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Hindi film Review Johnson Thomas Vying for Royalty but without the blue-blood! Film: Dedh Ishquiya Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Arshad Warsi, Madhuri Dixit, Huma Quereshi, Vijay Raaz Director: Abhishek Chaubey Rating: *  *  * The andaaz is shayarana but the tehzeeb and ada is missing.  Chaubey’s maiden exercise at direction, ‘Ishquiya, ’ was suggestive in it’s humor, irrepressibly sexual in it’s undertones and had some elevating music and performances to aid it’s audience friendliness.  It also had newness to it’s thriller-double-cross format, set in a rustic milieu. ‘Dedh Ishqiya’ tries to go the same route. It’s not as volatile, saucy or complex as the first though. Other than a few new members like Madhuri, Huma Quereshi and Vijay Raaz alongside some bit players , added on, the rest is same old- lead by the brilliant Naseeruddin Shah and the effervescent Arshad Warsi. The film reads like a second round -of adventures en...

Picks and Piques/ Snippet Film Reviews/10 th  Jan 2014/Johnson Thomas  Dedh Ishquiya( Hindi) : Rating:  *  *  * The andaaz is shayarana but the tehzeeb and ada is missing. The urdu language heightens the romance but the casting just doesn’t give you that extra mile required. The shayaris are also a little too low brow to make the experience intriguing. The humor is chuckle worthy at best. Madhuri and Huma Quereshi are too low down on the ‘ada’ category. They look too well-fed and don’t have the kind of intensity or sauciness’ required to pull off their respective roles. Naseeruddin Shah and Arshad Warsi make a game of the double crossing con and  Vijay Raaz lends his peculiar brand of villainy to make it just about watchable! Yaariyan(Hindi): Rating: *  *  A zestful musical with a soul –stirring and peppy beat but no story to tell. Divya Khosla Kumar’s directorial debut is a designer outfit without the body ...