Nikhil Advani’s Chandni Chowk to China is bollywood’s first ever comedy martial art movie. Co-produced by Ramesh Sippy Entertainment, People Tree Films and Hollywood studio Warner Bros, the movie stars bollywood’s action king Akshay Kumar, the hottest diva Deepika Padukone along with Hong Kong veteran Gordon Liu in the lead role. Expectations from an Akshay Kumar movie undoubtedly are high and stunts from Crouching Tiger maven Dee Dee Ku adds to the excitement. But do Nikhil and Akshay deliver the right dish with mixed flavors? Will this quirky Chinese-Indian collaboration workout? Continue Reading »
Considered by many as the best actor in the Industry today, Aamir Khan returns to the silver screen with Ghajini, the remake of a Tamil film with the same title. A R Murugadoss who directed the original, has directed Aamir in the Hindi remake. Asin who was Surya’s co-star in Tamil has been retained too. Continue Reading »
Shahrukh Khan – Aditya Chopra come together after 8 years with Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. Easily one of the most awaited movie of the year, RNBDJ has a couple of other characters apart from SRK in two different roles. Anushka Sharma, the model turned actress from Bangalore plays SRK’s love interest in the film. Vinay Pathak is the hero’s best friend. Kajol, Preity Zinta, Rani Mukherji, Lara Dutta and Bipasha Basu appear in a song.
It is unusual for a most ordinary, uninteresting, unobtrusive man to have unique and goose-bumpy love story to share. Since love does not differentiate between the ordinary and exceptional, the uninteresting and interesting, the unattractive and attractive, it can happen to anyone and once it does we experience many a things that we never would have even dreamt of.
Something like this happens to Surinder Sahni (Shahrukh khan) – a simple, clean hearted, honest man working for Punjab Power, meets a flamboyant, fun-loving, vivacious – Taani (Anushka Sharma). The movie is about the journey of this ordinary jodi who turn their marriage from a mere compromise to an extraordinary love story. What unfolds is a journey filled with laughter, tears, joy, pain, music, dance and a lot of love.
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi has a mixed quotient of fun, laughter and drama but the defective story, the pace and length of the movie could hinder its boxoffice prospects. The pit falls in the story are so very obvious that it clearly out shadows the very few positive aspects of the movie. Although the love story between Taani and Raj has the spirit, it fails to make much sense and leaves many questions unanswered. A married woman falling in love with her new acquaintance is very much possible, especially when the marriage is just a compromise. But it’s beyond me as to how Taani couldn’t recognize that it’s her husband who is in disguise as Raj.
Further more; she didn’t spot one resemblance between Raj and her husband when the changes in his looks were minimal. Also, how could she identify her husband as Raj on the grand finale of the dance competition? All this and many more questions linger in your minds as the credits roll.
It’s not just the story that is not proof read but even the pace is excruciatingly slow. The movie should have been 30 mins shorter. On a positive note, the story is simple and its characters are very much identifiable. Dialogues are very interesting and mostly comical. Music by Salim-Sulaiman’s is admirable. Music is a mixed bag. ‘Haule Haule’ and ‘Dance Pe Chance’ are decent tracks. The title track too is very pleasing and touchy.
The movie belongs to Anushka Sharma’s bubbly performance. You cant take your eyes off her for a minute as she dances and emotes like a veteran actress. She even manages to steal a couple of scenes from SRK. Talking of SRK, he is brilliant as Surinder Sahni but fails to impress as Raj. Age is catching up big time with SRK, those wrinkles can quite clearly be seen in close-up shots. Vinay Pathak as SRK’s side-kick manage to evoke a few laughs.
Overall, RNBDJ disappoints with faulty story line and dire execution. But some light entertaining moments make it a decent watch.
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For those unaware, Dasvidaniya means “Goodbye” in Russian. I was looking forward to the movie, mostly due to Vinay Pathak’s presence. His name ensures, if nothing else, a quality performance. The theatrical promo was quite interesting and infact I was looking forward to Dasvidaniya more than the other big release this week, Dostana . The movie also has a huge supporting cast comprising of very talented actors from the film industry. Ranvir Shorey, Rajat Kapoor these are guys who are more often than not, involved in quality films. Continue Reading »
Karan Johar’s Dostana promises to be a warm take on friendship and love. Directed by Tarun Mansukhani, the film has a fantastic star cast – Abhishek Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Abhishek Bachchan and Bobby Deol, in a special appearance. High on hype, does it match expectations? I expected it to, unforunately it turned out to be a huge disappointment. Continue Reading »
EMI directed by Saurabh Kabra starring Sanjay Dutt, Arjun Rampal, Urmila Matondkar, Neha Uberoi, Ashish Chaudhary and Malaika Arora Khan is a situational comedy. Sanjay Dutt does a Bhai role yet again. Continue Reading »
Madhur Bhandarkar has always had a flair for subjects with dark shades that brings out the cruelty and shocking facts prevalent in our society, a subject least attempted by many a directors. Popularly known for directing hard-hitting films like ‘Chandni Bar’, ‘Corporate’, ‘Page-3′ and ‘Traffic Signal’, Madhur is all set to hold a mirror to the glamorous and tyrannical Fashion Industry. Is it just another finicky cinematic ode to the world of Fashion or is it an ambitious take on the industry? With a very alluring star cast comprising of former Miss World Priyanka Chopra, talented Kangana Ranaut and popular model Mugdha Godse along with many models, will Madhur succeed in convincingly unveiling the secrets hidden by the glitz and glamour of the fashion industry. Does the movie live upto the immense expectations that people have from a Madhur Bhandarkar film? Continue Reading »
Director Rohit Shetty is back with a film which he refuses to call a sequel. It’s more like what Lage Raho Munnabhai was to Munnabhai MBBS. Golmaal released in 2006 and did good business throughout the country, which lead to the decision of making Golmaal Returns. As Sharman Joshi made way for Shreyas Talpade (Sharman had blocked dates for Dilli 6, a role which he eventually lost). Rimii Sen, the only female character in Golmaal made way to 4 leading ladies – Kareena Kapoor, Amrita Arora, Celina Jaitley and Anjana Sukhani. Continue Reading »
Featuring a mega starcast that comprises of Sohail Khan, Vatsal Sheth, Salman Khan, Preity Zinta, Mithun Chakraborty and many more, Samir Karnik presents ‘Heroes’ – a film on patriotism. “You don’t need to be an army man to be patriotic and serve your country” is what the director wants to convey through Heroes, interestingly different and must say the trailers looked quite impressive as well. Also with Salman – Sunny – Mithunda sharing screen space, Heroes was a must watch for me. Continue Reading »
After the successful Aap Ka Surroor, Himesh Reshammiya returns to the silver screen with Karz, remake of Subhash Ghai’s classic Karz. The film is again an out and out Himesh Reshammiya show. Apart from being the leading man, Himesh has also composed the music and sung all the songs. Continue Reading »