Welcome Back Review!

Anil Kapoor did advise us to leave our minds at home, while going for the movie. But what he didn’t tell us was how bad this movie was giving competition to Sajid Khan’s Humshakals.

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Welcome back brings back Uday Shetty (Nana Patekar) and Majnu(Anil Kapoor) as gangsters trying to live a reformed life and dying to get married. Soon they find about the ‘existence’ of another sister (Shruti Hassan) who is love with Indian gangster Ajju (John Abraham), an illegitimate son of Dr. Ghungru’s wife. The story revolves around the brothers getting conned and saving their sister from another gangster et all.

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The movie is filled with common clichés like the heroine in a glammed up avatar speaking sentimental bhaiya-rakhi lines and PJs such as “iss ganje ko dekhne ke baad to iski biwi ko chand dekhne k zaroorat nai padegi” .Yes, you have old men falling for overtly young girls, love story beginning with kisses, numerous item numbers, lavish foreign locations and Eagle eye shots arsing thereof. I would have let go of the storyline and stopped estimating the kind of money Nadiadwala has, had the movie not showcased its climax scene.

The logic sans final scene has helicopters, expensive suvs , bomb loaded mini toy size helicopters , sky diving shooters ,camel stampede which is dealt with by the hero (Ajju) and forgotten for full five minutes after which the camels decide to make a comeback! DAFAQ!

You thought this guy was rich …

                                                          (Floyd Mayweather) 

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well, he aint got nothing on this guy :P Watch the movie and see the money flow! :P

                                                       (Firoz Nadiadwala, producer)

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The only scene in this Anees Bazmee directorial ,which might crack you up is a graveyard scene which has some really good comic performances by Nana patekar, Anil Kapoor, John Abraham and Paresh Rawal breaking into an antakshari session.

The movie has a huge line up of actors. Anil Kapoor and Nana Patekar do their thing and are descent, although with the bad script even they lose it at times. John Abraham looks smashing even as a tapori and does a good enough job. Shruti Hassan and new girl Sakshi Maggo are extremely average. Paresh Rawal has a small role and is nice at it. Dimple Kapadia and Naseeruddin Shah, although I don’t understand why they are a part of this film, are good . And oh yes, we also have Shiney Ahuja, who barely does anything other than shouting.

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Music is again not at all good with tutti bole as the only bearable song. But a huge shout out to the lyricist for teaching us a new word on teacher’s day!
Tell me what do you call snake in hindi?
Saanp?
Good!, now what would you call the female saanp? But ofcourse ,Sapni!

 WHAT IS GOING ON?! :P :D

Watch this -

        1. For the grave yard scene
  2.  And if you thought Suniel Shetty’s tanker in Jai ho was the most funnily illogical thing ever, then you will find a new and true competition from the climax of Welcome Back!

ABCD 2 -Movie Review

I was absolutely one hundred percent excited to watch the sequel to ABCD for stunning trailers featuring some really sick dance moves! And this time the hard working Remo had roped in actors Varun Dhawan and Shraddha to give the movie perhaps a larger base.

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And what should i say the movie is a delight to watch for all the dance lovers.The story is based on real life journey of the dance crew SnV or Fictitious from Nalasopara who made it to the finals of World Hip Hop Championship 2012 , which was India's maiden attempt!Ofcourse for the sake of the movie they added some parallel storylines which worked okay for a dance movie.

                                   

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The acting and screenplay is ah-weak and melo dramatic at points but all of that is balanced by some comedy andawesome dancing! The first half is majorly what you see in the trailers, second half featuring new stuff. But that does not meanthe first half is to be disregarded. Varun Dhawan is fantastic and a true blue dancer.Shraddha for her part is good too.Pradhu Deva 's dancing is just extraordinary and his acting pretty descent .All the dancers are incredible.
The music for the movie is good too. With some great numbers like sun saathiya and chunar.
For pure dance based movie, this acronym loving director(Remo) is working in a really good direction.

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I know you might have found me repeating myself but there is nothing else to say , if dancing is what you love , go watch the movie to get your mind blown :D

And if you haven't watched it yet ,watch this genius at work.

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Piku-movie review!

Shit Pod is probably the area where i have uttered 'eureka' most number of times.And that is probably what attracted me towards Piku. It uses the hilarious condition of constipation to complement the sweet depiction of relationship between a 30 something adult and a 90 years old child. The story revolves around Bhaskor Banerji (Amitabh Bachchan), an old stubborn and irritating bengali man with constipation troubles and his daughter Piku(Deepika Padukone) who is unable to move on in life because of her father and his tantrums and Rana Chaudhary(Irrfan Khan), an owner of a taxi company , who gets involved with the family on a road trip.

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But the story does not just fixate on the relationship of father-daughter, it also in a subtle fashion gives a tribute to the bengali culture,infuses ideas of women's independence and tries to decode the concept of home.Yes,believe me, it is actually pretty amazing that Shoojit Sircar captures all this with semi liquid potty troubles as a base :P

The story is beautifully written.And it is here where dialogue writer Juhi Chaturvedi must be congratulated.Not just for the unpretentious yet hilarious dialogues,but also for the beautiful mish mash of serious and funny.

The acting department boasts of stellar performances. The ease with which Mr.Bachchan transforms into a Bengali man is just fantastic. Equally brilliant are Deepika Padukone and Irrfan Khan who share a sweet chemistry. Moushumi Chatterjee too is a really wonderful supporting character.The acting is on point and the characters absolutely relatable.

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Talking about the music, Piku doesn't have any addictive numbers.numbers. In fact the journey song is probably the only one which catches your attention.

I just wish not only this but other movies too, could tone down their product placements.It instantly breaks the connection.

Overall Shoojit Sircar's Piku is a pretty good watch!

Watch it for-

1.Amitabh Bachchan 2.And the chemistry between the whole cast.

Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani Review

 What do you remember of Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani pre-release promotions? Good looking star-cast, youthful feeling and of course loads of dancing. And that is what you get from the movie; YJHD is a ‘simple love story’ with but obvious complications ,cute and funny dialogues and a predictable story line.

In fact the first half gives you nothing new but the all too expected fun-at-the-trip developments. The second half is slower in pace with the actualization of your predictions. But if you love typical Hindi movies you do not complain. The reason for that is the cinematography which is absolutely pretty  ,no really it is ,the locations and the way every action is captured holds a feel good appeal like glossy magazine shots ,except for the ,too many, ‘long glances’  exchanged between the two protagonists with special zooming in on Ranbir’s handsome face ,so much so that I can win all the ‘guess-who’ incomplete celeb photograph competitions with the Kapoor boy in it!

As far as the acting is concerned, Ranbir, in his hippie character gives a great performance with ‘Wake up Sid’ like epiphanies, Deepika Padukone is good too with her transition from studious to a life enjoying girl. Kalki in a different role from her previous movies is lovable and fun. Whereas as far as Aditya Roy Kapur is concerned ,seems like he does his Aashqui character right as in this similar role, he does a convincing portrayal.

The songs are peppy and contagious and act only as accessories to add to the entertainment factor in the movie, with their placement being unnecessary, but again no-one’s complaining, Pritam’s music is good!

Ye Jawaani Hai Deewani is not your best, out of the box movie but it sure isn’t going to force you to make you tear your hair out either.

Watch it for

1) Cinematography 2) Songs and dancing 3) the trouble-free entertainment with a feeling where you are sure of the happy ending!

Rating-3

Dabangg 2 review

Robin Hood Pandey is back, and back to clean the city in his khaki wardi! This desi action comedy sequel takes a ‘transfer’ from lalganj to Kanpur city for Mr.Chulbul Pandey (Salman Khan) to make it big and the antagonist he has to face ..er shake is the well known Bachchan bhaiya(Prakash Raj) ,the goon in town hoping to get elected in the local government.

The movie starts in the true Dabangg fashion with amazing fight sequences interspersed with comic elements. It satisfies and delights the large fan base the actor has earned himself. I wouldn’t shy away from calling him as the desi superman what with the superhuman stunts!

The story by Dilip Shukla is simple, contrary to the many twists in the first film, that is why the movies shifts from the heavy emotional to the comic side with the funny dialogues, but being a series movie, Dabangg 2 bears similarity to its original film owing to the manner of Salman’s entry sequence, some funny minor characters, Pandey ji’s iconic chedi singh dialogue, bare (awesome!) chest combat, political influences, small town cinematography and dialect.

Dabangg 2 also at times without much screen time parks itself in a justifying mode where Chulbul Pandey defends the cop community but where the movie at one place cracks a joke at women’s expense it retracts through showcasing Chulbul as a husband and a brief appearance by Mahie Gill.

 Arbaaz Khan Productions’ Dabangg 2 unapologetically, in minor doses, endorses a lot of brands in course of the story which may seem new or odd to the audience. It also showcases insignificant appearances by quite a few television actors. In terms of the action, for which the movie is known, it starts on an awesome note but scales down and ends on an okay note. This may be due to high expectation from the ultra rich blood and gore filled last combat between Chedi Singh (Sonu Sood) and Chulbul Pandey in the preceding movie.

In terms of acting, the cast ensemble performs pretty well with special clapping for Bachchan bhaiya (Prakash Raj) and Genda (Deepak Dobriyal). Salman Khan does his usual fantastic and Vinod Khanna , Arbaaz and Sonakshi are good too.

Pandeyji seeti ,Dagabaaz and Fevicol are the top and highly entertaining numbers from the movie , and the background score by Sajid-Wajid  is absolutely perfect ,hard core and amazing.

Arbaaz Khan’s directorial debut showcases a good job done by him and maybe he will not be able to sell as many fevicols but surely aviators’ sales are going to sky rocket soon!