Picks and Piques/Snippet Film reviews 17Jan2014/Johnson Thomas
Picks and Piques/Snippet Film reviews 17Jan2014/Johnson Thomas Miss Lovely(Hindi): Rating: * * * less than illuminating saga about the dark and inhuman depravity rampant in the back-end side of glitzy Bollywood. Parathe wali Galli(Hindi) Rating: * * First timer Sachin Gupta gets the milieu and the settings right but the content and performances are nowhere close. Karle Pyaar Karle( Hindi) Rating: * * ½ yet another show-piece for film family debutantes, this one is pure imitation of a not so good thing. With Sanjay Dutt’s ‘Rocky’ debut on his mind, how can fledgeling Shiv Darshan(son of Suniel Darshan) hope to make a mark? Om Dar Ba Dar(Hindi/Restored) Rating: * * * An absurdist drama in the form of a surreal fantasy. American Hustle(English) Rating: * * * ½ it’s typical American cinema, a talk-heavy con within a con spoofy drama with sharply etch...