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Movie Reviews

Lakh Pardesi Hoiye

This film really tests the patience of the viewer with its making-it-up-as-you-go plot that only gets more ludicrous as it goes along.
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Ranbir Kapoor shines in Bachna Ae Haseeno

A star-making performance by Ranbir Kapoor leads the way in this fresh portrait of young India, which is a real break from the past of conservative, straight-laced heroes and virtuous heroines.
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Singh Is Kinng

Is Singh (Punjabi for lion) really Kinng? Don’t believe the hype. The best way to watch this half-baked nonsense is to get high so you can have a real trip when the hip-hop/bhangra–fusion dance numbers do their magic. Otherwise, you’ll have to endure a very thin plot stretched over two-and-a-half hours of mindless slapstick.

Movie Notes

Akshay Kumar is Kinng of Vancouver

Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar made a recent stop in Vancouver on a North American promotional tour for his pet project Singh Is Kinng, which he hopes will add to his growing clout as the current box-office king.
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Love Story 2050

Starring Priyanka Chopra, Harman Baweja, and Boman Irani. In Hindi with English subtitles. Rated PG.
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Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic

Starring Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Rishi Kapoor, and Amisha Patel. In Hindi with English subtitles. Rated PG.
Movies Features

It's a B.C. summer of stars and film shoots

Vancouver's movie industry has been through a rough patch recently, but here’s a rundown of just some of the stars and productions that will be visiting our city during the summer months.
Movie Notes

Screen legend Dev Anand mobbed on visit to Vancouver

During a two-day visit to Vancouver as part of an Indian trade delegation, 84-year-old film icon Dev Anand was mobbed by fans at a June 19 meet-and-greet session at Surrey's Bollywood Banquet Hall.
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Sarkar Raj

Starring Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, and Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan. Rated PG.
Movies Features

Bollywood can break hearts

In recent years, Bollywood choreographers have come to Vancouver to teach and recruit talented dancers who hope to become players in the world’s biggest film industry.
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Bhoothnath

Starring Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan. In Hindi with English subtitles. Rated PG.
Movie Reviews

Tashan

Starring Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, and Anil Kapoor. In Hindi with English subtitles. Rated 14A.
Movies Features

Dilip Mehta's The Forgotten Woman highlights Indian widows

As a sort of follow-up to his older sister Deepa Mehta’s Water—which looked at the plight of widows in India circa 1938—Dilip Mehta’s documentary The Forgotten Woman aims to put real faces on widows similar to those depicted in that Oscar-nominated Canadian film.
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Race

Race is Bollywood masala (commercial) film at its worst, a concoction of disjointed scenes dressed up as eye candy in the form of pretty boys and beauties in an absurd story that wouldn’t even hold up in a fantasy world, let alone the real world it supposedly portrays.
Visual Arts

Dance fusions spiked with bhangra magic

It’s the time of the year when bhangra maniacs get their dose of a Punjabi folk dance fused with hip-hop, Bollywood, and other styles at the City of Bhangra Festival. Presented by the Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration Society, the festival, which opened February 29, is now in its fourth year.
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Jodhaa Akbar

History has been a hard sell in Bollywood in recent years, but the epic Jodhaa Akbar, starring A-listers Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, is hoping to change that with a mix of romance and chivalry.
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Step Up 2 The Streets

Step Up 2 the Streets is the latest of this genre more obsessed with dancing than with a good story, which, despite all the explosive dance routines, results in an unsatisfying experience.
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Sunday

Starring Ajay Devgan, Ayesha Takia, and Arshad Warsi. Rated PG.
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Taare Zameen Par

All children are special, but some have special needs and are bypassed by society. Taare Zameen Par: Every Child Is Special is the uplifting and inspirational story of one such child, named Ishaan Awasthi (Darsheel Safary).
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Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal

Sports films are new to Bollywood. This one isn't going to help the cause
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Om Shanti Om

Reincarnation has been a hit at the Bollywood box office, and Om Shanti Om (loosely translated as Serenity Now) squeezes everything it can from this winning formula—with mixed results