If given a choice between Pakistani movies and Pakistani TV shows/serials, I'd settle for the small screen any day. Not that all serials ['dramas' is what they call them in Pakistan] are engaging, but I am hooked to a few shows. From whatever I've seen of Pakistani movies, my ratings would not exceed 1 on a scale of 10. But KHUDA KAY LIYE, the first Pakistani film to release in India, is also the first Pakistani film that moved me.

Sometimes, you miss out on a few movies due to their uninspiring promotion. You're so put off by the quality of promos/posters/billboards that you are in no mood to leave everything and rush to the nearby cineplex. There're times when inadequate publicity also plays a vital role in keeping the moviegoers away from theatres. Uninspiring promotion as also an unsung release goes against BHRAM largely.

RACE is Abbas-Mustan’s most accomplished work, after BAAZIGAR. Any thriller works if and only if the story has the edge-of-the-seat moments and which catches you unawares as the reels unfold. RACE has that quality. The story moves in a serpentine manner, there’s a twist every fifteen minutes and it’s impossible to guess what the culmination would be.

The eagerly awaited release of this year 'Jodhaa-Akbar' has finally hit the screens and what's the verdict? Can this grandeur, opulent periodic film focusing on the Mughal life steal the show?

‘Mithya’, directed by Rajat Kapoor and produced by Arindam Choudhary, is the story of V. K. or Vinod Kumar Agarwal who wants to become a hero in Bollywood, but fate has other designs for him. In his endeavor to make it big in tinsel town, V.K. (Ranvir Shourie) lands in the underworld and is drawn into a trap by the Mafioso. And the reason behind it is also strange. Vinod is the lookalike of Mumbai don Raje Bhai alias Rajendra Sahay (again played by Ranvir Shourie)!