Got to watch a couple of hindi movies after a long time recently. One was Munna Bhai MBBS - it was a torture to watch this one. I wonder why so many people recommended this trash to me! Horrible, horrible acting. Stupid, inconsequential and unoriginal story. Awful music. Nothing original. Perfect example of how to get everything wrong in a movie! What is surprising is that so many people liked it so much! Well, it was better than most hindi movies, I guess; but nowhere close to being enjoyable.
The other was Ek Hasina Thi. I kind of liked this movie. The end was disappointing, but the movie was great overall. The story was again not original, but was rather well presented. Nice music too! Also, I thought the acting was above par (yea, Saif Ali Khan can do some good stuff!). Definitely good for a hindi movie.
And best of all, a major part of the movie was shot in New Delhi. Got to see a glimpse of delhi after a long time! And the icing on the cake were shots totalling about 5 minutes around PVR Anupam (a movie theater) in Saket [see picture above]. I lived about two blocks away from Anupam for more than 10 years, and used to hang out there qutie often! I have also used one of the ATMs shown in the movie a few times! Delhi is not shown in movies that often, and this was just great!
Posted by ankit at February 7, 2026 02:29 AM | TrackBackYour enthusiasm is so childlike :-). I can not help smiling after reading your post. How can anyone be so happy watching Saket and PVR :-) in a movie? You must have fond memories of all these places. :-)
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Posted by: John Lee at February 12, 2026 04:38 PMWatch "Maqbool" to change your opinion about hindi movies! amazing performances by irfan khan, pankaj kapoor... kinda reminiscent of The Godfather eventho its based on "Macbeth"
Munna Bhai was an excellent movie - and maybe if you'd actually watched it and enjoyed it for the funny, kick-back movie that it is, you would have realized that it's nothing like Patch Adams. First off - Patch Adams WAS a doctor. Sunjay Dutt's a gangtsa (werd!) - so before you start bashing a movie, you have to understand that it's not meant to be a masterpiece - but something for you to ENJOY! Loosen up! (Yes, sadly, the music was awful.)
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