Category Archives: Politics

Song: Tere Bina Zindagi Se Koi

Posted on September 2, 2007 by ashish

This is one of my all time favorites. Such a delightful melodious song, and featuring Sanjeev Kumar, who is also one of my all time favorite actors. The movie was Aandhi, starring primarily Sanjeev Kumar and Suchitra Sen and made … Continue reading →

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Main Hoon Na: An incredible masala movie

Posted on September 1, 2007 by ashish

The movie was an incredibly slick movie, in terms of the fluidity of movement and some of the effects as compared to other Indian movies. And considering that this movie was a directorial debut for Farah Khan, I would rate … Continue reading →

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Ardh Satya: A hard hitting movie

Posted on August 3, 2007 by ashish

It’s been 24 years since this movie has been released, but other than the fact that the guns are newer, the money involved is more, and the violence more brazen, this could be a movie of today’s time. The movie … Continue reading →

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Zanjeer: Birth of Amitabh as the super-star

Posted on July 12, 2007 by ashish

For Amitabh Bachchan, Zanjeer was not his first movie. But it was a landmark movie, the movie that set Amitabh as the angry young man, as the movie that laid the foundation of a career that reached tremendous heights. Before … Continue reading →

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