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We have another great installment of the series This Day That Year. This time, Subhash K Jha revisits Kya Yehi Pyar Hai, starting Ammesha Patel, Aftab Shivdasani, and Jackie Shroff, which released in 2002.

Though Kya Yehi Pyar Hai sounds like yet another syrupy song-filled romp in the ravines, it actually stretches its neck out by arguing against the cult of puppy love, which has taken over our films.

Aftab Shivdasani is well cast as a moony dude who relentlessly chases a disinterested dame for four years, only to realize at the end of the prolonged courtship that the effort wasn’t worth his while. In a well-filmed seaside confrontation, the ice-maiden finally thaws, “I’m all yours.”

But the boy takes us by surprise by belatedly rationalizing that love shouldn’t be a be-all, end-all of a young man’s life. “Thousands of youngsters like me while away their crucial...

Evidently, not the most famous category of films coming out of Asia, since the genre has been associated with Italy and Hollywood almost completely. However, in the vast plethora of movies coming out of the continent, there were bound to be some productions in the genre, which, as we are about to see, come from a number of different countries. Manchuria has always been a place to shoot these films for the Japanese and the Koreans, but lately the Indonesia landscape has been also used, for a couple of films. India and Thailand also have their share of films in the genre.

Evidently, the category stretches the term a bit, and goes beyond the basic elements of guns and desert settings. Here are 15 of the finest samples, in chronological order

*by clicking on some of the titles, you can find the full reviews. For the rest, we just included the...

Cast: Suniel Shetty, Aftab Shivdasani, Aarti Chabria, Aashish Chaudhary, Kim Sharma, Sophie Choudhary, Rajpal Yadav, Tulip Joshi, Javed Jaffrey, Prem Chopra; Director: K. Murli Mohan Rao; Rating: 0.5 out of 5.

Director K Murali Mohan Rao’s Daddy Cool is a misguided copy paste job of Frank Oz’s incredibly funny ‘Death at a Funeral’, if you’ve seen the original avoid the remake, and if you haven’t, avoid it like plague.

Although.

Since the time Indra Kumar turned director with Dil, he has directed all his films himself. The only exception is, of course, his next release Daddy Cool, which is helmed by K. Murali Mohan Rao. "Murali has directed several enjoyable entertainers in the past. I've always wanted to work with him some day. Plus, I wanted to sit on the backseat and let someone else call the shots," Indra Kumar tells me. But, ironically, Murali has never ever directed a comic fare. So was the decision right? "I know him as a person and I've realized that his wisecracks are truly funny. Now when I look back, I realize Murali's done as good a job as I would've, had I directed Daddy Cool," the veteran states. Meanwhile, the talented film-maker, who has directed a string of hits like Dil, Beta, Raja, Masti and Dhamaal, is ready to start work on his next film,...

Since the time Indra Kumar turned director with Dil, he has directed all his films himself. The only exception is, of course, his next release Daddy Cool, which is helmed by K. Murali Mohan Rao. "Murali has directed several enjoyable entertainers in the past. I've always wanted to work with him some day. Plus, I wanted to sit on the backseat and let someone else call the shots," Indra Kumar tells me. But, ironically, Murali has never ever directed a comic fare. So was the decision right? "I know him as a person and I've realized that his wisecracks are truly funny. Now when I look back, I realize Murali's done as good a job as I would've, had I directed Daddy Cool," the veteran states. Meanwhile, the talented film-maker, who has directed a string of hits like Dil, Beta, Raja, Masti and Dhamaal, is ready to start work on his next film,...

Forthcoming laugh riot .Daddy Cool. is about a funeral gone wrong, but it doesn.t make fun of the solemn ceremony, says Hyderabad-based director K. Murli Mohan Rao who marks his return to Bollywood with the film..We have woven the story around a funeral in our comedy, but it doesn.t mock the serious occasion. It is not meant to hurt people.s sentiments at all. I.m sure once people see the film, they will not take it in a bad taste,. Rao told Ians over phone from Mumbai..The film is not just about the funeral.there are a series of underlying situations. It is a lighthearted family drama with a lot of laughter in it,. he added.Starring Aarti Chhabria, Ashish Chowdhry, Tulip Joshi, Aftab Shivdasani, Javed Jaffrey and Prem Chopra, the film is releasing Aug 28.Rao, who has so far...