‘DHOOM 3 - Movie Review

 

Starring: - Aamir Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Katrina Kaif, Jackie Shroff & Uday Chopra

Director:- Vijay Krishna Acharya

 

Vroom-Vroom and Dhoom Dhoom. India’s very own ‘fast and furious’ film franchise is back in its larger, bigger, snazzier and much more emotional avatar than its previous films. While Dhoom 1 and 2 was about ACP Jai Dixit and Ali’s (Abhishek and Uday respectively) adventures and story revolved around them as central characters, Dhoom 3 is an out an out Aamir Khan film !

He plays a vidushak, a joker, or hasod….with a double life where he steals money from the bank to fund his dead father’s unfulfilled dream of a successful ‘the great Indian circus’. After couple of failed attempts to catch him, the Chicago police calls ACP and his side kick to catch this master mind. Who disappears from one place and appears from another!

The film relies heavily on Amir Khan’s ‘broad & able shoulders’. His screen presence and performance marquee the loop holes in the screenplay and narration. The film offers ample gravity defying stunts and special effects (Don’t spare your brain in logic, just chill out and enjoy the thrill!) The music is good and makes you dhoom macha le all the way!

Such is the Amir effect in the film (from rolling credits to the tap dance in the title song) that Abhishek Bachchan and Uday Chopra are  reduced as just supporting actors with the latter getting some really funny lines. Katrina Kaif looks sensuous in her gymnast role.

 

All in all a Happy Burger for this weekend!

 

Score Stack Up:-

+ ive:-  Super Performance, Great Cinematography & Amir khan

-  ive:-  Screenplay lacks details

 

Box Office, Paisa Vasool Rating:- 4.5 out of 5

Tanmay's Rating : 3.3 out of 5

 

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Scores Classifications- 

(5)   Very Good, Must Watch 

(4)   Good, Should Watch 

(3)   Almost there

(2)   One Time Watch 

(1)   On your own risk  

 

   

 

‘gooliyan ki raasleela Raam Leela’- Movie Review- Tanmay Dubey

 

Starring: - Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Richa Chaddha, Supriya Pathak

Director:- Sanjay Leela Bhansali

 

Sanjay Leela Bhansali is like a painter who fills every inch of the screen with color, his finesse of picture making combine storytelling with heart stirring music and coupled with good performances. The cinema that he presents has its own class.

 

‘Goliyon ki Rasleela- Ramleela’ is loosely based on Shakespeare’s tragic tale of love ‘Romeo and Juliet’. The makers have nicely adapted the original settings into two underworld rival families of Gujarat, where the lovebirds fall in love, but the twist in tale pitch the lovers on different battleground where their love is tested against their dharma or duty. This type of offering is not new to the Indian audience right from ‘Qayamat se…’till ‘Ishaqzaade’ we have seen number of love stories being made in this setup.

 

The good part of the film is the electrifying chemistry between Ranveer Singh (his bronzed and chiseled look is to die for) and Deepika Padukone (passionate couple never leaves a chance to steal a Zealous kiss!) Gigantic and beautiful sets, some good lighting effects and a haunting background score with winning performances from Supriya Pathak, Richa Chaddha and Obviously the lead pair.

 

The sad part of the film is that it is little scratchy where the execution of a brilliant scene is screeched by an awful song (Bhansali ji, you may have a good ear for music, but your skills as a music director is far off from a full time music director) the absence of a full time music director and some soulful music is deeply regretted in the film. The music is again patchy except, tattad tattad, & nagada sang which reminds you of dhol baaje from “hum dil….sanam” is good, rest of them are just about OK. (Don’t miss the appalling item dance song from Priyanka Chopra)  Bhansali ji your sensitivity while portraying emotional story is to die for, masala offering is certainly not your piece of pie.

 

The film has lot of blood, gore and good drama.  The plot in the second half becomes little complex and runs towards the end leaving little room for  details yet Bhansali’s experience in film making keeps you rooted to the seat and you wait till the end.

 

All in all a teekha mirchi achaar for this weekend!

 

Score Stack Up:-

 

+ ive:-  Super Performance, decent screen play, great production values

-  ive:-  Songs, scratchy narration and repetitive

 

 

Box Office, Paisa Vasool Rating:- 3.5 out of 5

Tanmay's Rating : 3.2 out of 5

 

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Scores Classifications- 

(5)   Very Good, Must Watch 

(4)   Good, Should Watch 

(3)   Almost there

(2)   One Time Watch 

(1)   On your own risk  

 

   

 

‘Krrish 3’- Movie Review- Tanmay Dubey

 

Starring: - Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra, Vivek Oberoi, Kangna Ranaut

Director:- Rakesh Roshan

 

Rakesh Roshan is a master story teller; he has proved it repeatedly for over two decades in Indian Film Industry. Be it a Revenge drama (Khoon Bhari Maang) or a Rebirth Story (Karan Arjun), or India’s First Alien film (Koi Mil Gaya) or the latest desi Super Hero Series (Krrish) Roshan Saab has delivered each content with packed conviction and stirring the hearts of millions of people.

 

Krrish 3 begins from where Krrish ends. Rohit Mehra (Hrithik of KMG), Krishna (Hrithik of Krrish) and Priya Mehra (Priyanka Chopra) are living their ‘9 to 6’ life. Krishna when he is not busy saving the world (an aero plane crashing, a child falling) is struggling to save his job (as a waiter, as a security guard or whatever! , Ooph these super heros are so good hearted people! )

 

In a faraway land Kaal (Vivek Oberoi, in his best performance after ‘D Company’) is busy creating Maanwar (half humans and half animals!) His evil intentions of destroying the world (I will not divulge any more detail) can only be stopped by Krrish but not before a series of misfortunes hit Krrish’s life (an epidemic, a personal attack) and what then follows is a riveting exhibition of VFX (grossly engaging and superbly done! by far the best by Indian Standards) and gigantic clash between the evil who is as strong and as big as the superhero. In the fight, the super hero falls only to rise as more stronger and bigger to kill the Evil.

 

The makers of ‘Krrish 3’ strongly follow the guideline and rule book of ‘how to direct a superhero film’. The film has got all, a preaching hero, a world saving hero, a merchandising hero, (Yes you can draw similarities from SpiderMans, X-Men, Wolverines of this world) but nothing wrong in that! Common fellas Super Hero is a west invented Idea. Don’t we adhere to so many processes and I dare say copy west in innumerable things!

 

Another good part of Krrish is its taut story line and fast paced screenplay, which despite being little complex keeps you engaged and there is never a dull moment in the film ( except ishwar allah song,) Kya kare whatever we may say about a ‘hollywood concept’ a bollywood film has to have its share of song and dance!

 

Hrithik excels in performance (both as Rohit and Krrish) don’t miss his six or eight packs; I forgot the count in awe when I saw them on screen! Kangana Chameleons her way in the film. Priyanka too gets chance to play diff shades in her character. Music however which was always a strong point of Filmkraft's production is average, except Raghupati Raghav which is good but do not lit up the dance floor as it was supposed to be.

 

All in all a super patakha for this Diwali! Don't forget to tag your kids along............

 

Score Stack Up:-

+ ive:-  Super VFX, Engaging Screen play, Great performance & Hrithik Roshan

-  ive:-  might look like a rip off of earlier superhero films

 

Box Office, Paisa Vasool Rating:- 4 out of 5

Tanmay's Rating : 4 out of 5

 

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Scores Classifications- 

(5)   Very Good, Must Watch 

(4)   Good, Should Watch 

(3)   Almost there

(2)   One Time Watch 

(1)   On your own risk  

 

   

‘Mickey Virus’- Movie Review- Tanmay Dubey

 

Starring: - Manish Paul, Elli Abram, Manish Choudhary, Varun Badola, Puja Gupta, Nitish Pandey

Director:- Saurabh Varma

 

So guys, welcome to the world of ‘these’ young hackers, who ‘google’ a pickup line, ‘download’ a joke, their nick names are ‘Floppy’, ‘Virus’ & ‘Pancho’, Where the characters and setup are ‘comicaturic’ ( dhaye, zing, blam!) the latest sci-fi comic thriller is all about this.  

Personally for me I was looking forward to watch debutant Manish Paul’s (jhalak dikh la ja- fame) and Elli Abram’s (Big Boss fame) first film with a cheeky title. And I am decently satisfied with the new comers’ efforts.

The film is about new age Hackers, cybercrime and murder mystery. Mickey Arora aka Virus is a Hacker but he is also a slacker. ACP Siddhant Chauhan (Manish Chaudhary) hire him to crack a gang involved in cybercrime, but when the table turns 180 degree Mickey finds himself swathed as a murder accused and robber. He cracks the mystery the way he hacks a website and all ends well.

Film is a great concept but in search of a plot. It is full of good funny one liner in typical Delhi-Haryanavi lingo picture this " Aaj Kal ki Generation bhi ajeeb hai, kapade khule rakhti hai par phone lock rakhti hai" Or " Mai kya Universal Charger hoon jo kanhi bhi Ghused Doge"

Manish Paul is very good as laid back Delhi Youngster, he easily slips in the character (much like the real life person he is). Elli Abram looks beautiful but the length of her role is small. Manish Chaudhary as tough cop is good (he is a pro in such efforts), but one person rise above the rest of the crew in performance is Varun Badola. His act as inspector Devender bhalla is superlative. He is a tremendous actor and one feel sad the way he is wasted in the industry. Hopefully he gets good roles in the future. 
 

The film despite having a great concept lacks in production values and execution. The love story between leading pair lacks intensity and the film takes time to reach the main plot. After building up a good suspense and twist the director falls short of ideas and ways to show the unraveling of suspense.

 

Nothing to take away from the director Saurabh Varma kudos to him for bringing forth a brave concept and daring to do something other than regular masala offering at the Box office. The music too is a bit of a letdown. Will this do a ‘hatya’ for Manish Paul? Only time will tell. Watch this film for its light hearted thrill content.

All in all a decent road side Hakka noodle!

 

Score Stack Up:-

+ ive:-  Decent Screen play, good performances & funny dialogues 3D effects

-  ive:-  might put you off if you are a true masala lover

 

Box Office, Paisa Vasool Rating:- 2 out of 5

Tanmay's Rating : 3 out of 5

 

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Scores Classifications- 

(5)  Very Good, Must Watch 

(4)   Good, Should Watch 

(3)  Almost there

(2)  One Time Watch 

(1)  On your own risk  

 

   

‘Gravity’- Movie Review- Tanmay Dubey

 

Starring: - Sandra Bullock, George Clooney

Director:- Alfonso Cuaron

 

So guys, the ingredients that make a good film are a good star cast, a great screenplay, a fantastic plot (with an elusive message!), breathtaking cinematography, startling sound recording and superlative performance that draws you inside the world that the cinema creates for you for that little time inside the movie hall where you cry, laugh, feel happy and feared along with the main protagonist.

The latest sci-fi thriller and space drama ‘Gravity’ my friends do all that for you!

It’s a superlative piece of cinema, which tells you the story of a lone bio-medical engineer Dr. Ryan Stone who is a mission specialist on her first space shuttle mission to Hubble space telescope gets lost in the vast space and her struggle to come back to earth and be alive.

Sandra Bullock gives a tremendous performance, the sheer physicality she puts in while essaying the role leaves you panting after her during the entire run of the film.

The film is metamorphic in many ways,

-The vast space represents the big panorama of life where living and dying are two facets of life, completely unattached to the emotions and social credentials of people.

-Bullock’s fight for survival is akin to our journey in life facing all odds and coming out victorious from them.

-Clooney’s ‘special appearance’ in the end reminds us of our motivational prowess that we carry inside us and never quite realize it.

- The scene where Bullock listens to a dog barking and baby crying emphasizes the small joys of being alive; we often sleep over them in our own ‘busy lives’.

 

The Production values of the film are par excellence, the special effects and camera movement makes you feel you are travelling in the space. This just shows the length (and money!) that the western filmmakers go to make their vision come alive. (I at times envy that…C’Mon Mr Khan there’s whole world other than travelling in Chennai express!) Don’t be surprised if this one rings some bells at the Academy this year!

 

All in all a great supper for a festive weekend !

 

Score Stack Up:-

+ ive:-  Great Screen play, brilliant performances & fantastic 3D effects

-  ive:-  might put you off if you are a true masala lover

 

 

 

Box Office, Paisa Vasool Rating:- 3 out of 5

Tanmay's Rating : 4 out of 5

 

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Scores Classifications- 

(5)  Very Good, Must Watch 

(4)   Good, Should Watch 

(3)   Not Bad;

(2)  One Time Watch; 

(1)  On your own risk;  

 

   

‘BESHARAM’- Movie Review

 

Starring :- Ranbir Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Pallavi Sarda, Neetu Singh,

Director:- Abhinav Singh Kashyap

 

So, the Kapoor clan is out to do what they know best, Entertain! Ranbir teams up with Dad Rishi and Mom Neetu to give  the audience an action comedy which is full of tried and tested formulae over time in Bollywood with a story line of a anaath chor, a childless couple, a crunchy romance and a villain who gets kicked at the end in lots of gravity defying stunts! (thanks to cables!)

 

Babli is a shameless(who do not wink before showing off his bummies), parentless car mechanic and a part time car thief with a noble heart, he falls in love with Tara Sharma ( Pallavi Sarda who looks beautiful, confident and dances unlike her character in the film). Inspector and Sub Inspector (Husband and Wife) Chulbul Chautala(Rishi Kapoor) Abhinav Singh Kashyap was looking for some luck when he used the title of his first film again! and Bulbul Chautala ( Neetu Singh in a loud but lovable character) are a childless Police couple who incidentally is on a lookout for Babli chor. The twist in the tale brings Babli to realize his errors and he sets out to correct them and in the process find his love and parents!

 

The film more than Ranbir Kapoor, is important for the director Abhinav Singh Kashyap as he has to prove his mettle minus Salman Khan post super success of ‘Dabangg’.

‘Dabangg’ was never a great film. It had interesting characters, good songs and action scenes and a very formula backed action revenge drama story line. ‘Besharam’ too falls into same category as its high point like ‘Dabangg’ is the central character who is Besharam, bears an unusual name 'babli' like 'chulbul' in 'Dabangg'; who do wrongdoing for a cause (anaath bacche in this case) and has a heart of gold. Minus off course Salman Khan, but that’s not a letdown at all as Ranbir Kapoor who is in super form, single handedly drives the film on his performance be it comic, action, romance or dance.

                              Sadly such films, whose plot is wafer thin, rely a lot on good music which is a let down here. Dialogues are good and funny with decent cinematography (except in couple of close up shots during a song where pallavi sarda’s makeup shines in the sun light!) Climax is funny and passable.

  
Javed Jaferi hasn’t much to do in the film, except for some glaring eyes; the dance number at the end during the credit rollout is good watch with the kapoor clan dancing and singing.
 

The film may not rake the moolah like Ranveer’s last YJHD, but will end up for sure bringing smiles to your faces.

Its Masala time for the extended weekend

 

Score Stack Up:-

+ ive:-  Good performances, Comedy and action  

-  ive:-  average music , wafer thin and predictable plot.

 

Box Office, Paisa Vasool Rating:- 3 out of 5

Tanmay's Rating : 3 out of 5

 

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Scores Classifications- 

 

(5)  Very Good, Must Watch 

(4)  Good, Should Watch 

(3)  Almost there;

(2)  Could have been much better; 

(1)  On your own risk;  

 

   

‘LUNCH BOX’- Movie Review

 

 

 

 

 

Starring :- Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur, Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Director:- Ritesh Batra

 

 

 

LUNCH BOX was conceived as a documentary film on the Mumbai’s famous dabbawala’s but was later turned into a feature film. (It does not lose the feel of a documentary) 

                                                             Lots of creative people has backed the project right from UTV to Karan Johar, to NFDC, to ROH Films (Germany), to ASAP Films (France), to the Cine Mosaic (United States), to DAR motion pictures, to Sikhya Entertainment, (too many cooks spoil the broth?) NO WAY! Indeed Ritesh Batra like a master chef has delivered a super delicious khane ka dabba.

                                         The film has all the ingredients that makes it a simple but a great film. Right from the camera placements to stupendous acting (Body language!) by Irrfan, amazing acting by Nawazzzudin Siddqui and a very honest enactment by Nimrat Kaur takes your heart away!

                                   It’s a very simple and unconventional love story when a lunch box is erroneously delivered by dabbawala. (Remember the idiom? ‘the way to man’s heart is through his stomach’!) The story then travels the by lanes of human relations, explores the loneliness of a middle age wife and an about to retire accountant.

                               Irrfan talks with his eyes and Nawazzudin’s character adds a tadka of comedy (No Vulgar Jokes, Mind you! a lesson for people who think a good laugh can only be obtained by telling below the belt jokes!). The writing is brilliant, couple of philosophical takes when Irrfan's character watches the TV show again and again, when his character goes through a realization in bathroom and later in a bus.

                                                                                                                            The love story ends leaving a sweet ache in the heart. But Guess that’s the way it was supposed to, a bitter sweet dish to a very indulging feast!  

 

Score Stack Up:-

+ ive:-  Brilliant performances, great screenplay

-  ive:-  might put you off by the sluggish pace of the film.

 

Box Office, Paisa Vasool Rating:- 3 out of 5

Tanmay's Rating : 4 out of 5
 

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Scores Classifications- 

(5)  Very Good, Must Watch 
(4)  Good, Should Watch 
(3)  Almost there;
(2)  Could have been much better; 
(1)  On your own risk;  

 

   

PHATA POSTER NIKHALA HERO- Film Review

Starring:- Shahid Kapoor, Ileana D'Cruz, Padmini Kolhapure, Saurabh Shukla,
                              Sanjay Mishra, Darshan Jariwala

Director :-     Rajkumar Santoshi

 

 

 

 

PPNH which not only draws its filmy title from one of the dialogue of Naseer saab’s forgetful film ‘Hero Heralal’, but is also a true ‘filmy’ film. It has a hero who dance well, flies and kicks the bad man's A#$, do comedy, romance the skinny heroine (Ileana d’cruz, she has ‘toned’ her look so much that in the process lost her cuteness and her bones are ready to come out from her face), dance in the item song (Nargis Fakri, the song whooshes away, what a waste!)

             Hang on before you think the ‘filmy dose’ is over there is more to come in terms of emotions with a hard working Mom (Padmini Kolhapure) who wants her son to become a imandar police officer and yes there is this age old lost and found formula also, with a villian ka adda, (they offer a comic relief), a ticking bomb and the story ends with our hero winning against all odds!!

                                                                  Rajkumar Santoshi after his last successful outing (Ajab Prem…Gajab Kahani) brings a similar action comedy (most of the supporting cast is also similar) with most of the known tricks in the trade. The cinematography and editing in the film is notably good. Dialogues are comical; Shahid Kapoor looks good in emotional and action scenes (can’t say the same on romantic scenes though!) Ileana tries hard to be funny; the supporting cast of Sanjay Mishra, Saurabh Shukla & Darshan Jariwala is funny. The film is dipped in the chashni of comedy, with foot tapping music to support the cause.

                          And Don’t Miss Salman khan in a special appearance giving hints about Andaz Apna Apna 2 !

 

All in all a funny affair like a masala crispy chips which is not spicy enough!

 

 

Score Stack Up:-
 
+ ive:-  Descent Music, good comedy and good performances.
 
-  ive:-  Half Baked Characters, and shallow screenplay

 

 

Box Office, Paisa Vasool Rating:- 3 out of 5

Tanmay's Rating : 2.7 out of 5
 
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Scores Classifications- 
 
(5)  Very Good, Must Watch 
 
(4)   Good, Should Watch 

(3)   Just made it
 
(2)   Long way to go; 
 
(1)  On your own risk;