Director: Raaghav Dar Cast: Prateik, Kalki Koechlin, Arjun Mathur and Makrand Deshpande Release Date: 2011-10-14 00:00:00 Quick Take: Funny, quirky and cute My Friend Pinto is like a modern day adaptation of Charlie Chaplin’s tramp stories. You know the kind where the bumbling village idiot stands out like a sore thumb in the big city. [...]

Director: Nagesh Kukunoor Cast: Rannvijay Singh Singa, Ayesha Takia and Tanvi Azmi Release Date: 2011-10-14 12:00:00 Quick Take: Nice but painstakingly slow Right of the bat, let it be said that Nagesh Kukunoor’s Mod is strictly for the patient audience who like their stories to flow at a leisurely pace. The film has an art [...]

Director: Nupur Asthana Cast: Saqib Saleem, Saba Azad, Nishant Dahiya and Tara Dsouza Release Date: 2011-10-14 00:00:00 Quick Take: Totally ‘like’able Just like you can’t judge a book by its cover, don’t let the name Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge and its promo be a put-off. It particularly portrays ‘The Facebook Generation’ of today amongst collegians and [...]

Director: Shawn Levy Cast: Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lily, Dakota Goyo and Anthony Mackie Release Date: 2011-10-07 00:00:00 Quick Take: Lacks lustre We like underdog stories. We really do. That’s why we cheer our throats hoarse for Rocky on every repeat view. So when Real Steel promises the underdog story of a robot boxer we feel [...]

Director: David Dhawan Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgn, Kangna Ranaut and Lisa Haydon Release Date: 2011-10-06 12:00:00 Quick Take: R.I.P. sensibility Sample this: Prime time show, the theatre is packed with an audience awaiting a laugh riot. But not a single soul smiles through the two-hour run time. It’s sad to see comedy in our [...]

Love, commitments, relationships – it is most difficult to explore a topic that has been dealt with a billion times already in Bollywood. Love Breakups Zindagi, a slice of life does just that. Directed and written by Sahil Sangha, the movie stars Zayed Khan and Diya Mirza essaying the lead roles in the film. Love Breakups Zindagi is [...]

Director: Vishal and Shekhar T Series Rs 175 Release Date: 2011-09-12 08:00:00 Quick Take: Worth every penny! Chammak challo rules and how! The song, sung by international R&B icon Akon is superbly produced by Giorgio Tuinfort (the producer of Gwen Stefanie’s The Sweet Escape featuring Akon). Tuinfort turnsVishal-Shekhar’s tunes into a haunting medley that invades [...]

Director: Glenn Ficarra and John Requa Cast: Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore, Emma Stone, Kevin Bacon and Marisa Tomei Release Date: 2011-09-16 00:00:00 Quick Take: Crazy side of romance Crazy people doing stupid things because they’re in love. That sums up Crazy Stupid Love and the goings on in it. This is a rom [...]

Director: Craig Gillespie Cast: Collin Farrel, Anton Yelchin, Toni Collette and David Tennant Release Date: 2011-08-19 12:00:00 Quick Take: Frightfully lame  Vampires have always been an integral part of our movies. There have been some brilliant films based on the blood sucking creatures. Films like From Dusk To Dawn, Blade, Interview with the Vampire and [...]

The Bottom Line Passably funny vision of classroom apathy won’t win fans within teachers’ unions but isn’t as outrageous as it could have been. Opens Friday, June 24 (Columbia Pictures) Cast Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, Lucy Punch, John Michael Higgins, Jason Segel, Phyllis Smith Director-executive producer Jake Kasdan Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz star in [...]