Raja Sen

Stories by Raja Sen

Why everyone should watch The Breakfast Club

Why everyone should watch The Breakfast Club

Rediff.com   10 Aug 2009

Remembering John Hughes, the wonderful filmmaker with the ability to tap into all our childhoods.

Love Aaj Kal is watchable, but...

Love Aaj Kal is watchable, but...

Rediff.com   31 Jul 2009

A harmless, watchable film -- sad, because it could have been truly special.

Life Partner: Music to give you migraines

Life Partner: Music to give you migraines

Rediff.com   28 Jul 2009

This soundtrack, for Rumi Jaffery's Life Partner is weak.

Review: Luck is a dud

Review: Luck is a dud

Rediff.com   24 Jul 2009

Luck has too many loopholes and no drama.

City Of Fraud

City Of Fraud

Rediff.com   10 Jul 2009

The basic problem with films that attempt to recreate the marvelous lunacy of Kundan Shah's classic Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron is that they don't realize that genius can't be stumbled upon via formula.

Short Kut: The Con is On has its moments

Short Kut: The Con is On has its moments

Rediff.com   10 Jul 2009

Short Kut had the potential to be a genuinely funny one, and while it mostly flubs that promise up throughout, it does manage a few moments.

Kaminey music is a masterpiece

Kaminey music is a masterpiece

Rediff.com   9 Jul 2009

Vishal Bhardwaj has delivered a soundtrack that is lethally explosive. Not that we expected anything less.

Short Kut has a good groove

Short Kut has a good groove

Rediff.com   7 Jul 2009

A very light and frothy soundtrack from Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy.

Kambakkht Ishq is a weak film

Kambakkht Ishq is a weak film

Rediff.com   3 Jul 2009

Kambakkht Ishq is a weak, often revoltingly cheap film that serves merely as aspirin-seller or hangover-simulation.

Kambakkht Ishq: Skip this music

Kambakkht Ishq: Skip this music

Rediff.com   29 Jun 2009

Some of the songs may yet work because of the film itself, but this is a very poor album.

New York is a sham

New York is a sham

Rediff.com   26 Jun 2009

Director Kabir Khan's new film tries hard to make a point, loses it in a weak, seemingly unending plot executed by a group of pretty performers each competing for a Worst Actor Award, and finally ends by spelling the name of President Barack Obama as Barrack.

A side-splitting Hangover

A side-splitting Hangover

Rediff.com   26 Jun 2009

It is easy to dismiss The Hangover as just another pottymouthed R-rated romp about men who don't grow up messing around, but there is an earnestness to the proceedings that takes this to say, a Super Troopers level, something that gives the movie heart.

Wolverine: All action, no heart

Wolverine: All action, no heart

Rediff.com   19 Jun 2009

There's nothing offensively bad about the film -- save for the fact that a truly awesome hero has been straddled with a truly boring film.

Kal Kissne Dekha : A truly dismal tomorrow

Kal Kissne Dekha : A truly dismal tomorrow

Rediff.com   12 Jun 2009

Kal Kissne Dekha is one of those films that won't suffer at all from bad word of mouth.

How Indian television's stretching the point

How Indian television's stretching the point

Rediff.com   11 Jun 2009

The major reason Indian television winds on forever is that shows are built around a set-up instead of an actual plot.

Why Archie should marry Veronica

Why Archie should marry Veronica

Rediff.com   29 May 2009

For once, Archie has gotten it absolutely right. He's gone with the girl he wants, not the one everyone thinks he should end up with.

99 not out, and nervous as hell

99 not out, and nervous as hell

Rediff.com   13 May 2009

Raja Sen tells us why we should watch 99, a film starring Kunal Khemu, Boman Irani, Cyrus Broacha, Amit Mistry, Soha Ali Khan, Mahesh Manjrekar and Vinod Khann, which he has written the dialogues for.

Review: Iron Maiden: Flight 66

Review: Iron Maiden: Flight 66

Rediff.com   8 May 2009

College rock fans should all go out in droves, and older Edheads should take their kids. And sing along. Watching Dickinson finally go wild with Hallowed Be Thy Name in high-quality digital transfer and great audio in a theatre is worth the price of admission. And the rest ain't bad either.

How Bollywood could react to IPL 2

How Bollywood could react to IPL 2

Rediff.com   30 Apr 2009

Raise a toast and check out what Raja Sen thinks could be the filmi fallout of IPL 2009.

Oh shut up, Warner Brothers.

Oh shut up, Warner Brothers.

Rediff.com   10 Apr 2009

Dear WB, put a sock in it, willya? The megalithic movie studio has now suddenly issued Indian producers a notice saying they have no right to remake one of their movies. Stern action, they promise, will be taken.