Shimla Mirchi
Review of Shimla Mirchi: Why bother with this Mirchi?
Starring Hema Malini, Rajkummar Rao, Rakul Preet Singh Directed by Ramesh Sippy Rating: **(2 stars) Rajkummar Rao never fights shy of playing shy characters. There is an innate diffidence in his personality that renders itself effectively to characters who are afraid of expressing themselves lest they get hurt. This time it’s the audience that gets hurt. Badly. Don’t get me wrong. Five years ago maverick moviemaking genius Ramesh Sippy (he once upon a time made a small film called Sholay) made a teekhi, tadka-wali romantic film about tender misalliances. It | Click Here...
Trailer Review of Shimla Mirchi: Does the impossible, makes Hema Malini look desperate
Ramesh Sippy once made Sholay. He also made Andaaz and Seeta Aur Geeta. All three are landmarks in the great Hema Malini’s career. I was waiting for the long-delayed Shimla Mirchi, not only because it marks the return of Ramesh Sippy to direction after 24years (his last directorial Zamana Deewana was released in 1995) but also because it re-unites the gorgeous Hema Malini with Sippy. The trailer gives the entire plot away, piece by piece. Rajkummar Rao, returning to the screen after his stupendous but undermined performance in Made In China, is a man shy of expressing his love t | Click Here...