As it unfolds, we are introduced to characters we have either read about or imagined in the continuing story of Kashmir.

'Tere Bin Laden’ talks up the world’s most feared terrorist who pops up every once in a while on news networks, via grainy footage, through a look-alike.

'Udaan’ is a terrific, moving coming-of-age film, made by first-time director Vikramaditya Motwane.

An innocent gets caught in the crossfire between the police and a band of Naxals, deep in the jungles of Andhra Pradesh.

The only reason to see this one is to verify if this couple is That Bollywood Couple, the one that was splashed on all available media platforms as the love of the century.

As you watch Imran and Sonam brush against each other through `I Hate Luv Storys’, without raising discernible steam, you wonder, are newly-minted Bollywood couples given a litmus test before they are paired?

Infidelity. Cheating spouses. Switching partners. All of these elements feature in `Mr Singh Mrs Mehta’, which has two sets of husbands and wives playing musical beds with the most astonishingly enervating effect.

Sant Mani Ratnam’s re-telling of the epic attempts a classic subversion, with seriously mixed results. `Raavan’ is more miss than hit.

Prakash Jha has the rare ability to spin stories which are raw and grounded. `Raajneeti’ starts by trying to give us a throbbingly-alive picture of things as they are today.

Back in the 80s, `Kites’ would have come with a tagline : a violent love story.