Archive for the 'After 2000' Category

Dhadkan (2000)

Dhadkan is a Bollywood movie which deals with the love triangle of Akshay Kumar, Shilpa Shetty and Sunil Shetty.Released under the banner of VENUS, the film has music by Nadeem-Shravan and lyrics by Sameer.Sunil Shetty won a Filmfare Best Villain Award for his performance.

Cast: Akshay Kumar, Shilpa Shetty, Sunil Shetty.

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Kranti (2002)

Awadesh Pratap Singh (Vinod Khanna) Commissioner of Police, is a man who believes in living his life according to certain principles that have been laid down in the past and have never been changed since.ACP Abhay Pratap Singh (Bobby Deol), is the able son of an able father.He lives life on his own terms and firmly believes that the laws written earlier were good for that time but had to be modified for being made effective in the current scenario.

Cast: Vinod Khanna, Bobby Deol, Amisha Patel

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Aaghaaz (2000)

Aaghaaz is a 2000 Indian Bollywood mobster action film drama directed by Yogesh Ishwar.Basically, a Bollywood mobster movies pitting two spice merchants, along with their predictably gorgeous love interests, AAGHAZ has some good music clips, and is aided by stunning locales near Cape Town, South Africa.

Cast: Sunil Shetty, G. Asrani, Rakesh Bedi

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Parzania (2005)

Directed by Rahul Dholakia, Parzania tells the story of the forgettable Godhra Carnage. The plot revolves around a lower middle class Parsi family in Gujarat. Put up in a secular colony, the family comprising of the father, mother and two children live in complete harmony with the rest of the families.Parzan, the pivotal character in the movie, is a young boy of around ten.He dreams of a land called Parzania, his own version of Utopia, where houses are made of chocolate and mountains of ice cream.All was well and good in the colony and in Parzania till one day, all hell breaks loose.

Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Corin Nemec, Sarika

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Annarth (2002)

Being the directorial debut of Ravi Dewan, whose forte is fights and stunts, the film relies too heavily on action sequences more than anything else.The film’s climax in particular is replete with adrenalin savvy sequences of bomb blasts and gunfights.The film is based on an oft-repeated subject that does not leave much impact on the viewer.Even the director’s presentation is shoddy and screenplay is marred with jerky editing.

Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty, Ashutosh Rana

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Yeh Kaisi Mohabbat (2002)

This is one of the minor examples of Bollywood’s ability to cross genres.For better ones, turn to “Humraaz” or, well, probably anything you can find on the market.Why is “Yeh Kaisi Mohabbat” this bad? It starts and ends with Johnny Lever.

Cast: Viveka Babajee, Deeksha, Dinesh Hingoo

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Chori Chori Chupke Chupke (2001)

Abbas-Mustan, the director duo who have given blood curdling suspense thrillers like Baazigar and Khiladi strays off their usual formula in Chori Chori Chupke Chupke. This time romance and tragedy seem to have taken precedence over thrills and suspense. And there is also enough of Bharjatya-type family drama.

Cast: Preity Zinta, Salman Khan, Rani Mukherjee

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Maa Tujhhe Salaam (2002)

Tinu Verma’s directorial debut “Maa Tujhhe Salaam” is a kitsch-ridden action packed drama with an overdose of patriotic jingoism.Apart from cashing on Sunny Deol’s Desh Bhakt image, the film raises the burning issue of Kashmir through a story that is overtly anti-Pakistan.The film is set in the beautiful valleys and ravines of Kashmir.

Cast: Sunny Deol, Tabu, Arbaaz Khan

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