Disco Dancer which gave us a star Mithun Chakraborty has been compared with Jimmy. Jimmy was supposed to bring back the glory the father lived by a son which falls flat on its nose. But how can you even hypothetically compare two different films, I agree that the background does look like a lot of the 1980s cliché film but that doesn’t make Jimmy anything like Disco Dancer. The film’s director seems to be still waking up at a certain day in1980s and has nothing to do with the year being 2008. Mithun who has loads of experience in the industry should have guided his son when the star kid decided to take up this offer. Now, it is only fair to say that Jimmy was not the right launch pad for Mimoh Chakraborty. (more…)

Bhoothnath is a metaphor for all leaving old abandoned parents, for whom the time that they spend with their grand kids is the most memorable of all. The chemistry that between Big B and kids is something that is not unknown. He definitely has his way with them. Talk about Cheeni Kum, Anamika or any of his family movies, he not only looks the age of a perfectly normal Gandpa but acts like one as well. This very factor has been explored to the fullest in Bhoothnath. It could not have been better timed. The kids are having summer holidays and rather than sitting in front of the Video game, they can at least watch a movie that has so much to give in terms of easy-going lessons that we find it so hard to teach the kids. (more…)