Movie Review: Detective Naani; Star cast: Ava Mukherjee, Master Zain Khan, Ankur Nayyar, Amrita Saluja, Shubhangi Gokhale, Amit Verma and Shweta Gulati; Director: Romilla Mukherjee; Rating: * 1/2 - Grand Mess.
During her daily ritual of morning walk, 75 year old Naani (Ava Mukherjee the famous Dabur model) witnesses a small girl (Saili Shettye) peeping at her nervously. Intrigued, as Naani tries to find more about the girl she stumbles on a huge racket. In her mission to unearth the big mystery she is aided by her aspiring detective grandson (Zain Khan) as also from.
During her daily ritual of morning walk, 75 year old Naani (Ava Mukherjee the famous Dabur model) witnesses a small girl (Saili Shettye) peeping at her nervously. Intrigued, as Naani tries to find more about the girl she stumbles on a huge racket. In her mission to unearth the big mystery she is aided by her aspiring detective grandson (Zain Khan) as also from.
- 5/22/2009
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
84-year-old Ava Mukherjee may have won hearts as the Ayurvedic Concepts Dadima, but people still stop her on the streets to ask her how Shahrukh is doing. Why? Because thanks to re-runs of “Devdas” on TV, they see her as Dev’s beloved Dadima again and again. But that was then, this is now - her most ambitious role, one she has taken on with the vitality and vigour of a 34 year old. Meet “Detective Naani”.
Tell us a little about your film “Detective Naani”
“Detective Naani” is a feel-good family film that happens to be a mystery thriller as well. A crime is committed.
Tell us a little about your film “Detective Naani”
“Detective Naani” is a feel-good family film that happens to be a mystery thriller as well. A crime is committed.
- 5/14/2009
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
Click above for more movie stills Expect a heavy flow of big-budget and medium-budget films in the forthcoming weeks. Several films attempted by first-timers are also awaiting a release. While 99 hits the screens this Friday, a low-cost film, Detective Naani, is arriving next week -- 22nd May. This film too is directed by a first-timer -- Romilla Mukherjee -- who has dabbled in ad and corporate films before. Detective Naani tells the story of a naani [enacted by veteran Ava Mukherjee], who decides to solve a mystery. A la Sherlock Holmes. "I had read about a crime a couple of years ago, but, strangely, the incident stayed in my memory even after so many years. I had no clue what I wanted to make, but when I started writing, the incident flashed in front of my eyes and I decided to use it as the premise. But it's not a serious whodunit. It's more of a light entertainer,...
- 5/12/2009
- by Taran Adarsh
- BollywoodHungama
Click above for more movie stills Expect a heavy flow of big-budget and medium-budget films in the forthcoming weeks. Several films attempted by first-timers are also awaiting a release. While 99 hits the screens this Friday, a low-cost film, Detective Naani, is arriving next week -- 22nd May. This film too is directed by a first-timer -- Romilla Mukherjee -- who has dabbled in ad and corporate films before. Detective Naani tells the story of a naani [enacted by veteran Ava Mukherjee], who decides to solve a mystery. A la Sherlock Holmes. "I had read about a crime a couple of years ago, but, strangely, the incident stayed in my memory even after so many years. I had no clue what I wanted to make, but when I started writing, the incident flashed in front of my eyes and I decided to use it as the premise. But it's not a serious whodunit. It's more of a light entertainer,...
- 5/12/2009
- by Taran Adarsh
- BollywoodHungama
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