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Last 4 Months Iqbal Sarkar Hazaar Khwaishein
Lakshya**** Dev
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Avoidable Salaam Namaste Bunty aur Bubbly LOC
* Salaam Namaste ******************************************************************************************* B
& B Indian (Hindi)
movies are made with different objectives Some are made for
the UP/Bihar audience Some are made for the urban crowd Some
others are made for a big-time mass appeal (with item numbers thrown in) Others
are made, JLT, and these are movies where the protagonists enjoy acing in
the movie more than the audience who spend a bomb to land up to watch the
damned thing. B&B is one of them. The director tried to
hit the first three segments, but with such a disconnected, arbit
storyline it fell into the 4th category. Rani and Abhishek
were sure having a good time. But the audience wasn't. Loud garish
clothes, arbit out-of-place songs, and a storyline that the audiences will
not buy in this age of connectivity... Amitabh tried very
hard to make this arbit pot-boiler run... With the red gamcha and hard
core UPish language, it was difficult to follow what he was saying. Kajrare
is the high point of the movie.... Ash looks amazing and AB does the most
amazing rustic dance step witnessed in Hindi movies. Its
time Bollywood stops making movies targeted at the so called "UP
audiences". Its time they invested in a Market research firm that
would throw up what the audience is looking for and not waste resources on
trying to make Abhishek look like a kanpur ka unemployed ladka and
Rani like a fighter beauty pageant contestant. Designer
kurtas/kurtis are all fine... But
where my friend is the story line? Give it a miss if you
haven't wasted your time on it already..... VJ (Sept 05) ******************************************************************************************* SARKAR AB
at his silent best.... What a performance.! The best drama
on screen. Would be tough choice between Black and Sarkar! Amazing
perfofmances. Supriya Pathak plays the don's wife and Kay Kay and Jesus
play the sons of the don. Set in Bombay, he movie
shows the other side of a man who made it big by not accepting the
"system" and doing what he thinks is right in the interest of
the people who approach him. Kay Kay plays the
disgruntled son to perfection while Abhishek moves from a suave US
returned to a budding Don. A move that draws
inspiration from The Godfather.... a situation where the original would be
proud of its remake.... if one can call it that. In a
parallel world driven by its ethics and values, AB does it again. He holds
the crowd by a moving his fingers, and in most of the scene his eyes do
the talking, The high-point of the movie: :"Ab?" Watch
it.... This is the first DVD I have invested in. The cover of the DVD has
Sarkar giving the most amazing look. Can't make out whats happening on the
small screen because most of the scenes are taken in a room where 60% of
the screen is dark. 0 songs, amazing screen play. Watch it on big screen..... VJ ******************************************************************************************* Lakshya AB at the helm, directing the war against
the Pakis.... what can go wrong! One will see a lot of
young men enrolling for the Army this year.... especially the Mian Aisa
Kyon Hoon variety. With a Kargil backdrop, a
gruesome reminder of the Pakis ways of back stabbing, the movie transits
from the Delhi Yuppie life to the cold climes of Kargil and the blood and
the gore. Hritik look as patriotic as Manoj Kumar
managed to look in Pukaar. PZ is the cool Delhi girl who lives with a
mission and manages to move her career into journalism and lands up at
Kargil. Good songs: Main Aisa Kyon Hoon, Agar
Main Kahoon.... AB does his bit and excels at it.
As the General who has to capture point 5019 (or some other sort number)
he manages to motivate his team to go for the Kill. The
villains are the scheming Pakis. Reference to the Pakis not coming to pick
up their dead, how they were pushing the militants would make any
Indians blood boil (breathes there a man with soul so dead!) Worth
a watch. HR is good (though he is a brand ambassador for the Reds), and
the scenes at IMA, rock climbing would make any arm chair trekker sit up.
... Watch it on big screen..... VJ ******************************************************************************************* Dev Too heavy for a person who is
paying 150 buck for entertainment. But a classic, nevertheless. AB,
an ageing IPS handling sensitive areas. Faces riots, watches death from
close quarters, but has somehow managed to keep his integrity and values
in place. Has a friend, Om Puri, another IPS who, understandably, is
driven around by the political forces. Amazing screne play, strong
dialogues, and AB manages to get his dilemmas across to the
audience. Rati Agnihotri, the mature wife of AB does
her supporting bit. Kareena and Khan are the couple trapped in the
religion based politics. Kareena has shown her talent, no arbit smiles and
song & dance. Could be nominated for Best Actress. Its
like watching a documentary on the Gujarat riots. Govind Nihlani has
researched the subject well. The balance of the religion issues has been
maintained, otherwise this one would be banned by the Shiv Sena in a
couple of days. Its a great movie, helps you realize that
one needs to do his job well with full integrity and dedication, and
"aadmi ki maout to us din ho jatoi hain jis din woh apne farz se
moh moide deta hain".... a good one, can be used by HR Managers. Another
amazing scene: OM Puri advising God: "Jab toofan aate hain, to jo
ped jhuk jaate hain woh bach jaate hain, aur jo akad ke khade rehte hain
woh ud jate jain"..... AB looks down, glass of Glenfiddich,
and says "Tum Bach Jaaoge"..... Wooah! Put feet! Watch
it ....VJ ******************************************************************************************* Hum
Tum A cool for-the-young at heart movie. Harry ko
mili Sally. Drives through Paris, NY and London. Cartoonist
Karan Kapoor, (SAK) meets Rani in some flight. Connecting flight is
delayed, spend time together. Karan is a care free guy, and Rani is soon
to be married. Cool Boy-Girl fights, decent songs and dance sequences.
Karan is obviously in love with Rani (who wouldn't be). However she is
married off, happily to AB Junior. AB does his mature bit. Life goes on. Couple
of years later, paths cross. Bubbly Rani is like a flat Pepsi (since flat
or bubbly Coke tastes equally bad!), Karanbhai is still in his
18-till-i-die mode. He does all that is required to get her back into the
enthu mode. Pairing up with a friend, leading to complications etc. SAK
handles the funny scenes well. "Tom Cruise Style", and other
things will catch on the metros. Rani plays her woman-in-control
bit. Kiron Kher plays the punj mom of Rani. Rishi
Kapoor is an artist who wants to purse his vagabond life, SAKs dad.
Rati A, doing her emotional bit. The move swings from
US, UK to Chattarpur Farms. Its a new age movie, will
be liked by the urban college crowd. Director has inserted some cartoon
during cut-to shots, decent change. Worth spending 150 buck on....VJ ******************************************************************************************* Main
Hoon Na Me not a great SRK fan after his prevoious
hamming clip- KHNH. Amrita Rao is cool in her school girl role, though we
missed her out in Masti totally. Good songs and wild un-watchable comedy
by Satish Shah. He spits away to glory and its best not to watch this
movie after a full meal. At PVR they were offering Barf bags along with
tickets! Overall its looks like the directors and the
script writer have merged various scripts and thoughts they had planned
for the next 10 movies and made this cut-to kind of movie instead. ******************************************************************************************* MASTI ******************************************************************************************* Murder Ek Hasina
Thi Khakee:
Munnabhai MBBS:
Plan:
Kal Ho Na Ho:
SAK lives up to his DCH image, cool, un assuming,
the man with his flaws, and so he deserved the Filmfare Award this time.
The story line is pretty weak, gives a good view of NY. But the arbit
roles of JB, her MIL and Dara Singh were un-necessary.
Songs are good. Title song is good, Sonu Nigam, good work (if
you are reading this). Its the time to Disco is so very trendy, and in
Mahie Ve you can see the typical SRK dance steps.
Baghban:
SK tries to do the Sachin (Avtaar) act. No blood donation
to buy tools, but actually a manager for Ford in Coimbatore! No "will
help AB fight back", but will sing bajans with Mahima auntie. Thank
god they mention "Salman Khan in a very special role" in the
beginning.
Amitabh cracks it in Chali Chali. what an amazing dance
sequence. there a moments you think that a man his age would slip a disc
or two, but AB carries it off (like Banda yeh Bindaas, Aks). ICICI has
really put fight and AB has done his bit for the bank. All that AB has to
say is "tum log apna account yeh heech bank me kholne ka, keh diya na,
bus keh diya" and you will see queues outside ICICI... connect to
BFAXI page....
Kucch Na Kaho
LoC:
JP Dutta directed and edited the movie. We all know what
we write in our self appraisal and imagine rating ourselves on it! Bugger
could not cut off the extra scenes and we have to sit through 4 hours of
blood and gore. The move runs into 3 VCDs.
****************************************************************************************** Finding Nemo
Buy the VCD, can add to you Lion King, Alladin, and
Hercules collection-
VJ
Erin Bronkovich
Watch Julia R in action ,looks good and acts better-
VJ
About Schmidt
It has its moments, would be the Oscar types, avoidable,
watch Baaghban instead.-
VJ
A Few Good Men
Great performances, try implementing Code Red in your
workplace-VJ
Lost in Translation
A decent move to watch when u have nothing better to do. -VJ
RADIO
A family movie, Mr Cuba something Jr has given a great
performance. -VJ
AI
If someone liked this movie, please send me your views. -VJ
Untouchables
Amazing sets, 1930s Chicago, and decent dialogues and good
scenes. Watch it. -VJ
IRIS
Fortunately not another Baagban. A BBC movie, watch it
when you are alone and if you like slow movies with a meaning. -VJ
Maverick
Good one, watch it with family. Guess this movie would
have won some academy awards for the good sets and wardrobe. -VJ
Dead Poets Society
Good one. Obviously not an action movie, but makes you
wish you had a teacher like that we would have been different
people. -VJ
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One Hour Photo
Its a crazy world out there. Swati believes that cities
(Bombay especially) are full of weirdoes (thanks to Ram Gopal Verma)....
and this one just proves it again that u can't trust the guy next door. -VJ
Head of State
Not sure if you will the DVD/VCD in a local store. A good
relaxed movie that would make one laugh. Take it only if the DVD rental is
below 50 bucks.... and u have nothing better to watch -VJ
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Jhankaar Beats
They have a band and want to win the annual Jhankaar Beats
award. Fast paced, good songs and good cast. Movie revolves around these
three couples and the common aim the men have. Tu Mohabbat, Tu Asshiqui Hain, is catchy and well
choreographed. Juhi looks as good as ever. Another of the new age movies. More down to earth cast,
realistic situations. Watchable. -VJ
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