Because a considerable amount of my time is spent in watching and talking about films, to begin with
A few tips on surviving film festivals, or life, 2008
And then, an alphabetical index of my film reviews. In a few cases, there are 2 reviews for one film, and usually, they are way different from each other. So, enjoy!
12 Angry Men, Sidney Lumet, 1957.
Aa Dekhen Zara, Jehangir Surti, 2009. At Upperstall.com
Aadmi Ki Aurat Aur Anya Kahaniya, Amit Dutta, 2009. At Upperstall Blogs
Aamir, Raj Kumar Gupta, 2008.
Aansoo Ban Gaye Phool, Satyen Bose, 1969.
Aaya Saawan Jhoom Ke, Raghunath Jhalani, 1969.
Amar Akbar Anthony, Manmohan Desai, 1977.
Anjaana Anjaani, Siddharth Anand, 2010.
Anmol Moti, S D Narang, 1969.
Azaad, Pramod Chakravorty, 1978.
Acid Factory, Suparn Verma, 2009 and a saner version at Tehelka, Script-less Sorrow
Anuranan, Aniruddha Roy-Chowdhury, 2006.
Baabarr, Ashu Trikha, 2009. At Tehelka.
Badmaash Company, Parmeet Sethi, 2010. At Upperstall Blogs
Bhala Manus, Vishwamitra, 1976
Bhanwar, Bhappi Sonie, 1976
Blackmail, Vijay Anand, 1973
Boot Polish, Prakash Arora, 1954
Bounty Hunter, Andy Tennant, 2010. At Tehelka.
Cheeni Kum, R. Balki, 2007.
Chhupa Rustam, Vijay Anand, 1973.
Daayen ya Baayen, 2010, Bela Negi.
Dabbang, Abhinav Kashyap, 2010. At Upperstall Blogs
De Dana Dan, Priyadarshan, 2009. At Tehelka.
Deedar-e-Yaar. H S Rawail, 1982.
Delhi-6, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, 2009. At Upperstall.com
Diamond Queen, Homi Wadia, 1940.
Dil Bole Hadippa, Anurag Singh, 2009
Disco Dancer, B Subhash, 1982. At Upperstall.com
Do Dooni Char, Habib Faisal, 2010
English Vinglish, Gauri Shinde, 2012
Fashion, Madhur Bhandarkar, 2008
Fiddler on the Roof, Norman Jewison, 1971
For Real, Sona Jain, 2010. At Tehelka
Gentleman’s Agreement, Elia Kazan, 1947. At Upperstall.com
Ghajini, A. R. Murugadoss, 2008
Gulaal, Anurag Kashyap, 2009. At Upperstall.com
Guzaarish, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, 2010.
Hair, Milos Forman, 1979
Harud, Aamir Bashir, 2010
Heroine, Madhur Bhandarkar, 2012
Holiday, George Cukor, 1938, continued at Upperstall Blogs, Two girls with hats
Hori Ma Panenko, Milos Forman, 1967
Hum Hindustani, Ram Mukherjee, 1960
I am the very beautiful, Shyamal Karmakar, 2006. At Upperstall Blogs.
International Crook, Pachhi, 1974
Jab Tak Hain Jaan, Yash Chopra, 2012
Jagriti, Satyen Bose, 1954
Jaane Tu … Ya Jaane Na, Abbas Tyrewala, 2008
Jaani Dushman, Rajkumar Kohli, 1979
Jhuk Gaya Aasmaan, Lekh Tandon, 1968
Julie, K S Sethumadhavan, 1975
Julie & Julia, Nora Ephron, 2009. At Tehelka.
Khargosh, Paresh Kamdar, 2008
Kites, Anurag Basu, 2010. At Tehelka.
Kucche Dhaage, Raj Khosla, 1973
Laat Saheb, Hari Walia, 1967.
Love Aaj Kal, Imtiaz Ali, 2009
Love in Simla, R K Nayyer, 1960
Love Story 2050, Harry Baweja, 2008
Luck By Chance, Zoya Akhtar, 2009
Mausam, Pankaj Kapur, 2011
Milky Way, Benedik Fliegauf, 2007
Night Club, Naresh Saigal, 1958
Paa, R.Balki, 2009. At Tehelka.
Parakh, Bimal Roy, 1960
Peepli Live, Anusha Rizvi, 2010
Pocketmaar, H S Rawail, 1956. At Upperstall Blogs
Prem Pujari, Dev Anand, 1970
Putaani Party, Ramchandra PN, 2009. At Upperstall.com
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, Aditya Chopra, 2008
Rascals, David Dhawan, 2011
Rajneeti, Prakash Jha, 2010. At Upperstall Blogs
Raman Raghav, Sriram Raghavan, 1992
Rocket Singh, Salesman of the Year, Shimit Amin, 2009
Sambandh, Ajoy Biswas, 1969
Shareef Badmaash, Raj Khosla, 1973
Sparsh, Sai Paranjpye, 1979, continued at Upperstall.com, here.
Sunghursh, H S Rawail, 1968.
Supermen of Malegaon, Faiza Ahmad Khan, 2008. At Upperstall.com
Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya, Mandeep Kumar, 2012
Toh Baat Pakki, Kedar Shinde, 2010, and a saner version at Tehelka, The indecent proposal
The Mourning Forest, Naomi Kawase, 2007. At Blogbharti.
Tum Mile, Kunal Deshmukh, 2009. Also at Tehelka, Good day for bad hair.
Two English Girls, Francois Truffaut, 1971
Veer, Anil Sharma, 2010. Also at Tehelka, Veer needs a little Dharam.