Movie Review : Aashiqui 2

" Aashiqui with Alcohol "

Aashiqui 2 is that movie after which you have to decide How many shots of Vodka can you survive ? Aashiqui, the original title which came in the 90's was the prequel and not considered to be a remake though. Bhatt camp reform their musical 1990, Aashiqui, as a lovey - dovey story or you can say a saga and present you with this flick just to furnish the next generation to feel the power of love.

The film starts with scenes showing Rahul Jaykar ( Aditya Roy Kapoor ) aka RJ who is famous amongst the masses and now is at the verge of hatred towards his own fame. On the contrary he finds Arohi ( Shraddha Kapoor ) and takes a task on himself to build a great career for Arohi ahead in the music industry. Plugged as the musical motion of the year, director Mohit Suri actively pops Sun raha hain na and Tum hi ho again and again keeping you revolving around those love scenes making you feel lovEnergy. Ahead, Arohi's focus remains at RJ and that of RJ on his alcohol. Later RJ's ego starts pricking him to see the rise of Arohi's bar and his absolute breakdown. Again alcohol takes over this alcoholic bastard and the ciné focuses around it right till the end.

As said earlier, the film starts with RJ's downfall initially ( as the movie gets it start by a song ) * Not a Bad idea ! * but heavily drops when the song Sun raha hain na literally gets repeated until it blows up your ears along with your head with hatred for it instead. Less attention has been given to RJ's backstory with no reasons for his breakdown. Aditya Roy Kapoor remains alcoholic in most of the parts, sober, bizarre and wooden faced throughout the film. Shaad Randhawa and Mahesh Thakur, the Bhatt camp favorites, doesn't get much canvas to perform and too some of the characters get the same roles as that in Awarapan which totally deserves the garbage bin and nothing else. Shraddha Kapoor is pretty but still boring when she keeps on shedding tears in some or the other movie parts.

Lastly it appears Aashiqui between RJ and alcohol than RJ and Arohi or a short documentary supported by some " Quit Smoking and Alcohol programme. " 

Aashiqui 2 becomes an endless romantic tale that somewhat works with those struck by cupid's arrow. Not quite unmissable, but Aashiqui 2 has some good moments, and would be best enjoyed on DVD over a glass of alcohol. LOL.

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Movie Review : Himmatwala [ 2013 ]

Faltu, Bekaar par " Bikaau "

Well, Himmatwala is a movie which every Indian should watch this week. Ajay Devgn is at his best entertaining the audience setting their mind to the seventh paradise. Tamannaah is jaw - droppingly hotter than ever before. The 1983 classic remake in Eastman Color is just a Masterpiece ! No doubt, this could, rather, this is the 2013 Best Movie title holder. Sajid Khan as never before reconstitutes the remake in such a way that also the dumbest critic of all will appreciate it.

Oh F*ck ! What today's Date ? 29th March ? Sorry, thought it to be 1st April, so trying to fool you all !

Straight to the point, this is zenith of ugly film making.

Story is simple to narrate.

Devgn back to his native place -- Reunites with his Mother and his Sister Pooja -- Finds a charming girlfriend -- Sets himself to rip the village tyrant's butts off -- Brags the " Himmatwala " title with some jerky animal scenes.


Sajid Khan demolished the Comedy genre, just as making a huge hole in some one's pants. The film has ugly songs. Bum Pe Laat ? What ? Ya, this is what really happens after a horrendous film make. Jitendra's 1983 Blockbuster movie is an Ice - cream where Sajid pretends to smear some cherries and pineapples over it but disastrously adds spices and condiments over it. Hell Yeah, this is how Himmatwala movie tastes like. The one who appreciates is not a living species of Planet Earth but an ape from the outer space. It has all the entertainment value of a Donkey show. Brainless comedy scenes where you would just go checking out at the screens with no intention to make us laugh.

Filmy Khopdi Bataa kya hai Dekhne jaisa ?

Yes ! Go and watch the Tiger scenes if you weren't to any of the wild life sanctuaries. Try checking the DVD for the 1983 Himmatwala instead this one. You liked Ajay in Singham and SOS ? Go, he is the same here as well. Tamannaah is beautiful to glance at.

But, Obviously don't watch. 

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Movie Review : ABCD [ Any Body Can Dance ]

A MUST - SEE Movie

ABCD - Anybody Can Dance, whether you like it or not is definitely an attractive title, which catches your attention. Remo D'Souza, after his outrageous, lousy F.A.L.T.U; makes an attempt here to win the hearts without ceding. Following the path of Hollywood dance dramas like Footloose ( 2011 ) and Step Up 3D ( 2010 ), ABCD takes on the dance ideology. Adding the DID winners and the runners - up to the payroll may benefit Remo financially, charms you with their innovative dance styles making you clap at the theatres. This is has became a sensation and may affect your mental states to dance at the theatre there. Long time choreographer and newly Director Remo D'Souza seems a little lost his first time behind the screens. While his eye for choreography replants impressive dance sequences ( some that even wander into the Bollywood branch ), his movie loses momentum and at intervals gets downright draggy.

If you are visually examining for a movie that even subordinately bends from any other Prabhu Deva movie recipe then you’d be better direct towards ABCD, because it's got Prabhu Deva talking, tricking, walking and moreover dancing. Sachin - Jigar's music is universal since F.A.L.T.U., plus when it gets listening to Mohit Chauhan's Bezubaan in the flamboyant and theatrical speakers blows your mind. ABCD begins with a fun animated title sequence and followed by some dance forms which will make you go crazy and surely things that will make you think. Its post interval where the graph drops and things go boring and dull for a while. Infact if ABCD were a dance video it would be one of the best ones of the year. Lauren Gottlieb ( my fiancé ) shows up like the hottie and makes you want to jump into the screen begging for her friendship. After her FOX Network's hit reality dance series ' So You Think You Can Dance ' has landed her to make her debut in the Bollywood dance flick.

Prabhu Deva reminds me of Kenny Wormald from Footloose ( 2011 ) inspite the difference that Kenny performed his rock band, while Prabhu Deva performs his dance at the Swish Dance Academy, he himself, after being thrown out from the former, along with a handful of co - workers and a gingerly sharp business partner sets a dance institute, . Things go wrong and Deva is set to leave Bombay, moreover giving up dance forever. At the very moment Dharmesh Yelande along with his group of go - go - dancers perform a raw moving feet at the streets for an upcoming event. It will just make you believe in the typical dance forms, their importance, grace through which these dancers perform. Deva decides to guide them these all and then comes the dance sequences seen in promos. It's kind of hard to be scared for them when you've got a pretty good idea of what they are going to do upnext and how things are going to be placed.  Remo is like the one which has lot of experience with movement still gives the impression to keep his film stirring towards its finale. It depends too laboriously on character roles we've seen before at the dance reality shows. If this is your first attempt into the realm of dance dramas you might not observe, but alternatively assume it to be causing irritation. Expectedly, the dancers have more acting flaws which weakens the movie drastically.

ABCD is wretchedly structured and completely derivative. Apart from the shabby talk, boorish performances it covers any new ground in the Dance genre. Good dances, well narrated story and heart - touching which departs your butts from the seats to go and dance.

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Movie Review : Viswaroopam [ 2013 ]

Sealed Like A Boss !

Shot in beautiful locations of U.S, ' Vishwaroopam ' is a breathtakingly graceful movie and aspiring, funny, glorious and fabulously romantic composition of cinematic appeal. Explaining the BIG reveal of Vishwaroopam counts on how much garlands Kamal Hassan can adapt to. Commencing how the clichéd spin may be, the distinctness between Showman's movie and any other " A " grade Thriller movie is just the attendance and companionship of Kamal Hassan, who keeps the movie interesting and clean throughout the end. Now, here's a kind of cinematics the world could use more of . The Actor - Director blithely mingles between to form a lovely silhouette of the eye - popping Vishwaroopam. Keeping away all the controversies the film faced short while ago, precisely this is a film which offers you most joy at the movie theatre.

The story revolves around the design where Vishwanath ( Kamal Hassan ) and his beloved counterpart Nirupama ( Pooja  Kumar ) get engaged and married boarding U.S for spending their further life. Keeping in mind their motives and the things to do, they assume to accomplish all the goals during their matrimonial life they had decided prior. Nirupama after her studies gets her Ph.D and thinks to break her relations with Vishwanath hiring an investigator to brush the misconceptions she has with his hubby. Things take turn and Nirupama gets indulged with a terror gang member Deepak led by Terrorist Omar ( Rahul Bose ). F.B.I agents struggles here and there, plus Army scenes gets involved and leaves you more clear of the huge canvas of Kamal's story - telling. Even beforehand we have seen Hassan playing more than two roles at a time. Here he plays well as an Underworld Terrorist and as a Bharatnatyam Guru. Between the scenes, the songs ( Shankar - Ehsaan - Loy ) are located perfectly and are pretty pleasant.

Vishwaroopam is that underneath all the honor and dedication to the ' Thriller ' genre apart from Sanu Varghese's stunningly, finely detailed cinematography, there is a self-explanatory fact that when you watch a  first-class bit of featured film it ditto's  the awareness of being in love. Commonly, the Thriller's demand a zestful anecdote and a fast paced story telling, however Kamal here weaves it with oodles of gags and a rich mélange of the roles he plays in. The movie finds the right pitch and leaves no trace of being uneven or overblown at any portion. The film is solely strictly for Kamal Hassan's fans. Vishwaroopam is an ' A ' class Thriller in its absolute sparkling arrangement. I would say, you would be a FOOL to miss it. Go watch this descent ciné.


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Movie Review : Race 2 [ 2013 ]

" Doesn't WIN the Race "

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Email from Ramesh Taurani

To Abbas - Mustan,

Ingredients for a Sequel :

Race 2 rolls with the same series of songs, meant the genre of songs, created by Pritam in 2008 viz; Pehli Nazar Mein as Be Intehaan, Party On my Mind as Khwab Dekhen and Allah Duhai Hai being the sole track for the Movie. Action scenes ( as in the prequel, acclaimed by the audience ), some Bedroom scenes which are reproduced again. Alan Amin with his insane jumps. Importing Atif Aslam. Mix everything together and half bake it. Serve the 2008 blockbuster - sequel chilled.

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You wanna get entertained ? Uh-oh again, don’t chalk up with the census and demography as we have been doing for some recent past action movies. Abbas - Mustan Burmawalla - the thriller duo, known for Baazigar, Aitraaz and their past suspense thriller drama - Race. The prequel of Race 2  had a decent plot  in which one could apply one's brains, where this movie gives a lay back to its franchise. Ramesh Taurani wouldn't go for a sequel then again. Indulging your mind to apply in the plot can be as having food with NO Salt and here the film will make you feel exhausted. Though they have a large canvas to display their flick - sequel but still they aren't bolstered with a good writing though. Stops being Original and overuse the scenes created earlier and displays them as any of the average Bollywood Movie. Its case is similar to Dabangg 2, the swearing remark of the second half hits hard as you just seduction & nothing else.

The story begins from where it was left in 08, Ranveer ( Saif Ali Khan ) and Sonia ( Bipasha Basu ) are living their life perfectly. But to their dismay, Sonia is killed under some mysterious traps and conditions and Ranveer now becomes furious and starts hunting for the killer. Inspector Robert D'Costa ( Anil Kapoor ) assists him to get some clues, as now he is the manager of classy club where he permits Ranveer to stay in. Sameera Reddy being replaced by Amisha Patel is jaw - droppingly hot, and as usual Anil tries to make love with his P.A ( Fruits not to be missed ! ). Ho - Hum Ranveer arrives Turkey and faces the heavy Armaan Malik after Robert D'Costa follows his sturdy investigation. Armaan accompanied by his love interest Elena ( Deepika Padukone ) tries to betray Saif, as Katrina did in the prequel. Ranveer touts his most famous dialogue " Race hamesha meri thi aur meri hi rahegi... Kyunki main is Race ka sabse puranaa Khiladi hoon. " Ranveer goes with his topless fight with Armaan, some necking scenes in the latter part awfully leading to terrible dismay of the audience.

Hell Yeah, Race 2 has a good cast, lots of smokin' cars and a palette that may please your eyes to the fullest. All in all, the latter part of the film, including the climax, pulls down the movie drastically. One thing you can do is, wait for the telecast of the Super - Hit Race at your T.V's. Er.. Feast for Saif Ali Khan Fans, while a one - time watch for the rest of the public.


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Movie Review : Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola [ 2013 ]

' Reveal the mysterious Gulabi Bhains '

So the most crowd pleasing title Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola having a distinctive casting, offbeat music and the film which grabbed most of the attention towards, Vishal Bhardwaj after his terrible 7 Khoon Maaf returns with this original story of MKBKM. Bhardwaj has always tried to be original towards his plot, think of Kaminey where the film worked with critics along with the masses too. Bhardwaj is a kind of director who gets adjusted to his surroundings vividly. Bhardwaj's music is unique having a typical title track, Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola starring Imran Khan ( Matru ), Anushka Sharma ( Bijlee ) and Pankaj Kapoor ( Mandola ). Though this casting is different from anyone's point of view but worked brilliantly at this piece of cinema.

The plot displays unrefined rural locales of Haryana where a kinky, odd industrialist Harry Mandola ( Pankaj Kapoor ). The village is named after his surname Mandola. He himself, known as Mandola most oftenly, is a personality with acuteness in his thinking regarding money, serious, cunning and slick. Mandola wanted his area to be announced as an economic ward obliged to which he forces the native residents who had their farmlands, to sell and leave the village. But Politician Chaudhari Devi ( Shabana Azmi ) who appeals him into thwarting off the villagers. Mandola's MONEY while Chaudhari Devi's POWER can only unite when their offsprings get married to each other. In the midst of all, Mandola's Man Friday Matru ( Imran Khan ) who has nothing to do with these situations enters them, tends to bring about a drastic change against land extortion and defends the villagers.


                        

The scenery is captured beautifully, though it is unrefined, raw but that's the beauty of this film. Bhardwaj puts the best comical scenes between the breathtaking star Pankaj Kapoor and Imran Khan, who just sets the cinema on the right track. Imran Khan gets the mood for watching such a type of genre while Pankaj traps everyone in his histrionics. The Director then ( itself in the first half ) tries to bring a mysterious character Gulabi Bhains ( Mao ) but the balloon burst right before the interval leaving nothing to forecast in the second half. Practicality is what Vishal Bhardwaj tends to assure in 'Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola' and it forces him to choose for a midway which was more apt towards deep red before pink. The abusive manner doesn't consent an impact pretty much like the odd and unusual presence of Gulabi Bhains ( Buffalo ). The song ' Jiski kheti uski zameen, hatt lootne wale ' conjointly imitates the same emotions.

                       

All in all to be a Vishal Bhardwaj's film you expect some twists in the second half but the plot is empty making everyone go predictably right and have a banausic continuity. The man who stands alone in the film is Pankaj Kapoor with his stupendous drama. He just fills the glass which was emptied by the storyline to the way it had to be. Pankaj Kapoor's drama win right from the very first shot where he is in his drunken amazement scowling some Haryanvi dialogues. Shabana Azmi gets an easy role but stills does as if she has somnambulism problem. Anushka is good, peppy and cheerful.

Pankaj Kapoor saves this film with his acclaimed acting but still Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola departs you displeasingly. In all, the second half is sluggish and most foreseeable without any twist and turns.

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