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For all its attempts to look and feel different from the run-of-the-mill, Gippi is pretty obviously not the ultimate film about adolescence.
That Girl in Yellow Boots does not traverse familiar thriller terrain.
Raman Raghav 2.0, slated for domestic release in June, is an unrelentingly dark film with a provocative underpinning that erases in unsettling ways the line between an unstoppable law-breaker and a uniformed protector of public order
Neerja Bhanot, the 23-year-old flight attendant who was killed in the 1986 hijacking of a Pan Am flight, is played by actress Sonam Kapoor in the Ram Madhvani-directed film. Neerja opened to widespread acclaim last Friday. NDTV's Saibal Chatterjee, who gave it a 4-star rating said in his review of the film, "Sonam is of course the lynchpin"
An action thriller, the film, which stars Farhan Akhtar and Amitabh Bachchan in key roles, has received mixed reviews from critics. NDTV's Saibal Chatterjee, who's given it a 2.5-star rating, writes in his review of the film, "Amitabh Bachchan and Farhan Akhtar, working together on the screen for the very first time, in tandem, are like a house on fire"
Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Bajirao Mastani has also been received well by the critics. In his review for NDTV, Saibal Chatterjee wrote, "Bajirao Mastani is, in many respects, Bhansali's most subversive film to date. Its central message is that all religions preach love but love has no religion"
Anurag Kashyap's Ugly is being touted as his best film so far. According to director and film critic Raja Sen, Ugly is Anurag Kashyap's finest film till date. Film critic Saibal Chatterjee states "This may not be Anurag Kashyap's best film, but it is infinitely and indescribably better than all the muck that mainstream Bollywood passed off for entertainment this year."
