Sunday, December 26, 2010

Band Baaja Baraat



Unexpectedly entertaining. Fresh ray of light through the darkest of clouds in bollywood off late.

Pluses:

  • Ranveer Singh without any doubt. I can watch it again for him. So v 'delhite', and v gd entertainer. Loved his accent and his looks. :)
  • Anushka Sharma, she is pretty n bold(Atittude wise). :)
  • I liked the script personally, it never moves away from the center theme of Wedding Planning.

Minuses:

One or two songs were entertaining, rest were all ignorable.


My Rating: 3/5

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows



Either this series is better than others or may be gradually i have started personalising it :) Part-II holds a lots of promise. You can enjoy part-I, but will definately wait for part -II as well.

Pluses:

  • Daniel Redcliffe undoubtedly.
  • His gang Emma Watson and Rupert Grit were great too.
  • The movie had a sense of seriourness from the beginning itself, hence less time wasted in building the same. :)
  • You wont feel bored, there is constantly something or the other happening around.

Minuses:

  • Of course they were passing time taking merry go rounds around other accessories, instead of concentrating bout Deathly Hallows.
  • All it did was just a premise creation for part-II

My Rating: 3/5

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Guzarish



Very easily a critic endeared movie. Dont watch it for entertaintment. Its a piece of art :D

Pluses:

  • Need not mention...Hrithik Roshan :)
  • Aishwarya was good too.
  • Its a watch only for the power packed performances.

Minuses:

  • Way too slow.
  • Pretty depressing show. You definately wont come out smiling(as was promoted).
  • The story lacked content.
  • The central content was dragged a bit too far. 

My Rating: 3/5

Friday, November 19, 2010

Due Date



Nice watch. Totally entertaning. What a relief after Golmaal 3 and Action Replayy.

Pluses:
  • Zach Galifianakis and Robert Downey Jr. absolutely rocks.
  • Good sense of humour.
  • Good direction. The story never feels been dragged.
  • I wudnt really want to compare it with Hangover somehow. Its not the same star cast, neither similar line of story.

Minuses:

  • I just enjoyed, didnt notice flaws even if there are any.


My Rating: 3.5/5

The Social Network



Need to have right expectations to watch it. Its not about Facebook on the front. Its about the story behind it.Good
watch, nothing brilliant though from the movie perspective.

Pluses:
  • Need not decipher characters, the main character itself is by the real name and hence the story is straight forward.
  • Presentation is good.
  • First half keeps you going...lots of stuffs happening on all fronts.
  • The grey shade in the character of Mark Zuckerberg leaves a lasting impact.


Minuses:
  • Too much of legal content and politics in the second half.
  • The pace doesnt change at all in the second half, post interval u expect to see something more..given the constraint of the real story which is not always entertaining, the presentation could have been improved. As a result, u tend to loose interest in the second half

My Rating: 3/5

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Skyline



He he he...Good Joke :) Wanna have a frustrated laugh?? Go for it :)

Pluses:

  • Finally, some international stuffs getting worldwide releases on the same day,like this one.
  • Alien compostition wasnt bad, creativity was as per the standards.
Minuses:

  • Script screwed it up....totally!!
  • You can see a lot of bollywood make up :D Lots of "Kaho na Pyaar hai" and u are sure to be reminded of blue eyed Sunny Deol punching the alien with all his might :D
  • I hope the director isnt even dreaming of a sequel to it, the way they ended the flick unexplained, leaves u with a feeling of pulling you hairs out. :D


My Rating: 2/5

Friday, November 12, 2010

Devil



An average movie. Hardly has any horror element. Based more on the mythological beliefs. Not bad,nothing great either.
  
Pluses:
  • You can watch this flick sitting alone in a theatre mid night and come back peacefully without loosing your sleep in the night :D
  • The story manages to originate some belief in "Devil" without sounding absurd or creating any spooky imaginations on your mind. :)

Minuses:
  • The excitement factor is nil, since most of the happenings are predictable.
  • The story lacks a grip, 1.5 hrs also seems long for the show.


My Rating: 2/5

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Golmaal 3



Totally time pass. Golmaal- the original was far far better than any of its sequels.

Pluses:

  • Ajay Devgan. He is the only plus point.
  • Mithoon wasnt bad for a change :)
  • Kareena as such was good, but the tom boyish image wasnt expressed enough. 

Minuses:

  • I wonder what prompted Rohit Shetty to make Golmaal 3 after the not so success of Golmaal 2.
  • All the other actors including Arshad Warsi and most importantly Tushaar Kapoor were absolutely wasted. Tushar was quite irritating in this since his dialogues in most of the parts were not deciphered :D
  • Sick and tired of mindless action and mindless humour.
  • Jhony Lever is irritating.


My Rating: 2/5

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Action Replay



Do not even dare considering it for a watch. Absolute waste of money. Worst of all the typical Akshay Kumar comedy attempts.

Pluses:
  • Aishwarya looked pretty good throughout.
  • Aditya Roy Kapoor(Bunty) was cute and did well.
  • Ranvijay was the coolest looking character in the entire stretch. Loved him first time on a big screen. :)

Minuses:
  • Akshay Kumar. He should now immediately take action in banning any other such flick even in its post production stage else one more release of its kinds, and he is finished.
  • Aishwarya's usual attitude and body language, pretty irritating.
  • Story, as good as no story. Even the kids of this generation cannot digest it.
  • Pathetic sense of humour.
  • You are bound to be reminded of 'Love Story 2050' lookin at Randhir Kapoor and the gadget...the rest you can imagine :D


My Rating: 1.5/5

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Jhootha hi sahi




  
A forefront copy of "FRIENDS". They tried to rebuild the charm for hindi audience. Quite a success i must say. :) If u r not a die hard fan of FRIENDS and have an accepting attitude, u will surely like it.


Pluses:
  • Fun filled light hearted flick, very fresh :)
  • John Abraham...cant believe him in such a get up. Amazing :)
  • A new avatar of Raghu, he was simple awesome, loved every bit of him.
  • It’s a well attempted pick from the famous Soap Opera ‘FRIENDS’.
  • A few songs were good, very soothing. Especially the background song(English song) in the very beginning of the movie.
  • It’s a fresh take for the Indian film industry, the accepted standard of humor is re-evaluated.

Minuses:
  • Pakhi looked a tad older when paired with John. She even looked pretty bad in one or two song sequences.
  • The movie could have been tailored a bit shorter. The plot drags at a few parts.
  • I particularly found the character Raghu’s Sister and her boy friend’s story a bit annoying. Almost forced into.

My Rating: 3/5

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Rakta Charitra-I

 

Welcome back Ram Gopal Verma :) Absolutely loved it and now waitin for the next part.Very well made. As far as the gore content is concerned, it depends on how much gore have u watched before. :)

Pluses:
  • This was a much awaited comeback for the Ramu-Vivek duo :)
  • It isnt as gore as talked about. Need not hype the 'Adult'/Violent factor of it all that much.
  • Very well depicted story, keeps u glued to your seats till the end.
  • Powerpact presentation from Vivek Oberoi, Shatrughan Sinha.
Minuses:
  • Am sure you are not expecting much out of the music anyway. :)
  • Females have nothing much to do in the entire movie, they are either harrassed throughout or shown as an idiotic cop. 
My Rating: 3.5/5

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Anjaana Anjaani




Absolute time pass :) Dont go by the ratings on the web. Its not all that bad, neither great....just an average entertaining flick.

Pluses:
  • Ranbir Kapoor :) Cant help being biased here :D
  • Music...quite soothing and well picturised at a few places.
  • Sense of humour here and there is the only USP of the movie. It doesnt let u get bored or doesnt leave u irritated cos of a dull script.
Minuses:
  • Priyanka Chopra. We expect a lot better from her, then fooling around.
  • Script, Its as gd as no scipt :D Mindless entertaintment.

My Rating: 2.5/5

Sunday, September 19, 2010

We are a family



Typical of Karan Johar flick, family drama from the beginning till end. If u like family drama, u wont mind it, but it definately isnt for mass appeal.

Pluses:

  • Easily the best in all the Karan Johar series of emotional atyaachaar :D You wont feel fun, neither will u notice any of the actors smiling...in the entire stretch of the movie. :D
  • Kareena looked pretty in the movie. She was good.
  • Karan Johar finally managed to pull out emotional side of Arjun Rampal :D I bet, u wud have never seen Arjun cryin so much in his entire career. :D
  • Everybody consituting the family in "we are a family" had equal contribution, more or less shared equal screen space, well directed. :)
Minuses:

  • Kajol looked her worst in her entire career(post Bazigar era i.e ;) ). She is seen either irritated or troubled, a victim of divorce sometimes and sometimes a victim of Cancer.
  • A family is not always all bout crying all the time, Karan shud have cared bout the Indian family sentiments in such subjects :)
  • Music is horrible, such a let down from Dharma Productions.

My Rating: 3/3 (For all the rona-dhona, cudnt be better/worse than this. )
                   2.5/5 (Otherwise. :) )

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Dabangg



Need not explicitly quote wat to expect, the movie is made for Salman. :) Watch a light hearted show with family n friends. A guaranteed entertainment. Promos says it all :) This flick lived upto the hype created right from the first day of its promotions :)

Pluses:

  • Need i repeat!! SALMAN KHAN :D This is easily his best ever performance, one cult of its kinds. :)
  • Second USP, "Munni Badnaam" patakha- Malaika Arora, after a long time saw some such item no., which makes audience whistle,clap and dance in the theatre.
  • Arbaaz Khan was commendable for the nature of the role he chose to play, Dabangg being his own baby. :)
  • Dialogues were the heart of the movie, Salman Khan moreoever delivering them...steals the show :)
  • Sonu Sood as the villain of the movie, deserves a round of applause as well :)
  • You are not really bothered bout the script!! Are you?? Howsoever the script doesnt disappoint you.
  • Music was definately one of the plus points of the movie.
  • All in all a complete package of entertainment, nothin disappoints you really, if u go with the right set of expectations. i.e :)


Averages:

Sonakshi Sinha didnt have much to do, but she has uncanny resemblance to Eesha Deol, you just cant help remembering Eesha Deol in her early days. :D

Minuses:

Dont really want to scar every movie with minuses, untill n unless its unbeatble something. Just enjoy the flick. :)

My Rating: 4/5

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Step Up 3



All you should care about are dancing jacks. If u are expecting anything less or more out of it, then you are a loser, and not the makers of the movie :) A strong recommendation to all free style dance lovers. :)

Pluses:

  • Freaking dance moves, a distant dream in Indian Cinema.If u have a knack of free style dancing or even flavour for it, you sure will enjoy.
  • Since u know there is no choice of platform to watch such stuffs in India, so then dont miss to grab one such opportunity at least in a theatre near u :)
  • Thanks to the producer, he cared to spend some bucks to the script writer as well :D It isnt a story of a bunch of aimless dancers. :)
  • Sharni Vinson as Natalie was exceptionally commendable for her flawless dance moves.
  • A complete paisa vasool for watching a subject like this for net 2 hrs.

Minuses:

Not much of any scope for minuses, the focus never does falter from the main subject.

My Rating: 3/5 (For living upto its expectations)


Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Piranha



Long time having watched any such movie which is so adult(in all respect). Must watch for those who like it this way :D Though u can download n watch it, but some movies have a better effect only when watched in a theatre, else its just one another flick. Dont consider it in the "Horror" genre, u will like it or otherwise :)

Pluses:

  • The story doesnt let u down, u do not sit back the entire duration waiting for one incident to happen. It very successfully manages to glue u to ur seats, one after another incident, parellel incident, mass incident :D
  • Lots and lots of blood shed, quite a gory flick for that matter. Not for the faint hearted :)
  • I consider the above point as a plus since, this is how its meant to be :)
  • Unlike the v typical of such thrillers, where u see one incident in the v beginnin of the movie just to give u a punch of wat u can expect ahead and is totally regardless of wat follows next, the first incident in this one was well knitted, that was the base from which the movie goes forward.


Minuses:

  • Nothing really..i just enjoyed the gory and adult contents to its fullest :D 
  • Thought one point to mention, the after effect!!! You will be scared gettin down in any open water reservoir next time :D

My Rating: 3/5

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Lafangey Parindey



Very average movie. Lots of effort put in by all the actors, but a rather boring script pulled it down.

Pluses:
  • A big applaud for Neil Nitin Mukesh. :) He looked his best ever in the rugged feel and performed his best too.
  • Deepika Padukone was good on her part.
  • Mumbaiyaa dialogues were the essence of the movie.
  • One or two child artists were pretty good.
  • One can make out the effort put into skating by both the artists.
Minuses:
  • The script was very weak. One wudnt like to spend money in theatre to watch a tv show- "India's got talent" in the end of the day. We have much more better work to do.
  • Things that are already dramatised enough over tv, need not be put again in the form of cinema.
  • Music was so-so, absolute time pass.
My Rating: 2.5/5

Friday, August 27, 2010

The Expendables



Absolute time pass. Not worth the money.

Pluses:
  • Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham. They were the leads and were superb.
  • Good action, after all thats the very essence of the movie, it has to be good. :)
Minuses:
  • Rest of all the big names were absolutely wasted.
  • Script was no good, very cliched something.
My Rating: 2/5

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Peepli [Live]



Average time pass flick. Nothing new that we havent seen before. Story of below poverty line farmers and the politics of Indian Govt.

Pluses:
  • Our center of attraction, Nattha :) His expressions reminded me of Garfield :D Always neutral to everything happening around him. :P No reaction.
  • Good depiction of the farmer's reality.
  • A tight slap to the govt.
  • Sarcastic and humorous take on the media.
Minuses:
  • Very short movie, ever by bollywood. Not a paisa vasool, guys u can wait to watch it over ur Tata Sky within a few months :)
  • Cliched drama, have seen the satire on Media even before and also the plight of the people below poverty line, nothing impressive.
  • There was a lot more expected from Aamir Khan Productions.
  • Even though the movie was so short, spanning only by 1.5 hrs...i felt the movie was dragging, not much of content to show. Not very well scripted.
  • Music was so-so, more close to village folks songs.

My Rating: 2.5/5

Friday, August 13, 2010

Aisha


Light hearted entertainment. International take on fashion and style of movies...female centric of course. :)
PS: Its still a movie for both the sexes :)

Pluses:
  • As highly mis interpreted, it isnt a feminish movie ONLY. It definately is female centric but has a lot to do with mixed genders.
  • Here from begins another overhaul of Indian fashion, very well take on glamour.
  • I loved the direction of the movie.
  • Not much of any rona dhona or heavy hearted drama, v subtle emotions, rest only fun. :)
  • Beautiful locations in India, no foregin locations, but yet makes u feel like being there. :)
  • Sonam Kapoor, goes without saying was rocking throughout, she looked super hot and class :)
  • Abhay Deol was smashing as well...as usual his dialogues and delivery catches ur attention every time.
  • Ira Dubey was charming, Amrita puri was fresh n cute, Cyrus Sahukar was an idiot(thats a compliment for him :D) and last but not the least, Lisa Haydon and Arunoday Singh were hot :)

Minuses:
  • Script isnt any great..but direction pulls it all off.
  • Music was so-so, though gal meethi-meethi was aptly placed in the movie.
  • The potential of the all the stars in the movie was not completely utilised.
  • Less expectations work, more fails :)

My Rating: 3.5/5

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Once upon a time in Mumbai



One flick that lived upto its promises and hype :) A very well written and well done movie. A must watch.

Pluses:
  • Very heavy dialogues, totally reminds you of the past era. :)
  • The entire starcast, viz. Ajay, Emraan, Kangna, Prachi, Randeep....the success of the movie is not on just one star, but all :)
  • Kangna was a surprise element, her accent improved :D And looks as gorgeous and confident as ever. :)
  • Music is pretty good and suiting the class of the movie.
  • Script was very well written, and also directed quite well.
Minuses:
  • Its a male centric movie, even though both the females were good, they didnt have much scope to perform.
  • At a few places the dialogues were overdone, u cant except every other citizen to be a role model :D

Rating: 4/5

Saturday, August 7, 2010

Khatta Meetha


A very time pass flick. You wudnt hate it, nor will u love it so much.

Pluses:
  • Very biased, but my only reason to watch this movie was Akshay Kumar.I somehow love him with anythin he does. :)
  • Quite unexpectedly the movie had a script, it was not completely mindless. :)
  • Music definately did sound better in theatre.
  • There wasnt any village drama at the end of the movie, as is commonly cited in every Priyadarshan flick.
Minuses:
  • Trisha...she was v disappointing...Honeslty Hindi doesnt suit her...her voice moreoever is dubbed, it is v uncomfortable to watch her.
  • Akshay was omnipresent but his role didnt have the punch at all.
  • Songs were most of the times just forcefully pushed in.

My Rating: 2/5

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Inception


Personally, i felt its just and over hyped flick.A good watch for sure, but doesnt live up to the hype created around it.

Pluses:
  • Leo, goes without saying.
  • A totally new concept to explore, the sub conscious mind. :)
  • The unrelated narration and depth of the dreams, which keeps you glued to your seats.
  • The touch that the script has to the various aspects and detailing of a persons dreams.
  • An abrupt ending, left audiences open to free assumptions/interpretations
Minuses:
  • Cliched drama of husband-wife crap viz. dead wife..coming in dream...bearing guilt and bla bla.
  • It even drags at a few places, for example the third nested dream in the snow, i almost fell asleep during the dream :D
  • An abrupt ending, left audiences open to free assumptions/interpretations. I know its one of the pluses, but also one of the minuses, feels like utter waste of time so far trying to decipher the entire story, ending into an open space. Howsoever, everyone is a winner, those who understood the movie n also those who didnt. :P
  • Accepted the concept was new, but neither the style nor the punch in the end was something never seen before.
  • A lot better was expected for Leo-Nolan duo.

My Rating: 3/5

Friday, July 30, 2010

Salt


Absolute time pass. Nothing in the script, nothin new to watch. Pure action. Watch it only for Jolie.

Pluses:
  • Angelina Jolie. Watch the movie only for her.
  • One would have to wait really long to see Bollywood actresses doing such stunts. Imagine Madhuri Dixit of Angelina's age doin something like Salt :D 
Minuses:
  • Cliched script.
  • Not a paisa vasool for the female audiences. :D
  • Its a v short movie, for bout less than 2 hrs. Another reason for not being a paisa vasool flick. :D
  • One good part of a short movie is, if u dont see any pluses, u dont have many minuses either :P
My Rating: 2.5/5

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Tere Bin Laden


Entertaining but not for all kinds of audiences, strictly for multiplex audience. Sarcastic sense of humour dominates.

Pluses:
  • No huge expectations from any character, at times its good for a small budget movie with low profile actors :) And hence they deliver well, at least apparently they do. :D
  • Sarcastic humour is the soul of the movie. A lot of double meaning dialogues as well.
  • Look alike of Laden is mind blowing.
  • Well written script, without hurting any sentiments...opens out everything.
  • Its my first experience of Karachi on a big screen, liked it. :)
Minuses:
  • Since u dont expect much, u dont really mind anythin. :)

My Rating: 3.5/5

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Udaan

 
 
A movie meant for multiplex and teenage audience. A story of every rebel teenager. Quite a slow movie.

Pluses:
  • Rajat Barmecha for his rocking debut.
  • Ronit Roy, u will absolutely hate him by the end of the movie, such is this man's impact on u. :) Very very convincing act.
  • For those who enjoy some literary stuffs, there are some good deep rooted poetic narrations.
  • The dont care attitude and a rebel inside every teenage kid is portrayed pretty well.
Minuses:
  • Its documentary style presentation, too slow.
  • Not a very significant role for Ram Kapoor,he had much better scope than utilised.
  • Music at some places is soothing, others ignorable.
  • Movie lacks grip, not many will be able to hold on to the patience to sit through the entire thin. :)
My Rating: 3/5

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Knight and Day


Full on action and drama with a touch of sarcastic humour througout. All in all a complete time pass, entertaining flick. :)

Pluses:
  • Tom Cruise :)
  • Cameroon Diaz did a good job too, even though am not a big fan of hers. :)
  • Some of the witty humourous dialogues were the actual soul of the movie, without which the movie would have been the same old cliched action drama.
  • Its USP, is its fast paced action which doesnt let u get bored even for a moment.

Minuses:
  • Mindless stuffs, keep ur brains and all logics at home :)
  • Since there is not much of mind applied into it, so i am blind towards every other minuses :P

My Rating: 3/5 ( Purely for its entertainment value :) )

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Toys Storys 3


One really nice animation flick in quite sometime. :) The name sounds quite kiddish n silly, but its meant for all age groups. Light hearted, refreshing movie. :)

Pluses:
  • Simplicity of the story, v cute. :) Nicely done script. :)
  • All the characters especially the Bear, the big doll are awesome and so are our Buzz and Cowboy. :)
  • Takes you through a joyous ride of fanatasy world, which has all masalas, viz. politics, action, drama, love stories :)
Minuses:
  • Once again, 3D wasnt really required, its v much okay to watch it in 2D.
  • Might feel a little long while watchin, u cant cook much out of a simple script.

My Rating: 3.5/5

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

I Hate Love Storys


Long time having watched anythin but entertaintment. :) Even after so much of rona dhona involved, it never fails to create a good sense of humour at right places. :) A v gd weekend watch. One serious advice, dont expect anythin extraordinary.

Pluses:
  • Sonam Kapoor looks just and simply "WOW" throughout. :)
  • We love Imran as cutie pie and not as a macho man. :)
  • Whenever u feel the emotions are taking a toll, the good humour of the movie keeps you going. Fresh humour is the best thin bout this flick.
  • You will love all the comic references to every Karan Johar's romantic "SAGA's" :D
  • Imran's fren/colleauge/guide is one fab character. :)

Minuses:
  • Music most of the times is boring, apart from a 1 or 2 songs, every other songs is comfortably ignorable.
  • First half is better than second half, post interval it drags a bit but the diretor manages to end it well. :)
  • Imran Khan's character is quite cynical and irritating at times especially in the beginning, and he actually feels so feminish with his girlish bak-bak image. His dialogues shud have been cut short, he doesnt need to speak so much to prove his hatred towards love stories after all :D
  • At a few instances the drama is a little too much to bear, but i guess u shoud give this much of edge to Karan Johar after all :P

My Rating: 3/5

Monday, June 28, 2010

A-Team



Shut your mind and have a blast through every roller coaster ride that it offers. Not a bad watch.

Pluses:
  • Entertaining enough.
  • All the characters of the movie are well portrayed.
  • Good sense of humour throughout.
  • Some good to catch tips and tricks as well.
  • Conspiracies well revealed at right times.
  • Bradley Cooper looks really sexy shirtless with blue eyes all the more highlighted ;)
Minuses:
  • This is one movie where u might once get bored of continous mindless action for once untill in the second half when the story is given some outline to justify all the booms.
  • Not even a single female to bank upon.
My Rating: 2.5/3

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Raavan

 
 
Not a taste for all. I found it manifold better than Rajneeti. Its a sheer pleasure checking out the locations of shoot. Brilliant cinematography. Story is v much to its credit. Mark my words, dont expect too much and i guarantee you a good watch.

Pluses:
  • Excellent Cinematography.
  • Beautiful locations, wet rainforests and abundant greenery.
  • The script was good according to me.
  • Abhishekh was pretty awesome except for a few overexpressive deliveries,and so was Aishwarya and Vikram.
  • I especially loved the roles of Govinda and Ravi Kisan, for their sarcastic humour.
  • A.R Rehman rocks throughout for the music and the background score.
  • Highlights:The best scene is the action sequence over the hanging bridge between the final duo.
Minuses:
  • Overexpressive deliveries here and there by Aishwarya as well as Abhishekh.
  • Editing of the movie at a few places is not fine.
  • Special effects for a few scene at the beginning of the movie is also pretty sad.
  • A forced song between Aishwarya and Vikram is unbearable, Aishwarya danced a little too much than required.
  • Abrupt ending on the part of Govinda's character remains unexplained.

My Rating: 3.5/5

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Shutter Island



Psychotic flick. Slow, steady paced. Those who are used to watching fast paced movies, might run out of patience. Overall, is an intriguing flick.

Pluses:
  • Goes without sayin, Leo :)
  • Intense feel of the flick.
  • Engulfed with mystery throughout, keeps u glued to the seat..howsoever slow paced.
  • Leaves you tossing between the basics of the movie, whether its a suspense or a horror(after life kinda thin)
  • The final scene however is the best shot in the entire flick. :)

Minuses:

  • Slow paced as mentioned.
  • The final revelation is not all that moving or shocking. There is always an element of clue and open ends which gives u enough room for various assumptions. Hence doesnt come out as a mind boggling surprise.And this is where it looses on my rating for the movie.
  • The nightmares of his wife drags a little too much, at times gets unbearable.

My Rating: 3/5

Monday, June 7, 2010

Rajneeti

 
 
Modern Mahabharat. Pretty much exagagerated way to put up Indian Politics. Trailors are quite misleading.Overall, an average movie. Just reaping the benefits of the box office failure of 'Kites'.

Pluses:
  • Ranbir Kapoor and Arjun Rampal. Who says Arjun Rampal cant act :D He doesnt need to :D His killer looks and attitude are enough to draw audience :) Ranbir though is versatile, and he proves it yet again. :)
  • Script is unpredictable, so it keeps you glued to your seat till the end.
  • No unnecessary songs pushed in.
  • Not even a single scene goes off the track, story is pretty focussed from the begining till the end.

Minuses:

  • Katrina is totally wasted.All of the trailors that u see, comprises of only the last 20 mins of the movie.
  • Some scenes are unbearably dramatic, as that of 'Kunti' interfacing 'Karan', the kind of "shudh" Hindi used in this particular shot is a pain to listen through.
  • Too much exaggeration of politics, killings after killings...if Indian govt had to be such, then our country would have been under an emergency all the time.
  • Funny part is when u can see one after another additions on the wall of the 'Pandava's' individuals been put up with a "maala" over the picture. :P
  • There are a v few female characters in the movie, and all of them have been impregnated once. Really funny.

My Rating: 2.5/5

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Prince of Persia: The sands of time


Absolute time pass.Nothin extraordinary but yet entertaining. Go watch, have fun and then forget it :)

 Pluses:
  • Beautiful sets and computer graphics to admire.
  • Fast paced action sequences.
  • I particularly loved the background score of the movie.
  • I also personally liked the Prince-Jake Gyllenhaal as well, he had pretty adorable expressions throughout.
  • A few characters like the head of the merchant bandits was also very humorous.
Minuses:
  • The story lacks grip in it.
  • It drags in a few places.
My rating: 2.5/5

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Shrek 4

  


Super cute flick. One of the best's of the animated series in 3D. Visuals were good, so was the story and the characters :) Worth a watch.

Pluses:
  • 3D animation was really good.
  • Story was very cute, second half is better than the first.
  • Shrek was mindblowing, and so was Feona...check her out in the second half :D
  • Loved everything about the movie, be it the donkey, or the Puss in the boots, or even the villain and the witches, anythin and everythin :)
Minuses:

Dont want to forcefully create any. :)

My Rating: 4/5

Friday, May 21, 2010

Kites


Not worth even a single watch. Wish one would sell tickets for half the movie till intermission, then u could have given it a try. It hurts a lot to say this, but the movie is total waste of time.

Pluses:
  • Hrithik looked super dude in the first half an hr of the movie. I couldnt take my eyes off him.
  • Kangna was looking better than expected.
  • The dance sequence "Fire" was breathtaking for an Indian actor to perform.
Minuses:
  • Very poorly written script.
  • Poor direction.Wish Rakesh Roshan would have directed the flick instead of Anuraag Basu, he knws how to churn the best out of his son.
  • The movie lacked the touch, the soul.
  • Be it the love story, or the action sequences or the tragedy, nothing was touching.
  • Songs were literally forced into when the span of the movie is hardly of 2 hrs.
  • Except for "Zindagi" and "Fire", none other songs were any good.
  • Barbara Mori-No comments.

My Rating: 2/5

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Badmaash Company


Good movie, and the credit completely goes to the script. Not for everybody's taste i believe. Nevertheless, i loved it. :)

Pluses:
  • The script was very well written.
  • Drama was complete, nothing was overdone yet.
  • Kudos to the director, he churned the best out of all the actors. :) Parmeet Sethi made his mark.
  • Anushka is good when compared to her debut movie, Veer is cute, Chang is pretty good for a debutant, Shahid is a lot better post Kaminey.
  • Indian cinema is growin, like this fact.
Minuses:
  • There were a few loose ends here and there, like how was Anushka earning her living after breaking from the partnership of the company; and also wat happened to the legal marriage of Shahid which he committed for a green card.
  • Songs are good only within the context of the movie, not otherwise.
  • Might not strike a cord with the masses, made for kinda selective audience. 

My Rating: 3.5/5

Monday, May 10, 2010

Iron Man 2



A good watch. But dont expect anything to be extraordinarily gratifying. I still consider Iron Man better than its sequel. The punch as was seen in Iron Man was felt missing in this sequel.

Pluses:
  • Entertaining.
  • Scarlett Johansson was good in her short role.
  • As you would expect, Tony Stark's attitude is mesmerising.
  • I particularly loved the role of Pepper Potts in the sequel.
  • Good action, though none of the action sequences did last for long.
Minuses:
  • First half reminds you of Spider Man 3.
  • They had a good plot to begin with
  1. Side effects of having a chemical device inside Tony's body.
  2. An age old revenge.
  3. Tony's father's dream.
     Alas, they cudnt frame it properly.
  • Script was definately poorly written and the editing of the movie was equally not up to the mark.
  • All the other actors except for Robert Downey Jr and Gwyneth Paltrow were wasted.

My Rating: 2.5/5

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Housefull

 
 
Aboluste time pass. Keep ur logic behind, take a back seat and enjoy.

Pluses:
  • Deepika shed maximum clothes for the first time in the first half of the movie. :D Nevertheless, she looked gorgeous.
  • Lara looked absolute chic in her uniform at work. She was consistently looking fine through out.
  • Arjun Rampal as usual was killer with his looks.
  • The song, "Aapka ka kya hoga janaab-e-ali", totally rocked in the theatre.
  • The script even though mindless doesnt bore you.

Minuses:
  • For such a huge star cast, the acting was quite poor.
  • The script is hopeless.
  • Akshay Kumar is completely wasted, he should now grow out of this and such kinda roles finally.
  • Akshay Kumar's character is a main character, and is exaggerated a lot.
  • You perhaps might not find it paisa vasool though.

My Rating: 2/5

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

How to train your Dragon



Super cute flick. Absolutely loved it. A must watch for all the kids as well as adults,prefarably in 3D.

Pluses:
  • All the characters were out of the world cute. :) Especially our dragon in the movie and its trainer.
  • 3D effects are simply amazing.
  • Lovely script, a complete one, it does never end abruptly.
Minuses:

He he....Just cant think of any. :)

Special Verdict: Please go with a right mindset, remember you are attempting to watch an animated flick. Expect accordingly.

My Rating: 3.75/5 :D

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Paatshala

 

Time Pass. Nothin extraordoinary.

Pluses:

  • It just reminds u of Shahid when ye was still younger, as the movie is an old one. Shahid looks super cute. Better Shahid maintains his cute look than his macho counterpart. Doest suit him.
  • An attempt for a new script. Its at least not cliched.
  • Every character had equal opportunity to perform.

Minuses:
  • A little exaggerated. All the instances shown didnt look upto the mark.
  • Nana Patekar was wasted.

My Rating: 2/5

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Phoonk 2


Absolute waste of time. Can be avoided without any second thought.

Pluses:
  • Sudeep-The male lead.
  • Tolerable
  • Didnt drag to a full length bollywood flick.
  • No song :D
Minuses:
  • Lack of a good story line
  • Dragging first half
  • Improper and abrupt ending
  • Worthless attempt to create fear.
  • Horrible sound effects.
My Rating: 1.5/5

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Clash of the Titans


Time pass, but make sure to watch it only in 2D. 3D is a complete waste of money. Hardly any visual effects in 3D. Once again, you wont mind missing it.Very cliched.

Pluses:
  • Sam Worthington post 'Avatar'. Fans might love to watch him.
  • No other worthy movie to watch this week. :P
Minuses:
  • Sam Worthington again, since he disappoints u post 'Avatar'.
  • Cliched dragons, same old special effects.
  • Over hyped dragon, for which u keep waitin till the end, just to see him die within no time.

My Rating: 2/5

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Tum milo to sahi

Average movie. You wont mind watching.Neither will u miss having ignored it. :)

Pluses: 
  • Nana Patekar and Dimple Kapadia
  • Light hearted flick, neither does it entertain u all that much, nor does it bore u.
Minuses:
  • Horribly forced songs
  • Pathetic acting by Sunil Shetty and the debutant hero.
  • Court room drama could have been avoided in the end of the movie.

My Rating: 2/5

Monday, March 29, 2010

Well done Abba

Brilliant movie. Absolutely loved it. Its a movie for the masses though and less for the multiplex audience. Something as serious as an issue, so carefully blended with a touch of humour all through. Completely fell in love with all the characters of the movie. All were sooooo cute. :) A definite watch but with a correct mindset. No glamour, just a simple off beat flick.

Pluses:
  • A low budget,but a very well made movie.
  • Kudos to the scriptwriter, good story.
  • Amazing acting by especially Boman Irani and Minisha Lamba.
  • The essence of the story lies post interval, unlike most of the flicks which screws the story after a build up.
Minuses:
  • First half drags quite a lot, where u keep wonderin where is the intermission gone missing.
  • Music is so-so, not for mass appeal.
  • Dont expect any eye candy.

My rating: 3.5/5

Shaapit

Not as bas as u might expect. Very much watchable. Less scary but entertainment guaranteed :D Aditya Narayan was so-so, and so was the lead actress, who goes for ghost huntin wearin mini skirts and high heels :D They have tried to add as much as events as possible in the flick so that people dont get bored.

Pluses:
  • There are enough events to keep you glued till the end.
  • Entertainment guaranteed. :D

Minuses:
  • Poor storyline (as was expected), failed to justify the mystery created rightfully.
  • Horrible music, most of which are sad ones, you sure can ignore them.
  • Kiddish and unacceptable angles from Aditya in a few scenes, especially in the beginning which irritates u at times.
  • Doesnt create much of any horror impact.

My Rating: 2.5/5

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Love Sex aur Dhoka(LSD)



Go with the right expectations. Its not about SEX alone guys :D Sorry, to diasppoint u, not much of adult content :D 3 stories, shot with handicam. First 2 stories were good enough. Third story was quite sluggish, and having equally loud and irritating characters.Movie isnt for the masses. Selective multiplex audience.

Pluses:
  • Length of the movie is short.
  • Not much of time wastage on ridiculous songs.
  • Not a single length story, so doesnt bore you continously.

Minuses:
  • Not even a single hot chic to admire(Barring the choices of those who do not mind slutty looking ones :P)
  • Not a movie for a mass appeal
  • Music doesnt sound good to ears, though has a selective audience for the same.

My Rating: 2.5/5



Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Women's Day

Create new definitions of what it means to be a woman. If there is a box that society has created or one that you have created for yourself and you find that box confining, climb out of that box. If following the prescribed guidelines for femininity is the way to your bliss, then follow those! If you need to change those guidelines to suit your soul's need, change them! Let there be no rules except the ones you make for yourself. Allow yourself this freedom of self-definition and applaud its different versions in your fellow travellers. Be yourself and do us all proud!

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

My Name is Khan


Complete time pass flick.Highly over-rated. A pathetic script. I hate movies which are totally dedicated to one single star, just like MNIK built for Mr SRK. By the end of the movie, i almost felt like escaping out of the theatre. People will now throw eggs and tomatoes on me for such comments. But i cant help it if i find Karan Johar a waste director.

Plot:

This again goes back to 9/11. They have promised they wont let us get over that particular incident. No idea how many people died in this incident, but am v sure it cant be more than the victims of the recent eathquakes in Haiti or Chile or even any of such accidents in the history before 9/11 as well. But yet, we will always consider 9/11 as the biggest of all.

Anyway, Rizwaan Khan(SRK) is an autistic patient in the movie. Please dont mistake him for a brainless poor fellow :D He is actually v sharp. He can pick anythin up much quicker than any normal guy. Whatever he learns once, can never forget. He is almost an encylopedia of anythin and everythin. His family back in India consists of his poor mother and a younger brother, Zakir(Jimmy Shergil). Zakir always has a certain sense of insecurity from Rizwan, as Rizwan always gets more attention from his mom. They grow up, Rizwan turns out to be an early bread earner of the family. He can fix almost any machine. Zakir meanwhile flees out to US for highier studies in resentment.

Sometime later Zakir gets married, and calls his mom to US along with Rizwan. But before she could make her visit to US, she expires leavin Rizwan alone. Rizwan had promised his mother to be a happy man and make his own happy family. He sets out alone to US to his younger brother. Zakir is runnin a cosmetic company in US. He appoints Rizwan as one of the salesman there. Rizwaan is scared of 2 thins, viz yellow color and noise. One fine day, he faced both of his trauma causing reasons together in the middle of the road. That is where he first time comes across Mandira (Kajol). Looks like Karan just cudnt figure out how to introduce KAJOL. One stupid voice from behind and the person disappears instead of helpin the poor fellow, Rizwaan. :P Funny!! Thenafter he visits Mandira in a parlour, where she is a hair stylist. He endorses his bro's product and manages to sell it as well. Surprisingly Mandira was takin all the call to buy the products, herself being a mere employee :) Rizwan falls in love with her in the first sight itself. Now he is a regular visitor. Finds out all the details about Mandira. Mandira is a divorced mother of a teenager kid.

Now this time on, Rizwaan is crazy after Mandira, fallin every now and then on his knees proposin to her for getting married to him. Mandira avoids him for obvious reasons. Until and unless Rizwaan wins over a bet with Mandira, and she finally agrees to marry him :D How simple is that to woe a matured woman to take responsibility of an already challenged man along with her own growing kid :D But people, there's another strong reason after all :) Her kid Sameer starts likin the guy. Same old story repeated, a mother's heart n all that. Moral
of the story is, if u want to patao-fy a divorced mother, patao her kid first. :P Now they get married and are a happy family together. Rizwan stood upon the promise he made to his mother. Then happens the tragedy of 9/11. Same old story, all Asians are harrassed. And Muslims are even bigger victims. Post weddin, a Hindu Mandira has now become Mandira Khan. Now do i need to tell u the repurcussions of the same?? i dont think so :)

All the firangi frens are no more allies. Even the best fren of Sameer has left him. Next tragedy is Sameer's deadth. Karan tries to gain a lot of sympathy on this ground, while i was fuming with anger on my decision to watch this movie. The brave heart Sameer, takes all the unncessary panga with the senior students.Not just once, thrice, even after being beaten up already twice. Wat else do u expect guys, he was accidently killed by the big boys. His firang fren Reese is a witness but he is asked to keep his mouth shut. Mandira in despair turns Rizwaan out of her house. And when Rizwaan asks her, when he can get back, Mandira asks her to go and tell it to the entire US citizens, and why not the president of US directly, that he is a Khan, and he isnt a terrorist. Yes folks, that exactly is the reaosn why i am bound to mention this stupid conversation between Mandira and Rizwaan, cos this is the reason behind our Rizwaan to set out on a journey of his own to catch upon the president of US :P This turn off factor is a reason enough for me to leave the theatre.

But i continued, brave heart myself. :) But i wudnt waste a lot of my time commentin on the rest of the movie. Its a complete waste here after. The worst part are the scenes related to Hurricane hit US region in Georgia. First our hero Rizwan, followed by media people, in turn to be followed by bhai-bhabhi...even Mandira, and also not to leave alone his enemies, all gathered one by one to get to help or to hurt our hero,in the worst of the places, Hurricane hit Georgia :P Where people are dyin, no medical aid or anythin provided to them even by the govt, due to inaccessibility. But our filmi guys make it there. :) Worst part of the movie. And please dont be disappointed guys. Our hero will meet the president you know!!! Election happens in US, now the president is our Barack Obama who is played by a black actor :D And our Rizwan, not alone but with his wife meets the president, and finally tells him that he is Khan and not a terrorist. :D Applauds!!!! Sigh!!! What a story, what a waste of time.

No sympathy at all on anyone's death or misery in the movie. No romance at all between Kajol and SRK except for a few places where they talk bout sex :P Dull story, dull music. Not even any special appearance :D How on earth do u think will u sell this flick. Cheers to Karan Johar, he is simply brilliant. He managed not only to sell the movie without even a single hot scene or chic in the entire flick, but he even managed to make huge bucks out of it. He very well knows how to make business.

My Rating: 2/5

Monday, March 1, 2010

Rann




More of a reality flick, just as the promos suggest. More on the lines of Madhur Bhandarkar. :) But yes, the subject of the movie is the need of the hour. The target this time is the media. :) A good flick, not for entertainment really, more of a serious stuff. But quite gripping.The best part of the movie is, the more you try to predict it, the more it tends to differ.After a long time, came somethin better from Ramu. :)

Plot:


This is a story of an honest TV Reporter, Vijay Mallik(Amitabh Bachchan). He is the god of the media industry. He is created his own niche, and built a company of his own which sells news. His channel covers only which is true and a relevant news, absolutely no bakwaas, nothin will this channel show just to earn more TRP in order to earn big bucks for themselves. The result being, other channels are more popular than him, and the owners more richer than him. The character of his son is played by Sudeep (Jai). He represents today's youth, who is more ambitious, and is more interested in earning money. He often disagrees with his father's flow of work and questions them to change them.

Now introducing Purab(Ritesh Deshmukh). He is a wannabe reporter. And his guru is none other than Vijay. He someday wishes to work with him and fortunately gets a job with him as well. His girl fren is played by Gul Panag. Enough of heroes, now comes the villain. :D (Mohan Pandey)Paresh Rawal is a politician from the opposition party, and aims to rule the country one day. He conspired with Jai's Brother in law, (Rajat Kapoor) ,and industrialist for a big game.Rajat's personal interest being, to be the top industrialist of the country. Vijay has some more competitors, such as Amrish Kakkar(Monish Behl), who once used to be an employee of Vijay, but now owns his own channel.

Here from the real story begins. The conspirators targets Jai, who is the weak thread of all. He is short tempered and hence easy to manipulate. They show him a way to earn more money and beat the competitors in the market. He easily falls for it, and make use of his own father in the plot. Entire nation considers Vijay as an honest reporter, none can questions the news comin from him. His son makes use of the father to telecast a false news. To which the nation reacts, and the govt falls, resultin in new campaigns, and extreme benefit for Mohan Panndey. Amidst all these, Jai is screwed up with a murder case.

Purab smells somethin fishy, and starts investigating himself without anybody else's notice. And he finds out the entire plot behind. He trusts none else but the COO of the company played by Suchitra. Suchitra turns out to be disloayal to her own company. She sells off the news to Kakkar for her own benefit. When Purab gets to know the depth of all the issues, he stops trustin everyone. Meawhile, Jai is reignin on his success, he plans to marry his long time gal fren played by Neetu Chandra.

In the end, Purab starts hating Vijay itself, since he was in a notion, that VIjay started it all. Having no other tunnel, he approaches Vijay directly, and tells him everythin with the proofs he has collected so far. Vijay now is in extreme state of shock. He just cudnt believe his own son has used him. He goes and confesses all this in front of the media live. The entire new govt is once again shaken with MOhan Pandey being the ruler this time. Failing to cope with the entire stress, Jai suicides. Vijay not able to gain the confidence back again, and also not having the courage to face the world anymore, hands over the charge of the company to Purab, someone who he can trust.

There is practically no songs in the movie, only background scores, which at times get irritating. The flick is very much watchable and leaves u with a good impact.Amitabh as usual is outstanding :)

My Rating: 3/5

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Ishqiya



A good time pass and entertaining flick. Dont expect too much out of it. Just a regular masala film. Watch it for the dialogues and the delivery of the same. The movie is only for the characters and less for the story.

Plot:

This a story of a village in Uttar Pradesh and a love triangle between the 3 important characters of the movie viz Babban(Arshad Warsi), KhaluJaan(Naseerddin Shah) and Krishna(Vidya Balan). Khalujaan and Babban are 2 thieves who have managed to flee some cash under the nose of their own boss. They are now on a run to escape from their boss. They try all possible place for a shelter and finally Krishna comes to aid. Krishna is a widow of a
former criminal Verma.In the run, Khalunjaan starts falling for Krishna on account of a common interest "Music". Babban on the other hand is a womaniser.While on the other hand, Krishna starts plotting a big game, of abducting a low profile rich businessman with the interest of encashing a bit and lured Khalujaan and Babban in the plot in the name of saving them from the don who is threatening them for money.What hidden plan Krishna has behind the abduction is not known till the end.

Both the thieves starts implementing the drama now.Meanwhile Babban falls in love with Krishna. And there is a proper love triangle now, where both Khalujaan and Babban try to beat each other to earn some quality time with the lady.The rest half of the movie is all light headed entertainment. Watch, laugh and forget.

The twist unveils when Krishna's intentions are cleared behind everything. And that follows a series of love, hatred, betrayal, fights..finally ending on a happy note.

Music is good to the ears. You can expect to have a good weekend watch on the flick.

My Rating: 2.5/5