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Class Apart!! Wisely said "Its not a movie, its an expereience" :) Changed the face of a lot of things in cinema. Where human are aliens and the aliens are NA-VI's (thats their race). The movie is a visual treat, you gotto watch it 3D. James Cameroon did it again :)


Plot:


In AD 2154, some Americans discover a potential mine which contains hard core minerals which are very expensive and useful material on earth. They take a mission to visit the planet Pandora to mine in the minerals. To make their task easier, they send a human to their planet who is being genetically engineered to become a Navi Avatar.Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) is the replacement of his dead brother who goes to Pandora in his Navi avatar. Human scientists on the other hand could control him when the Navi in Pandora sleeps. The sole purpose of sending him to Pandora was so that Jake could learn the ways of Pandora and the Navi's there and become a part of them. So that when the human invades their planet to mine and in turn destroy their home, he could persuade the Navi's out of the place peacefully and secured.

The first half of the movie is a treat to your eyes. The jungles of Pandora, the floatin mountains, the glowing flora and fauna in the night. And if thats not enough, u have the amazin creatures, the Navi's!! Amazing creation, must say. This time the aliens have so much of emotions to offer you and drastically opposite the human are harsh, self centered and cruel, in short HUMAN are IN-HUMAN :D . The larger than life size sets and animation, with 3D effect pulls you out of your world to a whole new world of Navi's and their Planet. So much so, that the aura stays for a very long time, even after the movie ends. Dont be surprised if u find yourself in Pandora in ur dreams the very day when u watch this flick. :)

Ok, i could breathe a while now, and move on to the rest half of the movie post interval. :) Here on, i must say the entire build up is hurt. The script disappoints you here. All u can hope to watch is human attack, destruction, fire, misery...repeated and old stuffs which you have seen hundred and thouands of times. Honestly, i didnt like the post interval part of it as much as the first half. All you want to see is Pandora with Navi world alone, the human inflitration just spoils the charm completely.

To wrap it up in short, finally Jake manages to save a part of the Navi race if not the entire colony. And he himself transforms into Navi for ever.

I havent given much detail of the story. It anyway isnt much about the story, its all bout Pandora. :) Watch out for yourself. It sure does stand to the hype created around it :) My rating though will be divided this time :D

My Rating: Pandora- 5/5 Human Invasion-3.5/5

Rocket Singh:Salesman of the Year

Absolute fresh come back from the Yash Raj Banners. Delightful to see some serious development in the Hindi Cinemas. You will enjoy the entire movie even if it stretches for 3 long hrs. But i also have to admit that you will be missing the the Bollywood tadka without even a single song in the movie(all are in the background). Nevertheless, Ranbir rocks!!!! :)

Plot:

This flick entirely is dedicated to the SALES. Harpreet Singh Bedi(Ranbir) is a BCOM graduate with cut throat percentage. While his friends look more worried for his career, Harpreet is the least concerned, as he knows what he is meant for. He prefers Sales, and keeps applyin till he gets one job. Another important character stands to be Harpreet's grandfather (Prem Chopra).Half of the movie till the interval is roller-coaster ride in Sales field learning process. Harpreet has lot of patience and a very positive attitude. Amidst all the sarcastic welcoming by his colleagues, he holds on to it, untill he learns there is no value of his honesty and fair ways of working. And he is abused every now and then by his bosses or his colleagues and he is completely shattered.This is where Harpreet gets his lady luck :D Not just one, but 2 of them :) one of the ladies is the receptionist.She sympathises on him, and gets him some orders. And the next lady charmin is his customer, introducin Shazahn Padamsee as Sherena.Also gradually develops from a customer to lady love later on. :) In the first meet, Singh is once again abused by the ladies, this is where Singh decides to work 'hatke' and deliver the orders personally rather than representing the company 'AYS'.

While his colleagues continues to dis respect him and make fun of him, he out of frustration takes a bold step of gradually creating his own company "Rocket Sales Corporations'. As and when he felt the need of a technician, he hires one of his colleagues as a partner in his company. Slowly, his business grows and he starts acquiring more people in his team, from the receptionist to the peon. Now more and more orders are coming his way. And they frame some basic protocols as well as services which gives them extra egde over the existing companies. But meanwhile, one or the other hurdle keeps fallin their way to success. But every time, he manages to fight through it.

The rest of the movie is his struggle to earn back his respect on his own terms. THe climax is when he finally falls apart and has to bend on his knees before the politics and ends up selling his company. But guys, the movie has no sad ending, the bouncing back has been scripted really well. Absolutely,loved the ending as well.

There is a lot more to the movie, which i would like you yourself to go and find out as this flick promises to entertain as well as absolutely fall in love with the characters. No domination at all by Ranbir, every single character has its own charm.Must watch!

My Rating: 4/5

Paa

Brilliant movie. Kudos to the entire team of actors. Each one of them reinvented their skills in acting. Spellbound on Big B, Abhishekh was looking very fresh after a long time and Vidya was lovely. You will definately miss your mother if staying away from home. :)

A 13 year old boy is suffering with a rare disease called Progeria. No, no need to assume the movie to be a sympathetic, sensitive one. As the child doesnt need any. His brain isnt underdeveloped, its only the body aging which accelerates fast. SO, you can expect to watch a new generation teenage kid with all the new age jokes, and naughty acts and all the tantrums. A very well balanced script. Nothin goes overboard. Out of 2 hrs and 15 mins of length, u have fun for complete 1.5 hrs, sentis are only for 30 mins max. Worth a watch and a tribute to the actor at his 60's.


Plot:
 
Abhishekh(Amol) is a new age politician(MP) who has the outlook to change the face of current politics and an urge to do some good work for the mass. He visits a school during a fest and happens to come across Auro(Amitabh) for the first time and is moved. He realises he has unintentionally created a hysteria in the media spotlightin Auro.So he makes up for it by accepting the demand of Auro for a visit to Rashtrapati Bhavan.On the other hand Vidya(Vidya) learns that her son Auro got face to face with Amol who is Auro's father. The movie goes back to a brief flashack, where a college affair brims between the two and ends up in pregnancy. Amol proposes abortion for the future of respective careers, while Vidya choose to be a mother and take care of her baby on her own with the support of her very forward mother(Arundhati Nag).

Back to present date, Auro goes through ups and downs in his health due to physical weakness. Meanwhile, Vidya tells him the truth behind his father. Auro decides not to let it out for his mother's sake. He goes around with his Paa for 2 days in Delhi but never tells a word bout the truth of their relation.

Then how does Amol learn bout the relation he was never aware of? And how will a dying Auro conjure his family? This consitutes of the rest of the movie.

The plot is no extra ordinary. The movie is worth a watch for its presentation and performances. Its touching and its hilarious. Music is nothing great.A must watch is recommended though.

My rating: 3.5/5

Kurbaan

High time, wake up!!! Movies are not meant only for entertainment. This is not a romantic movie by any standards. Its a serious and a dark movie. A sincere requests to the viwers- everyone knows it has a power packed star cast, but kindly dont expect everyone to be outstanding. Please try and understand, every character in certain plot has its limit, it cant go overboard on the script.

Watch the movie not for the actors, nor for the entertainmet. Watch it for the theme of it. All the performances were awesome and Kiron Kher was outstanding. The story doesnt lag anywhere or move off the track.A very balanced movie. Sure to leave an impact in someway or the other.


Plot:


There is a Hindu damsel(Avantika) who is a proffessor in a university of New York and has come to India for her father and meanwhile workin as a proffessor again in India. She meets Ehsaan (Saif), who also happens to be a proffessor in the same university in India. The love story starts brimming between the two. Avantika's father is reluctant for the wedding of the duo due to community differences. But Ehsaan manages to persure Avantika's dad, and they together shift to New York sacrificing his job for Avantika.

The now married couple shift to a new house in an Indian locality in New York and Ehsaan takes up a job as a proffessor in the same university as Avantika's. This is where from the problems begins. The locality in which they stay has a troop of Muslims who are planning somethin illegal and somethin really big against America. Avantika unintentionally gets involved in the matter and her life gets in danger. Now the twist in the movie is something which i would like you to go and watch out for. :)

Here from starts a series of terroist activities. Meanwhile one journalist couple is effected in the terrorist attacks. Rihanna(Diya Mirza) and Riyaaz(Vivek Oberoi). Rihanna dies in the attack and Riyaaz now is on a spree for a revenge. He takes up a private mission for this. He gets himself involved in the troop while Avantika pleads for help as she is in house arrest and is helpless to act as her father is taken care of in India.

Hereafter, the movie goes through many twists and turns. A game of trust, truth and tragedies. Every person is betrayed by the other. The hatred and the cause of it is portrayed really well. Songs are soothing in the background.

My take:

I was bound to think over the issue. In a 3 hour script, they tried covering a lot of aspects and leaves the rest for the viwers. The saga of hatred across and the wars is an endless process. I had a brief discussion with my companion on this post the movie. The more you go deeper, the more you realise the complications around the entire thing. Its never one single reason or one single notion.Its never god or religion only. Its neither money and power only. There are hundreds of small and bigger aspects in every individuals Journey which triggers the inhuman,savage nature(as he says) in a person. The end result is what we see through the media. I was touched.

My Rating: 3.5/5

Tum Mile

Just another time pass flick. The biggest disappointment about the flick is the tragedy of Bombay Rain itself. Yes!!! The very backdrop of the movie was pretty lame.The director miserably failed to keep up with the expectations drawn out of the trailors. Though keeping your expectations right, go only for the love story, u wont be dis appointed. Love story in a subtle way is engaging till the end.

Plot:


The story revolves around Emraan and Soha. Emraan an artist and soha is just a daughter of a
rich father :) They meet once and meet again co incidently and develop likin for each other instantly. Therafter they keep meeting each other untill emraan learns that soha is already engaged with someone else. He is hurt and and tries coming back to normal but meanwhile soha breaks up with his fiancee and makes up with Emraan. Now they plan to move in a live in relatiosnhip with no near future plans of getting married. But they eventually face hurdles in their perfect live in relationship and break up. My personal bent towards the love story was the harsh reality every relationship undergo-no relationship is perfect. A man and a woman so very much in love with each other and equally loyal, yet faces issues when the reality hits. Knowingly or unknowingly they hurt each other. Make up but yet leaves behind permanent unrepairable scars.

The plot is very simple but the narration keeps u grabbed to your seat till the end.The story is well described in bits and parts as flash back keeping the tragic Bombay rains in the backdrop. The spoiler is that u keep expecting the rains to make a satement but it does nothing. You keep expecting somethin interesting to turn up post interval. But even post interval the flash back continues and you dont even realise when it does get over and exactly on what note. A very silent break up between the two and a very sudden get together.
Technically, the Bombay deluge brings them together back again, but effectively this part is not portayed well. A few scenes actually reminds you of Titanic in fact :D

Go watch the flick for the love story alone and some good musical tracks.

My Rating: 2.5/5

2012

Expected this one to hit big time with alarming thought of the near future.Alas!! it failed.Movie looked not much different from any other hollywood flick based on saving human race,saving atmosphere, saving earth and so on... Nevertheless, the visual effects were outstanding, definately worth a watch in the big screen.

Plot:

An Indian geologist discovers there is somethig fishy with the earth's mantle. The earth crust is de-stabilising and the core of it is heating up really fast. He calls upon a scientist(Adrian Helmsley ) from US to inform him on the situation. Adrian in turn helps himself being a messenger and alerts the US President on the same. In the G8 summit to follow, its decided upon to save the human race by getting into a secret project of building
new arks in the Himalayas which would carry selected species to continue life(basically a modern Noah's Ark) :D

Meanwhile one heroic family consituting of a father of 2 children and a divorcee(John Cusack) takes out his kids for a camp to Yellowstone National Park, whilst his wife is attended behind by her latest boy friend cum an amateur pilot. There he meets an RJ who has an idea bout the unstable areas in Yellowstone National Park and warns John on the end of the world with an additional piece of information that there are arks building up in Himalayas which promises to carry life post the tragedy and that he has a secret map of the
same. Though John doesnt pay much attention to his words, but when he returns back, he learns earth beneath california is in serious trouble as the city is already witnessing major jolts of earthquakes and sudden cracks in the ground. He manages a private plane to rescue his family when the entire california drowns in the sea. The family which also includes the amatuer pilot fly the aircraft to get back to Yellowstone with a hope to find the map which the RJ mentioned which would take them to the ark. Though he manages to get the map, the entire national park meanwhile blows up as the most active volvano ever. Further, as the family realises that the map is to China, they plan to land in Las Vegas where they meet another group along with another pilot. All of them fly in a bigger aircraft towards china.


On the other hand, in US the private aircraft taking selected number of people to the arks in Himalayas are set to take off, when the President of US denies to board himself n decides to stay back as a support to the nation. Unfortunately one good President dies in the Tsunami that hits the city thereafter.

Back to the family, where they have a crash landing in snowy mountains near Himalayas. Somehow they manage to escape from there with a monk in a truck to the arks. They manage to sneak in the ark. Now, the countdown begins for the last impacted area i.e Himalayas to be hit. End moment Adrian decides to open the gates of the ark again to save those who are fightin to get inside the ark. After boarding as many people, the gate faces an issue shuttin down. Thats when our John plays the heroic part of clearing the jamming gate almost at the right time when the tsunami already hits the ark, and water starts filling in and the arks starts floating towards the giant moutains for a collision. The gate is finally closed, and the failing engine starts and at the nick of time, the ark is saved from collision.

As the worst is over and things are settling down, they discover that a land mass in Africa is safe above sea level and they head towards the Cape of Good Hope. And John reconciles with his family in this tragedy.
Watch out to check who all dies which i havent mentioned in the Plot  :D and of course to watch India sink. And genuinely for the visual effects, a must watch in a theatre.

My rating: 3/5

Ajab Prem ki Gazab Kahani

Time pass flick. High expectations are sure to meet with disappointments. Sincere request, there shud'nt be any comparison with "Aandaaz apna apna". The movie was a well attempted direction and script towards making the same, but fails creating the charisma.Movie editing is actually quite pathetic. Hilarious in bits and parts. Ranbir takes the crown away.

Story:

The movie is completely shot in various sets. Very less resemblence to real world. Its more like a fanatasy tale.You will sure me reminded of Saawariya. Ranbir once again plays the role of a sweet die-hard lover who will go to any extent for his gal. Ranbir to begin with is 9th standard failure, who cant even speak good english, is jobless and runs a club called 'Happy Club' as a self proclaimed President of it which is run by him and his pack of frens. The motto of the 'Happy Club' is to keep everybody happy and meant specifically for
the youth. Abducting young gals to make jodis with his frens is another package in his club. While his parents wants him to get on a right track. Meanwhile Katrina( a christian maiden) happens to come across due to a small confusion and eventually happen to become his neigbour. As expected they become frens and charmed by her beauty, Ranbir instantly falls in love with her. The rest of the movie goes around wat a crazy lover would do for his gal. The climax is when Ranbir gets to know that Katrina loves someone else, who happens to be Upen Patel, a Hindu boy and a son of a MLA. Ranbir is heart broken, but helps Katrina find her love amidst all the other distractions like Katrina's step parents wanting her to get married to another guy for their benefit and Upen Patel's father unwilling to get them married. And to add the chaos further, a 3rd class don who kidnaps Katrina for ransom. In the end, while the marriage is fixed between Katrina and Upen, she realises she is in love with Ranbir. And the conclusion is very much predictable. All the songs are forcefully pushed in the movie. Also Salman Khan has a special appearance.Overall a light hearted time pass flick.

One Question

How does it feel when you know the one whom you love giving your entire self completely to him, is always neutral to your feelings?? He is happy when you are happy, even happy when u are sad!!
How does it feel when you give your most important years of life to someone, fightin against all odds, in the end to find out, that he wants to marry u?? Happy?? Think again, when he also adds that he doesnt have that drive to marry u against all HIS odds.( He is only arrangin his marriage with u!!!! )Now do u smile??
And over all these he says, he loves you?? Do u believe him??

Ek tez jhonka hawa ka, aur hum bikharte chale gaye,
Sanjoye jitne bhi khwaab the kabhi, saare ashqhon me beh gaye,
Ab rakhte nahi koi khwahish hum dil me, aur na hi koi aarzoo kabhi,
Khatm kar aye maalik zindagi ke tamaam justajoo sabhi...
Andheri raahon me hi shayad kahi manzil ka nisha mil jaaye
Dhunde hum khuda ka chehra aur mohabbat takda jaaye...