Movie Review: Morning Walk (2009)

October 9th, 2009 Acid Factory: Fizzles out Rating: 2 out of 5* Starring: Irrfan Khan, Manoj Bajpai, Dia Mirza, Aftab Shivdasani, Fardeen Khan, Dino Morea and Danny Director: Suparn Verma Five guys (Danny, Manoj, Aftab, Dino and Fardeen) wake up in a dilapidated warehouse only to realize that they have momentarily lost their memory due to a gas leak. The exit doors of this factory are locked from outside and there is no way out for them.

September 12th, 2009 Ruslaan: Nothing new! Rating: 1 out of 5 Starring: Raajveer, Meghaa Chatterjee, Asrani, Shahbaaz Khan, Ganesh Yadav, S.M. Zaheer and Smita Jaykar

 Director: Mohan C.

September 11th, 2009 Vaada raha…I promise: Fails to Keep its Promise! Rating: 2 out of 5 Starring: Bobby Deol, Kangana Ranaut, Mohnish Behl, Dwij Yadav and Sharat Saxena
 Director: Samir Karnik Vaada raha…I promise is a beautiful story, but impact less. Courtesy poor direction and screenplay.

September 11th, 2009 Shaabash! You Can Do It: But you didn’t! Rating: 1 out of 5 Starring: Hitesh Agrawal, Mansi Dovhal, Sudesh Berry, Nasir Khan, Vivek Shauq, Charu Sharma, Rajiv Verma, Adi Irani, Atul Kinagi, Vedita Pratap Singh, Praveen Singh Sisodia,
 Vishwajeet Pradhan, Rakesh Shrivastav and Aslam Khan. Director: Shankar Mondal Shaabash! You Can Do It doesn’t live up to its title et all.

September 11th, 2009 Aamras: Is without raas! Rating: 2 out of 5 Starring: Vega, Natasha, Maanvi, Aanchal, Zarina Wahab, Reema, Ajay Singh Choudhury, Sunil Sinha and Manoj Pahwa. Director: Rupali Guha Aamras takes one back to the carefree days of life when one does not have anything to worry about.

September 5th, 2009 REVIEW: Fox (2009) Fox: Falls apart Rating: 2 out of 5 Cast: Sunny Deol, Arjun Rampal, Sagarika Ghatge, Udita Goswami, Vipul Gupta and Ravi Gossain Director: Deepak Tijori Duration: 2 Minutes and 34 Seconds Churning out a suspense thriller is not everyone’s cup of tea. Director Deepak Tijori is a recent example.

September 4th, 2009 Aagey Se Right: Not funny Cast: Shreyas Talpade, Kay Kay Menon, Shehnaz Treasurywala, Bharti Achrekar, Vijay Maury, Mahi Gill, Shiv Pandit, Shruti Seth. Rakesh Bedi Director: Indrajit Nattoji Duration: 2 hours Aagey Se Right lacks big time to survive in the midst of giants around it.

August 28th, 2009 Yeh Mera India: N.Chandra strikes back Rating: 3 out of 5* Starring: Anupam Kher, Parvin Dabas, Perizad Zorabian, Vijay Raaz, Atul Kulkarni, Seema Biswas, Rajpal Yadav and Smilie Suri Director: N.Chandra Despite having delivered flops for a long time now, filmmaker N.Chandra is best remembered for his three films – the hard hitting Ankush and Pratighaat and of course the Ek Do Teen number film Tezaab which made Madhuri an overnight star. With his latest offering Y.M.I – Yeh Mera India, Chandra is back to his Ankush-Pratighaat form which made you stand up and notice the raw energy of his subjects.

August 28th, 2009 Love Khichdi: Causes indigestion Rating: 1.5 out of 5* Starring: Randeep Hooda, Sada, Rituparna Sengupta, Sonali Kulkarni, Divya Dutta, Kalpana Pandit, Jesse Randhawa and Riya Sen Director: Srinivas Bhashyam Lifted from a copy of popular American TV series Kitchen Confidential, Love Khichdi is about a casanova chef Vir (Randeep) Hooda chef who is on a bed hopping spree and is busy fantasizing about the many women in his life. Whether it is male hating kaamwali bai (Sonali) or his bookstore running 'intellectual' colleague (Rituparna) or his adolescent neighbour, it doesn’t matter for Vir.

August 28th, 2009 Toss: All style no substance Rating: 1 out of 5* Starring: Ashmit Patel, Prashant Raj, Ranvijay Singh, Aarti Chabbria, Madhurima Bannerjee, Shruti Gera, Rajpal Yadav, Sushant Singh and Mahesh Manjrekar Director: Ramesh Khatkar Toss narrates the tale of a group of friends who on their way back from vacation luckily find a big booty. They decide to divide the amount equally amongst themselves and go their own ways.

July 24th, 2009 Perfect Mismatch: Mismatched entertainer Rating: 1.5 out of 5* Starring: Introducing Anubhav Anand, Nandana Sen, Boman Irani and Anupam Kher Director: Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad Perfect Mismatch narrates the tale of an architect Aman (Anubhav Anand) who falls in love with Neha (Nandana). But things begin to turn for the worse as his orthodox uncle (Boman) who has brought him up meets Neha’s dad (Kher).

July 23rd, 2009 She is a bundle of talent. From acting to singing- she knows it all.

July 11th, 2009 Film: "Morning Walk"; Director: Arup Dutta; Cast: Anupam Kher, Sharmila Tagore, Rajit Kapoor, Divya Dutta, Nargis, Shayan Munshi and Avika Gor; Rating: ** The first thing that goes against this film is its title. Frankly, a title like "Morning Walk" with a plot revolving around senior citizens, has every chance of alienating a large segment of the audience.

June 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Arjun Rampal's wife Mehr Jessia says it is not easy to please the actor when it comes to clothes. "He puts no thought into his clothes.

May 22nd, 2009 Detective Naani: Grand Mess Rating: 1.5 out of 5* Starring: Ava Mukherjee, Master Zain Khan, Ankur Nayyar, Amrita Saluja, Shubhangi Gokhale, Amit Verma and Shweta Gulati Director: Romilla Mukherjee During her daily ritual of morning walk, 75 year old Naani (Ava Mukherjee the famous Dabur model) witnesses a small girl (Saili Shettye) peeping at her nervously. Intrigued, as Naani tries to find more about the girl she stumbles on a huge racket.