Sunday, April 03, 2011

Critic

I watch in disappointment as one of my all-time-favourite director/producer/writer Vishal Bhardwaj literally loses the plot. Please don't sell out Vishal. Take your time.


Makdee (Children’s film; 2002) ****1/2
Starring Shabana Azmi, Makrand Deshpande, Shweta Prasad


Maqbool (2004)*****
Based on Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Starring Irfan Khan, Tabu, Pankaj Kapoor, Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah

The Blue Umbrella (Children’s film; 2005) ****
Based on The Blue Umbrella by Ruskin Bond
Starring Pankaj Kapoor, Shreya Sharma, Deepak Dobriyal


Omkara (2006) *****
Based on Othello by William Shakespeare
Starring Ajay Devgan, Vivek Oberoi, Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma, Bipasha Basu, Naseeruddin Shah


Kaminey (2009) ***1/2
Starring Shahid Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra

7 Khoon Maaf (2010) *1/2
Based on Susanna's Seven Husbands by Ruskin Bond
Starring Priyanka Chopra, Neil Nitin Mukesh, John Abraham, Irrfan Khan, Aleksandr Dyachenko, Annu Kapoor, Naseeruddin Shah, Vivaan Shah, Usha Uthup



No comments:

The irony of the relationship between technology and idleness

One of the purposes of everyday technology (mobiles, laptops, etc.) is to make us more efficient. But we rarely use our 'freed up&...