Khichdi; The Movie Review

Director: Aatish Kapadia
Cast: Supriya Pathak, Rajeev Mehta, Anang Desai, Jamnadas Majethia, Nimisha Vakharia, Farah Khan, Satish Shah etc

Imagine yourself laughing uncontrollably watching a movie, almost blocking your breath, and when you reach a state that you can’t hold it anymore, you may choke, and you ‘pause’ the movie for a while, relax, and ‘resume’ the movie again, just to laugh uncontrollably and choke again. If you want to experience this, watch ‘Khichdi. It is a complete laugh riot, that the we feel that the words like ‘LOL’(Laugh out Loud) and ‘ROFL’(Rolling on Floor, Laughing) were made to describe this movie. It is truly a laughter ride, the Khichdi family makes you laugh like you had never been, before!!

Khichdi is a simple movie, without big stars. It is the film version of a TV series of the same name, and the same characters are retained in the movie. The movie is about Hansa, Praful, Himanshu, Jayshree, Babuji, and around 50 Parminders. The PJs of these people will make you die laughing, for around 110 minutes of your life!! Watch the movie, you will know.

I love PJs and jokes even more stupid than PJs, and I always wanted to be a good PJist, and was proud of my PJs. I also believed no one can beat my standard in PJs. But, after watching Khichdi I realised that I have to raise my PJ standards immediately. This movie goes to a level which is beyond your imagination. If you are a PJ lover, this is the real treat for you. I’m sure you will rate it a minimum of 8/10. It is obvious, because the makers have added so much of PJs in the movie.

We see comedy movies becoming great successes, with double meaning comedies. Often it is not so comfortable to watch such movies with our family. But this Khichdi is purely green, and you can watch it with your kids, parents, or even grandparents.

There is a cold war between the characters of the movie, to prove that who is more stupid. Hansa, Himanshu and Praful all the three of them behave so stupidly, that we can’t make a conclusion on who is more stupid. Obviously, all of them are damn funny too. Supriya Pathak is in her extreme form, and is great in each and every scene. After a simple ‘Maa’ role in ‘Wake Up Sid’, she does a character with a completely new flavour, and she is extremely successful in this role. Rajeev Mehta is first rate as Praful. He is better than most of the comedians of bollywood, and his gestures and expressions are fantastic. Jamnadas Majethia is very good as Himanshu. He is also damn funny, and is excellent. Anang Desai and Nimisha Vakharia are good in their respective roles as Babuji and Jayshree. The new girl who played ‘Parminder’ was cute. The cameos by Farah Khan and Satish Shah were good.

There are many situations in the movie, which will make the entire house down. Few of them are:

1. The ‘Akal ke Ladoo’ scene
2. Funeral scene
3. The night scene in Chhedi Singh’s house
4. The hospital scene
5. The entire court scene


On the whole, Khichdi is a complete entertainer, and is never to be missed if you like simple comedy movies. It is an opportunity to laugh continuously for almost 2 hours, and never miss this opportunity. Highly recommended!!

9/10

Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey Movie Review

Director: Ashutosh Gowariker
Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, Sikandar Kher, Vishakha Singh, Mahinder Singh, Shreyas Pandit, Samrat Mukherjee, Feroz Wahid Khan etc

Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey is a movie about the Chittagong Armoury raid, that happened on April 18, 1930. The movie is very good as a movie, but as the rehash of a historical event which has its importance in the independence revolution of India, it is sadly a weak attempt from Ashutosh Gowariker. It has the things at right place, as a movie, but when a movie about a historical incident comes, the director has to pay attention to the real events that happened.Based on the book ‘Do and die’ by Manini Chatterjee, the movie slips away from the facts at several moments, eventhough it is a good work, as a film.

The movie starts with simple, yet awesome titles, and soon we are dragged into the Chotogram of 1930, a normal village of Bengal. Everything was fine there, until the british people capture an open ground, where the teenagers use to play football. And then, somebody suggests that if they can get their playground back, with the help of Surjyada, a Mathematics teacher in a school. Then we come to know that Surjyada and his friends Nirmal, Ambikada etc are revolutionaries who believe in the motto ‘Do and Die’. Soon, the teenagers are bonded with the revolutionaries and they plan to fight against the britishers. Meanwhile, two young girls Preetilata and Kalpana also join the team.

Then they planned a raid on police lines Armoury, Cantonment, Telegraph office and Railway lines. They study the entire places, prepare well, and plans to execute it on 18 April, 1930. Everything goes fine, until they come to know that it was a ‘Good Friday’ and the britishers are not there. Also, they could capture only the guns, but bullets were not found there. Anyway ,they hoist a flag of India, and escape to the hills. They are then chasec by the army, many are killed and others are captured, and are finally sentenced to death or life imprisonment. The story is almost real, but the director wanted to give the story a gentle flavour, and he included light hearted romance between Nirmal and Preetilata, and one side infatuation of Kalpana with Surjyada, and also those football playing kids, fighting to british for their playground. Also, he added enough sentiments added in the movie, to make us wet our eyes at times. But what the makers could have done was to mention like ‘This movie is based on the Chittagong Armoury Raid, and few events may vary from the real story.’

Coming to the movie, everyone have done good jobs. Abhishek Bachchan comes with a commendable performance after the commercially and critically dud, ‘Raavan’. He is apt for Surjya’s role and even he looks somewhat like the real Surjya Sen. His expressions are perfect. And I am happy to see Sikandar Kher on screen again, I always believed this guy has the talent in him, and he proved it again in this film. Deepika Padukone and Vishakha Singh look completely natural, and this will be a career booster for Vishakha Singh, after doing two forgettable movies in Tamil and one in Hindi. The rest of the cast is very good and everybody is perfect for their roles. Also, there is a strong chemistry between all of them that they look very good together on screen.

Sohail Sen has done an excellent job as the music composer of the film. All the songs are very good, and the BGM is also excellent. I guess Simaab Sen and Sohail Sen have worked together for BGM. The cinematography is fine.

On the whole, Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey is a very good movie, It would have been a classic if the director did some more research on the historical events and facts. Anyway, don’t miss it.

“Vande Mataram”

8/10

Yamla Pagla Deewana Music Review

Director: Samir Karnik
Cast: Dharmendra, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Nafisa Ali, Anupam Kher etc
Music: RDB, Nouman Jeveid, Sandesh Shandilya, Rahul Seth, Anu Malik, Late Pyarelal

This movie carries high expectations as it stars the three Deols together, in ‘Paaji’ looks and self-referential jokes, and the promos look damn promising. The old ‘Rafi song’ is remixed and used as the title track, too. Also, the composers’ list includes Sandesh Shandilya, Nouman Javeid etc, who are expectation raisers for me. So, let’s see how the songs are.


Yamla Pagla Deewana- Sonu Nigam, Nindy Kaur
The title track in the Audio CD is sung by Sonu Nigam, even though the song video shown in TV channels feature a remix of Rafi’s version, with his voice retained. The song, however good, it is not as good as the Rafi’s version, but it is a good attempt from RDB, and the Nindy Kaur’s lines in the final portions of the song somewhat spoil the song, something like what happened to Himesh Reshammiya’s Kajraare title track with the addition of Sunidhi Chauhan’s rap. Anyway the song is good. And the RDB version is also good. Strangely, Nandy Kaur’s portions look good in this version
7/10

Chadha De Rang- Shweta Pandit,Mahalakshmi Iyer, Rahul Seth
Chadha De Rang- Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Shweta Pandit, Mahalakshmi Iyer
Chadha De Rang- Pervez Mehdi
Chadha De Rang- Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
The song has 4 versions, composed by Nouman Javeid, and all the 4 are just awesome!! The first two versions are really enjoyable and the 2 unplugged versions are also good. My personal favourite is the second version, sung by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Shweta Pandit & Mahalakshmi Iyer.My only doubt is, why they have added 4 different versions?? May be like the ‘Udd Jaa Kaale’ song having 4 versions in Gadar!!
7.5/10

Tinku Jiya- Javed Ali & Mamta Sharma
This song, composed by Anu Malik is a typical song with somewhat a Pritam touch here and there. It has nothing extraordinary, it is a passable song, and can be a hit if the video is good.
6/10

Sau Baar- Omar Nadeem & Shreya Ghoshal
An excellent song, which is lovable in the first listening itself. Sandesh Shandilya rocks again!! So many beautiful songs he has been giving, still he is highly underrated in Bollywood. How sad!! In the song, Omar Nadeem’s voice resembles Atif at times, however he sings very well. Shreya Ghoshal is equally good. Very good song.
8.5/10

Chamki Jawaani- Master Salim, Daler Mehndi & Mamta Sharma
Another ordinary song from Anu Malik, and the interesting thing is Master Saleem and Daler Mehndi sing together. The song has few portions resembling the ‘Billo Rani’ song from Goal, it is an ok-ok song, and some instrumental tunes in the song seem to be heard before.
6.25/10

Son Titariya- Krishna Berua
This song is another ok-ok song with a Punjabi touch here and there. Composed by Rahul Seth and Nouman Javeid, it is performed by Krishna Berua. Nothing special about this song.
5.5/10

Kadd Ke Botal- Sukhwinder Singh
Another song by Rahul Seth, performed by Sukhvinder singh, Nothing special, it is boring to have 3-4 same type songs in one album. As individual tracks, they are fine but when we listen to them one after other, it becomes boring.
6/10

The last track, Gurbani is good. No need to rate it.

On the whole, the album is as expected. Nouman Javeid and Sandesh Shandilya give good songs, RDB is also good, while Rahul Seth and Anu Malik are average. My picks are Sau Baar, the title song and Charha De Rang.

Overall rating is 7.25/10

Rakht Charitra 2/ Raththa Saritiram Movie Review

Director: Ram Gopal Varma
Cast: Surya, Vivek Oberoi, Radhika Apte, Priyamani, Sudeep, Shatrughan Sinha, Zarina Wahab etc

There have been blood, lot of blood, in Rakht Charitra 1. The second instalment, Rakht Charitra 2, or ‘Raththa Saritram’ in Tamil, is no different. It follows the same track of the prequel, with lot of bloodshed, revenge, extreme expressions, symbolic scenes, etc etc. Plus, this movie has a surprise element to it, none other than ‘Surya the Ghajini’. Thanks to RGV, we see a completely different Surya on screen ,one who roars and spits venom in dialogues, rather than play guitar or fight as a responsible cop of the state.

The story of Raththa Saritram can be told in a few lines, but they have executed it well. The movie is performance based, rather than a story based one. It has similar incidents as Rakht Charitra 1, but the basic plot is the never-ending chain of vengeance and revenge.

While the former movie belonged to Vivek Oberoi, this Raththa Saritram belongs to Surya, just because of the way the actor has performed in the movie. The character is not penned so deeply, it is nowhere near Pratap Ravi’s character (Played by Vivek Oberoi), but Surya overcomes this problem, and carries out a commendable performance, almost par with that of Vivek Oberoi. There are many scenes that just make us say ‘wow!! What a performance!!’. Surely, this is one of the best performances of 2010, and a notable one in Surya’s career, after ‘Pitaamahan’, ‘Ghajini’ and ‘Vaaranam Aayiram’. His action sequences are awesome, the fight scenes in court and jail are very good. Also, he is on the top, in the scene of TV Bomb blast.

Vivek Oberoi, the protagonist of Rakht Charitra 1, performs equally well in this movie also. He overshadows Surya in various instances, and his expressions are just great!! Everything is perfect, and such a performance can’t been so often in Indian cinema. Even though he doesn’t get much screen space in this, he manages to excel in whatever he does. What a performance, man!! I just want to recall a few sequences, such as argument scene and the next scene with Radhika Apte, conversation with Surya and the very next scene, etc etc.. He is a show stealer, and people who watched the first part will surely be sad about him not getting lot of screen presence.

The remaining cast do their jobs well. Radhika Apte, Priyamani, Sudeep, Shatrughan Sinha, and all others are fine.

Cinematography is very good, but looks a little bit awkward and bizarre at times, especially the 360 degree rotating scenes. It would have been used in just 1 scene, but it is used in 3-4 scenes, and doesn’t look good at times.

There are nothing much to mention about the lower sides of the movie, but I really felt sad during the final assassination. Camera should have focussed to Pratap also, but sadly it doesn’t happen. It would have been a great cinematic experience, considering how Vivek performed throughout the movie. But sadly they don’t give much focus to his expressions during the assassination.

The songs are used frequently in the background, and they are good. One notable song is ‘Nagendrahaaray Trilochanaay’, it is awesome!! Also, there are many excellent dialogues in the movie.

Revenge never ends, and that is what the closing scene of the movie implies. And the director has been successful in his effort to reach the message to the viewers. This is among RGV’s finest works, and is very good in all aspects.

On the whole, I personally liked the first part rather than the second, but that is just a personal choice.This one is equally good!! Go watch it!!


7.5/10

PS: If you are a movie lover, then you must watch both the movies Rakht Charitra 1 and 2, and if you are a Surya lover, watch the second one!!!

Urf Professor Movie Review

Director: Pankaj Advani
Cast: Manoj Pahwa, Yashpal Sharma, Sharman Joshi, Antara Mali, Kurush Deboo, Hemant Pandey, Devang Patel, Shri Vallabh Vyas, etc

Urf Professor is doubtlessly one of the best dark comedies of Indian cinema, and it not getting released is one of the greatest tragedies of Indian Cinema!! Seriously, it is a classic!! It is excellent in all aspects, what a film!! And it is a brave attempt from the crew, since in early 2000s, such black comedies were not much frequent in bollywood. Now we got Sankat City, The Film Emotional Atyachar, Darwaza Bandh Rakho etc etc, but Urf Professor is the baap of all black comedies!!
I read one article about this movie, in which the author compared it with Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron. Well, personally I like Urf Professor more than Jaane Bhi…
Urf Professor doesn’t have any stars in the cast. Of course it has Sharman Joshi, and Antara Mali, but neither of them were stars during this movie. I think this is Mr. Joshi’s first movie. It also has Manoj Pahwa and Yashpal Sharma, whom I think were not so popular that time. It also have Kurush Deboo, Hemant Pandey, Devang Patel, Shri Vallabh Vyas, etc, all are excellent.
The title role, is brilliantly handled by Manoj Pahwa, and this is surely his career best. Fantastic performance!! He is a great actor!! Among the other cast, everybody was excellent to their roles. Special mention to shri vallabh vyas for an awesome performance!!
Pankaj Advani has done a wonderful job as the director of the movie. He is no more now, so sad that we won’t get any more movies from him.. :(
There are several superb scenes in the movie, in fact all scenes are fantasic only!! The movie has many dialogues which the Indian censor board will never approve, and I think it may be the reason why the movie never got released.
Anyway, the movie never bores the audience, it is appropriately paced, and this is really a funny and entertaining ride. Go have it!! It is available online now, just google it, and enjoy!! Guaranteed quality fun!!

9/10

Note: You can watch the movie online at https://dingora.com/urf-professor

Sufi Paranja Katha Movie Review

Director: Priyanandanan
Cast: Sharbani Mukherji, Prakash Bare, Thampi Antony, Indrans, Valsala Menon, Vineeth Kumar, Babu Antony, Irshad etc.
Sufi Paranja Katha is an outstanding work from Priyanandan in all aspects. It is excellently scripted, flawlessly shot, and sharply performed by the artists. So, the result was a magnificient film, one which has got superior quality, and is adequately paced, so that even the non-intellectual viewers won’t get bored while watching the movie.

Sufi Paranja Katha is directed by Priyanandanan, acclaimed for his previous works Neythukaaran and Pulijanmam, both of which grabbed Natinal level attention by grabbing a few National awards. Like his previous film Pulijanmam, Sufi Paranja Katha is also based on a novel of the same title, by KP Ramanunni. It is scripted by Priyanandanan himself. The movie is set in the British India, and is about a Hindu Nair girl Karthyayani, or Karthi. The movie has numerous dimensions, making the viewers difficult to understand each and everything in the movie. There are hidden layers in the movie, and for a movie lover, it will be a very nice experience to watch the movie and unfold different levels of the movie. I am not going much into the story of the movie, enjoy it yourself!!

I was a little worried about Sharbani Mukherji being casted as the lead actress in the movie, as she has no Malayalam background. But after watching the movie, I couldn’t appreciate the way she has performed. In fact, she is suited extremely well for her character. She does her career best performance, and the dubbing artist who gave her voice also has done a commendable job. Sharbani Mukherji is the soul of the movie, it is a character on which the whole movie is relied upon. Had the performance been a little below the mark, the entire movie would have been ended up as a mess. But, fortunately she carries out her role with ease, and saves the movie.
Prakash Bare does his role well, in spite of the fact that he is a newcomer. Thampi Antony is awesome in a pivotal role. His career best performance, for sure!! The rest of the cast is fine.

Priyanandanan is a very good director, no words to say about him. He is really good and these so-called film makers should learn from him. The music department was okay, one track reminds us of some songs of 90s.

On the whole, the movie is a little difficult to understand, but it is definitely one of the best movies of the decade. Never miss this!!

8.5/10

Guzaarish Movie Review

Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Aditya Roy Kapur, Shernaz Patel, Nafisa Ali, Moni Kangana Dutta, Rajit Kapoor etc
Guzaarish is a movie which is purely performance oriented. The movie doesn’t have a strong story, but the movie is saved by the brilliant performances of the artists, and excellently penned dialogues. The story is not at all impressive, when told in a few lines, but as a movie, definitely it deserves appreciation!!
So, Guzaarish is about Ethan, who was once the best magician of the world, and now living as a ‘vegetable with a brain’. Hrithik Roshan plays Ethan, who is obviously one of the best characters he has ever played. He truly deserves applause for his performance is Guzaarish, it was awesome!! Be it the looks, the expressions, the dialogue delivery, or even the silence, he was excellent!! Those eyes, and the long beard, they speak a lot!! There are lot of moments in the movie which make you scream, ‘Wowwww!!!’. This is undoubtedly one of the finest performances of 2010.
Guzaarish is also about Sofia, even though not as much as it is about Ethan. Sofia is the nurse cum caretaker of Ethan, with whom she gradually develops a relationship, which is nameless. Of course, it is not love in her eyes, neither it is the greed for money, it is something unexplainable, it has to be watched and felt. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan sparkles in her role, and it is nice to see her in such de-glam roles.
The other important characters Omar(Aditya Roy Kapur), Devyani(Shernaz Patel), Ethan's mom(Nafisa Ali) are awesome at their roles. They are examples of perfect casting. The rest of the cast includes Rajit Kapoor as an advocate, Makrand Deshpande in a brief role as Sofia’s husband, Moni Kangana Dutta as Estella, and many others in supporting roles, have done their jobs well. I expected some more from Moni Kangana Dutta, as her debut was showcased as a great news in many websites, but she was briefed into 4-5 scenes only.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali himself handles the music department of the movie, and the songs are pretty good, though most of them are situational. Of all the tracks, ‘Sau Gram Zindagi’ and ‘Tera Zikr’ stand out.
There are many beautiful moments in the movie. The magic show, the court scene, the rain scene, the dinner party at the end, etc etc to list a few. The magic show is a visual treat, and is really good.
So, in 2007, Sanjay Leela Bhansali disappointed the critics and most of the viewers with his Saawariya, and this ‘Guzaarish’ is truly a comeback for him. This is going to grab many awards this year, and this is going to be remembered forever for Hrithik Roshan’s brilliant performance. Watch this not as a brainless entertainer, but expect a slow and beautiful movie. You won’t be disappointed!!

8/10

Action Replayy Movie Review

Director: Vipul Amrutlal Shah
Cast: Aditya Roy Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Rannvijay Singh, Om Puri, Kirron Kher, Neha Dhupia, Rajpal Yadav etc.

Bollywood directors are experimenting in a rather harmless manner nowadays, and Action Replayy is the result of such an attempt from Vipul Shah, who entertained us with Namastey London and disappointed us with London Dreams in the previous years. However, Action Replayy is much much better than the boring London Dreams. In fact, it is entertaining and good. Moreover, the movie comes up with a pleasant surprise, Aditya Roy Kapoor. He is that type of typical bollywood guy, with his cute and innocent looks, and he is so lucky to get such a long role in such a big film. He performs equally, or even more than Akshay Kumar, in every sequence. In fact, he is the real hero of the movie.

So, the movie is about a son travelling back to 1970s to set his parents’ marriage alright. A lot of questions of plagiarism come along with the subject of travelling through time, but I never felt any resemblance with any other movie, this is original work, IMO. There are many flaws in the movie, but still it is enjoyable, with an interesting screenplay and good performances. Also, the songs are good, even though few of them are not properly placed. There are lot of entertaining moments throughout the film, some of them are very good.

The performances are good, and Aditya Roy Kapoor is on the top amongst all. Akshay Kumar and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan are good, so as Rannvijay Singh, Om Puri, Kirron Kher, Neha Dhupia, Rajpal Yadav etc.

One big letdown is the ending of the movie, the credits begin to roll up so quickly, there should have been a proper ending. May be editor’s mistake!!

One doubt: Won’t Kishan and Mala recognise their old friend’s face when their son grow up??? It may even lead to a DNA test!!! :O


7/10

Do Dooni Chaar Movie Review

Director: Habib Faizal
Cast: Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh, Aditi Vasudev, Archit Krishna

Thank God, I’m watching lot of good films nowadays!! It is good for mental health!!
Do Dooni Chaar is a movie that is excellent in all aspects. Be it the casting, the dialogues, the direction, or anything. Just one word, excellent!!
There have been crap movies in the past, there have been movies in which the director attempted to do something good ,but ended up as a failure. I suggest such people watch this movie. This is a textbook for people who want to make simple films with great intentions. Of course, Do Dooni Chaar hits the right target, and that is the success of the director. No wonder, after watching this movie Sachin Tendulkar wanted to act in this director’s movie.
And one more thing, this movie is produced by Arindam Chaudhury, the famous economist and the founder of IIPM. He has done a good thing to produce such a great movie.
So, what’s the movie about?? It revolves around the life of Duggal family, consisting of a dad, mom and two children. Real life couple Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh have come up together on screen after so many years, ant the chemistry is extra ordinary. The girl and the boy who acted as their children are equally good. The story is completely natural, simple and refreshing.
The movies like Do Dooni Chaar should be made, this is doubtlessly a real gem in Indian cinema, one of the best movies of the recent times!! Habib Faizal, you rock!!

9.5/10

Madholal Keep Walking Movie Review

Director: Jai Tank
Cast: Subrat Dutta, Swara Bhaskar, Varnita Aglawe etc

Tension nahin lene ka bhai! Life hai, hota hai!! This is the message of the movie, Madholal Keep Walking. It is far interesting than what I expected, the movie is entertaining in most of the parts. By the term ‘entertainment’ I don’t mean the cheap item numbers or faltoo PJs, it is light-hearted entertainment.
The movie revolves around Madholal, and he is working as a Security guy in an office. The movie is about him, his life and the things happening around him. The lead actor looks promising, and he delivers his expressions excellently. The movie totally belongs to him, awesome performance!! The other artists are good, especially the actress who played Madholal’s wife. There are some very good scenes in the movie which will make a strong impact on the viewers’ minds.
The only drawbacks of the movie are few scenes before the ending, and one song played in the background several times. The song ‘Naina Lagey’ seemed irritating in various places. The last few scenes were highly dramatic, but still the movie is a good attempt.
Another problem I noticed is the poster. Looking at the poster I expected the story of some IT guys!!
Anyway, the movie is surely better than many of the 2010 movies, it is worth a watch, for sure.

7.5/10

Kajraare Movie Review

Director: Pooja Bhatt
Cast: Himesh Reshammiya, Mona Laizza, Jaaved Sheikh, Gulshan Grover, Amrita Singh, Adnan Shah

The director Pooja Bhatt had done some good films in the past, be it her previous flick ‘Dhokha’, or her debut film ‘Paap’. But, Pooja Bhatt was often termed as an offbeat director. So, since the day the news of her doing a film with Himesh, the buzz was that she would be doing a fully commercial masala movie this time. Also, the hopes were high, as Mahesh Bhatt is the writer. So, the fans of Himesh Reshammiya, including me, didn’t lose hope even after the box-office failures of Karzzzz and Radio. Everybody hoped that Kajraare will be a breakthrough for Himesh. The hopes were not shattered even after the release of the first promo and the Official Soundtrack of the movie. The songs looked quite innovative and good.

But, the sequences of mismashes started then. Bhushan Kumar indefinitely delaying the film, stopping the promos and songs of the film to be aired in TV, and we, the fans were disappointed. Still, we had hope, and I remember we used to send lot of mails to T-series asking about Kajraare. Let me also say that we never got any reply for any of our mails. And then, one day we come to know that the film got released in 2 theatres, that also 1 show each. I was so sad on this, that I couldn’t even do my job properly that day. All our expectations were let down by this Bhushan Kumar. What all we thought, the movie will be good, and it will be a slap on the faces of the people who says Himesh is useless. We expected critics giving the movie ratings of 3.5 or 4, saying “Himesh has improved a lot in acting, and it is one of the main highlights of the film ,along with an engaging screenplay, soothing music and stunning locations”, but nothing happened, no critic bothered to watch it and write a review.

The only hope left was it to be aired in some TV channel, and we expected it to be shown in TV for Diwali. Thank God, atleast our expectations were right this time. Tata Sky and Airtel DTH started showing the movie from Diwali day. The DTH rips were out the next day, so everybody finally got a chance to watch Kajraare, atleast on small screen.

I live in a rented room, and I don’t have a PC there. So, I had two options, either to take a leave and watch it from my PC at home, or watch it in my mobile. I even thought of taking a leave, but it wasn’t possible, considering the condition of my project now. So, the sole option was to watch in mobile. Anyway, my phone has got a pretty good screen size, so its not so bad to watch it in mobile. So, I waited for somebody to upload the movie in 3GP. And, I got the link last night. So, finally my 2years waiting is over, and im getting a chance to watch the movie!! I was so excited that I could’nt even sleep properly. In the morning, I downloaded the movie from an internet café, and rushed back to the room, to watch it.

Well, the movie started with Mahesh Bhatt’s narration, and the titles were shown. The name of Bhushan Kumar was mentioned nowhere, no credits were given to the Producer. The credits show Himesh walking here and there, through desert and such things, and from the lyrics, he is in search of somebody ,presumably his ‘Mahiya’ (Lover). But why this desert and all? No answer. And, then the heroine’s introduction, it is quite confusing. After this song ‘Rabba Luck Barsa’ only Himesh meets the heroine, then who is his ‘Mahiya’ in that song?? Any previous affair?? And, later we come to know that this Himesh can’t live in india, so he travelled to some other country ,I think Dubai. Now, I come to know what was shown in the first song. Yes, he was walking to Dubai from India, I guess!!! Later, the song ‘Kajraare’ follows, and the song doesn’t match the situation, especially the female rap portion by Sunidhi Chauhan. Had it been an unplugged solo version of that song, the impact would have been excellent.

There is an implicit rule that Himesh Reshammiya’s films should have songs in a gap of 8-10 minutes. The same pattern has been followed from his first movie AKS, to Kajraare. The songs are, however good. The first half proceeds in songs and meetings with the heroine, and a disturbing dream from his past. While watching the movie, I didn’t feel that I’m watching a 2010 movie. It looked somewhat old, the script and all were like that.


Later, in the proceedings of the movie, the flashback and the reason for Himesh running away from his identity are revealed, and they don’t look so convincing. Seems the director did that in a hurry, that it ended up in just one scene. There are few beautiful scenes individually, but on the whole it doesn’t make much of an impact.

Himesh Reshammiya had shown a refreshing performance in his previous film Radio. But again in Kajraare, he is not upto the mark. His expressions are not that strong, but I like his dialogue delivery. It is good. This guy is simply wasting his career by sticking into his policies, but let us not lose hope, and wait for his next album to come out. But I advise, stick to composing and singing, Himeshji.. Please..

The new girl Mona Laizza has no charm at most of the places. Of course, he character is grey-shaded, but she could have been showcased more beautifully. Acting wise, she has done a confident debut. Hope she gets more roles in future.

The remaining cast includes a cold-faced Amrita Singh, who maintains the same expressions throughout the movie, Jaaved Sheikh who has nothing much to do other than begging ‘maaro mujhe, maaro mujhe’, and Gulshan Grover who does a typical clichéd character. The villain character played by Adnan Shah was fine, in my opinion. The rest of the cast was okay.


The film boasted of great visuals, but nothing so great was found in real. The locations of Jordan and all looked nothing extra ordinary.


The music is the main highlight of the movie, there are few excellent tracks, and the songs are also picturised well, except for ‘Kajraare’ song.


On the whole, Kajraare doesn’t reach my expectations. Mahesh Bhatt has come up with a loose screenplay, and it affected the movie so badly. I really expected this movie would be a tight slap on the face of those haters, but nothing happened.


My rating for the movie would be 3/5 as a Himesh fan, but otherwise it is 2.25/5.
Let’s wait, pray more, and expect less.

Band Bajaa Baraat Music Review

Director: Maneesh Sharma
Cast: Ranveer Singh, Anushka Sharma
Music: Salim-Sulaiman

Actually there were no much expectations for this flick, but the ‘Tarkeebein’ song which is aired in TV nowadays raises expectations a little. Afterall, it is a YRF movie, and the music is by Salim-Sulaiman. So, let’s see how the songs are.


Band Baaja Baaraat- Salim Merchant & Shraddha Pandit
The title track is a very short number, and the movie title gets repeated in a frequency of 3 times in 5 seconds, in the song!! ;) However, good title track.
6.5/10


Tarkeebein- Benny Dayal & Salim Merchant
Now this is something which stands out. It is sung well by Benny Dayal, and Salim Merchant gives ample support to him, making this a memorable song. Good song, but don’t know the meaning of ‘Tarkeebein yet!!
7.5/10

Ainvayi Ainvayi- Salim Merchant & Sunidhi Chauhan
This track is typically Punjabi in its style, it seems more of a Pritam song, somewhat like Aahun Aahun and all.. The singers have done a fine job, however nothing special about the song. Master Saleem sings a ‘Dilli club mix’ later in the album, nothing worth mentioning.
5.5/10

Aadha Ishq- Shreya Ghoshal
Shreya Ghoshal can’t go bad!! Beautiful song, but can’t digest the lyrics like ‘Aadhaa ishq’. Why love is ‘Aadhaa’??? The instruments are used beautifully in the song.
7/10

Dum Dum- Benny Dayal & Himani Kapoor
Shades of various composers in this song!! Can’t remember the similar songs, but there are quite a few.. Anyway, it is an interesting song, although there is nothing new in it. The song later comes as a ‘Sufi’ mix in the album, with Sukhvinder Singh replacing Benny. It has a more ‘Himesh’ touch in it!!
6.5/10

Mitra- Amitabh Bhattacharya & Salim Merchant
A feel good song, sung well. There are shades of some previous songs of the composers, but still it manages to be a good song.
7/10

Baari Barsi- Harshdeep Kaur, Labh Janjua & Salim Merchant
Didn’t like this in the first listening, but now it seems interesting in the second listening. Harshdeep Kaur rocks in all her songs, really man!!! Some excellent songs in Karzzzz, Kajraare, Guzaarish etc, and now this one!! Anyway, the English lyrics didn’t contribute much to the mood of the song.
7.5/10

So, the songs are alright, but has a non-Salim Sulaiman feel somewhere here and there, and that’s good!! Changes are always welcome!!

Overall rating is 6.75/10

Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey Music Review

Director: Ashhutosh Gowariker
Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, Sikandar Kher etc
Music: Sohail Sen
Instrumental works: Simaab Sen

The expectation from the songs of an Ashutosh Gowariker film is enormous, and when the name Sohail Sen is seen in the Music department, the expectations simply double up, considering the great tracks he gave us for ‘What’s Your Raashee’ last year. Now, the question is, whether the OST of Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey lives upto the expectations? Well, let’s have a look at the tracks..

Yeh Des Hai Mera- Sohail Sen
The opening track, performed by Sohail Sen himself, is an instantly likeable song. The song is good and the instrumentations are apt. Sohail Sen carries the right mood for the song. The ‘Vandemataram’ portion in the middle is awesme. This is a good track.
7/10


Naiyn Tere- Pamela Jain, Ranjini Jose
Now comes another loveable song. Performed by Malayalam singer Ranjini Jose and Pamela Jain, it is a beautiful song, I hope the song is picturised nicely. The surprise is the sweet voice of Ranjini Jose, which is quiet unusal!! Comparing her previous works in Malayalam, this is really the Ranjini Jose Version 2, and obviously this version is really good!! Pamela Jain is also equally, or even more good.
8.5/10

Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey
The title track of the movie grows in the listeners from the first listening itself. My real confusion is, Why on earth SURESH WADKAR is credited for this song???? It is a big question, even though the entire song is sung by the chorus, except for a whistle portion somewhere in the song, Suresh Wadkar is given the solo credit for singing. Is he the guest composer or something?? So confusing, but still the title track is at the right chord, it is good.
7.5/10

Sapne Saloney- Sohail Sen & Pamela Jain
The track is most interesting in the Pamela Jain portions, the ‘Pa Ni Sa Pa Dha Ni’ portion is simply beautiful, I expect lot of people keeping that portion as their ringtone, if the song hits the right place, in the hearts of people!!
6.5/10

Vande Mataram (Revised)- Cine Singers Assosiation
Now, this song is a hindi version of the National song Vandemataram. Excellent work, especially lyrics are great. The music is also good, I appreciate Sohail Sen’s attempt to re-compose the great song. Truly a song that makes you feel like being proud of an Indian.
8/10

Long Live Chittagong- Instrumental
The Teenagers Whistle- Instrumental
Surjya's Sorrow- Instrumental
Vande Mataram- Instrumental
The Escape- Instrumental
Now we have a bunch of instrumentals, all of them are awesome and are different from each other. This is an area where a composer can show his talent, and Simaab Sen has proved that he is simply great.

Naiyn Tere (Sad)- Pamela Jain
Revolutionary Comrades- Sohail Sen
These are two Unplugged Instrumental versions, and they are also good. Now, this attempt of giving the nstruments a domination over the singer’s voice in the unplugged version is a new trend, it is good.


On the whole, KHJJS is different from What’s Your Raashee, this has got some more serious songs, and some awesome instrumental works. Sohail Sen and Simaab Sen, you both rock!!


My ratings for Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey as an entire OST is 7.5/10

Benny and Babloo Movie Review

Director: Yunus Sajawal
Cast: Kay Kay Menon, Rajpal Yadav, Riya Sen, Richa Chadda, Anita Hassandani, Hiten Paintal, Shweta Tiwari etc


Films like Benny and Babloo are a part of industry. They come without large promotion, no big stars, no item songs or skin shows to grab people’s attention, but such films will be having a simple plot. Such movies are not that great, but the final result will be a smile on the audiences’ faces. Yes, these movies never disappoint, because there is no much expectation linked to them. Benny and Babloo is a simple film, about two friends, Bennykkutty and Babloo.
The movie starts when these two people get jobs in two places, one a five-star hotel and other a ladies bar. Initially, Benny is proud that he is working as a bellboy in a fivestar hotel, and he often teases Babloo for working as a waiter in a ‘gira hua’ ladies bar. But, gradually Benny comes to know the real faces of the people in the hotel, the activities going on there.
The story has many other characters also. There are around 10 women in the Ladies Bar, there are people in Hotel, there is a struggling actor, a corrupt polititian etc etc. Most of the characters are well-developed, and therefore doesn’t irritate us at any situation. There are some situations which moists our eyes, over all the movie makes us feel good, and also makes us think about what is happening in the society.
The lead artists Kay Kay Menon and Rajpal Yadav perform equally well. Both are excellent in their roles. Among the other cast, everybody is good. The actress who played the eldest woman in the ladies bar deserves special mention.
There is no much scope for music in the movie, and the cinematography is ordinary. On the whole, this is a simple film which can be watched. It is not a must watch, but it is worth a watch.
6.5/10

Jhootha Hi Sahi Movie Review

Director: Abbas Tyrewala
Cast: John Abraham, Pakhi Tyrewala, Alisha Warde, Raghu Ram, Mansi Scott, R Madhavan, Nandana Sen


Something is wrong. Yes, something is terribly wrong. Either there is a problem with me, or there is a problem with the majority of Indian audience. I’m saying this, because I loved this film. Yes, you heard it right, I loved this film which most of you called crap and time waste stuff. When you people can accept the recycled, re-re-re-re-re-used, clichéd, melodramatic Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, why cant you accept this fresh and beautiful Jhootha Hi Sahi??
I still remember, Jaane Tu Yaa Jaane Na was 70% ‘Niram’ (It’s a Malayalam Movie released in 1998, and later remade to Hindi as Tujhe Meri Kasam with Reitesh Deshmukh and Genelia D’zouza). The rest 30% was the Khan brothers comedy, the Photoframe-dad portion, and all. In fact, apart from these two things, the movie was a crap. Then how did it become such a success? The answer is simple, there are big names behind. Aamir Khan, and his nephew Khan making a debut. Then AR Rahman, the Mozart of Madras. And what the makers did is, from the beginning they brought a false sensation of youthness and freshness in the movie, so that all the youth got attracted. It even had a song of heroine being sad because of her cat’s death, and hero making her happy. Also, there was a ‘Pappu’ song, in which Pappu danced quite well, though. Then there was sister-brother-chooha fight, search for a girl, the new girl episode, self realization and mutual understanding, airport singing!! That’s all!! I still wonder why this went out to be a big hit!!

But, Jhootha Hi Sahi has no Pappu song, there are no FUNNY moments (if you think JTJYN had funny moments), Jhootha Hi Sahi is a honest attempt from a director who badly wants to come out of the clichéd world and do something new and innovative. People had drawn parallels with the 2002 film ‘University’, I don’t know, I haven’t watched that film. But, this is a very good film, and I feel pity about the audience and the critics who gave a thumb down to the movie.

The movie is fresh, the performances are nice, and it offers atleast 3-4 good songs. The song lyrics are penned according to the situations, and the entire movie is shot well. The only drawbacks one can find are Mansi Scott who played John Abraham’s girlfriend, she acted well, but didn’t look good. Also, the climax of bridge opening and John jumping, etc were usual bollywood stuff. But, apart from that, it is a very good movie.

The performances are awesome. While John Abraham shines in his new avatar, the real showstealer is Pakhi Tyrewala, who surprises us with a fine performance, and well written dialogues. Among the other cast, Raghu Ram is awesome!! Also, Alishka Varde and George Young shared very good chemistry. The cameos by Madhavan and Nandana Sen were nice.

The music, as I had reviewed earlier, is good. There are good songs in the movie, and they are placed at apt places. Even the song ‘Pam para’ looked okay on screen, which otherwise I don’t like.

On the whole, I loved the movie when I watched it. It is very sad thing that such a good movie flopped severely at box office. :(

7.5/10

The Uninvited Movie Review

Directors: The Guard Brothers
Cast: Emily Browning, David Strathairn, Arielle Kebbel, Elizabeth Banks etc

The Uninvited is an American remake of a Korean film of the same name. Korean remakes are mostly good, and there is no exception for ‘The Uninvited. It is good, it has got some creepy moments, and most importantly it has got an excellent ending. It is so good, that the movie will stay in our minds for days, even after watching it. Apparently, the Indian film ‘Hide& Seek’ has inspired a little from the suspense this film showcases in its end, and it was also a very good thriller.
To be frank, Uninvited is more of a thriller, than a horror movie. It is not stretched out long, to make the audience get bored, it has a handy duration of 80 minutes, and the director is able to express what he has in mind, in these 80 minutes.

The lead girl is beautiful, and enacts her part well. The ‘villain’ lady is also good. Also, all other artists have done their roles well. The cinematography has nothing special to be mentioned, the BGM is good.

On the whole, The Uninvited is an awesome movie with a fantastic ending. Watch it, you will know!!

8/10

Hisss Movie Review

Director: Jennifer Lynch
Cast: Mallika Sherawat, Irrfan Khan, Divya Dutta etc

A movie about the vengeance of the snakes, interesting!! As we are brought up in a society in which snakes are devoted, the plot of a snake vengeance seems interesting!
So I booked a seat for Hiss at Innovative Multiplex, Marthahalli, for 2.15 show, on Saturday. I had to watch Rakht Charitra at 5.00 from the same place, so I was a little worried about the duration of the movie. Anyway, I got late, took a quick bath at 1.30 and ran to bus stop, bought a bottle of Slice and Bingo as I hadn’t had anything from the morning. Due to high traffic, I could reach there at 2.27 only.. I ran to the place, got the ticket, and entered the hall. Nothing was visible, except a yellow ‘V/U’ certificate, I asked the guy standing at door to show me my seat. He told, ‘koi problem nahi, aap kahin bhi baith sakte hain!’. Yes, the hall was almost empty, and I got a seat. I looked at the screen, it was beautiful, awesome!! I don’t know how to explain, it was so nice with stunning visuals. But I wondered whether the resolution of the movie was not 16:9, it was 4:3! Later only, I realised that it was a short film on ‘Kerala Tourism’!!! :P

Anyway, the movie started, and it wasn’t as bad as critics said. Hisss is not at all a great movie, but it is not the worst one too!! There have been more worse films than Hisss, In fact, it is a watchable one, in my opinion. It is not so convincing at several places, but still we can watch it. It certainly has more standards than a B-grade movie. Hiss could have been much better if the director worked a little more harder on the script. Also, the place where it is taking place arises many confusions. In one scene, we can see ‘Amrita TV’ news reporters and an old woman speaking Malayalam, indicating that it takes place in Kerala. But, all other common people speak Hindi only.

Mallika Sherawat did her role well, her snake-teeth is not looking much original, though!! Irrfan Khan was okay, and all others were alright. The lovemaking scene between Ms. Sherawat and the Snake was very funny!! :P

On the whole, it is a one-time watch, atleast when the DVD comes…

5/10

Rakht Charitra 1 Movie Review

Director: Ram Gopal Varma
Cast: Vivek Oberoi, Shatrughan Sinha, Abhimanyu Singh, Sushant Singh, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Radhika Apte, Zarina Wahab, Ashwini Kalsekar, Ashish Vidyarthi, etc

RGV did it again!! Rakht Charitra can be easily mentioned as one of the best of RGV, or even one of the best in the history of ‘Dark Cinema’. The direction is top notch, the dialogues are hard-hitting, and the performances are extremely natural and great. Rakht Charitra has all those elements in the right place, to make it a classic. The movie is flawless, fast-paced, and freakingly violent! Yes, the weak-hearted better stay away from this flick!!

Rakht Charitra is about an era, where it was believed that ‘Revenge is the purest emotion’, rather than ‘An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind’. It is about Pratap Ravi, one with a strong heart. After he loses his father and brother in the dirty game of Politics, he decides to take revenge, and the real Rakht Charitra begins. There is a lot of tears in the movie, tears of downtrodden mothers and wives, tears of abused and exploited sisters, but there is even more blood in the movie, which takes the revenge to all the tears shed. But, do not expect a mindless movie with blood only, it has a strong storyline, without which, the movie would have been a forgettable offering from RGV. But this has the story, and is executed extremely well, and it has turned out to be a must watch for people who watch movies with true spirit.

Vivek Oberoi is in his top-form, he does the role of the lead protagonist Pratap Ravi with ease, he is excellent in his role. Look at his eyes, the way he looks, gazes and stares, you will realize it!! And Abhimanyu Singh, he is damn great!! Excellent acting, it is fact that villains in RGV flicks will be notorious, but this guy is great, he is excellent in his role. Sushant Singh was awesome in his scenes, I had a strong sensation of clapping loudly, while watching him walk in slow motion. Shatrughan Sinha is good, Zarina Wahab, Radhika Apte, Ashwini Kalsekar, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Rajendra Gupta, Anupam Shyam all were good. Sudeep and Darshan Jariwala, I guess is reserved for the 2nd ‘Adhyay’ of Rakht charitra.

I really want to point out some scenes that prove the director’s excellence, but it may lead to spoilers, so I’m not going to do it now. The only negative I could find is RGV’s voice, which lacked high power. However, all I can say is watch the movie, you won’t be disappointed. I'm eagerly waiting for Nov 19 now, for Rakht Charitra 2. The movie has got the power, it is not just a movie, it is EPIC!!!

9.5/10

The Train Movie Review

Directors: Raksha Mistry and Hasain Hyderabadwala
Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Geeta Basra, Sayali Bhagat, Aseem Merchant, Suresh Menon etc

The Train, an illegal adaptation of 'Derailed', is a good attempt from the director duo, Raksha Mistry and Hasain Hyderabadwala.
The movie hits the right chord, it is emotional, has good songs, and carries a brilliant performance by the male protagonist Emraan Hashmi. However, the second lead lady, 'Sayali Bhagat' is below average, acting wise. She is not able to carry out several sequences properly. The first lead lady Geeta Basra, on the other hand, is surprisingly good at her role. Suresh Menon is irritating in most of the scenes. The villain Aseem Merchant is awesome. And the climax is excellent.

The music by Mithoon is another big plus point, he is a very good composer, for sure. Thought 3 songs sounded similar, they were nice.

On the whole, The Train is a good movie, worth a watch.

6.5/10

Fun fact: there are two more adaptations for 'Derailed', a Tamil film 'Pachaikili Muthucharam' and a Sinhala film 'Dakina Dakina Mal'.

Good Boy Bad Boy Movie Review

Director: Ashwini Chaudhary
Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Tusshar Kapoor, Isha Sherwani, Tanushree Dutta, Paresh Rawal etc

Well, honestly I had no expectations for this movie, I expected a movie full of college clichés, but surprisingly it turned out to be worth a watch, with honest performances from the lead actors. The irritating factor in the movie was Tanushree Dutta, she doesn’t look good on screen. The music by Himesh Reshammiya was also good, two-three songs were really nice. Emraan Hashmi’s hairstyle did not suit him, but otherwise, everything was fine. On the whole, it is a one time watch movie.

6.5/10

PS: College villains are always straight from the Amul Frenchie Ads, don’t know why!!!

Lahore Movie Review

Director: Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan
Cast: Aanaahad, Sushant Singh, Nafisa Ali, Ashish Vidyarthi, Farooque Sheikh, Shraddha Das, Shraddha Nigam etc

Lahore, the directorial venture by Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan is cliched, highly predictable at times, having lot of flaws, etc etc.. But despite of all these shortcomings, it manages to moisten the viewers’ eyes towards the ending. ‘An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind’, the quote of Mahatma Gandhi, is well depicted in the movie, and that alone is a reasonable factor to watch the movie.

Lahore is about two brothers, and two countries, too. The story has nothing so new, it goes as expected by the viewers, the director has managed to execute it in a not-so boring manner, that he saves it from being called as a Documentary.

The performances are fine, the main protagonist Aanaahad is a look-alike of Randeep Hooda, he does his part well, Sushant Singh was good, Farooque Sheikh, Nafisa Ali, Mukesh Rishi, Shraddha Nigam all were good, and special mention to Shraddha Das, she looked like the mock-female roles Shreyas Talpade and Reitesh Deshmukh had played in their previous films.

The music by MM Kreem is average, and the cinematography is fine.

On the whole, Lahore is a good movie with an awesome, fantastic ending.
Watch it, you will know!!

7/10

Lamhaa Movie Review

Director: Rahul Dholakia
Cast: Sajnay Dutt, Kunal Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Anupam Kher, Mahesh Manjarekar etc.

Lamhaa is a sincere attempt, sadly ruined by the not-so engaging screenplay.
Once we are into the movie, we see each and every 'Lamhaa' is lagging, :(
Rahul Dholakia, the national award for his work 'Parzania' has doubtlessly done so much of research for the movie, he deserves appreciation for that, but the way he moulded his research and fiction has terribly gone wrong, resulting what 'Lamhaa' is now.

Lamhaa, as mentioned in the tagline, is obviously the 'Untold story of Kashmir', for it doesn't go much into the natural beauty of Kashmir, which is, otherwise portrayed in every movie based on Kashmir, regardless of whether it is a terrorist story, or whatever. The dialogues are written brilliantly, some one-line dialogues make strong impact in the minds. But the movie as a whole, is a boring affair. Only grace is the climax, the last 10 minutes. The OST was excellently composed by Mithoon, but all of them are not used well in the movie. Salaam Zindagi track is picturised beautifully.

The actors do their part well, all were good in their roles.

On the whole, i can give Lamhaa a 6/10, out of which 4 is for the movie, and an extra 2 for Rahul Dholakia's effort to make the movie.

Naina Movie Review

Director: Shripal Morakhia
Cast: Urmila Matondkar, Anuj Sawhney, Shweta Konnur, Amardeep Jha etc


Being the remake of the 2002 movie ‘The Eye’, ‘Naina’ tells the story of Naina Shah (Urmila Matondkar). The movie is extremely well shot, and considering the fact that it was released in 2005, the work is brilliant. The performances are great, and the only drawback of the movie is, it lacks a tight screenplay. Especially towards the second half, the movie lags at several moments.
However, the movie is far better than most of the so-called horror movies coming these days..
This movie is definitely worth a watch, for Urmila’s stunning performance, for some creepy scenes, and for some excellent visuals.

7/10

Crook; Its good to be bad Movie Review

Director: Mohit Suri
Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Neha Sharma, Arjan Bajwa etc


The only interesting thing in Crook is it is a new movie. The sole reason to watch the movie is the excitement of watching a newly released movie. But, sadly the movie disappoints the viewer. We expect a kind of minimum standard for a movie when it comes from Bhatt camp. Considering the quality of movies which have come out from them in the last few years, One will expect some quality, and Crook never lives upto the expectations. Mohit Suri, the director who gave us Kalyug, Zeher, Awarapan, Raaz-TMC etc fails to impress the viewers this time.
The performances are fine, the new girl Neha Sharma is an invention. She does her part well. Emraan Hashmi was also very good. The fat guy (Imran Khan’s friend in I Hate Luv Storys) got a good role to perform. Arjan Bajwa was good. Rest of the cast was okay. But, a bunch of good performances doesn’t make a good fiom. This shows Mohit Suri’s skill in direction, and weekness in writing. His previous films were adaptations of foreign films, so he directed them well. But when it comes to an original concept, he failed to write a tight screenplay.

The music by Pritam is strictly okay, the ‘Challa’ track stands out. On the whole, Crook disappoints.
“It is good to be bad, but not this worse…”

4.5/10

City Of Gold Movie Review

Director: Mahesh Manjarekar
Cast: Shashank Shende, Seema Biswas, Veena Jamkar, Sachin Khedekar, Siddharth Jadhav, Satish Kaushik, Kashmira Shah etc


I don’t know how to start my review.. Seriously, I thought of starting like “Damn good work, man!!”, but I don’t know what to write..
Mahesh Manjarekar is one with enormous talents, really!! What a movie, man!! Each character has got depth, brilliant performances, apt lighting, and a tight screenplay. The only drawback to say is that, the movie seems a little bit dramatic at places. Otherwise, the movie deserves 10/10.

Set in the Mumbai of the 1980s, the movie deals with the mill workers’ life , who made the city into what it is now.
The movie is executed brilliantly, damn good!! Mr Manjarekar should direct more movies, we miss your talent, sir!!
The casting is perfect, the performances are very good, Many people are newcomers, I guess from the theatre background. The guys performed well, Siddharth Jadhav was awesome as Speedbreaker. The girl who played Manju was awesome. Seema Biswas is just a WoWWW!!! Excellent performance. Sachin Khedekar was good. Satish Kaushik’s role was very good. Kashmira Shah has got a meatier role to perform this time, and she proves that she can do well in terms of acting also. The rest of the cast was good, the ad-wala guy who played Jignesh was good.

No scope for the music, except for a semi-item song in Marathi, during the credits.

On the whole, Mahesh Manjarekar is a talented director, and he proves it once again in this movie. Very well made movie, watch it!!!

8.5/10

Karam Movie Review

Director: Sanjay Gupta
Cast: John Abraham, Priyanka Chopra, Shiney Ahuja etc.

Karam is a million times told story, with a serial killer/gangster loving a girl, wishing to leave the underworld for her, the gang leader opposing it, a police officer in between, etc, etc…
The movie has nothing new, the only grace was John Abraham. He did his role well, not so great and all, but he managed to do well. Priyanka Chopra was okay, Shiney Ahuja was very good. The other actors were fine.

It is an ok-ok movie, a one time watch.

6/10

Admissions Open Movie Review

Director: KD Sathyam
Cast: Ankur Khanna, Anupam Kher, Ashish Vidyarthi, Arshi etc.


Admissions Open boasts of a strong cast and crew, Anupam Kher, Rati Agnihotri, Ashish Vidyarthi, and music by the mastero Amit Trivedi. Also, it is about the defects of the current education system, which is intended more towards the grades and marks, than the talents. But, a one-line idea which sounds great may not work well, when it comes to a 2+ hour movie. The screenplay matters, and that is where This movie fails miserably. The movies tries out something, and ends up nowhere.

So, the concept of studying whatever one wants, in an ‘Open University’ sounds innovative, but the methodologies used to implement that are ridiculous. It seems so stupid at times, like ma=king our own subjects and making our own curriculum.

And the writer has blatantly lifted some portions from Chetan Bhagat’s ‘Five Point Someone’, a guy who wants to study engineering, with a paralysed father and a hard-earning school teacher-mother, and a sister. However, the house of that guy is very large, don’t know how. May be his dad got paralysed recently only. Also, the Villain professor sequence is there in the movie, the professor against his son’s wish to become musician, and wants his son to join IIT, and the bechaara son eventually commits suicide. It was writer in book, and musician in film, that’s the difference.

The hero has got some talent, but sadly he has nothing to do because of the weak script. He, even with his below- average looks, manages to do well. Ashish Vidyarthy is an excellent actor, he does well, but is having the same expression throughout the film. Anupam Kher does his part well.

Special mention about the villain of the film. That guy is a student in india’s top engineering college, and look at his costume!! He looks straight out of an Amul frenchie ad.!! Is there any pre condition that the villain should be in that kind of dress only???

Another guy who deserves special mention is the one with a long knife, who wants to be a ‘Bhai’. He looks stupid with his 2003-John Abraham like hairstyle, and his knife, or whatever it is, looks totally fake.. And there is a sidekick for this gut, looking like Rajpal Yadav getting The Great Khali as the sidekick!!!

Another great talent is the heroine. :P She is so unique, that we cant expect such bad acting from anybody else. She is expressionless, and moreover, is ugly-looking. Things would have been better if some good-looking girl was casted in place of her. Horrible looks and acting.. :(

The remaining cast was okay, and the music by Amit Trivedi is okay. The BGM was good at places.

The movie is somewhat okay towards the last 10 minutes, but that is not enough for the viewers. The movie neitner satisfies the critics, nor the reviewers. Bad attempt!!

4/10

Endhiran Movie Review

Director: Shankar
Cast: Rajinikanth, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Danny Denzongpa, Karunas, Santhanam etc
Music: AR Rahman


Ok, so I watched Endhiran, from here, Bangalore...
I did not have much interest in the movie before the release, don't know why...
But then, my friends who watched it told the movie is very good, so i did not want to miss a good movie!!

Well, the movie is, indeed a good attempt from the director. The gigantic budget of 160 cr. looks somewhat fishy, but forget about all those, the movie is good. It has the emotional moments, funny moments, action sequences, all packed well. The main thing missing in the movie is the ‘Punch’ which is supposed to be there in a Rajinikant movie. Well, the characters are not the ones who crack punch dialogues, like the ones in his previous outings like Padayappa or Sivaji.

The movie is technically brilliant, especially towards the second half.
In the first half, there are some gags in the GFX, to point out one, the fire scene.

The Rajnikanth is a wonder!!! The iron-man, at his 60+ age, is doing magic on screen!!! He is wonderful in all aspects.
Aishwarya Rai is good, she does her part well. The remaining cast was okay, Santhanam and Karunas were wasted.
Danny Denzongpa was good at his role, we can’t expect an aged Professor to behave like typical tamil villains.

The only drawback of the movie is the music. The below average tracks, though sounded okay on screen, with stunning visuals, is otherwise burden for ears. Seriously Rahman needs to re-invent himself. Take a break, Rahman. And compose something worth the hype, next time.

The GFX team does a very good job. Cinematography was equally good. And this is not a movie which we need to watch without brains. We can watch this with our brains itself, no illogical things. It just shows the level science can go.

The common thing in most of Shankar's movies is, that they open a window for dreaming. In 2005, I day-dreamt of a super-hero fighting against the evils of the society, and now I can dream of a time, when our cars are driven by Robots, and Robots work in the mines and underground waters and other such areas, which are dangerous for humans. However, I don’t want a Robot to fall in love with my daughter. So, emotionless Robots are better. Right??
;)

7.5/10

Action Replayy Music Review

Director: Vipul Amrutlal Shah
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Neha Dhupia, Kirron Kher etc.
Music: Pritam
Lyrics: Irshad Kaamil

Too many songs, so confusing!!
This could be the one-line to describe this album.Vipul Amrutlal Shah’s latest venture in ‘Eastman colour’ has 9 original songs, and 3 remixes.
First of all, let me say, the first trailer has made a sort of curiosity in my mind, it seems good!Obviously the expectations would be high, considering a Pritam in his good form, and the fact that Vipul Shah has a good sense of music, which is reflected in his films, except ‘Singh is Kinnnng’. We had some excellent tracks in Namastey London (Himesh Reshammiya), some good tracks in London Dreams (Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy). So, do the songs of Action Replayy satisfy the listeners??
Here is my review of Action Replayy songs.

Zor Ka Jhatka - Daler Mehndi & Richa Sharma
The opening number is, in all terms, is fantastic, excellent, and superrrrrbbbb!!! Daler Mehndi and Richa sharma carries out the track in a totally effortless manner, yet it turns to be an extremely likeable track. The lyrics are good. Richa Sharma’s drunkardinsh voice deserves special mention. Big hit, for sure!!
9/10

O Bekhabar - Shreya Ghoshal
This solo of the 4 time National Award winner, Shreya Ghoshal is a feel-good track, The prelude of the song, with her voice in the background is very nice.. With a 70 model love video to boast of, this song has the potential to become a big hit, in TV and Radio.
7.5/10

Nakhre - Francois Castellino
The starting portion is interesting, and the dialogue ‘Aawaaaaaaz,, Neeche!’ is damn good. The song is anti-ladki song, Strangely, it has become a tradition to have anti-ladki, anti-shaadi type of songs in his movies. Om Mangalam Mangalam, Zor Ka Jhatka and now this… Irshad Kamil’s lurics is nice and funny at places.
7/10

Chhan Ke Mohalla - Sunidhi Chauhan & Ritu Pathak
The starting beats and the song seems like a Vidyasagar song, till the line ‘Chhan Ke Mohalla’ comes. Ritu Pathak’s voice is nice. Im really unable to imagine how the video of this song be. May be some item-like song with Neha Dhupia on screen… Don’t know… Anyway, average song.
6/10

Tera Mera Pyaar - Karthik, Mahalaxmi Iyer & Antara Mitra
Another stunning song by Karthik. Instantly likeable, it will also grow in repeated listenings. ‘Tu Khwaab Hai Tu..’ portion is so beautiful. The flute is used excellently in the interlude. Very good track.
8.5/10

Dhak Dhak Dhak - Mika
I like Mika Singh, but this song somewhat irritates me to an extent. The starting Chinese-like music and all were good, but the way he pronounces “Kyun” and “Haan” seems so irritating this time. The rap in the middle is fine.
6.5/10

Luk Chup Jaana - Tulsi Kumar & KK
Pritam trying a ‘Khanabadosh’??? I felt like that when I listened to this. Thankfull, Tulsi Kumar sings better, pretty well. Not so interesting song, but still ok. KK sings most of the portions.
6/10

I Am Dog Gone Crazy - Suraj Jagan
Suraj Jagan comes back to his style of singing, after a somewhat different ‘Sadka Kiya’. Rock-type voice suits him best. Interesting song, the lyrics are also nice… The song is not as long as the other songs of the album.
8/10

Baki Main Bhool Gayi - Shreya Ghoshal
Expected a kind of funny song here, with the title ‘I forgot the remaining’. Of course, the ‘Baaki mein’ portion is the excellent portion of the song. The song goes boring at times, the sounds during the interlude were somewhat boring..
6.5/10

Zor Ka Jhatka (Remix) - Master Saleem & Richa Sharma (Remixed by Tiger Style)
Now, I don’t usually review remixes separately, but this is sung by my favourite Saleem, and is said to be a ‘Remix’. Now, who is this ‘Tigerstyle’?? I saw their names in Challa song of Crook lately, but I don’t understand what they are remixing. I couldn’t find much of differences between the original and the remix. Master Saleem is awesome, im now praying for this song to be included in the movie!!
8.5/10

Three more remixes, nothing special to mention. One is by Tigerstyle, no much difference. The other two have some extra beats and all..

On the whole, There are a bunch of songs that will grow on you, but I doubt whether all these will be included in the film or not!!
Good attempt from Pritam.

Overall rating is 7/10

Golmaal 3 Music Review

Director: Rohit Shetty

Cast: Ajay Devgn, Mithun Chakraborty, Arshad Warsi, Tusshar Kapoor, Shreyas Talpade, Kunal Khemu, Kareena Kapoor

Music: Pritam, Bappi Lahiri

Okay, so the songs of the film I’ve been waiting for the last two years, is out, finally!There are no much expectations, but atleast one powerful title track is a must, and we have the right to expect that!The title track we see in music channels nowadays is pretty good, in fact!Pritam has composed 4 tracks, and two old tracks are re-composed by Bappi Lahiri.With a Mithun Chakraborty element in the film, I wasn’t surprised to see the ‘Disco Dancer’ title for one of the songs. Okay, so I could not wait for the original ACD rips, so I downloaded these digitally encoded songs, and started listening.

Golmaal - K.K, Anushka Manchanda & Monali

The title track is pretty good and well-sung. With the blockbuster promotion, this will surely become a frequent song in music channels, no doubt about it. The song is not as powerful as the ‘Vacancy’ song of Golmaal Returns, but this is much better than the title track of Golmaal 1. I never liked that song much, except, of course, for the ‘Golmaal Golmaal’ portion.. Enjoyable song.

6.5/10

Apna Har Din - Shaan & Anushka Manchanda

Usual Pritam-ish song, carrying traces of ‘Bamulaiza (De Dana Dan)’, ‘Lovely Mera Hit Hit (Billu)’ and numerous other songs. Nothing new, Its the lead singers, who saves the track from becoming a boring affair. The lyrics are pretty good, overall an ok-ok song, may be likeable on screen, if included in the movie.

6/10

Ale - Neeraj Shridhar & Antara Mitra

Antara Mitra’s ‘Barbie Girl’-ish, sweet voice gives a nice start start to the song. Neeraj Shridhar takes the song just after that, and then there is no sweetness in the foreground, its a powerful song, the lyrics are much self-intended, like the Golmaal team telling about themselves!! Antara Mitra later comes back, and the sweetness wasn’t much retained in the hindi lyrics portion. Anyway, this is an enjoyable song.

7.5/10

Desi Kali - Neeraj Shridhar & Sunidhi Chauhan

Usual Pritam stuff, the song falls in the same genre of the ‘Meow’ and some other song of the Golmaal Returns. Not at all interested in this song… Only a good video can save this song, I guess…

4/10

Disco Dancer - Bappi Lahiri

Song from Mithun Chakraborty's old film, of the same name.The song was heard in the Anjaana Anjaani promos also, looking forward for a very funny song video.Nothing much to say about this song, I haven’t listened to the original version, anyway this is like those 80-s type party dance song.

7/10

Yaad Aa Raha Hain - Sudesh Bhosle

Good song, pretty enjoyable. I googled and found out this is also a song from the Mithun da film ,’Disco Dancer’.Sudesh Bhosle’s voice is nice, and I wish this song be used wisely in the film, to bring the house down…

7.5/10

There are three remixes, nothing special to mention about them,. Usual remix stuff, only thing worth mentioning is the suppressed ‘Golmaal’ in the portions ‘Go go go Golmaal’.. Sounds somewhat nice.

On the whole, nothing so great,barring the two old tracks, it is a just- above average album, but then, a Rohit Shetty film doesn’t have much scope for standalone music, all they need is songs with colourful picturisation, two-piece girls, bikes and cars clashing!! Rock this diwali, Golmaal team!!!

Overall rating is 6.5/10

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One fine morning, I found two links for the Pre-DVDRip of the newly released movie from some orkut community. The movie was 'Jannat', starring Emraan Hashmi.
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