A simple guy working in a 9-5 job gets married to a teen vivacious girl under extreme circumstances. Guy loves girl, girl is heartbroken. Guy loves selflessly and transforms himself into a hep new guy and impresses the girl. So whom does the girl choose ?
SRK as the new Raj is way OTT (the role required him to be OTT but he is way over) and as the simpleton he underplays just a wee bit too much. I would not rate this as his anywhere near his good performances. Anushka makes a nice debut - she doesn't have much to do except look pretty and cry. Vinay as SRK's friend simply rocks as Bobby Khosla.
Music is average and the screenplay is full of holes and every emotion is way OTT.
Verdict - 2/5. Watch only if you are a YRF / SRK fan.
ps - the trailers of Ghajini and New York were screened and they were way better than this 2.5 hour movie. New York looks like a very good movie.
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Friday, December 12, 2008
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Movie Review - Dil Kabaddi
2 couples and how infidelity affects them personally. Irfan & Soha are one couple while Rahul Bose and Konkana play the other couple. Rahul Khanna and a new girl are in the mix too.
All 4 leads have done a very good job - with Konkana and Irfan being the stand out performers. Soha surprised me with a very strong performance and Rahul Bose has done these kind of roles quite a few times earlier too, he is competent.
They say the movie is a rip off - Husbands & Wives being the inspiration. I haven't watched the original but I enjoyed this one.
Again the one flaw that stands out, is the length in the 2nd half and the pace (it is slow but slows down further later on). All in all a good watch once for married couples.
Verdict - 3/5
ps - with a title like Dil Kabaddi - I expected a raunchy / vulgar movie stressing on sex but though the movie has a lot on sex in it's mind, it's not raunchy at all.
All 4 leads have done a very good job - with Konkana and Irfan being the stand out performers. Soha surprised me with a very strong performance and Rahul Bose has done these kind of roles quite a few times earlier too, he is competent.
They say the movie is a rip off - Husbands & Wives being the inspiration. I haven't watched the original but I enjoyed this one.
Again the one flaw that stands out, is the length in the 2nd half and the pace (it is slow but slows down further later on). All in all a good watch once for married couples.
Verdict - 3/5
ps - with a title like Dil Kabaddi - I expected a raunchy / vulgar movie stressing on sex but though the movie has a lot on sex in it's mind, it's not raunchy at all.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Movie Review - Oye Lucky Lucky Oye
It's an ok movie. Tells the story of Lucky a small time lower middle class sardarji from Delhi who grows up into a thief with a heart of gold. The movie is zingy in the first 30 minutes and then slows down a great deal.
Frankly after a while you are not bothered why these things are happening - the attention to characters and locations is top class and you can connect to the characters immediately - more so if you are from the north.
Abhay Deol is cool - playing Lucky with a calm charisma - rest of the cast is seasoned and perform as per expectations. For me the scene stealer was the young sardar who played Lucky in his younger days - superb performance.
Watch it if you have nothing to do.
Verdict 2.5/5 - Good but not anywhere near great.
Frankly after a while you are not bothered why these things are happening - the attention to characters and locations is top class and you can connect to the characters immediately - more so if you are from the north.
Abhay Deol is cool - playing Lucky with a calm charisma - rest of the cast is seasoned and perform as per expectations. For me the scene stealer was the young sardar who played Lucky in his younger days - superb performance.
Watch it if you have nothing to do.
Verdict 2.5/5 - Good but not anywhere near great.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Movie Review - 1920
Another horror flick from Vikram Bhatt after the super successful Raaz. The story is the same old formula of a spirit possessing a body of the female who comes to live in the house. There is a story to the spirit doing that and there are cliches galore in the movie.
The heroine Adah Sharma has to look pretty in the 1st half but when she turns into a woman possessed by a spirit, she is in super duper form. The hero is a model and it shows. The music is so-so.
I must say this - I found this movie a wee bit scarier than Phoonk.
Verdict - 2.5/5 - Time pass movie - nothing great. Catch it if you have nothing to do.
The heroine Adah Sharma has to look pretty in the 1st half but when she turns into a woman possessed by a spirit, she is in super duper form. The hero is a model and it shows. The music is so-so.
I must say this - I found this movie a wee bit scarier than Phoonk.
Verdict - 2.5/5 - Time pass movie - nothing great. Catch it if you have nothing to do.
Movie Review - Hijack
A very poor confused attempt at copying various Hollywood movies dealing with the same theme and not exciting at all.
Verdict - 0.5/5. Bandal, Bakwaas - Don't even look at the poster.
Verdict - 0.5/5. Bandal, Bakwaas - Don't even look at the poster.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Movie Review - Maan Gaye Mughal-E-Azam
We 3 friends decided to go and watch this one and all 3 of us had heard bad reviews of this one. We all were skeptical,yet we decided to try it out.
So we walk into the theatre and settle down. The movie unfolds and we start laughing and we keep laughing through the movie. It's a silly movie that is trying to be silly, not cool. And thats what was fun.
Add to that the HOT Mallika Sherawat. In 2 songs the screen almost went up in smoke - she is lavicious. Paresh Rawal and an assortment of actors that look, act silly and the even sillier gags kept the movie going. The only sore point - Rahul Bose and his stiff acting.
It's all about a theater group and a RAW agent who gets involved with the wife of the lead actor of the theater group. And he has to save the country from the baddies too, for which, he asks help from this flop theater group.
Inane jokes, silly humour - the movie has everything that will not work BUT it worked for us. We have never laughed so much in a movie. The actors were all so brilliant, even in the most idiotic of scenes - it was a treat.
Verdict - 4/5. That is an unanimous verdict by the 3 of us. It is a very silly movie - period. Do not expect the earth and the moon, keep your thinking cap at home and you will laugh away.
Jab..............................
So we walk into the theatre and settle down. The movie unfolds and we start laughing and we keep laughing through the movie. It's a silly movie that is trying to be silly, not cool. And thats what was fun.
Add to that the HOT Mallika Sherawat. In 2 songs the screen almost went up in smoke - she is lavicious. Paresh Rawal and an assortment of actors that look, act silly and the even sillier gags kept the movie going. The only sore point - Rahul Bose and his stiff acting.
It's all about a theater group and a RAW agent who gets involved with the wife of the lead actor of the theater group. And he has to save the country from the baddies too, for which, he asks help from this flop theater group.
Inane jokes, silly humour - the movie has everything that will not work BUT it worked for us. We have never laughed so much in a movie. The actors were all so brilliant, even in the most idiotic of scenes - it was a treat.
Verdict - 4/5. That is an unanimous verdict by the 3 of us. It is a very silly movie - period. Do not expect the earth and the moon, keep your thinking cap at home and you will laugh away.
Jab..............................
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Movie Review - Mumbai Meri Jaan
5 people - (a hawaldar on the verge of retirement, a tv reporter, a night time coffee vendor, a executive who is worried about the environment and a guy who has anti-muslim feelings) - and how they are affected in different ways after the train blasts in Mumbai on 11th July.
The movie is very real and confidently directed by a 1st time Hindi movie director (This guy had directed the Marathi movie - Dombivili Fast - earlier). Though it deals with a sensitive subject, it manages not to get into a preachy / documentary mode. The casting is spot on and the performances are brilliant. Irfan Khan and Kay Kay stand out with Paresh Rawal, after a long time, is back with a stand out performance. Vijay Maurya plays a rookie cop (angry one) because he has had to cancel his honeymoon due to the blasts is first class too.The ending with Kay Kay's story, I found a bit cheesy. Paresh Rawal when he gives his farrewell speech is SUPERB.
Verdict - 3.75/5. Do not miss this.
The movie is very real and confidently directed by a 1st time Hindi movie director (This guy had directed the Marathi movie - Dombivili Fast - earlier). Though it deals with a sensitive subject, it manages not to get into a preachy / documentary mode. The casting is spot on and the performances are brilliant. Irfan Khan and Kay Kay stand out with Paresh Rawal, after a long time, is back with a stand out performance. Vijay Maurya plays a rookie cop (angry one) because he has had to cancel his honeymoon due to the blasts is first class too.The ending with Kay Kay's story, I found a bit cheesy. Paresh Rawal when he gives his farrewell speech is SUPERB.
Verdict - 3.75/5. Do not miss this.
Movie Review - Phoonk
It's deja-vu time.If you have watched Bhoot and Vastu-Shastra from RGV, this one feels and looks the same. It's even directed in the same way and shot in the same way. Heck, even the back ground score is soo familiar.
It's all about a builder who finds out that his husband-wife partner duo have been cheating him and promptly shows them the door. The wife then casts a spell on the daughter of the builder. It comes down in the end to a battle between the modern scientific way and the old school baba way to fight the situation. Who succeeds ? Watch the movie.
Verdict - 1.5/5 - You could easily miss this.
It's all about a builder who finds out that his husband-wife partner duo have been cheating him and promptly shows them the door. The wife then casts a spell on the daughter of the builder. It comes down in the end to a battle between the modern scientific way and the old school baba way to fight the situation. Who succeeds ? Watch the movie.
Verdict - 1.5/5 - You could easily miss this.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Movie Review - Bachna Aee Haseeno
A story of a guy who falls in love with 3 different females at different times in his life. While he dumps the first 2 , the 3rd girl dumps him. And then he feels the pain caused and decides to seek forgiveness of those 2 girls he dumped.
An absolutely breezy 1st half with a super slow 2nd half. All the actors have performed well. Ranbir has to carry the movie on himself and he does it quite well.
Bipasha and Deepika look good while Minisha is cute (I loved her track more than the other 2).
A couple of songs - Ahista Ahista and Khuda Jaane are very good. The rest are bad.
The movie could have been 30 mins shorter and I would have given it a 3.5. It's got fantastic locales and camerawork is good. Direction looses the grip a bit in the 2nd half.
Verdict - 2.5/5. You will love the 1st half and want the 2nd to be over asap.
An absolutely breezy 1st half with a super slow 2nd half. All the actors have performed well. Ranbir has to carry the movie on himself and he does it quite well.
Bipasha and Deepika look good while Minisha is cute (I loved her track more than the other 2).
A couple of songs - Ahista Ahista and Khuda Jaane are very good. The rest are bad.
The movie could have been 30 mins shorter and I would have given it a 3.5. It's got fantastic locales and camerawork is good. Direction looses the grip a bit in the 2nd half.
Verdict - 2.5/5. You will love the 1st half and want the 2nd to be over asap.
Saturday, August 09, 2008
Movie Review - SIngh is Kinng
Singh is Kinng
Hmm - where do I start ? A movie with the story as thin as the "I" in Kinng with emotional comedy dramatic scenes and songs shot on exotic locales. Confused ?
Even the director was I feel !
Story is all about this OTT do gooder who goes to Ozzie land to get back a sardar turned underworld king who hails from his village. As is the norm he has to meet a girl whom he falls in love with and also by a twist of fate lands up in the chair of the underworld king..
Have you seen Namaste London ? If yes - don't bother watching this. It's 70 % of NL.
Akshay is good in the movie and Katrina is RAVISHING. The support cast is good.
Music - the title track wowed me - I hated the song when it played on TV but when I saw it in the hall - WOW ! Other than this all songs were ok - Snoop Dogg video was not upto the mark, music was fun.
The best scene in the movie - when all the guys use the wheel chair don to get their drinks and munching - I was rolling watching that - Hilarious.
Verdict - 2/5. If you guys miss this, don't worry you haven't missed much.
ps - the movie left me wondering why Sardars ? If it was a Christian, Hindu or a Muslim - the movie would still be the same.
Maybe the audience the producer is aiming at is the NRI punjabi crowd. And with Akshay in the movie playing a sardar, overseas success of this movie is going to be HUGE.
Hmm - where do I start ? A movie with the story as thin as the "I" in Kinng with emotional comedy dramatic scenes and songs shot on exotic locales. Confused ?
Even the director was I feel !
Story is all about this OTT do gooder who goes to Ozzie land to get back a sardar turned underworld king who hails from his village. As is the norm he has to meet a girl whom he falls in love with and also by a twist of fate lands up in the chair of the underworld king..
Have you seen Namaste London ? If yes - don't bother watching this. It's 70 % of NL.
Akshay is good in the movie and Katrina is RAVISHING. The support cast is good.
Music - the title track wowed me - I hated the song when it played on TV but when I saw it in the hall - WOW ! Other than this all songs were ok - Snoop Dogg video was not upto the mark, music was fun.
The best scene in the movie - when all the guys use the wheel chair don to get their drinks and munching - I was rolling watching that - Hilarious.
Verdict - 2/5. If you guys miss this, don't worry you haven't missed much.
ps - the movie left me wondering why Sardars ? If it was a Christian, Hindu or a Muslim - the movie would still be the same.
Maybe the audience the producer is aiming at is the NRI punjabi crowd. And with Akshay in the movie playing a sardar, overseas success of this movie is going to be HUGE.
Saturday, August 02, 2008
Movie Review - Ugly aur Pagli
It's all about a meek guy who allows himself to be dominated by a tough girl whose life he saves only because he falls in love with her. What he does not know is the real reason behind her behaviour.
Ranvir and Mallika do a competent job but the movie simply slows down to a crawl in the 2nd half. It is funny in places and Ranvir manages to actually raise a few laughs in the most inane of scenes.
Music is so-so but there is this one song where everyone in the theatre was :DROOOOL:
Verdict - 2/5. Watch it if you have nothing else to do.
ps - I loved Sushmita Mukherji as Mallika's mom. For me, her performance was the highlight of the movie and she has a total of 3 scenes only.
Ranvir and Mallika do a competent job but the movie simply slows down to a crawl in the 2nd half. It is funny in places and Ranvir manages to actually raise a few laughs in the most inane of scenes.
Music is so-so but there is this one song where everyone in the theatre was :DROOOOL:
Verdict - 2/5. Watch it if you have nothing else to do.
ps - I loved Sushmita Mukherji as Mallika's mom. For me, her performance was the highlight of the movie and she has a total of 3 scenes only.
Monday, July 07, 2008
Movie reviews
Since I have not updated stuff for a long time now, I thought of putting up movie reviews of many films togather. Hope this helps you guys :)
JAANE TU YA JAANE NA
2 best friends - boy and girl in college - with a group of friends. Everyone thinks they are in love but they aren't or are they ?
The realisation of love is what the movie is about. It is not an original concept or story but the movie works - works because of it's fresh feel and look and some really good dialogues and some very good acting by all.
I loved the hero's father (Naseeruddin Shah) and in the beginning I thought the 2 horsemen were there just for the heck of it but no.
Nice music too - it's fun , fresh , frothy and very nice.
Yes there are flaws and cliches in the movie but it makes you smile and laugh a bit and you come out feeling good.
Verdict - 4/5. Must watch.
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LOVE STORY 2050
This movie is a BORE. And that is the start of my review. We have a new boy, Hrithik Roshan oops Harman Baweja who walks, talks, dances, tries to act like Hrithik - so let's just forget him.
Everything else in the movie is so OTT and loud that I almost walked out.
The special effects are really good for a bollywood movie. The music is bad.
Ultimately it's a movie that is a show vehicle for Harman. he gets to cycle, drive a MG, romance , fight and his dad wants him to act but he fails where it matters. He cannot handle the emotional scenes and people were laughing in the hall when he cried and acted at the same time.
Verdict - 1/5. Avoid.
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THODA PYAR THODA MAGIC
Saif plays a rich tycoon who in a car accident is responsible for the death of a couple. So the judge orders the 4 orphaned kids to go and live with Saif. Obviously the kids and Saif do not get along and the kids pray to God. God hears their prayers and sends an angel Rani to help them.
Then the predictable happens - she helps Saif and the kids to love each other and falls in love with Saif.
Performances range from the average to bad. Kids are ok and Rishi Kapoor plays God like in Bruce Almighty
Ameesha plays Saif's love interest and is SMOKIN' HOT in that song and in a few scenes where she is in the tiniest of clothes possible.
Rating - 1.5 / 5. YAWN.
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DE TAALI
Another comedy ! It's about 3 friends (2 guys and 1 girl) and what happens when one of the guys falls in love with a girl.
Well how is the movie ? It's got a thin story line and is senseless most of the time. A series of gags is what keeps the proceedings going. And it's here the cast lifts the movie.
Ritesh, Aftab, Rimi and Ayesha are very good. A few gags will have you rolling with laughter but over all the movie is mediocre. And it is extended - with stories on Rimi's family (the most weird family to date) and some nutty professors and lovers. Also the track of Ritesh's landlord could have been edited.
ps - a couple of scenes to watch out for are - the scene where Ritesh fights with an imaginary guy and the scene in which Aftab goes " tum mere liye roti thiii" after the boardroom meeting.
Verdict - 2/5. Watch it only if want to enjoy a few laughs.
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SARKAR RAJ
If you liked Sarkar - you will like this too. The movie is shot the same way - tight close ups and facial expressions. There is a thin story line (resembling Enron saga) on which the movie hangs but it is the performances that lift this ordinary movie.
Ab Sr is the best of the lot followed by his son. Abhsihek has to look sullen and mouth the clinching lines and he does it very nicely. Ashwairya is there in the movie but she has a subdued role and is competent. The rest of the cast is fine too.
There are a couple of twists and turns in the movie and the end is apt for part-3.
Verdict - 2.5/5. Watch it for the performances and RGV finally seems to have found a movie that should do well.
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JANNAT
The leading lady makes the worst debut ever I have seen in an hindi movie. Emraan Hashmi is very ordinary. Music is just average. A couple of cars are eye candy like the LR stretch.
Verdict 1/5. Utter crap and absolutely avoidable.
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BHOOTHNATH
A must watch !! I went in with no expectations and the movie simply surprised me.
It's a formula film with a formula story. Kids will have great fun in the 1st half and the movie veers towards relationships in the 2nd half.
Amitabh is in fine form playing the ghost and he is supported well by Juhi, Satish Shah and the small kid. Shahrukh is there in a guest appearance.
At least 3 songs are not required and they slow down the movie. The movie is well shot and special effects are very good.
Verdict - 3/5. A movie for kids and adults alike. Go watch it.
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U, ME AND HUM
I really did not want to watch this movie but saw it back to back with Krazzy4.
and I am glad I watched this.
Ajay Devgan makes a very very good debut as a director. The movie is about Alzeihmer's disease and what happens when to the family and the loved ones when there is a person with the disease in the family.
The movie is all about how Ajay woos Kajol on a cruise liner by lying to her. he is on vacation with 2 couple friends of his. Kajol finds out he had lied to her and leaves him - only to come back later. Both get married and everything is great but then Alzheimer's strikes.
Beautifully and sensitively directed - this one will tug at your hearts. The movie gets into the groove in the 2nd half and grips you.
Strong performances by Ajay and Kajol (I really don't like her) and the supporting cast make this a very good watch. Women are advised to carry kerchiefs.
I loved it - an absolutely unexpected surprise.
Verdict - 3.75/5 - Go catch it.
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KRAZZY 4
This is one movie I was waiting for and after I finished watching it - I feel cheated. The movie is a bore.
It has a talented cast - Arshad , Irfan, Juhi Chawla, Rajpal Yadav etc and still fails to hold your attention. Suresh Menon is one actor who makes people laugh when he speaks and he has exactly 3 lines in the movie with a common word.
4 people with different dis-orders go to town with their doctor (who feels this will help improve their condition) who promptly dissapears leaving the 4 alone. And what happens next is what Krazzy 4 is all about.
It tries to be comedy - feels incomplete
It tries to give social messages - feels incomplete
It tries to be a thriller - feels incomplete
The only positives are the 2 item numbers by SRK and Hrithik.
Verdict - 2/5 - Avoidable.
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RACE
Typical Abbas-Mustan movie. Twists and turns in the plot keep it going.
In short - it's about 2 super rich brothers who own a race horses breeding farm. Then a girl and jealousy - a double cross and one brother dies....then starts the fun.
Nice popcorn entertainer I say. Entertaining and stylishly shot, a few good songs, nice cars (orange Ferrari, a skyline and some drifts) , hot heroines.
Verdict - 2.75/5.
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AAMIR
I had some good expectations from this movie on watching their promos and I am so glad the movie surpassed the expectations.
A doctor comes back from London to India, only to find the immigration officer harass him because his name is Aamir. He then walks out of the airport and finds no one has come to receive him and when he calls home, no one answers the phone.
Suddenly a couple of bikers come to him and throw him a mobile phone - he gets a call that turns his world upside down.
Rajeev Khandelwal debuts as Aamir and does well. He starts off nervously but picks up steam later on. The supporting cast is fine too.
Brilliantly directed and absolutely fantastic camera work on real loactions is Mumbai enhance the reality factor of the movie. The director and camera man deserve a round of applause here.
Verdict - 3.75/5. Must watch - if you have a choice between Sarkar Raj and this - go for Aamir. You won't regret it at all.
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JAANE TU YA JAANE NA
2 best friends - boy and girl in college - with a group of friends. Everyone thinks they are in love but they aren't or are they ?
The realisation of love is what the movie is about. It is not an original concept or story but the movie works - works because of it's fresh feel and look and some really good dialogues and some very good acting by all.
I loved the hero's father (Naseeruddin Shah) and in the beginning I thought the 2 horsemen were there just for the heck of it but no.
Nice music too - it's fun , fresh , frothy and very nice.
Yes there are flaws and cliches in the movie but it makes you smile and laugh a bit and you come out feeling good.
Verdict - 4/5. Must watch.
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LOVE STORY 2050
This movie is a BORE. And that is the start of my review. We have a new boy, Hrithik Roshan oops Harman Baweja who walks, talks, dances, tries to act like Hrithik - so let's just forget him.
Everything else in the movie is so OTT and loud that I almost walked out.
The special effects are really good for a bollywood movie. The music is bad.
Ultimately it's a movie that is a show vehicle for Harman. he gets to cycle, drive a MG, romance , fight and his dad wants him to act but he fails where it matters. He cannot handle the emotional scenes and people were laughing in the hall when he cried and acted at the same time.
Verdict - 1/5. Avoid.
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THODA PYAR THODA MAGIC
Saif plays a rich tycoon who in a car accident is responsible for the death of a couple. So the judge orders the 4 orphaned kids to go and live with Saif. Obviously the kids and Saif do not get along and the kids pray to God. God hears their prayers and sends an angel Rani to help them.
Then the predictable happens - she helps Saif and the kids to love each other and falls in love with Saif.
Performances range from the average to bad. Kids are ok and Rishi Kapoor plays God like in Bruce Almighty
Ameesha plays Saif's love interest and is SMOKIN' HOT in that song and in a few scenes where she is in the tiniest of clothes possible.
Rating - 1.5 / 5. YAWN.
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DE TAALI
Another comedy ! It's about 3 friends (2 guys and 1 girl) and what happens when one of the guys falls in love with a girl.
Well how is the movie ? It's got a thin story line and is senseless most of the time. A series of gags is what keeps the proceedings going. And it's here the cast lifts the movie.
Ritesh, Aftab, Rimi and Ayesha are very good. A few gags will have you rolling with laughter but over all the movie is mediocre. And it is extended - with stories on Rimi's family (the most weird family to date) and some nutty professors and lovers. Also the track of Ritesh's landlord could have been edited.
ps - a couple of scenes to watch out for are - the scene where Ritesh fights with an imaginary guy and the scene in which Aftab goes " tum mere liye roti thiii" after the boardroom meeting.
Verdict - 2/5. Watch it only if want to enjoy a few laughs.
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SARKAR RAJ
If you liked Sarkar - you will like this too. The movie is shot the same way - tight close ups and facial expressions. There is a thin story line (resembling Enron saga) on which the movie hangs but it is the performances that lift this ordinary movie.
Ab Sr is the best of the lot followed by his son. Abhsihek has to look sullen and mouth the clinching lines and he does it very nicely. Ashwairya is there in the movie but she has a subdued role and is competent. The rest of the cast is fine too.
There are a couple of twists and turns in the movie and the end is apt for part-3.
Verdict - 2.5/5. Watch it for the performances and RGV finally seems to have found a movie that should do well.
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JANNAT
The leading lady makes the worst debut ever I have seen in an hindi movie. Emraan Hashmi is very ordinary. Music is just average. A couple of cars are eye candy like the LR stretch.
Verdict 1/5. Utter crap and absolutely avoidable.
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BHOOTHNATH
A must watch !! I went in with no expectations and the movie simply surprised me.
It's a formula film with a formula story. Kids will have great fun in the 1st half and the movie veers towards relationships in the 2nd half.
Amitabh is in fine form playing the ghost and he is supported well by Juhi, Satish Shah and the small kid. Shahrukh is there in a guest appearance.
At least 3 songs are not required and they slow down the movie. The movie is well shot and special effects are very good.
Verdict - 3/5. A movie for kids and adults alike. Go watch it.
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U, ME AND HUM
I really did not want to watch this movie but saw it back to back with Krazzy4.
and I am glad I watched this.
Ajay Devgan makes a very very good debut as a director. The movie is about Alzeihmer's disease and what happens when to the family and the loved ones when there is a person with the disease in the family.
The movie is all about how Ajay woos Kajol on a cruise liner by lying to her. he is on vacation with 2 couple friends of his. Kajol finds out he had lied to her and leaves him - only to come back later. Both get married and everything is great but then Alzheimer's strikes.
Beautifully and sensitively directed - this one will tug at your hearts. The movie gets into the groove in the 2nd half and grips you.
Strong performances by Ajay and Kajol (I really don't like her) and the supporting cast make this a very good watch. Women are advised to carry kerchiefs.
I loved it - an absolutely unexpected surprise.
Verdict - 3.75/5 - Go catch it.
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KRAZZY 4
This is one movie I was waiting for and after I finished watching it - I feel cheated. The movie is a bore.
It has a talented cast - Arshad , Irfan, Juhi Chawla, Rajpal Yadav etc and still fails to hold your attention. Suresh Menon is one actor who makes people laugh when he speaks and he has exactly 3 lines in the movie with a common word.
4 people with different dis-orders go to town with their doctor (who feels this will help improve their condition) who promptly dissapears leaving the 4 alone. And what happens next is what Krazzy 4 is all about.
It tries to be comedy - feels incomplete
It tries to give social messages - feels incomplete
It tries to be a thriller - feels incomplete
The only positives are the 2 item numbers by SRK and Hrithik.
Verdict - 2/5 - Avoidable.
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RACE
Typical Abbas-Mustan movie. Twists and turns in the plot keep it going.
In short - it's about 2 super rich brothers who own a race horses breeding farm. Then a girl and jealousy - a double cross and one brother dies....then starts the fun.
Nice popcorn entertainer I say. Entertaining and stylishly shot, a few good songs, nice cars (orange Ferrari, a skyline and some drifts) , hot heroines.
Verdict - 2.75/5.
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AAMIR
I had some good expectations from this movie on watching their promos and I am so glad the movie surpassed the expectations.
A doctor comes back from London to India, only to find the immigration officer harass him because his name is Aamir. He then walks out of the airport and finds no one has come to receive him and when he calls home, no one answers the phone.
Suddenly a couple of bikers come to him and throw him a mobile phone - he gets a call that turns his world upside down.
Rajeev Khandelwal debuts as Aamir and does well. He starts off nervously but picks up steam later on. The supporting cast is fine too.
Brilliantly directed and absolutely fantastic camera work on real loactions is Mumbai enhance the reality factor of the movie. The director and camera man deserve a round of applause here.
Verdict - 3.75/5. Must watch - if you have a choice between Sarkar Raj and this - go for Aamir. You won't regret it at all.
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