Blackmail

Genre: Actin, Comedy, Thriller
Duration: 141 Minutes
Language: Hindi
India Release Date: 06-APR-2018
Pick-D-Flick Rating: 3.5 on 5

Story:
When Dev finds out his wife is cheating on him, he secretly blackmails his wife and her lover as a form of revenge.

Overall Review:
After directing GAME, Force 2 and Delhi Belly, Abinay Deo is back with his 2018’s latest directorial venture “Blackmail”, a black comedy inspired from a true story). Film stars Irrfan Khan, Kirti Kulhari, Arunoday Singh, and Divya Dutta in the lead roles. Film execution is stylish yet simple...

Hichki

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Duration: 120 minutes
Language: Hindi
India Release Date: 23-MAR-2018
Pick-D-Flick Rating: 3.5 on 5

Plot:
Hichki presents a positive and inspiring story about a woman who turns her biggest weakness into her biggest strength.

Overall Review:
Produced by Yash Raj Films and directed by Sidhhartha Malhotra, Hichki is Rani Mukerji’s drama about teacher-student bonding. She plays the unconventional teacher Naina Mathur who lives with Tourette Syndrome, a nervous system disorder marked by involuntary motortics and grunting sounds. The first half is dominated by Mukerji winning the reluctant misfits. While story is predictable, screenplay is engaging and keeps you hooked on to its first half...

Hate Story IV Poster

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Duration: 131 minutes
Language: Hindi
India Release Date: 16-MAR-2018
Pick-D-Flick Rating: 2.5 on 5

Plot:
A revenge story where two brothers fall for the same girl.

Overall Review:
Vishal Pandya and his team, the makers of the ‘Hate Story’ series are back with their latest installment titled ‘Hate Story IV’ starring Urvashi Rautela and Ihana Dhillon alongside Vivan Bhatena and Karan Wahi. Fourth franchise is the story of a girl who causes a rift between two brothers. Film is already making waves online for its bold and sensual content and thankfully the film has enough steamy scenes along with thrills minus dialogues. Execution of the film has been kept simple...

Pari

Genre: Horror, Mystery
Duration: 133 minutes
Language: Hindi
India Release Date: 02-MAR-2018
Pick-D-Flick Rating: 3 on 5

Plot:
Pari is a supernatural thriller starring Anushka Sharma who plays an abuse victim.

Overall Review:
Pari, the supernatural thriller directed by newcomer Prosit Roy stars Parambrata Chatterjee and Anushka Sharma in lead roles. This is Anushka Sharma’s third production after NH10 and Phillauri. Pari is touted as Horror Genre with Super Natural Powers. The first half of Pari, blends romance into a plot that’s decidedly dark and gruesome. However, the director seems to get his command back in the second half as he beautifully executes spooky scenes and their sudden occurrences. Anushka Sharma dares to do what not many leading ladies would...

SKTKS

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Duration: 138 minutes
Language: Hindi
India Release Date: 23-FEB-2018
Pick-D-Flick Rating: 3.5 on5

Plot:
Titu is going to marry a perfect woman named Sweety. Titu’s best-friend Sonu doubts Sweety’s character and tries to break the marriage while Sweety tries to do opposite and which leads to war between Bromance and Romace.

Overall Review:
Tongue-twister ‘Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety’ is directed by Luv Ranjan who gave us surprise hit PYAAR KA PUNCHNAMA in 2011. The filmmaker is back with yet another film with his favourites: Kartik Aaryan, Sunny Singh and Nushrat Bharucha. The film is a fresh concept of bromance vs romance & director manage it to execute it without any cliche...

Welcome to New York

Genre: Drama, Comedy
Duration: 120 minutes
Language: Hindi
India Release Date: 23-FEB-2018
Pick-D-Flick Rating: 2 on 5

Plot:
Welcome to New York is a comedy film, in which Hero (Diljit Dosanjh), a sloppy recovery agent, and Jeenal Patel (Sonakshi Sinha), a fashion designer, become part of a big Bollywood event in New York – and chaos ensues.

Overall Review:
‘Welcome To New York’, directed by: Chakri Toleti, stars Diljit Dosanjh, Karan Johar, Sonakshi Sinha, Boman Irani, Lara Dutta, Riteish Deshmukh and Rana Daggubati. Film has been piquing fans’ interest ever since it was lunahced. The film centers around a popular award show held abroad...

Aiyaary

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Duration: 160 minutes
Language: Hindi
India Release Date: 16-FEB-2018
Pick-D-Flick Rating: 2.75 on 5

Plot:
Two officers with patriotic hearts suddenly have a fallout. The mentor, Colonel Abhay Singh has complete faith in the country’s system while protégé Major Jai Bakshi thinks differently due to a recent stint in surveillance.

Overall Review:
‘Aiyaary’, a Bollywood thriller, directed by Neeraj Pandey, stars Sidharth Malhotra and Manoj Bajpayee in the lead roles supported by others in pivotal roles. Based on the true story of a mentor and student duo, Aiyaary tells the tale of two strong-minded Army officers, who face clashes owing to the different in opinion...

Padman

Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Duration: 140 minutes
Language: English
India Release Date: 08-FEB-2018
Pick-D-Flick Rating: 3.25 on 5

Plot:
Upon realizing the extent to which women are affected by their menses, a man sets out to create a sanitary pad machine and to provide inexpensive sanitary pads to the women of rural India.

Overall Review:
Directed by R. Blaki, Pad Man is is the biopic of a real-life hero Arunachalam Muruganantham who made a pad-making machine for women to provide them low-cost sanitary napkins. Through Padman, R Balki tells the real life inspiring story of Arunachalam Muruganantham (played by Akshay Kumar), a social entrepreneur from Coimbatore, who invented low cost sanitary napkins in India, despite the massive opposition and humiliation he was subjected to...

Vodka Diaries

Genre: Thriller
Duration: 117 minutes
Language: Hindi
India Release Date: 19-JAN-2018
Pick-D-Flick Rating: 2 on 5

Plot:
In the misty town of Manali, ACP Ashwini Dixit attempts to solve a series of mysterious murders happening in a single night, which might be connected to the night club, Vodka Diaries.

Overall Review:
Debutant director Kushal Srivastava’s Vodka Diaries is poorly made remake of a much popular Hollywood flick – Shutter Island. The story is set in the freezing climes of Manali where dead bodies start piling up at a local hotel named Vodka Diaries. While a cop, (Kay Kay Menon) is trying to zero in on the murderer, his wife (Mandira Bedi) disappears...

Mubarakan

Short Review:
Anees Bazmee (director of Welcome, Singh is King, Ready, No Problem, Welcome Back) brings situational comedy of errors: Mubarakan in year 2017. It’s full paisa vasool joyful ride for the entire family. Anees Bazmee brilliantly rounds this up well into a colorful, happy laughathon showcasing the Chacha Bhatija duo – Anil Kapoor and Arjun Kapoor in ‘jhakaas’ form. First half is complete laugh riot whereas second half loses the steam in last 25-30 minutes. The humour in Mubarakan does take a bit of time to set in. Bazmee takes time to establish the emotional connect between the characters giving us their back stories before beginning the Laugh-A-Thon. Arjun Kapoor, who doubles up as Karan (the smart guy) and Charan (the duffer), proves a point with this madcap...