Rakesh Jha
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'Manjhi-The Mountain Man' review: A good film that could have been brilliant
Bollywood | Aug 21, 2015, 11:36 AM IST'Manjhi-The Mountain Man' is the biopic of Dashrath Manjhi, a real life hero who moved a mountain in the real sense with his pure courage and unflinching conviction.The film follows the life of Dashrath Manjhi
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Phantom movie review: Saif and Katrina fizzle in this unreal drama
Bollywood | Aug 28, 2015, 10:51 PM ISTIt's been long since anyone has created mayhem in Pakistan after Gadar. Phantom could be the poetic justice of director Kabir Khan to balance things off after his blockbuster Bajranigi Bhaijaan. While in Bajrangi, Sallu
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'Welcome Back' movie review: A sequel very hard to welcome back
Bollywood | Sep 04, 2015, 11:16 AM ISTCast: John Abraham, Nana Patekar, Anil Kapoor, Shruti Haasan, Paresh Rawal, Ankita Shrivastava, Naseeruddin Shah, Dimple Kapadia, Shiney AhujaDirector: Anees BazmeeRating: 2 /5Anees Bazmee's latest caper closely follows on the heels of its predecessor, Welcome,
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Hero Movie Review: Sooraj and Athiya's chemistry will get on your nerves
Bollywood | Sep 11, 2015, 12:32 PM ISTCast: Sooraj Pancholi, Athiya Shetty, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Aditya PancholiDirector: Nikhil AdvaniRating : 1.5 starsIn one of the iconic scenes in the film, Radha advices Sooraj to ctrl- alt- del his violent past and start afresh
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Singh is Bling movie review: Even with its flaws, Akshay makes it partly watchable
Bollywood | Oct 02, 2015, 11:04 PM ISTCast: Akshay Kumar, Amy Jackson, Lara Dutta, Rati Agnihotri, Yograj Singh, Kay Kay Menon, Kunal KapoorDirection: PrabhudhevaRatings: 2.5Among the many cringe inducing moments in the film that includes bovines talking about humans, Kay Kay Menon's
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Jazbaa Review: Even Aishwarya, Irrfan could not save this poorly directed film
Bollywood | Oct 11, 2015, 06:32 AM ISTCast: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Irrfan Khan, Shabana Azmi, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Atul Kulkarni, Jackie Shroff and Sara Arjun;Director: Sanjay GuptaRating: **1/2Sanjay Gupta's love for foreign cinema is an open secret.His immensely popular Kaante drew heavily
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Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 review- A promising sequel that bursts the bubble of happy couple
Bollywood | Oct 17, 2015, 01:20 PM ISTCast: Kartik Aaryan, Nushrat Bharucha, Sunny Singh,Sonalli Sehgall,Ishita Raj,Omkar KapoorDirector: Luv RanjanRating: 2.5/5Luv Ranjan's directorial debut--Pyar Ka Punchnama was a surprise hit of 2011, the film went on to develop a cult following especially among
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Review: There is nothing 'Shaandaar' about this Shahid-Alia starrer
Bollywood | Oct 23, 2015, 02:37 PM ISTCast: Shahid Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Pankaj Kapoor, Sanah Kapur, Sanjay Kapoor, Sushma SethDirector: Vikas BahlRatings: ** (2/5)Vikas Bahl's Shaandaar has the backing of several creative minds so people were pinning high hopes from the film
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Main Aur Charles Review: A Coming of Age Thriller
Bollywood | Oct 30, 2015, 04:48 PM ISTCast: Randeep Hooda, Richa Chaddha, Adil HussainDirector: Prawaal RamanStar: *** (3/5)When a lady psychologist is told to read the mind of the hardened criminal Charles, following the session, she comes out deciding that she needs
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Prem Ratan Dhan Payo: Salman shines in this otherwise missable flick
Bollywood | Nov 13, 2015, 07:41 AM ISTCast: Salman Khan, Sonam Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Swara Bhaskar, Armaan Kohli, Deepak DobriyalDirection: Sooraj BarjatyaRatings: ** (2/5)Salman Khan joined hands with Sooraj Barjatya after 16 years to make a family drama and
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Tamasha movie review: Ranbir, Deepika shine in this long but rewarding film
Bollywood | Nov 27, 2015, 07:00 PM ISTCast: Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone,Javed SheikhDirector: Imtiaz AliMusic: A.R.RehmanRating: ***(3/5)Tamasha offers a wonderful message to the audience. It simply tells us to come out of the facade that we put before the world and discover
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Hate Story 3 Review: A sleaze-fest that soon becomes a snooze-fest
Bollywood | Dec 07, 2015, 01:09 PM ISTRatings: * (1/5)Hate Story 3 is an erotic thriller starring Sharman Joshi, Karan Singh Grover, Zarine Khan, and Daisy Shah .Directed by Vishal Pandya, it is the third instalment in Hate Story franchisee .The film
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Dilwale Movie Review: SRK-Kajol sizzle but the rest fizzles
Bollywood | Dec 19, 2015, 12:32 PM ISTCast: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Varun Dhawan,Kirti Shanon,Jhonny Lever,Boman IraniGenre: Comedy, DramaDirector: Rohit ShettyStars : ** 1/2 ( 2.5/5)There is something about Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol that never ceases to amaze us.Even after two
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Wazir movie review: When a thriller becomes œChess pe Charcha
Bollywood | Jan 08, 2016, 06:50 PM ISTRating: **(2/5)Helmed by talented director Bejoy Nambiar and written by Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Abhijat Joshi, ‘Wazir', which features Farhan Akhtar and Amitabh Bachchan in pivotal roles, was expected to be a perfect opener for
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Airlift review: Akshay shines in this brilliant geo-political thriller
Bollywood | Jan 25, 2016, 06:09 PM ISTCast: Akshay Kumar,Nimrat Kaur,Kumud Mishra, In-aamulhaqRating: ***(3/5)Director: Raja Krishna MenonIt's a daunting task for a director to tell a big story based on real life events in an efficient manner without losing sight of its
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Mastizaade movie review: A non-sensical caper that solely relies on Sunny Leone's skin
Bollywood | Jan 29, 2016, 05:17 PM ISTCast: Sunny Leone, Tusshar Kapoor, Vir Das, Ritiesh Deshmukh, Suresh MenonGenre: Adult ComdeyRating: * 1/2 ( 1.5 /5 stars )Mastizaade comes off as a typically bawdy sex comedy solely aimed at pleasing true genre fans.Since
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Fitoor review: Katrina and Aditya make it a struggle to watch
Bollywood | Feb 13, 2016, 05:59 PM ISTCast: Katrina Kaif,Aditya Roy Kapur,TabuGenre: Romance/DramaMusic: Amit TrivediDirector : Abhishek Kapoor Rating: **(2/5)Abhishek Kapoor's Fitoor, which draws its inspiration from Charles Dickens' celebrated novel ‘Great Expectations', falls heavily short of expectations. The story traces the
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Neerja Review: A gripping tale of exceptional courage
Bollywood | Feb 19, 2016, 07:34 PM ISTRating: 3.5/5 Stars (Three and half stars)Star Cast: Sonam Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Shekhar RavjianiDirector: Ram MadhwaniIn Bollywood, it's not very often that a story this strong is told. Neerja is an extraordinary tale of a
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10 shocking acts of sexual terror by Islamic state
World | Oct 25, 2015, 01:44 PM ISTNew Delhi: Islamic State has surpassed all levels of barbarism recorded in recent human history. Their atrocities have made Nazi war crimes look feeble in comparison. ISIS, so far, has attracted at least 12,000 fighters,
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Know all about Shazia Ilmi, the journalist-turned-politician
National | Jan 20, 2015, 11:22 AM ISTNew Delhi: Just a few days ahead of the assembly elections in Delhi, former AAP leader, Shazia Ilmi, has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Though Shazia has said that she is not interested in