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  • Clash of the Titans : Teaser Trailer
    Western world has largely been influenced by the Greek and Roman mythology but Hollywood has mostly ignored the adaptation of mythological stories into movies. They are few and far between. This is a remake of the 1981 namesake classic. The success of this movie may prompt Hollywood to adapt more mythological tales and open a whole new frontier of mythological movies as...
    by Jahanpanah at November 11th, 2009 at 10:11 am
  • NAGINA (1986) : Not just another Ichhadhari-Nag(in) flick
    After roaming in a world of Vampires, Werewolves and Werebeasts etc. in Hollywood movies for a long time, the need was to get acquainted with some supernatural beings in Hindi movies. These don’t include those Junoon types, directed (ghost?) by Mahesh Bhatt and clearly lifted from Hollywood movies like ‘The Wolf’ and ‘An American Werewolf in London’. In this...
    by Jahanpanah at October 27th, 2009 at 10:10 am
  • What’s Your Raashee?: Taaza meal, flavour baasee.
    Yogesh (Hurman Baweja) and Pooja (Priyanka Chopra) : Contemplating the probability of their marriage WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS What a person will do when he has to choose a bride only to solve the monetary problems of his family? Logically he’ll go in the shaadi-bazaar and see who is offering the most handsome dowry for him, given that his market value is quite high...
    by Jahanpanah at September 27th, 2009 at 08:09 pm