Category Archives: Features

Eleven In One: X – The Film

Eleven best filmmakers of the country join hands in making a first-of-its-kind feature film in Indian cinema. Not an anthology, but a full length film about one filmmaker, titled “X”. Filmmakers such as Abhinav Shiv…

My Pick of Probable Oscar Winners

With just hours away from 85th Academy Awards, we at MovieRoundup zero in on films that we think may be garnered with Oscar Awards. While I haven’t watched every film nominated across different categories yet,…

Upcoming Southern Remakes In Bollywood

With as many as 10 remakes in the offing and some already being made, south Indian movies will again provide fodder for Bollywood filmmakers this year. “Okkadu” and “Kandireega” are the most recently announced southern…

10 Best Bollywood Films of 2012

Even though 2012 had its share of hero-worshiping, crores of money-spinning, clichéd Bollywood films, but there were a good mix of content-rich, completely ‘hatke’ films too which managed to rake in the moolah and leave…

10 Best Indie Films of 2012

In a year when big-budget, star-studded Bollywood films and the Rs.100 crore club made headlines, there were some small-budget independent films too, which managed to attract eyeballs, with their strong storylines and visual appeal, without…

Five Notable Tamil Films of 2012

Sensitive subjects and out-of-the-box ideas – of the 143 Tamil films released in 2012, only a handful of content-rich movies impressed the audience. Of these, here are five notable ones that were unanimously welcomed by critics and…

Five Notable Telugu Films of 2012

With most big-budget films biting the dust, it was the turn of the small-budget and non-stars films to take the pedestal. Out of the 113 Telugu films released, only a few elicited a positive response…

To Transcend Cinema Beyond Language, Region and Ethnicity with Subtitles

She does a wonder job in an industry which aims to entertain people the world over. Rekhs has subtitled 123 films across four languages – Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Marathi — in the last two…