Thursday, January 28, 2016

Kyaa Kool Hain Hum 3






Cast: Tusshar Kapoor, Aftab Shivdasani, Krishna Abhishek(Mickey), Claudia Ciesla(Sakku), Gizele Thakral(Sanskar), VJ Andy, Danny Sura(Sundar), Darshan Jariwala, Mandana Karimi(Shalu), Meghna Naidu(Maasi), Shakti Kapoor, Sushmita Mukherjee(Sindoor Bua), Jimmy Moses(Jimmy), Gauhar Khan and Ritesh Deshmukh
Director: Umesh Ghadge
Genre: Comedy




Avoid watching unless you are a Tusshar Kapoor fan :P



You may look forward to:
  • The only appearance i liked in the movie is that of the cameo by Ritesh Deshmukh
  • Gauhar Khan although looks old now, but her cameo song is good
  • Krishna Abhishek has a decent role, and perhaps the only person in the film who may make you giggle in a scene or two
  • If at all there is any oomph factor, however forced, Gizele Thakral and Meghna Naidu can be accounted for


What you can sleep over:
  • Poor Aftab Shivdasani, he is treated as a second fiddle to Tusshar Kapoor. He hardly has any main content. He is better suited for 'Masti' series
  • The firangi ladies viz; Claudia Ciesla and Mandana Karimi are strictly ok
  • Darshan Jariwala, Shakti Kapoor and Sushmita Mukherjee are just there, they add nothing to the content except for adding onto the crowd. The most disappointing role is that of Darshan Jariwala's, he being the center role, hardly helps creating any humor



The dampeners you should be aware of:
  • When the apparent co-lead becomes a supporting actor, the actual supporting characters viz; Jimmy Moses, VJ Andy and Danny Sura are not even visible
  • I wonder why is Tusshar Kapoor chosen as the lead! He becomes the biggest dampener for the film. He doesn't have the capability to carry a film single handedly
  • To top it, the script and dialogues are pretty lame. Jokes should have some minimum standard. And this comedy is a big time failure even for the genre of its kinds




My Rating: 1.5/5

1- Poor  2-Average  3-Good  4-Very Good  5- Outstanding

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Airlift






Cast: Akshay Kumar, Nimrat Kaur, Kumud Mishra(Sanjeev Kohli), Inaamulhaq(Major Khalaf), Purab Kohli, Nissar Khan(Ashok), Ninad Kamat(Kurian), Prakash Belawadi(George) and Feryna Wazheir(Tasneem)
Director: Raja Menon
Genre: History, War, Drama




One off Bollywood films based on history, which is a must watch!



You may look forward to:
  • Akshay Kumar doles out a terrific performance, as the film rides entirely on his shoulders. He is one actor, whose movies if not over hyped or closely awaited, but when he delivers, he doesn't fail creating a roar. He pulls off the role of a leader in an atmosphere of major crisis very conveniently, his charismatic attitude adds on to his profile 
  • Nimrat Kaur is a good support, although she doesn't have any meaty role. She looks ravishing, as well gives out some countable good dialogue deliveries
  • Kumud Mishra has a very significant role to play, one who is majorly contributing to bring about the evacuation plan to a success
  • Purab Kohli and Feryna Wazheir has a silent but a good supporting role. Nissar Khan and Ninad Kama, adds on to the supports
  • Prakash Belawadi helps adding on to some humorous angle to the otherwise dramatized version of this piece of history



What you can sleep over:

They never show what happens to the first batch of 500 people who are evacuated on a ship, that remains quite a mystery for what so ever reasons




The dampeners you should be aware of:
  • Inaamulhaq is less threatening and more a friendly and funny villain of the film :P Most of the villainous act lies with the rampant soldiers
  • The feeling of crisis barring few instances didn't really feel as looming, as it must have been in reality




My Rating: 3.5/5

1- Poor  2-Average  3-Good  4-Very Good  5- Outstanding

Monday, January 25, 2016

The Danish Girl






Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Matthias Schoenaerts(Hans),Ben Whishaw(Henrik) and Sebastian Koch(Dr. Warnekros)
Director: Tom Hooper
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance



A compelling piece of art. Simply amazing!



You may look forward to:
  • Eddie Redmayne is a character artist, a method actor. Any role that he plays, it just gets into his skin. With his body language and attitude, he is so very convincing as 'Lily' that you almost doubt the person in real.This character although is a role which has a gray shade to it, 'Lily' is at times so selfish that she never feels the pain of her wife. But at the same time Lily portrays the human emotions so beautifully and so brave, that it astonishes the audience
  • Alicia Vikander on the other end, is no less a performer. This Biography is not complete without her sacrifice. Her role depicts the emotional strength of a woman as much as the weakness, to take it all and yet never able to let go. Her love for 'Lily' is truly unbiased and unconditional. And  Alicia Vikander does true justice to this film
  • Matthias Schoenaerts and Ben Whishaw, are in short supporting roles. But they share an amazing chemistry with the two leads of the film respectively
  • Sebastian Koch has a very important role in History as the first ever doctor performing sexual transformation surgery in a transgender, although not as significant a role from the film's perspective



What you can sleep over:

Even though they say this is a script loosely based on the true story, you can very well ignore the part which says 'loosely' :)




The dampeners you should be aware of:

I wont say a dampener for the film, but yes certain aspects an audience should be aware of will count; the nudity aspect in the film which renders it strictly to adult audience. As well the slow pace of the film.
This movie is a piece of art, it has no pointer anywhere to vulgarity and hence i believe even the Indian Censor Board did not edit most of any nudity from the film!




My Rating: 4/5

1- Poor  2-Average  3-Good  4-Very Good  5- Outstanding

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Wazir





Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Farhan Akhtar, Aditi Rao Hydari,Manav Kaul(Qureshi), Mazel Vyas(Ruhi), Neil Nitin Mukesh and John Abraham
Director: Bejoy Nambiar
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller



Boring and less intriguing, however watchable!



You may look forward to:
  • Amitabh Bachchan carries his charm on! Nothing extraordinary in this film, yet he is the main lead of the film
  • Aditi Rao Hydari is cute, she suits this profile perfectly. Contrary to my expectations, she has good enough screen presence
  • Manav Kaul is amazing. This actor is finally getting his due in film industry. He can perform and that he shows with every film he appears in
  • Mazel Vyas has an apt role, she is one of the major pivots of the story and she plays it well



What you can sleep over:
  • Farhan Akhtar could have done a lot better than this. He unfortunately has no meat in the story or the role that he is playing. Nevertheless, it is always a pleasure to watch him on big screens
  • Neil Nitin Mukesh does a good job, he does fit in the bad man attitude. Alas! He has such a minuscule role to play, audience would not mind some more of him in such context
  • John Abraham is a pity, do not go by his screen presence in the trailers, he has practically no role in this film. Yet he is worth mentioning



The dampeners you should be aware of:
  • The pace of the movie is its major dampener, its extremely slow. Paired with its not so thrilling storyline makes it a boring watch
  • All the while i kept wondering, why was the police force helping one old man's cause falling in the words of a suspended cop. From sealing all the exits of the city so that 'Pandit Ji' cant reach the airport,to tapping a minister's phone line, to aiding 'Danish' for a shootout, just doesn't make appropriate sense. Including the many ways 'Wazir' makes contact, and the final explanations, that someone created the entire scene, a hell lot stuffs not as easy to digest. Any audience can easily catch the many loop holes if you watch this film for the second time. Very loosely constructed script




My Rating: 2.5/5

1- Poor  2-Average  3-Good  4-Very Good  5- Outstanding

Monday, January 18, 2016

Point Break





Cast: Édgar Ramírez(Bodhi), Luke Bracey(Johnny), Ray Winstone(Pappas), Teresa Palmer(Samsara), Matias Varela(Grommet),Clemens Schick(Roach), Tobias Santelmann(Chowder) and Delroy Lindo(FBI Instructor)
Director: Ericson Core
Genre: Sport, Adventure, Crime, Action




Haven't watched the original. Nevertheless, i still enjoyed watching this film.

PS: Watch it for the adventure sports and not for the story



You may look forward to:
  • Adrenalin rush all through the film, it is built for the men. Watch various kinds of adventure sports in one movie with eye catching cinematography, breathtaking locations and amazing direction. This is a worthwhile watch in theatres, in big screens
  • The main leads of the film Édgar Ramírez and Luke Bracey did quite a good job, in putting everything together, although unsure of the stunts performed by body doubles or themselves






What you can sleep over:
  • Rest of the cast viz; Teresa Palmer, Matias Varela,Clemens Schick, Tobias Santelmann, Delroy Lindo and Ray Winstone had brief roles, except for Matias Varela who has screen presence until the very end
  • Yes, this movie will remind you of the Bollywood's 'Dhoom' series, few uncanny similarities in bits and parts




The dampeners you should be aware of:

What pulls down the rating of the film is the storyline. Script is not strong enough. Movies like these should bring in more energy into your soul, that of which will push you to go out and perform some adventure sport. Blame to the script, some are beyond belief, some never made any sense. All put together hardly creates any impact. The real punch is largely missing





My Rating: 3/5

1- Poor  2-Average  3-Good  4-Very Good  5- Outstanding

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Star Wars: The Force Awakens






Cast: Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher(Lia), Adam Driver(Ren), Daisy Ridley(Rey), John Boyega(Finn),Oscar Isaac(Poe), Andy Serkis(Snoke), Domhnall Gleeson(Gen. Hux) and Mark Hamill(Luke Skywalker)
Director: J.J. Abrams
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy



Watch at your own risk! I would like to hear back from you if you happen to like this film! :)



You may look forward to:

In your best interest its better not to look forward to anything at all! But if you like baseless action, you will get plenty of it throughout 2.5 hours of its length



What you can sleep over:

All the actors do a very shabby job. They are just about fine. Makes no impact, does no harm either. They just do their job



The dampeners you should be aware of:
  • The film has no strong base in terms of a story. The title says: "Force awakens", Does it? Really? When? 'Luke' is seen only in the last scene of the film. Where is the force which awakens? I got a headache watching this film for a continuous 2.5 hours with absolutely no content and only rotten baseless action scenes. The villains make no impact, neither do the heroes
  • Have we heard of a rebellion group named after "The Resistence" before? Yes, plenty many times. This film feels like same rotten story over and over again with new name and new faces
  • This film is more of a children's film than for the adults. Kiddish drones, childish extra terrestrial creatures, creates no possible interest for the adult audience
  • 3D is bad, nothing worth. Cinematography looks very average, nothing like new age Sci-Fi kind of films
  • This movie in simple words looks stale, exhaustive and a big time disappointment




My Rating: 1.5/5

1- Poor  2-Average  3-Good  4-Very Good  5- Outstanding

Thursday, January 7, 2016

Bajirao Mastani





Cast: Ranveer Singh, Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone, Tanvi Azmi, Aditya Pancholi,Milind Soman, Vaibbhav Tatwawdi(Chimaji),Ayush Tandon(Nana Saheb) and Mahesh Manjrekar
Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Genre: Romance, Drama, History, W
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This love story, although overly dramatic, but yet is worth a watch!




You may look forward to:
  • Ranveer Singh proves again that he can do more than being just a puppet or a joker in every film. He had a charismatic screen presence, serious outlook with a dumdaar voice behind Bajirao I. The role of a warrior and a lover suits him. All stars to his performance
  • Priyanka Chopra has a significant role although not the lead. Her positioning in the film draws pity and she in turn earns accolades from the audience with her performance
  • Deepika Padukone looks very pretty. Indian ensembles look gorgeous on her stature. She looks good in pairing with Ranveer Singh and does ample justice to the role of 'Mastani'
  • No periodic love story is complete without a role like the one performed by Tanvi Azmi. :) She does a good job as well
  • Mahesh Manjrekar, Aditya Pancholi and Milind Soman have a very meager role, but they look good on screen
  • Vaibbhav Tatwawdi and Ayush Tandon, have longer screen presence with a significant enough role. They have a good script written for them
  • The sets in the film were pretty grand, as you would expect from a Bhansali film. He left no stone unturned in the grandeur quotient of the film




What you can sleep over:

There were times where the love story angle feels way too cheesy whilst the scenes were heated up more for a war like situation. When people are expecting a warrior in Bajirao, and Bajirao is trying to behave like 'Devdas, crazy!





The dampeners you should be aware of:
  • Just too many songs, none of which are any big hit. There was a time when every song in Bhansali films were a turn on, and now, not even a single number worth remembering
  • Bhansali tried his best replicating the charm of 'Devdas' in multiple instances with Bajirao Mastani, but it doesn't really create that much needed impact
  • The film drags in lot of places, made unnecessarily long




My Rating: 3/5

1- Poor  2-Average  3-Good  4-Very Good  5- Outstanding