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Hindi Movie Reviews

My Friend Pinto (Hindi)

Release Date:
October 14, 2011

Twenty something Michael Pinto has grown up in a small Goan village, believing everyone in the world to be simple, kind and honest, just like him. His world revolves around a doting mother, a passion for music and the memories of a childhood friend, Sameer, who left Goa for Mumbai many years ago and hasn't replied to his frequent letters ever
since.

Pinto's talent for music is only matched by his knack for finding trouble in the unlikeliest of places often resulting in the most outlandish and hilarious situations. When Pinto's idyllic world is shattered by the sudden demise of his mother he decides to head to Mumbai in search of the only friend he knows.

Will Pinto find Sameer or will trouble find him first? Will Pinto and his crazy antics survive the big bad city or more importantly, will Mumbai survive a phenomenon called Pinto?

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Azaan (Hindi)

Release Date:
October 14, 2011

As science and technology breaks new grounds, the face of global terrorism gets ugly. One person who personifies this in his ambitions, intelligence and absolute amorality is Doctor.Doctor is an Ex-CIA agent and the father of modern biological warfare. He might as well have written the handbook on how convert operation ought to work!

He is of the belief that the new war is the proxy war and thus invented myriad ways to push a country to the point of destruction. Doctor's grand plan for India begins with the sensational bombings at the peace festival in Germany. The second step in India's destruction is his heinous plan to spread the dreaded Ebola virus amongst the general public. He is backed by a powerful nation, which is deeply interested in the absolute of India.

One of the most unlikely candidates is pitted against the unscrupulous Doctor. Aazaan Khan, a young upright army officer working for RAW (India's Research and Analysis Wing). With a mixed lineage of Afghan and India parents, as part of his duties, gets drawn in to the murky world of espionage only to find his younger brother a suspected terrorist. As Aazaan infiltrates deeper, he hasn't a clue of the price he might have to pay for it. What unfolds is a fast of one man's determination of saving his country against all odds of human defiance.

Afreen - a gorgeous sand artist-comes along Aazaan's way when he is vulnerable and broken. She grounds him with human emotions of love that helps him conquer the plot. Aazaan stands in the way of Doctor's plans to destroy India. All he has on his side is the love of a brother and the love for his country.

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Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge (Hindi)

Release Date:
October 14, 2011

If Rahul the rock star has got the voice and the looks, Vishal, the writer has the brains. If Malvika, the fashion design student and biker chick can get heads turning with just her looks, Preity, the photographer, can say a million things with her pretty pictures. What Vishal and Preity can't do, is spell it out to Malvika and Rahul that they heart them.

But 'Liking' someone on Face book is a lot easier. And when you can't make it on your own, the best thing to do is to fake it. So, Vishal becomes Rahul and Preity becomes Malvika by taking their identities online and they start fraaandshipping each other. They chat, 'like', tag and LOL together and do a great job of pretending to be someone else. But, the question remains, how long can you fake true love?

In short, Rahul loves Malvika. And Malvika loves Rahul. But Rahul is not Rahul. Rahul is Vishal. And Vishal loves Malvika too. But Malvika is not Malvika either. Malvika is Preity. And Preity loves Rahul. But Preity hates Vishal. And Vishal hates Preity.

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Jo Dooba So Paar (Hindi)

Release Date:
October 14, 2011

He has a record for flunking exams. He is kicked out of school. He assists his father on the truck. There is an explosive energy lurking behind every corner. Kishu watches the violence and corruption and negotiates it in his own quirky head-on manner.

Not much hope for a bright and prosperous future for Kishu…

Then he falls in love.

She is a beautiful American girl - Sapna. She has come to Bihar to research on Madhubani Paintings. To pursue her studies she ventures into risky areas...

The odds are heavily against Kishu- her protective, rich upper caste uncle, his own temperamental father, the social distance...

But Kishu is irreversibly and irrevocably in love. And is determined to find out -What Is Love?

Aided by his friends, he tries to explore this romance and then when it seems to them that things might just click Sapna's American boyfriend comes visiting...

And then Sapna is kidnapped.

Who has kidnapped her and why?
Why should Kishu care?

But Kishu realises the wisdom of the ancients -In love, the stream flows backward-the one who stakes all and loses is the winner-
Jo dooba so paar. It's love in Bihar!

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Mod (Hindi)

Release Date:
October 14, 2011

Mod is a heartfelt, emotional love story between two completely mismatched people.

Aranya, a “full-of-life” 25 yr old, lives in the sleepy and idyllic hill station, Ganga. The little town is the home of many colourful characters – Ashok Mahadeo, Aranya’s whacky father who is the head of the local fan club of Kishore Kumar, the fiery Gayatri Garg, “GG”, her aunt, friend, and confidant, who runs a …restaurant and is a mother figure to Aranya, chubby Gangaram, the local shopkeeper who harbors feelings for Aranya and Ashok’s music band, the ever present Kishore Bhakts.

Aranya’s mother left to pursue bigger dreams in the city when Aranya was a little girl and both father and daughter hope that one day she will return. They wait dutifully everyday to see if the lone train that passes by their house will bring her back. Aranya runs a watch repair store, a legacy handed down by her mother to support her father and herself.

One day a total stranger, Andy, lands up at her doorstep to have his watch fixed. He is painfully shy, but keeps returning day after day to have his water logged watch repaired. As payment he leaves a 100 rupee note in the form of an origami swan. Aranya slowly warms up to this quirky stranger and through a series of meetings and against all odds they fall in love.

But who is Andy? Where is he from? And what is his past?

As Aranya discovers the truth about Andy, the film heads to an exciting and emotional climax in the strongest tradition of great love stories.

When love happens, life takes a turn.

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