Raja Sen

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When Shah Rukh quizzed former F1 champion Button

When Shah Rukh quizzed former F1 champion Button

Rediff.com   24 Oct 2013

McLaren driver Jenson Button is aware that modern F1 is a bit harder for the fans to follow.

Review: The Lunchbox is the best Indian film in years

Review: The Lunchbox is the best Indian film in years

Rediff.com   20 Sep 2013

Raja Sen feels The Lunchbox id this generation's Masoom.

Review: Rush is one of the finest sports films

Review: Rush is one of the finest sports films

Rediff.com   20 Sep 2013

Rush is a rousing, thrilling film, feels Raja Sen.

Young love beats anew with Shuddh Desi Romance

Young love beats anew with Shuddh Desi Romance

Rediff.com   11 Sep 2013

Raja Sen isn't reviewing Shuddh Desi Romance or telling you its story because he thinks you should have seen it already. Here's why he thinks this film is one of the year's most important releases.

Review: Zanjeer is an unforgivably bad remake

Review: Zanjeer is an unforgivably bad remake

Rediff.com   6 Sep 2013

Raja Sen feels Apoorva Lakhia's Zanjeer is an unwarranted, atrocious remake.

Raja Sen: Why Ben Affleck will make a GOOD Batman

Raja Sen: Why Ben Affleck will make a GOOD Batman

Rediff.com   30 Aug 2013

The SuperBat movie could be a massive letdown, but it won't be because of Ben Affleck, believes Raja Sen.

Karan Johar: I couldn't have made a film as good as Lunchbox

Karan Johar: I couldn't have made a film as good as Lunchbox

Rediff.com   23 Aug 2013

The film will finalled release on September 20.

Review: Kick-Ass 2 is one of the worst sequels ever

Review: Kick-Ass 2 is one of the worst sequels ever

Rediff.com   23 Aug 2013

With run of the mill action sequences and some bad jokes, Kick Ass-2 doesn't live up to the expectation.

Review: Tasher Desh is bizarre, brave and brilliant

Review: Tasher Desh is bizarre, brave and brilliant

Rediff.com   23 Aug 2013

Tasher Desh is staggeringly-original film, writes Raja Sen.

Raja Sen reviews Once Upon A Time In Mumbai Dobaara

Raja Sen reviews Once Upon A Time In Mumbai Dobaara

Rediff.com   15 Aug 2013

Akshay Kumar makes some of those lines work, but things have gotten far worse this time around, notes Raja Sen

Why Love In Bombay should NOT have released

Why Love In Bombay should NOT have released

Rediff.com   10 Aug 2013

Love In Bombay is a piece of history, a fragment of a time that was. Letting us gaze at it is a great idea. Expecting it to compete with films shot six months ago, on the other hand, is dead wrong, writes Raja Sen.

Raja Sen's Chennai Express Review: Chen-nahin!

Raja Sen's Chennai Express Review: Chen-nahin!

Rediff.com   9 Aug 2013

Shah Rukh Khan yelps and squeaks and shrieks and bares fangs and pouts and, well, exhausts himself overcompensating at every step, despite nobody else in the film following this template.

Review: BA Pass is an impressively dark and sexy film

Review: BA Pass is an impressively dark and sexy film

Rediff.com   2 Aug 2013

It's a riveting film, writes Raja Sen.

Review: Chor Chor Super Chor falls short

Review: Chor Chor Super Chor falls short

Rediff.com   2 Aug 2013

Chor Chor Super Chor doesn't live up to its potential, writes Raja Sen.

Review: <i>Issaq</i> is an insultingly bad film

Review: Issaq is an insultingly bad film

Rediff.com   26 Jul 2013

Issaq is a shoddily written film with a cringeworthy performance from its leading man Prateik Babbar, writes Raja Sen.

Review: The Wolverine is a drag

Review: The Wolverine is a drag

Rediff.com   26 Jul 2013

It is an important film but that doesn't translate to it being good, writes Raja Sen.

Pran: The villian who was almost the hero

Pran: The villian who was almost the hero

Rediff.com   18 Jul 2013

Raja Sen, who discovered Pran's filmography in the VHS-crazed era and was instantly hooked, tells us why the late actor's onscreen villiany is stuff legends are made of.

Review: Lootera is an absolute masterpiece

Review: Lootera is an absolute masterpiece

Rediff.com   4 Jul 2013

Lootera is a gorgeous, gorgeous film, one that uses its period setting affectionately, with loving detail, and not exploitatively, as our cinema is wont to do.

Review: Ghanchakkar ends up forgetting what it's about

Review: Ghanchakkar ends up forgetting what it's about

Rediff.com   28 Jun 2013

Ghanchakkar stops being funny somewhere through the second half, writes Raja Sen.

Review: Man Of Steel isn't super enough

Review: Man Of Steel isn't super enough

Rediff.com   14 Jun 2013

There's very little of Superman in the film.