone this weekend, book yourself for Raaz – TMC.

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