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Bazaar-E-Husn
It is based on Munshi Premchand’s renowned Urdu novel 'Bazaar e Husn' originally written in Urdu, and then translated as 'Seva Sadan'. This movie  Bazaar e Husn has been in the making for some time now, and it stars Reshmi Ghosh, Jeet Goshwami, Om Puri ,Yashpal Sharma. Rajeshwari Sachdev in pivotal roles in this Drama, based around the second decade of the twentieth century. This fictional drama is based sometime in the 1920s during the British rule in India. The story is focused about a family in Benaras (now called as Varanasi), in that time of the turn of the 20th century. A story of a police officer's daughter who is dragged into the web of flesh trade. Suman (Reshmi Ghosh) is a daughter of a respected police officer (Om Puri). She is a victim of dowry (prevalent in that era), and her marriage is called off. It so happens that Sadan (Jeet Goswami who plays a Zamindar's ....
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Chal Bhaag Hindi film
A wannabe new age quickie about Delhi underbelly with all the ingredients, like larger than life Dons, corrupt to the core Police Personnel (it seems the department has become a favorite whipping boy of one and all including any Tom Dick and Harry). Chal Bhaag - movie review. The movie begins with the murder of an ex-MLA, then the director goes on to establish the three protagonists. The First one, Munna Supari (Deepak Dobriyal) is a road-side tapori (smarty) showing off his razor wielding skills, and is a self proclaimed goon. Then there is a petty thief Bunty (Tarun Bajaj) who snatches chains for a living and gives them to his early sweetheart as if on a cue. The Third Guy Daler Singh (Varun Mehra), an outcast, is a bit of a mystery to himself, shown as a hungry tiger but across as a ‘touch-me-not’ with a heart of gold who follows his heart but is unable to convey his fee ....
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Manjunath
He was shot dead on duty for doing what was right. His voice was silenced. A film based on the real life story of a whistle-blower, Manjunath Shanmugam.

Manjunath - movie review

Six years after the shocking murder of 27 year old IIM alumni Manjunath Shanmugam, an officer with the Indian Oil Corporation, at the hands of the oil mafia, this film tries to capture the story that caught the nation's attention. Set in today’s hinterland of Uttar Pradesh and state-of-the-art campus of the Indian Institute of Management-Lucknow (IIM-L), India, ‘Manjunath’ is the story of a 27 year old guy, Manjunath Shanmugam. After passing out from the IIM, Manjunath joins Indian Oil Corporation Limited. He is posted in Lakhimpur Kheri, a remote district in rural Uttar Pradesh. One day Manjunath goes missing. His friends, who know and work with him, panic, because they know that off late ....
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Jal - Water - Hindi film
With backdrop of water scarcity in Rann of Kutch, Jal tells a complex and intriguing story of love, relationships, enmity, deceit and circumstances that bring about the dark side of human character. Jal movie review... It is a high-octane, action- drama with a shocking climax. Shot on an epic scale, the film is a visual treat and has managed to capture ‘Rann Of Kutch’ like never before. Set in the Rann of Kutch, in Gujarat in Western India, the story of Jal revolves round a water diviner named Bakka (Purab H. Kohli), who tries to solve the drought problems in his village. Bakka has the sixth sense to detect water in the parched desert. Yet he faces unforeseen circumstances when he tries to help a female ornithologist Kim (Saidah Jules) to save the flamingos. Bakka is blessed with the ability of finding water in the parched desert. The film revolves around the drama surrou ....
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Gang of Ghosts
A haunted mansion in Mumbai is to be demolished making way for a glitzy shopping mall. The gang of harmless Ghosts of different eras and social spheres residing in this house are to be dislocated. (Gang of Ghosts - Film Review) A late zamindar is the boss of the house residing with a British Lord of the East India Company era, a yesteryear actress, a spoilt rich girl, an unhappy rock musician, a Bengalee and a cab driver. These ghosts decide to fight their own battle against rampant development and win it. A remake of the commercially successful Bengali film Bhooter Bhabishyat, Gang of Ghosts comes up as mish-mashed comedy with sub-plots and undesirable buffoonery. The grand old mansions and mills of South Mumbai are being razed to the ground to make way for swanky condominiums, malls and Multiplexes. Some of these dilapidated disputed buildings were haunted by Ghosts who had ....
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With its tag line ‘ghar me ghuskar marenge’ the viewer wonders if this is a gang war flick or something of a raw action film. It isn’t any of this in Dilli Gang. Dilli Gang is the heart-rending tale of a family which is threaded apart with the twist of time and it takes a moment to realize that life is no more the same. The story revolves round the life of a senior citizen couple Vishambhar Prasad (Darshan Jariwala) and Sujata (Neena Kulkarni) who enjoy their blissful life and who have lived the best and the worst moments of their marital world together. There are celebrations in a beautifully decorated and well lit mansion, amidst music, feast and people, their eyes are searching for someone dear. The occasion is that its their daughter Sapna’s engagement and their son Ashish (Amir Dalvi) would be returning from Germany to be a part of the jamboree. Ashish loves his ....
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Jeena Hai Toh Thok Daal is about greed, politics and conspiracy.

Jeena Hai Toh Thok Daal - movie review...

This action packed story revolves around four conscientious outlaws from North India(probably seems from Bihar) who set out to Mumbai for a dangerous mission. These criminals have entered Mumbai for a hit job, where one of them falls in love with his target and then it becomes complicated. The four mercenaries are from different age groups, but with a similar motive to execute their jobs with passion and addiction and create havoc around. This is their style of a thrill. The story of Jeena Hai Toh Thok Daal is unveiled in a flashback of how these guys who face ugly issues, and it becomes even murkier for them. Their leader is clear in his vision. You are getting paid for it, so deliver the job. So far its okay and fine, but the main protagonist himself falls in ....
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Film Review   Overtime is about a struggling actress and how she succumbs to the cruelty. This topic has been taken up in bollywood films before. What needs to be seen is whether director Ajay Yadav handles this issue with a fresh approach. Unfortunately he does not. Ajay Yadav's Overtime  is the story of a young aspiring film actress in Mumbai Khushi (Swati Sharma), who is experiencing the most trying time of her life – the struggling phase. It is a bad world, and the hindi film industry is even awful. There are nothing like emotions or care for other human being. Especially that of the strugglers who live a dogs life. So it is the same cruel world and ruthless people around her. Now Khushi also has to survive and make ends meet. The simplest and effortless profession is that of flesh trade and she starts working as a high profile call girl. Khushi comes across corrupt pe ....
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