Alone Movie Review

Horror films often bring up this dilemma for me. Do I watch them for frights and thrills? Or do I also seek a story, a plot and credible context? Fans of horror cinema might not agree with me. If you seek jumps, and scares, ‘Alone’ does not disappoint. But looking for anything more will leave you disappointed.

In brief, ‘Alone’, a remake of a Thai film by the same name, tells the story of Sanjana & Anjana, conjoined twins (Bipasha as both). They share lives, and live amicably, committed to being sisters forever. Jealousy and anger sour their soul sister like relationship when one of them falls in love with Kabir, a boy from their school (Karan Singh Grover). They decided to separate after a complicated operation, and only one, Sanjana survives. She leaves her family home to find marital bliss with Kabir. When her mother falls sick and is hospitalized, she has to return to a home filled with memories of her other half, Anjana. Hauntings begin, and the house begins to indicate that the dead sister, Anjana, has returned to seek revenge.

"I" Movie Review

Scale and spectacle are synonymous with Shankar - the Tamil filmmaker often likened to James Cameroon by his fans. With “I” he stuns, and stretches imagination, offering a visual spectacle, that stays with you much after you have left the theater. And there’s a second huge incentive to watch this canvass - Vikram.

In brief, “I” is Lingesan’s story, a body builder spouting street side language, focused on becoming Mr. Tamil Nadu and totally besotted by Diya, a popular model (Amy Jackson). In his journey of becoming an ace body builder, a super model, and Diya’s lover, Lingesan AKA Lee, makes many enemies - a rival tree trunk of a body builder, a soft drink magnate, a cross dressing stylist and a rival male model (Ojas M Rajani and Upen Patel play the stylist and male model respectively). And there’s a questionable family doctor, mentor and family friend to Diya, saccharine sweet, and creepy. (Suresh Gopi). A conspiracy and some beating up lead to Lingesan’s transformation into a deformed character - whereby a saga of elaborate revenge follows.

First, I will tackle what doesn’t work. Perhaps it’s the poor standard of poor dubbing of South Indian films in Bollywood - but crass reference to a woman’s anatomy (case in point, Amy Jackson’s breasts) made me cringe. And an overwhelming homophobia and ridiculing of alternate sexuality put me off. Such dubbing is simply not worthy of Vikram’s stature or Shankar’s standards. Perhaps, subtitling would work better.

21st Annual Life OK Screen Awards winners

Here’s the list of winners at the 21st Annual Life OK Screen Awards:

Best Actor (Male): Shahid Kapoor – “Haider”

Best Actor (Female): Priyanka Chopra – "Mary Kom"

Best Actor (Male) – Popular Choice: Shah Rukh Khan – "Happy New Year"

Best Actor (Female) – Popular Choice: Deepika Padukone – "Happy New Year"

Best Director: Vikas Bahl – "Queen"

Best Film: "Queen"

Deepika cheers for team India in their new jersey

It’s less than a month to the World Cup 2015. And with all the excitement revolving around the upcoming game, Deepika Padukone is rooting for the Indian Cricket Team.

The dimpled beauty posted a photograph sporting the new Team India jersey and tweeted, “Who will #bleedblue with me? Victory in 2015. @bcci @nikecricket”

Traditionally dressed Aaradhya poses wth cousin Vihaan

Here is Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan's little doll Aaradhya Bachchan looking adorable in a traditional wear. She is clicked with cousin Vihaan Rai. The two cousins seem to be pretty close and are often clicked playing together.

Aishwarya kick-started her Sanjay Gupta film 'Jazbaa' yesterday. She had a script reading session with the entire team including Irrfan Khan and Shabana Azmi.

Watch: Nargis Fakhri's debut Hollywood film 'SPY' trailer

Actress Nargis Fakhri is all geared for her hugely anticipated Hollywood debut film ‘SPY’ by Fox Star Studios, directed by Paul Feig (of ‘Bridesmaids’ and ‘The Heat’ fame). The first theatrical trailer of the movie was launched on Wednesday evening. ‘SPY’ also stars Melissa McCarthy, Jude law and Jason Statham. The film is an American action comedy, which is scheduled for May 2015 release.

Nargis plays the role of a secret agent and is seen in the trailer fighting with comedy queen of Hollywood Melissa McCarthy.

The trailer, gives us a look at Melissa aka Susan Cooper, a CIA analyst, who gets a chance to be in the field when the agents, played by the likes of Jude Law (doing an American accent) and Jason Statham (doing his own accent) are compromised.

Star Guild Award 2015 Winners

Here’s the list of winners of the Star Guild Awards 2015:

Best Actor in a Leading Role: Shahid Kapoor - Haider

Best Actor in a Leading Role (female): Priyanka Chopra - Mary Kom

Best Film: PK

Best Performance in a Negative Role: Riteish Deshmukh

Best Debut (male): Tiger Shroff

Best Debut (female): Kriti Sanon

Inside pics! Hrithik’s birthday bash

 Priyanka Chopra and Parineeti Chopra attended Hrithik Roshan’s birthday bash on Saturday. The actor turned 41 on January 10.

Parineeti took to microblogging website Twitter and posted a photograph from the party. She tweeted, “What a happyy party last night!! @iHrithik is one of the sweetest people and hosts :).”

Also seen are other guests at Hrithik's party including Malaika Arora Khan. During the day, Hrithik had a celebration and pooja with his parents – Rakesh Roshan and Pinky Roshan, sister Sunaina and sons Hrehaan and Hridhaan.