Both films this weekend, Teen Patti and Karthik calling Karthik, sound highly interesting according to the first reviews. The former starring the likes of Amitabh Bachchan and Ben Kingsley and the latter starring thinking woman’s crumpet Farhan Akhtar and Deepika Padukone.

So finally the much-hyped, discussed to death film that has generated such profuse quantities of controversy is upon us, and we all have the chance to go watch the film ourselves. Naturally with the amount that has been written, tweeted and blogged about the film I was curious to find out how good the film actually is; and what the critics are saying.

Indian leading ladies from tinsel town seem to be making a beeline for the far shores of Hollywood these days it would seem. There is Aishwarya Rai, Mallika Sherawat, and do we also hear Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone going the same way?

If the Oscars are about awarding the best in Hollywood, the Razzies are about rewarding the worst! A tradition started by John Wilson holding potluck dinner parties at his house to coincide with the Academy Awards presentation became a formal awards ceremony and has now been ongoing for 3 decades.

Some strange flight of fancy perhaps made Salman Khan script this strange mishmash of a film Veer; which is a sort of Gladiator meets Dharam Veer meets Superman. Based on the promos one would be forgiven for thinking that this film is set in ancient Greece rather than England a hundred or so years ago. The filmmakers seem to have been inspired not only by the blood and gore of films such as Troy, Gladiator and Braveheart but also inspired by the costumes that the people (and horses wear) in those films. 

 The censor board has long been criticised by original thinkers and artists for repressing freedom of expression and imposing a long dead morality on a modern and mature populace. The film Ishqiya which is slated for release in a couple of weeks has had more than its fair share of run-ins with the Indian censor board to say nothing of protests from women’s groups; for a number of different reasons.