Latest movie reviews by somak-basu:

When the charming and lively Sonny, a young member of the modern Indian generation, is left to mind the dilapidated old estate shared between him and his brothers, he optimistically undertakes to transform it into the luxurious, opulent "Best Exotic Marigold Hotel for the elderly and ...more

The Avengers gathered huge expectations since it was officially announced in 2010. When separately the marvel comic characters can rock in the movies, then what massive consequences can happen when they are assembled altogether. From Tony Stark to Clint Barton, The Avengers group is subversive ...more

The first promo of this movie stole tranquility of many erotic movie lovers. Paoli Dam, the bad girl in Bengali movies makes her debut in Bollywood and here also she isn't such a good girl. There's nothing such new in vendetta theme. A Girl tries to take revenge on someone who has ruined ...more

Blood Donation is an old theme nowadays. Why not sperm? Fertilization has been shown previously in movies like I AM, The Tree Of Life and more. But Vicky Donor bring an aspect of Comedy involving fertilization in the movie. That's a different and peculiar attempt introduced in Bollywood ...more

Proud to be a Nababarsha [Bengali New Year] release, LEY HALUA LEY is a Bengali adaption of a Hindi Hugely Successful Comic Flick "Hungama" by Priyadarshan which is also an adaption of Malayalam Superhit "Poochakkoru Mookkuthi" which was also written & directed by Priyadarshan, the most ...more

Expectations were tremendously huge for this movie. For at least 2 years, we heard of Vidya Balan doing a Sujoy Ghosh directorial in 'City of Joy' - 'Kolkata'. The teasers & trailers of the movie were called 'Explosive' as the movie looked too different. Adding to all of these, "The Dirty ...more

EXPECTATIONS - Rumors about remaking Big B's 'Agneepath' were on the loose for at least 3-4 years. Abhishek Bachchan & Shahrukh Khan were the first choices said by media, but at last when the news about remake was becoming familiar, Hrithik Roshan was selected as the great 'Vijay Dinanath ...more

"Life... Beyond Wrong And Right"
We have known Aniruddha Roy Choudhury for different movies throughout and all of them are incredibly brilliant. ANTAHEEN & ANURANAN were artistically beautiful and Rahul Bose which was common in both did a splendid job in both of them. This time Aniruddha ...more

EXPECTATIONS - Huh??? In short, 100% Love was the most expected movie of 2012 since it's name was announced. Just think, Jeet+Koel+Ravi Kinagi - this is what we call the team full of captains. Jeet is the heartthrob of Tollywood, Koel is the sweetheart of many and Ravi Kinagi is the godfather ...more

EXPECTATIONS - If I consider "Sedin Dekha Hoyechilo" better then even after two body hits like "Paglu" and "Romeo", "Khokababu" is able to catch much expectations. The Publicity And A super soundtrack [as usual in Dev movies] made Khokababu a New Year Surprise, especially to Dev Fans.

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At first, let me clarify that I'm a huge fan of Tom Cruise, so if anyone thinks that I've overrated then guilty as charged. If I come to expectations then it will be a total loss of words cause since the news has spread that MISSION IMPOSSIBLE will have it's 4th part, the whole world ...more

Expectations - If you have watched "Band Baaja Baaraat" then you can't even think to miss Ladies V/S. Ricky Bahl. Ranveer-Anushka chemistry, Ranveer's charm and killer looks, Anushka's smart and stylish acting skills, superb music by Salim-Sulaiman and Maneesh Sharma's smart and entertaining ...more

Expectations for this movie were totally 'Tharki'. The nation was set on fire since the trailer was launched. Vidya Balan is the hot topic in every corner for her flaunts and oomph. Emraan's something new avatar was also noticed. Shortly, people who were keen to see 'The Dirty Picture' ...more

EXPECTATIONS -
Huge! Simply huge. After watching a trash called 'Paglu', people especially Dev fans had a belief that Romeo should be a good watch. Producers said that in Kolkata Romeo will replace RA. One as Kolkata was going cold after release of RA. One (I've never watched such ...more

It's RA. One craze all over the nation. Since the poster released [6-7 months earlier], everyone was eager about the movie as King 'SRK' Khan is gonna be back after 1.5 years. Expectations is not a factor to discuss anymore. You can see a long queue in front of multiplexes and single ...more

Expectations are just a bad point to pick up for telling as it's the most expected Bengali movie ever to be released. After the super success of "Autograph", people's expectations level just got much higher for another Srijit Mukherji directorial. 22 she shrabon somehow caught a very ...more

Expectations were a bit little than usual because there was a tornado named "Baishe Shrabon" coming with it in theaters. But still songs were positive signs for the movie. People usually turn their faces after listening the name of the movie. Really, what an unusual name, "Faande Poriya ...more

'Wanted', 'Ready', 'Singham' & now 'Force' - it's one after one remaking of south hits. It's not that it doesn't work. Every remake on the line has collected humungous amounts & worked for a big time leaving a mark on the box-office. But why mostly action movies? that's because Bollywood ...more

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Yash Raj, Ali Zaffar, Imran Khan & Katrina Kaif - now that's a pair that can drag audiences into cinema halls. MBKD is a brave attempt to compete with a tornado flowing these days named 'BodyGuard'. So, just to change the taste from Action to comedy, MBKD works for ...more

From the last 2 years Salman Khan, the 'jaaneman' of mass-pullers has been giving blockbuster hits like Wanted[2009], Dabangg[2010] and that has not been a failure a single time. Wanted, Dabangg, Bbuddah, Singham - Bollywood has got into form of welcoming spectacular action flicks, so ...more