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Five things Race 1 of the Formula One season taught us

Five things Race 1 of the Formula One season taught us

Rediff.com27 Mar 2015

Unlike the Australian GP, where the majority of drivers carried out only one pit-stop, of Sunday's second race of the season, at Sepang, Malaysia, will see at least two, says Raja Sen.

Review: Four awesome ladies put the bust in Ghostbusters

Review: Four awesome ladies put the bust in Ghostbusters

Rediff.com29 Jul 2016

Ghostbusters may not be a classic, but the laughs it earns are all its own, says Raja Sen.

Review: The new Hero is a mess; the new kids are too dull

Review: The new Hero is a mess; the new kids are too dull

Rediff.com11 Sep 2015

Nikhil Advani's Hero remake follows the template of the original, which may not have been the wisest course of action, notes Raja Sen.

Review: Welcome Back is worth it because of Nana and Anil

Review: Welcome Back is worth it because of Nana and Anil

Rediff.com4 Sep 2015

Welcome Back is dumb yet entertaining, utterly silly but made with a kind of absurd, warm energy, says Raja Sen.

Review: Ae Dil Hai Mushkil is an intense story of love

Review: Ae Dil Hai Mushkil is an intense story of love

Rediff.com28 Oct 2016

Ae Dil Hai Mushkil is a film about 'tedha love' -- crooked love, love that refuses to stay straight -- and about the unshared, pure potency of unrequited passion, says Raja Sen.

Review: Fugly is a pathetic waste of time

Review: Fugly is a pathetic waste of time

Rediff.com13 Jun 2014

Fugly is a trainwreck, says Raja Sen.

Review: Saif and Katrina make Phantom a joke

Review: Saif and Katrina make Phantom a joke

Rediff.com28 Aug 2015

Review: Saif and Katrina make Phantom a joke

Review: Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa is all show, no reality

Review: Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa is all show, no reality

Rediff.com9 Jun 2014

Are you all set for Palak Dikhhla Jaa, asks Raja Sen.

Review: Holiday is too slow to thrill

Review: Holiday is too slow to thrill

Rediff.com6 Jun 2014

Holiday takes obscene amounts of time getting to the point, says Raja Sen.

Review: The Wolverine is a drag

Review: The Wolverine is a drag

Rediff.com26 Jul 2013

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

Censorship, Udta Punjab and the state of Indian cinema

Censorship, Udta Punjab and the state of Indian cinema

Rediff.com15 Jun 2016

Much as we'd like it to, all hasn't changed. In our country, the revolution must be polite and careful not to offend. Still, Raja Sen assures, there is hope.

Review: Brothers is so bad it should be disqualified

Review: Brothers is so bad it should be disqualified

Rediff.com14 Aug 2015

Brothers is loud, over-the-top and an exhausting watch, says Raja Sen.

Review: The Imitation Game is well-performed but spineless

Review: The Imitation Game is well-performed but spineless

Rediff.com16 Jan 2015

The Imitation Game is an unsubtle film that delivers exactly what you expect in the most predictable way, laments Raja Sen.

Review: MS Dhoni is a high-scoring success

Review: MS Dhoni is a high-scoring success

Rediff.com30 Sep 2016

'The film doesn't challenge our perception as much as amiably pat it into place, yet -- thanks largely to a remarkably committed performance by the leading man -- the film scores like a champ,' feels Raja Sen.

Review: Pink, a film that must be championed

Review: Pink, a film that must be championed

Rediff.com16 Sep 2016

'This is a solid, terse film that makes its points in mainstream fashion with an appropriate lack of subtlety.' 'Pink is a barnstormer -- and it doesn't pull its punches.'

Review: Star Wars Episode VII is a rollicking cover version

Review: Star Wars Episode VII is a rollicking cover version

Rediff.com25 Dec 2015

Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens 'can be likened, in essence, to a new Salman Khan actioner where the core audience goes in with a checklist knowing they'll get some cheeky dialogue, some trite punchlines, an item song and one eventually shirtless fight scene,' says Raja Sen.

Senna, that great swashbuckler up in the sky, would be proud of Massa

Senna, that great swashbuckler up in the sky, would be proud of Massa

Rediff.com7 Jul 2015

'The heart still bleeds for the Brazilian who gave us the finest, most memorable start we've seen in Formula One for many a year,' says Raja Sen.

Happy 75th birthday, Francis Ford Coppola

Happy 75th birthday, Francis Ford Coppola

Rediff.com7 Apr 2014

Raja Sen wishes Francis Ford Coppola, the legendary filmmaker who transformed The Godfather into an immortal screen classic, a happy 75th birthday.

Review: O Teri is a sham about scams

Review: O Teri is a sham about scams

Rediff.com28 Mar 2014

O Teri, which borrows heavily from Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro drowns it all in slapstick so noisy it all comes off as more lame than loving, more blasphemous than beholden.

Review: Jurassic World is an unnecessary reboot

Review: Jurassic World is an unnecessary reboot

Rediff.com12 Jun 2015

'Jurassic World is a perfectly passable blockbuster with a B-movie heart -- but why on earth would you want to watch something so unremarkable when Mad Max: Fury Road is still in theatres and gets better on each viewing?' asks Raja Sen.

Bollywood loves to holiday in Goa!

Bollywood loves to holiday in Goa!

Rediff.com30 Nov 2015

A look at all the times Goa played Bollywood's favourite getaway on screen.

Review: There has never been a film like Boyhood

Review: There has never been a film like Boyhood

Rediff.com14 Nov 2014

Boyhood will open your mind a little bit more toward the possibilities great cinema holds, says Raja Sen.

Oscars 2017: Much ado about a thing

Oscars 2017: Much ado about a thing

Rediff.com28 Feb 2017

The best film won. Until it didn't. Or, depending on where you stand, vice versa.

Review: Suicide Squad is a noisy mess

Review: Suicide Squad is a noisy mess

Rediff.com5 Aug 2016

Suicide Squad is less an actual movie and more an assemblage of moments, moments mostly to do with popular music appropriated around shots of spectacle, with every single scene trying to hit a crescendo of cool and the film, thus, failing to find any peaks at all, says Raja Sen.

Review: Titli is an impressive directorial debut

Review: Titli is an impressive directorial debut

Rediff.com30 Oct 2015

Titli is a solid directorial debut but it could have been so much more, feels Raja Sen.

Review: Kapoor And Sons is sweet but too sappy

Review: Kapoor And Sons is sweet but too sappy

Rediff.com18 Mar 2016

Kapoor And Sons is a film that works in small doses, writes Raja Sen.

Review: Gabbar Is Back, stupid enough to be outlawed

Review: Gabbar Is Back, stupid enough to be outlawed

Rediff.com1 May 2015

Stay away from theatres, I'd say. 50-kos away, even.

No man on screen was ever quite as magnificent as Peter O'Toole

No man on screen was ever quite as magnificent as Peter O'Toole

Rediff.com16 Dec 2013

'He was the manliest of them all, a true man's man. Warrior, King, Pioneer, Thespian, Womaniser, Drunkard, Scoundrel -- he made it all look grander than ever, and he did so with fluent effortlessness.' Raja Sen salutes the great actor who passed into the ages on Sunday.

Review: Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela is a mess!

Review: Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela is a mess!

Rediff.com15 Nov 2013

According to Raja Sen, Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela is an overplotted, bloody mess.

Review: Thor: The Dark World is silly and it knows it

Review: Thor: The Dark World is silly and it knows it

Rediff.com8 Nov 2013

You'll be hard pressed to find another hero so totally, awesomely Super, insists Raja Sen.

Why Jai is the true hero of Sholay

Why Jai is the true hero of Sholay

Rediff.com20 Aug 2015

Raja Sen gives us a hint: It was all because he used a coin wisely.

Review: Drishyam is a depressingly ordinary film

Review: Drishyam is a depressingly ordinary film

Rediff.com31 Jul 2015

Several parts of Drishyam work but the film is more tackiness than craft, says Raja Sen.

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

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

Rediff.com23 Aug 2013

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

Review: X-Men: Days Of Future Past has a blast with the past

Review: X-Men: Days Of Future Past has a blast with the past

Rediff.com23 May 2014

X-Men: Days Of Future Past crams so, so much plot into its two-hour running time that there isn't room to get bored, raves Raja Sen.

Ugly is Anurag Kashyap's finest film

Ugly is Anurag Kashyap's finest film

Rediff.com25 Dec 2014

Ugly -- a constantly riveting, ticking timebomb of a film -- is by far Kashyap's finest film, says Raja Sen

Sajid Nadiadwala, The Hitmaker

Sajid Nadiadwala, The Hitmaker

Rediff.com25 Nov 2015

Take a look at his track record.

Review: Ki & Ka is clueless & caricatured

Review: Ki & Ka is clueless & caricatured

Rediff.com1 Apr 2016

In this film the Ka -- as in the Ka-poors, who act in the film -- are okay, it is the Ki -- as in Bal-Ki, who directs it -- who stumbles rather badly, feels Raja Sen.

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

Review: Issaq is an insultingly bad film

Rediff.com26 Jul 2013

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

Review: Hamari Adhuri Kahani is a pathetic attempt at tragedy

Review: Hamari Adhuri Kahani is a pathetic attempt at tragedy

Rediff.com12 Jun 2015

Hamari Adhuri Kahani is a film where three fine actors all play idiots, says Raja Sen.

Review: Crimson Peak is a gorgeous Gothic masterwork

Review: Crimson Peak is a gorgeous Gothic masterwork

Rediff.com16 Oct 2015

Crimson Peak is not for everyone, but the mood is set very early on, says Raja Sen.