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*ing Shahid Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Amole Gupte, Shiv Subramaniam, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Tenzing Nima, Hrishikesh Joshi and Deb Mukherjee; Director: Vishal Bharadwaj First it was promos of the movie where Shahid seen pronouncing ‘f’ instead ‘p’, thereafter its highly infectious ‘Dhan Te Nan’ number, the movie caught attention of movie goers. The curiosity and hype began building up rapidly. It was not very unusal it happened with so many other movies also. But the real test is seeing the movie. I saw the movie on internet. Promos made my expectations high but I feel that Vishal has delivered a product which can compete with best of Hollywood. The film narrates the tale of twins Charlie (Shahid) and Guddu (Shahid again) who are poles apart in behaviour and lifestyle. While Guddu the good boy works for a NGO and aims to rise the corporate ladder, Charlie believes in taking shortcuts and ‘chota shortcuts’ to achieve his get rich quick dream. Though they haven’t met each other in years, t...

Harry Potter and Half Blood Prince True, Harry Potter has become larger then life in a short span, viewers wait next sequel, now the latest sequel has become record grosser. Though predictable plot, but the treatment, special effects compel viewer to engross. That will be none too soon if Harry doesn't want to steal up on the "Twilight" franchise, since he and his friends, especially poor Ron Weasley, have definitively entered adolescence. Even now he seems to be entertaining thoughts of snoggling with Ron's sister Ginny (Bonnie Wright). Yes, Harry, so recently a round-eyed little lad, will soon be one of Hogwarts' Old Boys. Director David Yates shown the transition in subtle ways, one of them by making Hogwarts itself seem darker, emptier and more ominous than ever before. Its cheery corridors are now replaced by gloomy Gothic passages, and late in the film an unspeakable fate befalls the beloved Dining Hall at the hands of Bellatrix Lestrange (Helena Bonham Ca...