Dhoom 3

By the time I publish this review Dhoom5  would already be in floor but better late than never.

 Dhoom3 isnt the worst movie as broadcasted by some of the reviewers but niether is good enough to be remembered. 

The ubiquitous plot with bike chases and some hifi gadgets once agains souls the theory that u dont need to be a engineer to garner all this fancy toys.

The film has a bit of suspense but in my opinion is the reason for sketching the story too predictive. 

There are many reasons accounting for the shortfalls in the movie but unfortunately for me its Aamir himself to blame it all, he has failed to carry the larger than life image of a bad guy which was utterly glamarized by his 2 previous colleagues. 

Abhishek and Uday add some refreshments while Katrina thanks to the average music of the movie is thorough candidate to be missed if u prefer doing rounds out of theatre on bad songs.

There isnt much support cast to be talked but Jackie Shroff deals with his cameo well.

The action sequences arent breathtaking as hyped and story telling goes off track many a times.

Al in all watch this movie for bikes and chases as others will dissapoint you.

It isnt that bad as one of the fake article says ...Kejriwaal promises that relief fund will be set for Dhoom3 victims. ..

Bullet Raja..

Bullet Raja..old concept ..dhulia style..packed with super dialogues like one which mentions Rani Lakshmibai was Marathi but was born in Jhansi and how proud people are there to have her....

the camaraderie of Jimmy Shergil and Saif is immensely enjoyabale and tells u y ki "hamesha 2 hi kyu hote hai"....

Filmed on the gadh of politics .it carves out even the minute details of crime and politics and depicts how administration is a puppet in hands of power.

Saif for a change is out from his comfort zone and impresses in the action avatar.

Jimmy Shergil rides his character well and never makes u feel he is the 2nd lead...

Sonakshi is like the principal's speech in the college festival...simply ignorable..

Ravi kishan reminds u of the non mimicry version of Shotgun Sinha...There is a Srivastava ji in thr film..who uses skype calls
Inside the jail to communicate outside. ..

Raj babbar, Gulshan Grover and Chunky Pandey r like the lauki dish in a thali...its there but doesnt add much value...

Action is raw unlike and not over the sky and the platter of characters makes it more appealing.

Nothing extra-ordinary but its paisa vasool for the hardcore bollywood fans like me...

So finally ..If you liked Haasil and Sahib biwi there is a good chance it will to add ur tally.
This one might be one notch less than them.

Don2....

I heard somebody saying that " Ra One was better than this..."...With this lines I would like to set the mood for another Shahrukh Khan action thriller Don2....

Continuing from the last series which originally was a remake of a retro hit; Don2 has nothing much to offer in true sense and is weak in the vital part of any movie, ie story or script.

Movie is about mission of Don to be a billionaire and how he picks up his squad and outlines the always changing strategy in between some breathtaking escapades. Something remotely in relation to movies we have already seen like Ocean Elevens..

The film is unintentionally hilarious at moments thanks to attempted romantic scenes between the 2 protagonists. Also even some intense scenes look funny; like a criminal bundling up with police team headed by guest Interpol officers or the encounters between Don and Jabbar Khan..

Talking about the protagonists the film has descent presence of a bunch of characters but except Shahrukh rest of the characters doesn’t have too much to offer...

Starting with Shahrukh himself he has played a character in conjunction with his name of King Khan, he gives over-confidence a whole new dimension, nothing can go wrong with him even in most adverse situations be it driving a car, rescuing the mission or name it he can do for you.

Priyanka has made a sincere effort to look good , I guess the same attempt if she would have paid on script selection might have done wonders for her Bomman irani's presence has not been momentous and whatever portions if he appears in doesn’t do the job, Om Puri is noticeable at moments by and large as a regulation. Kunal Kapoor looks ok in his small cameo and does add a modest spice level for the filtrate of anxiety in the movie...

Be it be a Bollywood/Hollywood movie we know the mission will be accomplished at any cost so the real art lies in how it is publicized which in cinematic sense, drills down to screenplay and sadly enough justice has not been done here.... the movie has its moments but lacks sincerity . So a bulk of this ownership lies in direction which in my opinion has made the movie suffer, at times I felt like pinching myself to check my consciousness that is he the same guy who has movies like Dil Chahta hai, Lakhsya in his portfolio. Farhan has made an candid effort to raise the standards but in the attempt the story has been sacrificed.

Music is like a boon for somebody who wants to buy a bucket of popcorn as its good to be left out..

Don2 is typical Bollywood movie with all Hollywood special effects and all credit should be given to technicians for making a brave effort to match the international standards. With all the super effects and star cast the film could have been much better than what it actually comes out; slight tuning in the script and dialogue department would have added the missing links... In terms of rating its 2 out of 5....Watch it only if you like Shahrukh too much as I doo or you want to have a sightseeing tour of bouquet of international destinations

Love Aaj Kal

Some times even the small things make a difference,& if you try to wrap this small innovations & present it to Imitaiaz ,he comes up with his new flick Love Aaj Kal.

Love Aaj Kal is a movie often told in our Hindi movies but this time uses a innovative line of attack & reverse engineering approach of reciting the story which profitably foresees the concept of director & gives strong hints about the theme of film i.e experimental & trying to be unique.

Love Aaj Kal is a movie with a simple love story , nothing much to tell about the story of the movie ,for me the film is all about some stylish dialogues voyaging between a modern bewildered love story & its heritage counterpart with a Punjabi tadka .

The movie starts with rounds of engagements between Raj played by Saif & Meera played by Deepika living dangerously in abroad mingling with each other day & night but apparently realize over a period of time that they are far too serious about their careers rather than their love life ,finally deciding to part their ways &break up.

Here enters the proxy Hero of the film ,Rishi Kappor who tells Raj the importance of love in his own distinctive way by getting into his old reminiscences imagining his young part as Raj. But as you can expect from a true bollywood love story ,love reconciles again & the protagonists start feeling the pinch for their love &start conniving to initiate rounds of ditching their current partners & in mid of all this as all hindi films ends with smiles, lastly manage to convene their lifes at the end.

Talking about the Characters Saif( as Raj) is more like a Aamir khan in Dil Chahta Hai consistently denying the existence of love & relationship ,with the only difference being his hamming in multiple occasions with his patent “kya…ye sach hai”…”I cant belive it” type of dialogues.But in the end he covers it all with his Punjabi role which is a delight to watch & impresses in most of the scenes with his group of lafangas..

Deepika Padukone again successfully furnishes a monotonous &expressionless performance of her & alienates herself from the basics of acting .For example take the scene in which she puts in the picture of Raj & his association with her in front of his husband played by Rahul Khanna & pleads deliberately to run away from their relationship .She looks too comical in that scene & believe me I found people laughing at this scene contrary to being serious. But to some extent it can get discounted in the climax scenes where she fairly does justice to her acting profession & showcases her acting without any real talent.

Rishi kapoor is better loved a s imaginative young Saif than himself,but he also gives a good performance.Neetu kapoor & Rahul khanna does play their little cameos perfectly.

But for me Harleen kaur is the real star of the film with Sikh Saif whose cute modicum presence fills all the gulches which Deepika creates.

The movie should be better known as a good film other than a entertainer.In the end I give it 3 stars & must watch rating for the lovely Harleen –Saif love story & his Punjabi group, take my words you will love them as well.

Kambakht Isshqqq urff KI

If you like Akshay kumar & what he has been doing in his last one year flicks, here is another broken gem in his wooden crown ,the recent bollywood-hollywood disaster named KAMBAKHT ISHQ.

KAMBAKHT ISHQ was never supposed to have breathtaking story & undoubtedly lives it to its expectations. The film very carelessly kills the bacha khucha Indian tradition & crosses all boundaries of vulgarity & nudity but In mid of all this it has got moments of its own that can make you laugh & titter.

Unfortunately such scenes are classified to 1^st half & frantically missed in 2^nd half of the movie.

KAMBAKHT ISHQ is about a Hollywood stuntman & his bunch of desi & Firangi Chelas who don’t have any job other than indulging in cat fights with a confused model cum doctor, who hates man(s) the same way I hate Ekta Kapoor serials thanks to his father & family.

Akshay the male protagonist in the movie plays the role of the Hollywood stuntman who is rich & famous

unlike his bollywood counterparts & gives them enough reasons to go for a strike.

Kareena plays the spectrum of roles in the movie that of a model, doctor, a bad prostitute and a schmaltzy women.But unfortunately with her this avatar for me it’s a spectrum which you better want to lock it in a dark black box & forget the keys.

In terms of other characters the film once again revisits struggle of Aftab Shivdasani who plays a respectable C grade chela plus husband & is paired opposite Amrita Arora who is better known as Malaika’s sister than an actress to me .Javed Jaffery & Bomman Irani’s cameos account for the films some degree of light moments.

Film also canvasses the big Hollywood stars like Silver Stallone,Denice Richards & our superman Brandon Routh who as per screen presence doesn’t feature in my good books but certainly feature a lot of times in producers cheque book.

Other actors of the film are like Anu Malik’s music that doesn’t deserve any comments as their presence was more like a torture than a performance, even the gifted Kambakht Ishqran Kher falls short of leaving any impact.

At the end the film works for me because of Akshay & Javed jaffery.

I give it 2 stars & one time watch evaluation; don’t go with any expectations as this word is alien to the concept of the film. Watch it for Akshay kumar & mainly for the title song by RDB.

Movie Review:LUCK BY CHANCE

I you are die hard admirers of William Shakespeare and trust his lines
“All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances….”.Then LUCK BY CHANCE is undoubtedly a movie you should look for here the stage being the Bollywood.

Yes LUCK BY CHANCE is a movie which twitters deeply into Bollywood and showcases the life of those who sometimes devote their life for a movie, but in the end, leave their fate to be decided in the outcome of 3 hours.

The film is about an aspirant Farhan Akhtar who comes from his hometown with a yearning to be an actor in Bollywood, and as the title suggests the luck smiles on him and eventually he lands up in a movie under a big banner.
This all happens to him with the help of another aspirant Konkana sen, beleaguered to be an actress, but dejectedly finds herself type casted in Bhojpuri films and sister type roles.
The movie then shows usual tussles and the monotonous melodrama about the struggler turned star and her struggling companion, distant from the end as the movie ends in a very non Bollywood fashion.

The movie is very well boxed up and full marks to Joya for delivering the real essence of bollywood and the way she handles the galaxy of stars in the movie with candid perfection.
The film has some high-quality scenes which deracinate the buried truth and de- mask the image of divas or stars which we enclose.
Like the scene in which Hrithik who plays Zafar khan who gives a sweetening repudiation for a role in the movie of his godfather or the one in which Dimple outbursts her fury on the magazine editor or the so called personal nail assistant she had.

To a certain degree movie has sharpening contrast to Madhur Bhandarkar movies with my difference being that everybody other than the protagonists is not a devil at this juncture.

LUCK BY CHANCE is undoubtedly a good film but not a great entertainer. The movie has its own patience testing times.

The film has a star studded starcast.
With LUCK BY CHANCE ,Farhan after "Rock On" soars far ahead concreting firmly his stand in bollywood.
Konkana sen once again delivers benchmark performance and adds another feather to her cap.
Juhi chawala is wasted as the spouse of Rishi kapoor who plays the character of a filthy superistious producer which puzzled me fully whether he entertained me or annoyed me.

Dimple kapadia as mother of Isha Sharavani gives a fine performance and gives life to the character she plays.
Isha Sharavani ,Sanjay Kapoor give fine performance in the little cameos they play.

The fact which cant be discounted is the poor show by Javed Akhtar ,his dailogues
lacked the shine ,completely disregarding 2 things ,first that they come from
one of the preeminent writers of all times and second by a father whose son is a protagonist in the movie and daughter who is the protagonist behind the movie.

In the end LUCK BY CHANCE is worthy of 3 stars and a good movie rating, the supplementary star I bestow to Joya who commands her ingress with a bang in the busy traffic of budding directors.

Slumdog Millionaire Review

I still remember that bulky Bhagwan dada moving his booties in the song "Naam bade aur darshan chhote",Slumdog Millionaire is a film which gives soul to this song.
The film is about a guy from slums of Mumbai who in a process to find his lady love participates in a Millionaire quiz show and gets trapped to prove that how he knew all the answers provided he comes from a slum.
The film has a beautiful heart with a bundle of scenes which depicts the creativity of the Diretcor like the one in which little Jamal dives in a pond of shit to get an Amitabh Bachhan autograph,most of the scenes in the movie make you realize that how far behind we are with the real world and how in every sense we still enjoy this and dont want to elope out of it.
Coming to the cast, the film comprsises max of of fresh faces along with the talented bollywood faces like Anil kapoor,Irfan khan and Saurabh Shukla.The films protagnist Jamaal malik steals the show in all the 3 roles played by 3 different characters in each phase of his life with the small kid stealing the show.
The only thing about the film which can pinch many of die hard bollywood followers like me is the snail like pace the movie has which takes you off at many moments making you check your watch is functioning or not and literally drags you out of the theatre for a tea.
Slumdog Millionaire is not an extra ordinary film,its a film you most often watch in bollywood. The Oscar & Globe branding accounts for its extra 2 stars which many of the critics has given it.This film will best be liked by the audience who are alien to relaity of life and feel proud that they are not a part of them.
In the end I give Slumdog Millionaire a 2.5 out of 5 and an ek baar dekh lo rating.Watch it for the little Jamaal and his friends,I am sure you will like him.