Archive for the ‘Just In’ Category

Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge (2010) *MQ*

By octron • Mar 6th, 2010 • Category: 2010, Just In

Some Atithis can be a pain in the…err…back. They come and set camp in your house, pester you with repeated demands for pakoras and paranthas, and worse still, have peculiar quirks like gargling before the crack of dawn or farting out loud without a hint of embarrassment. Chachaji (Paresh Rawal) is precisely such a guest. […]



Karthik Calling Karthik (2010) *LQ*

By octron • Feb 27th, 2010 • Category: 2010, Just In

Rock On, Luck By Chance and now Karthik Calling Karthik…seriously guys, Farhan Akhtar is turning out to be a revelation as an actor. As Karthik, the cube farm animal (read office nobody) who lives a drab life in a drab house doing drab work, he is absolutely stunning. His anguish at being unnoticed, exploited and […]



Road To Sangam (2010) *HQ*

By octron • Feb 26th, 2010 • Category: 2010, DVD, Just In

The film has done its round at the festival circuit and has garnered appreciable applause. It isn’t hard to see why. Because, Road to Sangam is a sensitive plea for secularism and liberalism, even as it shuns the shrill cry of the fundamentalists in any and every religion. More importantly, it articulates the moderate Muslim […]



Toh Baat Pakki (2010) *MQ*

By octron • Feb 20th, 2010 • Category: 2010, Just In

Rajeshwari (Tabu) stays with her hubby Surendra (Ayub Khan) and two kids in small town Palanpur. Within her Saxena community, she aspires for a perfect well settled match for her younger sister Nisha (Uvika). She wants someone who will be also against dowry system. When she encounters an engineering student, Rahul (Sharman) at first she […]



My Name is Khan (2010) *MQ*

By octron • Feb 12th, 2010 • Category: 2010, Just In

My Name Is Khan makes two strong statements…
The first Statement: BC and AD are designations used to label years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. There’s a third designation now — 9/11.Post September 11, the world stands divided. Terrorist outfits continue to strike in the name of religion and the common man, not even remotely […]