An interesting portrayal of political ambitions. Keeps you engrossed.

What is very smart is the way Banerjee weaves the lives of all three couples to make it one smart movie. At first, it appears as three separate issues but the end surprises. Intelligent cinema.

It real and it’s scary. Very scary. LSD is not for the faint-hearted.

Vidya Balan has drummed up a delectable performance in ISHQIYA. She’s the widow whose life has suddenly exploded from its shell; a lover; a woman who misses those ‘tender’ moments and one who is out to exact revenge. A bundle of contradictions who has a deadly secret up her sleeve. You can’t help but fall in love with her character, Krishna Verma, delivered with intense finesse.

Two years after delivering a hit on the hockey fields with CHAK DE INDIA, Shimit Amin returns, this time with business as the field of play. Yet again, he delivers a product with finesse. ROCKET SINGH appeals, endears, and warms the cockles of one’s heart.

It’s very rare for another actor to steal the thunder right from under Shahrukh Khan’s nose. Even though the script is the winner here, newcomer Anushka Sharma walks off with an applause-worthy performance. It’s difficult to believe that this is her debut.

I strongly suggest that every school make it an exception to take bus loads of their school children along with all support staff to view this movie. It is a must-watch. Also, it will be good if it is made Tax Free, that way it will reach to an even wider audience.

Saawariya is an Indian cinematic experience of rare brilliance. Either consciously, or unconsciously, director Sanjay Leela Bhansali has let the influence of Baz Luhrmann’s Award winning movie, Moulin Rouge take over his being. Like Rani Mukherjee keeps saying in the movie, ‘I likes it’!

Full marks to Imtiaz Ali for keeping it straight and simple. JAB WE MET is surely worth a watch. I’m sure like the above-mentioned films (Love Story, QSQT and DDLJ) it will have a repeat audience as well.

CHAK DE INDIA is a team effort and no one person can take credit, but for commercial purposes alone, it’s Shah Rukh Khan who will pull in the audience.

As for the women, I suggest they go in groups and bring the house down. This is one film that celebrates women power!!!

It’s always tough to make a movie on any real life incident. Getting to the details can be an arduous task, but director Apoorva Lakhia sticks to his guns (no pun intended). There’s intricate care taken about every bit of detailing from clothes, to lighting, to camera angles, to sound, to action scenes. The script is airtight.