One By Two

Rating : 3/10Release Date : 31st January, 2014 Time : 139 minutesDirector, Writer : Devika Bhagat; Music : Shankar Ehsaan LoyStarring : Abhay Deol, Preeti Desai, Rati Agnihotri, Lillete Dubey, Jayant Kriplani, Darshan Jariwala, Anish Trivedi, Geetika Tyagi, Preetika Chawla, Tahir Bhasin, Netrapal He-Ra Singh, Yashika DhillonA movie about two confused characters falls completely flat on its face as the most confused person turns out to be the story writer. The stop-start pace of the film doesn’t help either as we follow our lead pair, who, instead of being thankful for what they do have, choose to be miserable, and sulk / frown for the ultra-long durat

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The American Hustle

Rating : 7/10Release Date : 17th January, 2014 Time : 138 minutesDirector, Co-Writer : David O Russell; Co-Writer : Eric Singer; Music : Danny ElfmanStarring : Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner, Michael Pena, Louis CK, Alessandro Nivalo, Elisabeth RohmIt was nice to see people in different roles than what we are used to. And the story wasn’t bad too, though, honestly speaking I was quite distracted by the amazing cleavage on constant display by Amy Adams (and by Jennifer Lawrence when she was on screen).Con artist, Bale, and his partner, Amy, enjoy playing in the small leagues. Going after desperate men, promi

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Dedh Ishqiya

Rating : 8/10Release Date : 10th January, 2014 Time : 152 minutesDirector, Co-Writer : Abhishek Chaubey; Co-Writers : Vishal Bhardwaj, Gulzar Music : Vishal BhardwajStarring : Naseeruddin Shah, Madhuri-Dixit Nene, Arshad Warsi, Huma Qureshi, Vijay Raaz, Manoj Pahwa, Salman ShahidNaseeruddin Shah grandly rattles off the seven stages of love. Arshad Warsi listens intently, obviously impressed with the big sounding Urdu words like ‘Dilkashi’ and ‘Ibaadat’ rolling of his Uncle’s tongue. A while later, though, not able to contain himself, he asks the question which has probably been on his mind since he’d heard this “Par Mamu, isme sex kahan hai ?”That pro

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