The Filmistan Connection

Yo gaonwalo, what is the going ons? So you know we’ve established that we suck and we’re not here to prove that theory wrong. We still suck because, you know, if you still by chance come here once in a while in the hopes of some filmi gyan, you obviously don’t find anything. If you’re [...]

Directed by: Danish Aslam Cast: Lillete Dubey, Shahana Goswami, Imran Khan, Navin Nischol, Deepika Padukone, and Sharmila Tagore. Rating: 0/5 Review Type: The one where it gives us a headache. Also there will be spoilers, but really who cares. Adaab fellow Filmis! Hopefully all is good and well with you guys. We’re alright, if you’re [...]

Directed by: Punit Malhotra Cast: Bruna Abdullah, Sameer Dattani, Sonam Kapoor, Imran Khan, Samir Soni Rating: 4/5 Review Type: The biased kind, where we love everything because it was so awesome! Wahi puraani pyar ki kahani, no saga, but hatke! Okay, so this is really hard to do. We’re miserable, ergo no new updates. But, [...]

Directed By: Rajkumar Hirani Cast: Boman Irani, Sharman Joshi, Kareena Kapoor, Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan Rating: 4.5/5 This was on our ‘must-watch list’ since day one because of the usual suspects. 1. Aamir Khan — Aur farmaaien? 2. Kareena Kapoor — We’ve loved her since the very beginning – Refugee, but she’s getting better and [...]

Kurbaan Went to go watch this one with high expectations because of Dharma, Karan Johar, Saif and Kareena’s first appearance on the silver screen, and of course Rensil D’Silva because he wrote the screenplay for one my all-time favorite films – Rang De Basanti! I have to say I enjoyed the film while I was [...]

Directed by: Ayan Mukerji Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Konkona Sen Sharma, Anupam Kher, Supriya Pathak Rating: 4/5 *Edit: Sona’s reaction to the movie. From the first day when we saw the teaser of Wake Up Sid we were excited about the movie because it looked like a really fun film. So, it gives us great pleasure [...]

Sorry for not blogging for almost a month now. The reasons for our absence are ones that anyone who has been home for almost 6 months without work or school would totally relate to. We had just been uninspired and preoccupied with nothing…we really are the kind of people who get more done when we [...]

Directed By: Vishal Bhardwaj Cast: Priyanka Chopra, Amol Gupte, Shahid Kapoor, Deb Mukherjee, Tenzing Nima, Chandan Roy Sanyal Rating: 3.5/5 Yeh kaise ho gaya…a film named “Kaminey”…who would’ve thunk! All these years the word “kameeni” has been a favorite among our group of friends and it’s a been a word that is used to express [...]

Directed by: Imtiaz Ali Cast: Rishi Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Rahul Khanna, Giselle Monterio, Deepika Padukone Rating: 4/5 Okay so we know there’s always a conflict between two different types of people. As the famous (haha) saying goes “Is duniya mein do tarah ke log hote hai.” There are those who think films are made [...]

Directed By: Sabbir Khan Cast: Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Amrita Arora, Aftab Shivdasani, Kirron Kher, Javed Jaffery Rating: 0.5/5 Kambakkht Ishq has hit saandh ki aankh (bull’s eye) at the box office. The film has grossed Rs. 100 crores worldwide in the opening week. This is one of Akshay Kumar’s most successful films, despite all [...]