Chupke Chupke

Directed by: Hrishikesh MukherjeeStarring: Dharmendra, Om Prakash, Amitabh Bachchan, Sharmila Tagore, Jaya BachchanReleased: 1975There used to be a time when while watching a comedy movie you could do so with the whole family from half-deaf grandma to the smallest kids without worrying that a vulgar joke will be said, without fear that in the next moment twenty naked oily girls are going to weave...

Pakeezah

Directed by: Kamal AmrohiStarring: Meena Kumari, Raj Kumar, Ashok Kumar, NadiraReleased: 1972I love old Bollywood classics and I have a soft spot for all courtesans and tawaifs and their stories full of woe, yet Pakeezah failed to make any impact on me whatsoever. In fact I found it overall such a weak film I´m convinced it´s cult status and classic label are closely bound with the fact it was Meena...

Chalte Chalte

Directed by: Aziz MirzaStarring: Shahrukh Khan, Rani MukherjeeReleased: 2003Sometimes I am simply in need to see something with Shahrukh Khan, no matter what it is, no matter what bad things I´ve heard about it. There was nothing particularly bad (or good for the matter) that I´ve heard about Chalte Chalte, and people hardly ever mention it, if they are not talking about the infamous Aishwarya bussiness....

Agneepath

Directed by: Karan MalhotraStarring: Hrithik Roshan, Sanjay Dutt, Rishi Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Om PuriReleased: 2012Agneepath is definitely one of the best films to come out of Bollywood in the past several years. To have a reference point I watched the original first, and I can without a second thought say that this is, together with Don, the best remake I´ve seen. The original, as impressive...

Guzaarish

Directed by: Sanjay Leela BhansaliStarring: Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai, Aditya Roy KapoorReleased: 2010Do you remember that scene from Om Shanti Om where Shahrukh Khan is supposed to play a suffering deaf and blind lover with no functional limbs? And what his reaction is? „This film will be critically acclaimed, it will win awards..... but this film will flop!“ Of course we all remember that scene....