tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44167937338977722062024-02-07T00:42:48.539-08:00Bollywood film reviews - Its my choice!Social Service through bollywood film reviews!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416793733897772206.post-33531869839960105932009-12-18T10:03:00.000-08:002009-12-18T10:29:15.456-08:00Mithya, Amu, Dil Kabbadi<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwIixldtLkTPBxWCxXu6OWgKQ5s3i-zXZWANu1OeBTIX2F7BU0pgxmCAnjwus0CvoffYRk5CiS3kYC13AYXOzgnrNHK9HLX0swKQFi1-ch_KhxQpvs49K-Ta5Hn6rKqh-9qCD0GuFniLwn/s1600-h/200px-Dil_Kabsddi.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 285px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416644424046259826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwIixldtLkTPBxWCxXu6OWgKQ5s3i-zXZWANu1OeBTIX2F7BU0pgxmCAnjwus0CvoffYRk5CiS3kYC13AYXOzgnrNHK9HLX0swKQFi1-ch_KhxQpvs49K-Ta5Hn6rKqh-9qCD0GuFniLwn/s320/200px-Dil_Kabsddi.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVBEspYb_3Z_8buVVvx-ES1lTN_d0nOca7ZYWI2MENOSFP_n__zZYBNV63yv4f_0YyMRN8OGAkDVHpaf3FOgZH8GWdrgotiD9SclXzSQGfrPh_fDfZZCYyQIAxN13okfo6FfvlsWA4O8qv/s1600-h/250px-Mithya.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416644421588438290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVBEspYb_3Z_8buVVvx-ES1lTN_d0nOca7ZYWI2MENOSFP_n__zZYBNV63yv4f_0YyMRN8OGAkDVHpaf3FOgZH8GWdrgotiD9SclXzSQGfrPh_fDfZZCYyQIAxN13okfo6FfvlsWA4O8qv/s320/250px-Mithya.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicx0UM81_vgcdcjdns9CazZ3V9-GfXgVgPwxIK6XI92INgczqpAzkp6cBuORsn8nvd4CHT0JVkNmZSur_k_6ZxQefJRjsJ1N9tVhDt5wGn4SBV4h7M-ixPF5bBSD_XoEwXtgBveNUf00Xi/s1600-h/amu.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 293px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416644415742594754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicx0UM81_vgcdcjdns9CazZ3V9-GfXgVgPwxIK6XI92INgczqpAzkp6cBuORsn8nvd4CHT0JVkNmZSur_k_6ZxQefJRjsJ1N9tVhDt5wGn4SBV4h7M-ixPF5bBSD_XoEwXtgBveNUf00Xi/s320/amu.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>Guys what a brilliant last couple of weeks watched 3 movies and all 3 were great watch!</div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amu_(film)"><strong>Amu</strong></a><strong> (8/10)</strong></div><br /><div>I started watching Amu as I couldn't be bothered to select another movie...I saw the name 'Konkana Sen' and thought can't be a bad watch ...can it be?...Never heard of it before...and no idea what it was about...well with my current schedule that does not surprise me. As the story unfolds Konkona Sen who's lived almost all her life in LA comes to India to discover her roots. She was 3 when she was adopted and taken to America...through her journey to find her roots she learns about the 1984 riots, the great human tragedy when 5000 innocent sikhs were killed in just one night and many more to die in the days following it. It's a truly touching movie and you have been warned not to watch it alone at home...</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><strong>Mithya (8/10)</strong></div><br /><div>Had heard about this movie but had no idea again what it was about...well <em>tan tandang</em> its the 3rd variation of DON with Rajiv Shorey as the lead. Brilliantly supported by guess whom...Vinay Pathak who else! also features the lovely Neha Dupia, Naseerudin Shah and other usual suspects. Dont want to reveal the variation otherwise what is the fun. Totally enjoyed this one!</div><br /><div></div><div></div><br /><div><strong>Dil Kabaddi (8/10)</strong></div><br /><div>Had heard about this that it is similar to Metro but nobody mentioned it's funny too. Features Irfan Khan, Rahul Bose, Rahul Khanna, Konkona Sen and Soha Ali Khan...pretty impressed by Soha Ali Khan the rest you could expect to deliver any day. It's about the trials and false expectation (well!) of a man's post marriage expectation I guess ...really not sure what to write here...but nevertheless was a fun movie but not for the entire family I guess.</div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416793733897772206.post-64369979463240433432009-12-04T17:19:00.000-08:002009-12-05T10:28:12.521-08:00A small round up......hardly a round up...but I did manage to see 3 complete movies in the last 6 months, most of them probably released probably last year or so...<br /><br /><br /><strong>A Wednesday</strong> (8/10)<br />What a thriller! almost felt it was over in a ziffy! in the end you do feel well <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9rcyF5J_TIyS_H2M0m6pjDKJitKazmTLSow-0iMi9DfjmHXNrTXQdV9GqdBM13jq1n3VoqzRQVQdMvjQQIP2eze4exiNfwvrvJlDwyj1VVooQFAjZtX3PGb4u1JmQ-hoepdQoiQNerbM1/s1600-h/wed.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 123px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 124px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411563525411205970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9rcyF5J_TIyS_H2M0m6pjDKJitKazmTLSow-0iMi9DfjmHXNrTXQdV9GqdBM13jq1n3VoqzRQVQdMvjQQIP2eze4exiNfwvrvJlDwyj1VVooQFAjZtX3PGb4u1JmQ-hoepdQoiQNerbM1/s200/wed.jpg" /></a>another masala movie but for me was time well spent as long as you feel entertained. I quite like Jimmy Shergill in the angry young man role. A phone call to a local police station about a plan to bomb blast bombay in the next few hours sets the tone of the movie with the first bomb planted right inside the police station...if you haven't yet seen it, I think it's worth a watch.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Aamir </strong>(8/10)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC5atrQLdop9-w15spQ6tjnJr7_Hxge7NLzgU3lo5v6nVf8oH4yRKAKfW_VeNAVyOZcdq18Ayg923xo3hExQl9k-a_4YGYJ5JLTe6MmjzEnXe_ZYl6e-MU6BZ34xcltSCQKJa_F9HEYd4F/s1600-h/aamir.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 122px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411563869462764002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC5atrQLdop9-w15spQ6tjnJr7_Hxge7NLzgU3lo5v6nVf8oH4yRKAKfW_VeNAVyOZcdq18Ayg923xo3hExQl9k-a_4YGYJ5JLTe6MmjzEnXe_ZYl6e-MU6BZ34xcltSCQKJa_F9HEYd4F/s200/aamir.jpg" /></a> This one plays on your mind long after you have finished watching it. I wasn't very impressed by it initially as expectations were too high. It is probably better for me to not reveal anything about this movie except that it's about a young NRI returning home to find that his life is about to change the moment he is to walk outside the airport...nothing about reverse culture shock or anything there is a proper story here!<br /><br /><br /><strong>Khambakt Ishk</strong> (1/10)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd2iN2qVY0A0zG8ABcJ87ap4onHgJeH-rtJ1wo9R264X-gVaeYZWQXqqfKzKnP2TSVzRZGulQ8yjeSSbJ1n1df-ZfaHbIib7gb6EyUfJSqGF5SKp-XhSumnSlddq__8nqtwIl6Kb5xvbtK/s1600-h/KI.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 99px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 124px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411564233971321970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd2iN2qVY0A0zG8ABcJ87ap4onHgJeH-rtJ1wo9R264X-gVaeYZWQXqqfKzKnP2TSVzRZGulQ8yjeSSbJ1n1df-ZfaHbIib7gb6EyUfJSqGF5SKp-XhSumnSlddq__8nqtwIl6Kb5xvbtK/s200/KI.jpg" /></a> The 1 is for the Dara Singh's son who made me smile with his Hi-Jack joke...the rest of movie the sooner I forget the better for me...can't believe they even hosted an Oscar and got Rambo to fight a local neighbourhood thug. I think I have had enough of Akshay now.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpsE7UeU0JhjOcEKEk__4pSZEzPB0brnCf__NgLF8XWe8K_43mDlFZb8EG-Fz8aD_GKfoAGmAW_sa-UXh7VCE3mvYI6vfNm32pV15VhFUUZx5H7bjB8vGXGFBZN_LQMDgmCYxt5k4BZZDJ/s1600-h/MS.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 111px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 111px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411564482077344098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpsE7UeU0JhjOcEKEk__4pSZEzPB0brnCf__NgLF8XWe8K_43mDlFZb8EG-Fz8aD_GKfoAGmAW_sa-UXh7VCE3mvYI6vfNm32pV15VhFUUZx5H7bjB8vGXGFBZN_LQMDgmCYxt5k4BZZDJ/s200/MS.jpg" /></a><br /><strong>Mumbai Salsa</strong> (4/5)<br />4/5 because I am currently in the process of watching it and totally enjoying it, I would recommend this anyday! Its about the young generation next ..love and breakups in the fast mumbai metro.<br />[5 Dec 09] (6/10) Finally managed to finish Mumbai Salsa, the second half didn't live up to its initial promise, so not sure whether to recommend it!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYEjQ0kHsPTB7i6Z7ZJetQKFlm0oTh3abssWbrUfzJM_3jwYfqzOT80iMGDIbpta2CWFF53s1jzTVM0dcWKDjqBPf8JJvLIrLIBaNNvzF-K_jBQbeODR8kBPBul_C-ITbuBWsMArz2yWeE/s1600-h/cctc.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 99px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 142px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411564800213885538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYEjQ0kHsPTB7i6Z7ZJetQKFlm0oTh3abssWbrUfzJM_3jwYfqzOT80iMGDIbpta2CWFF53s1jzTVM0dcWKDjqBPf8JJvLIrLIBaNNvzF-K_jBQbeODR8kBPBul_C-ITbuBWsMArz2yWeE/s200/cctc.jpg" /></a>Chandni chowk to china</strong> (0/5)....I gave up on this after 3 attempts and I think it was the right decision.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416793733897772206.post-7844231452412894112009-08-23T01:08:00.000-07:002009-08-23T01:29:24.304-07:00Ghajini<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI_giVmT5lTeY7UKNRTpdXlmtcZpFl2-354ldBSMIHVzGaPrOFkmMuK2QIMvdhObuhCiTjSW8Sp2Pfm88dE5W82W9WGK4BJ4eeVopSlfc-5NZ5D6N0i9YQeosGhTzdKEpEBZ86tLKyOWTF/s1600-h/Ghajini_Hindi.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 154px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373073442692862450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI_giVmT5lTeY7UKNRTpdXlmtcZpFl2-354ldBSMIHVzGaPrOFkmMuK2QIMvdhObuhCiTjSW8Sp2Pfm88dE5W82W9WGK4BJ4eeVopSlfc-5NZ5D6N0i9YQeosGhTzdKEpEBZ86tLKyOWTF/s200/Ghajini_Hindi.jpg" /></a><br /><div>7/10</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I must say Ghajini is a brilliant effort, and some great performances and being an ardent Aamir fan was a must watch for me. However I have to admit something about the movie didn't click too well with and I was left a bit disappointed. For starters a reset time of 15 minutes is too aggressive even by Bollywood standards. To put things in perspective, say you get up in the morning and you see the message that you need to take revenge...the reaction time to that is about a minute, then you need to cool down and brush your teeth - 3 min gone, take a shower - total 8 min gone, potty another 5 minutes. So finally you have 2 minutes to dress up, luckily no need to comb and plan for the next 15 minutes. So if it was not for the comb factor it would have been totally un-realistic timings! So either this is a thriller of an extreme kind or falls apart in the face of mankind's brains' limitation. Also when the villian manages to erase the messages on Aamir's body, he blanks out....surely he still has his long term memory right? So Jiyah Khan now becomes his short term memory, but it still does not make sense that she needs to narrate the book to him, surely that is part of his long term memory...if not he does not even remember Kalpana...so basically you have this man to whom you need to narrate a book to remind him of the very girl whose murder he needs to avenge...every 15 minutes! However all said and done I really liked the romantic parts of the movie and Aamir was brilliant, the villian really manages to stir up a lot of terror and all in all this is a good masala movie to keep you entertained for 3 hours....but I feel it falls short of the "Taare Zammen Par" and "Rang de basanti" league.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416793733897772206.post-67258749601936254332009-01-07T15:37:00.000-08:002009-01-07T16:03:02.162-08:00<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ZSxMuGvQfUuOau-eaYrdmqgGTpqEPA8LszfWHCRiJlekhhWY1zOAwrf5NsJDAR3X3845zQd3bFiUecu7PZQmyIQDj8aGe-bAa5HhOYhy07PRTYi3ah8d_scfnXaTd14R-yJzE2El-MZn/s1600-h/om.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288701562339542066" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 95px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 140px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ZSxMuGvQfUuOau-eaYrdmqgGTpqEPA8LszfWHCRiJlekhhWY1zOAwrf5NsJDAR3X3845zQd3bFiUecu7PZQmyIQDj8aGe-bAa5HhOYhy07PRTYi3ah8d_scfnXaTd14R-yJzE2El-MZn/s200/om.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />= <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPBEa9dIET6dZ1CnWijJn33DO8_jg_acRXZkE7Jzcg2LBK3_FOWZSFRgLOCVSFUaFL3UHkroqkSKvMd4FVxzh5owoU7eEqFA6qBA5D3BmDzhJXDdge8uJoVK3e6B-JJDHjrbmK95Nm3Qnq/s1600-h/karz.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288702240610358466" style="WIDTH: 110px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 110px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPBEa9dIET6dZ1CnWijJn33DO8_jg_acRXZkE7Jzcg2LBK3_FOWZSFRgLOCVSFUaFL3UHkroqkSKvMd4FVxzh5owoU7eEqFA6qBA5D3BmDzhJXDdge8uJoVK3e6B-JJDHjrbmK95Nm3Qnq/s200/karz.jpg" border="0" /></a>+ <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKGIS6T7h4u75YBhWyirzcS_FVLZtAhCcyWkh8KgejIbo_PUhX5QSrLKjyX-yw6LUQMCsAWfIJSlYLZkuR5JjeuUEgKKPy20xVlEIl8olN3sejX_8xEixAWKI2XfY44dRBuEityFjHQzrH/s1600-h/images.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288702568027517234" style="WIDTH: 109px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 111px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKGIS6T7h4u75YBhWyirzcS_FVLZtAhCcyWkh8KgejIbo_PUhX5QSrLKjyX-yw6LUQMCsAWfIJSlYLZkuR5JjeuUEgKKPy20xVlEIl8olN3sejX_8xEixAWKI2XfY44dRBuEityFjHQzrH/s200/images.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>Can't believe it’s been 11 months since my last blog, no wonder both the people who read my blog noticed it.<br />I must confess I haven't seen many movies in this period anyway, of the few I remember are <strong>'Om Shanti Om'</strong> well was a bit difficult to resist the Shahrukh mania at that time (Gosh! what am I saying I am a AamirKhanite) and would you believe I had seen Madhumati (yes the one with my childhood crush Vyjayanthimala Mala in it) just a week before! Om shanti Om is nothing but original Karz and Madhumati squashed together. But nevertheless still a good entertaining movie, Deepika looked good and Shahrukh with his 6 pack looked ugly and Shreyas acted well. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlagRjvEgPK_S7XIM2FEVVwsjNVnHCbxMxh5MLcY4BP-Ai2aF-c3HM29aF-eI1W2nvSYjzG-iz6l89z9w4LrA6V4UkCrgPM9yNHVfdyRMl01WTUjDhojBmO4lK2pwY7kPq3k5TGBzpCUoH/s1600-h/dhamaal2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288701689569748498" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 120px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 145px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlagRjvEgPK_S7XIM2FEVVwsjNVnHCbxMxh5MLcY4BP-Ai2aF-c3HM29aF-eI1W2nvSYjzG-iz6l89z9w4LrA6V4UkCrgPM9yNHVfdyRMl01WTUjDhojBmO4lK2pwY7kPq3k5TGBzpCUoH/s200/dhamaal2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />I did see <strong>‘Dhamaal’</strong> which I thought was really funny with Arshad Warsi, Sanjay Dutt, Reethesh Deshmukh and Asrani. Of course you have to discount the usual bollywood masala to enjoy this movie but do give it a go.<br /><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisUEPKMlA63t7GAAr-oZouVIQYHcMGYOiXzfB9k0pfCc9X-41Zu4F8uWxbACojPL6GorN_z15LkGwmpNlEeJLXIZmERWSfFZwP4gzz2JfIALat9Q1kDOc6SzhhK-ILMYVQ-YSLdOwc72MH/s1600-h/taare.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288702790012674034" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 90px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 90px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisUEPKMlA63t7GAAr-oZouVIQYHcMGYOiXzfB9k0pfCc9X-41Zu4F8uWxbACojPL6GorN_z15LkGwmpNlEeJLXIZmERWSfFZwP4gzz2JfIALat9Q1kDOc6SzhhK-ILMYVQ-YSLdOwc72MH/s200/taare.jpg" border="0" /></a>‘Taare Zameen Par’</strong> we all acclaim was the best of the lot in recent times, two reasons one its directed by Aamir khan and second it starred Aamir Khan in it.<br /></div><div></div><div>The other movies I watched was <strong>‘Mere baap pehle aap’</strong> because it had Genelia D’Souza, <strong>‘Singh is King’</strong> because everybody was watching it, then I realised why, it had Katrina Kaif in it, it makes you wish ‘Katrina is Queen’ would have been more apt. </div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWAJgjh-y2BFhtYkP6pZfTZEoZ8VYGMBxJi7hX-8AjZ1wrxzefzRCoB8DUh5RN-Xni7TChxPIm59nfcz8ZfgtCgn0A2gzOvu2jwqYjg0hl0oG_IGLcghL44_GRV858bLPqxPzdU-dsXU7q/s1600-h/jaane.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288703178546949922" style="WIDTH: 87px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 127px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWAJgjh-y2BFhtYkP6pZfTZEoZ8VYGMBxJi7hX-8AjZ1wrxzefzRCoB8DUh5RN-Xni7TChxPIm59nfcz8ZfgtCgn0A2gzOvu2jwqYjg0hl0oG_IGLcghL44_GRV858bLPqxPzdU-dsXU7q/s200/jaane.jpg" border="0" /></a>Probably one of the best movie I watched recently was <strong>‘Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na’</strong> if you still haven’t seen it just go see it. It will remind you of your good old college days, good fun filled entertainer no wonder it’s from the Aamir Khan Production house.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPpAeFDjeHRS86BqUbvDFVaVd3FLFrXEvcK3fw8cEU1rUGQb3saKj7HD89lwbMZ9U_h0bBA4mceh2-qrMc2Avlx00J1m2FEJT-8ZTCjmlXrbyQoIFsPsvmm7agF24y6xzhdmBzMZCp40uq/s1600-h/golmaal.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288703074426657314" style="WIDTH: 96px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 140px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPpAeFDjeHRS86BqUbvDFVaVd3FLFrXEvcK3fw8cEU1rUGQb3saKj7HD89lwbMZ9U_h0bBA4mceh2-qrMc2Avlx00J1m2FEJT-8ZTCjmlXrbyQoIFsPsvmm7agF24y6xzhdmBzMZCp40uq/s200/golmaal.jpg" border="0" /></a>More recently I watched <strong>‘GolMaal Returns’</strong> and wished it hadn’t. </div><div><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOWNPtzcgfpiP4zfFlRtOpet5UmoeMrDVuh6tqN-UN_Pi0YwXTO6VLQwpYpwOOaNMx9CTgjYWBb_pYVzz3WQxr3GmVr1kTJ5wCHRxcOX7lxlHxtc2ULy4DguC5hGYbzZ4MFUsoEkVbObwQ/s1600-h/anuska.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288703698729186674" style="WIDTH: 93px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 124px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOWNPtzcgfpiP4zfFlRtOpet5UmoeMrDVuh6tqN-UN_Pi0YwXTO6VLQwpYpwOOaNMx9CTgjYWBb_pYVzz3WQxr3GmVr1kTJ5wCHRxcOX7lxlHxtc2ULy4DguC5hGYbzZ4MFUsoEkVbObwQ/s200/anuska.jpg" border="0" /></a>‘Rab ne bana de Jodi’</strong> with Anushka Sharma and SRK which I thought was decent but kept forgetting whether Surinder Sawhni was pretending to be Raj or Raj was pretending to be Surinder….”Punjab Power…lightning up your life ji” well sometimes you can forgive Shahrukh but I believe it was Anuska who was lightning up the house.<br />And even more recently I watched <strong>‘Welcome to Sajjanpur”</strong> directed by Shyam Benegal and stars Shreyas Talpade and Amrita Rao. Funny in parts but stretched a bit too far.<br />Hopefully my next round up would be soon….till then thanks for being here!</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHCVE8Dn0J63aY50rTiuyC35Lu-_mIlykpcU-rgZUqr59Po6WRCe_CSQnJ15dhKxY2sl4ThnaMqg7aHzRty9LioViku8pBWHYkYqlM3bgmznepZ7K-DtI8PWpCcaWP6BXDN6Jd14pfxlzk/s1600-h/movgal202471.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288703340474839426" style="WIDTH: 120px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 145px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHCVE8Dn0J63aY50rTiuyC35Lu-_mIlykpcU-rgZUqr59Po6WRCe_CSQnJ15dhKxY2sl4ThnaMqg7aHzRty9LioViku8pBWHYkYqlM3bgmznepZ7K-DtI8PWpCcaWP6BXDN6Jd14pfxlzk/s200/movgal202471.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Ps7KUEUChbmS-le7zTuJOlxnSp3yMz6g8UBW1yUYUsyp9blq7ex7aCz_H40IgT3bN-ynJWNERLQrsvCOBdKzdn45q4muWSElCSF5gOrn6vC9ZFSRuLh8YSnVL9Z4oAMnfFHPxlmQlOx7/s1600-h/welcome-sajjanpur-190908_19092008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288703600971039090" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Ps7KUEUChbmS-le7zTuJOlxnSp3yMz6g8UBW1yUYUsyp9blq7ex7aCz_H40IgT3bN-ynJWNERLQrsvCOBdKzdn45q4muWSElCSF5gOrn6vC9ZFSRuLh8YSnVL9Z4oAMnfFHPxlmQlOx7/s200/welcome-sajjanpur-190908_19092008.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKq7QcyuJKR7QjRk8WvFHNCZxE6KWiu2QY6PXi45MuOBGpXGQoLI-msfpsMpJ1TVsE2NaZ04ks9Bj_wkveh0IGBqUxpjSfGXK9Pe7M9BQcfDLjyWr2yAEGQ8xMV0i0BKdbkyA36z08UPFe/s1600-h/baap.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288702939809108898" style="WIDTH: 120px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 145px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKq7QcyuJKR7QjRk8WvFHNCZxE6KWiu2QY6PXi45MuOBGpXGQoLI-msfpsMpJ1TVsE2NaZ04ks9Bj_wkveh0IGBqUxpjSfGXK9Pe7M9BQcfDLjyWr2yAEGQ8xMV0i0BKdbkyA36z08UPFe/s200/baap.jpg" border="0" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416793733897772206.post-12939026207294763682008-02-09T17:38:00.000-08:002008-12-08T22:53:41.506-08:00Dhol<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7gNJ650tLMmkQMvldJn83sfeDxImoyeQxwVT1Bib7wZp-AB1GrSs5NiNAUTpFsOmK1zqGLGUB1_zCs7fPa4VxnwrIeP5H1Ue1-hL1Iuofhi9-H8nKKBk3ZonC7zOMIVCxLQ3awSjfpXBF/s1600-h/dhol.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165160357929211106" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7gNJ650tLMmkQMvldJn83sfeDxImoyeQxwVT1Bib7wZp-AB1GrSs5NiNAUTpFsOmK1zqGLGUB1_zCs7fPa4VxnwrIeP5H1Ue1-hL1Iuofhi9-H8nKKBk3ZonC7zOMIVCxLQ3awSjfpXBF/s200/dhol.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong>Dhol<br />Rating 2/10</strong><br /><br />Dhol stars the usual suspects Tushar Kapoor, Sharman Joshi, Rajpal Yadav and a newcomer Kunal Kemu (remember the small kid from ‘Hum Hai Rahi Pyar ke’?). Priyandarshan is touching new lows with each successive release, soon I will have to start negative rating it seems! Not sure for how long Rajpal Yadav can be burdened the task to carry a film all alone. In the absence of a script there is very little an artist can do, even that little can be achieved if there is a director. In fact this qualifies as a film only because it has a beginning and an end otherwise you would like to believe you saw one of those Balaji episodes, a stupid story of 4 friends who are as aimless as the scriptwriter (if at all there is one!) looking to get rich by marrying a rich girl. I wish I could get back the 3 hours and 5 minutes I lost here. (The 5 minutes is for writing this blog, if I can help one innocent Bollywood fan out there, the purpose of the site will be served)<br /><br /><strong>Verdict: Avoid</strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416793733897772206.post-16604846652240563782007-11-26T16:37:00.001-08:002008-12-08T22:53:41.660-08:00Ek Chaalis Ki Last Local<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_km_02gf8ztkcOsh9QdK_AFDFlF9nt40BG0hHnPSiWfv7pF1UxVSaC3zXHv_lcPxUN5vubFWOZiMJa8FPaG8Fda-SNFGNZhIdl1Ceuis-Dkqlm3Xb14YHYbuvRF-xFNd1Anp21F6vOFCh/s1600-h/ekchaalis-1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137312994434044530" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_km_02gf8ztkcOsh9QdK_AFDFlF9nt40BG0hHnPSiWfv7pF1UxVSaC3zXHv_lcPxUN5vubFWOZiMJa8FPaG8Fda-SNFGNZhIdl1Ceuis-Dkqlm3Xb14YHYbuvRF-xFNd1Anp21F6vOFCh/s200/ekchaalis-1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><strong>Ek Chaalis Ki Last Local<br />Rating: 9/10</strong><br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/F6V7_Q-YAAQ&rel=1"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/F6V7_Q-YAAQ&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><br />Having liked Abhay Deol in ‘Socha Na Tha’ I have seen all his movies since his debut, well not sure if he did anything more than ‘Ahista Ahista’ and ‘Ek Chaalis…” the former was hopelessly disappointing while ‘Ek Chaalis..” is a complete comedy thriller. Earlier in the day I was watching an India-Pak test match and the commentator were on about this “Corridor of Uncertainty” where if pitched right, one is not sure which way the ball would go. As the hero of “Ek Chaalis..” you remain in this corridor of uncertainty where you are not sure which way the balls would go. So maybe not that much of a family entertainer but a must see never the less. It has a feel of ‘Pulp Fiction’ but seems to be pretty original, let me know if you have seen this in any other language. Abhay fits the bill perfectly as a Call Centre guy named Neelesh (I wonder when was the last time a lead was given that name!) who misses the last local train and then fate/destiny takes him to ride that will change his life forever. In a brief interval of two and half hours he manages to gamble with the underworld dons, fall in love, and see gang wars, heartbreak, police encounter and lot more…<br /><br /><strong>Verdict: Don’t miss</strong> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416793733897772206.post-15473133637402095092007-11-07T03:03:00.000-08:002008-12-08T22:53:41.883-08:00Chak de! India<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFtCKuDuPPgcYnobr8gwsiVGSbVlc8XFoF4p2wkTP4y_yU7EdEnkPJj2qQir6BnQBWPVN7Xj_F1NgmeaXIVbTGWYn2eC9jnQheM1WCoaWv6LrUiyFbAmFOgQdgeg0EUx8QjBrZChCHXFSj/s1600-h/chakde1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130057986754227602" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFtCKuDuPPgcYnobr8gwsiVGSbVlc8XFoF4p2wkTP4y_yU7EdEnkPJj2qQir6BnQBWPVN7Xj_F1NgmeaXIVbTGWYn2eC9jnQheM1WCoaWv6LrUiyFbAmFOgQdgeg0EUx8QjBrZChCHXFSj/s200/chakde1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1lp7nbAjUqk"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1lp7nbAjUqk" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><br /><div><br /><strong>Rating: 8/10<br /></strong>I must confess I haven’t had time to see many movies of lately, but this one I made it a point to see it, wanted to see it across few days but saw it in one sitting. With the T20 win recently the movie is well placed to raise the patriotic fervor. It’s about a talented hockey player with a haunting past out to prove a point and redeem his lost stature. His only chance is to lead the Indian hockey team to an improbable win in the world cup. His challenge is to make them play as a team. Still no big deal you might think, then think again, it’s the women’s hockey team we are talking about here. Some typical Bollywood stuff here, might be a bit away from reality but then that’s what dreams are made off. Nobody gave India a chance in 1983 with odds as high as 1:70 at one stage and the rest as you know is history. With no lead actress to distract the King Khan, he gets on well with his job this time! And I quite like the movies churning out of Bollywood mill of lately daring to focus on the story rather than lead couples.</div><br /><div><strong>Verdict: Don't miss.</strong></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416793733897772206.post-12660463793569783152007-08-27T16:07:00.000-07:002008-12-08T22:53:42.070-08:00Partner<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCaV_ONNsAIcvze_E0ZMWvAYs2K5evJUoINNnm0-OrMg_vhbIReBeyhE8biUjNL0G-nQOHYEeYFZy92JP6usL2DqGwMT1K7grJrhEw1WsH2J4vgkQ6yEFRsH2uBS0B13ZNaHj_O2j-Tzqj/s1600-h/partnermovie_02_1024-768.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103525099835069106" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCaV_ONNsAIcvze_E0ZMWvAYs2K5evJUoINNnm0-OrMg_vhbIReBeyhE8biUjNL0G-nQOHYEeYFZy92JP6usL2DqGwMT1K7grJrhEw1WsH2J4vgkQ6yEFRsH2uBS0B13ZNaHj_O2j-Tzqj/s200/partnermovie_02_1024-768.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Trailers:</div><div></div><br /><br /><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Z3SG7f-J1Wk"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Z3SG7f-J1Wk" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><div>Rating: 9/10</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I thoroughly enjoyed this one, if you thought Govinda has passed his sell by date..well go see this movie. Although a remake of 'Hitch' it is one of the better remakes in recent times. Sallu looks quite cool and Govinda well dressed...not to mention how gorgeous both Katrina and Lara look. Katrina for me is fast filling up the void left by Madhuri...as far as looks are concerned...hopefully one day she will act too, but at the moment that’s not a necessity. Salman is the Love Guru whose job is to teach the not so blessed guys on how to get their girls….Govinda comes to Salman and the movie takes off to a roller coaster fun ride…<br /><br /><strong>Verdict: Don’t miss this one.</strong></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416793733897772206.post-3007034376897645122007-07-15T07:55:00.000-07:002008-12-08T22:53:42.837-08:00Catching up....Thanks to all the phone calls, emails, SMS, FAX, telex and letters (not to mention the DHL, Fedex and Pigeons) from all my readers out there who kept pestering me to come back with more, I am finally back, but the backlog is so much that I thought the best way forward is to put a few lines against all the movies I have watched of lately before resuming normal service.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpCtXcOkunzvdhOaZcQuhqMSI-TY6JhBDC0S4nqa_g5kxeL-bc3DkBlCp2E9Yo5AU69SR08QIEkR1H5vakpsvOVC9K8_NpUBvazU_PD5XD2QreIDIW5leGdcWaSzfoWcmsMnZbnDlImPxj/s1600-h/tara.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087439827746068338" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpCtXcOkunzvdhOaZcQuhqMSI-TY6JhBDC0S4nqa_g5kxeL-bc3DkBlCp2E9Yo5AU69SR08QIEkR1H5vakpsvOVC9K8_NpUBvazU_PD5XD2QreIDIW5leGdcWaSzfoWcmsMnZbnDlImPxj/s200/tara.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Just after Eklavya, I saw <strong>‘Tara rum pum’</strong> starring Saif and Rani, Halfway through the movie I realised I had seen something similar before and yep the movie is “inspired” by ‘Days of Thunder’, with all the typical bollywood masala….but on the whole I liked it, a good family entertainer. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMKtORZ8Eeiw_NSfmjqgkAar6UKCW5alQODF0o5ABlzFBYbhFHi0rYELMh1diR5Y593fb5ISg6hjrHhyKpodE8vKtjkIYLS_awgBEr3dgXUXezenEFSxT3oU8f67iNm-XE-hyv_fcZAVU3/s1600-h/Nehle-Pe-De231106_2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087439986659858306" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMKtORZ8Eeiw_NSfmjqgkAar6UKCW5alQODF0o5ABlzFBYbhFHi0rYELMh1diR5Y593fb5ISg6hjrHhyKpodE8vKtjkIYLS_awgBEr3dgXUXezenEFSxT3oU8f67iNm-XE-hyv_fcZAVU3/s320/Nehle-Pe-De231106_2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Encourage by Saif’s performance I tried to see <strong>‘Nehle pe Dehla’</strong> next, also starring Sanjay Dutt, but gosh!! What a movie it was! I watched the whole of 30 minutes, even the lure of writing a review for this movie couldn’t take me to the 31st minute…I need to ask the only other person I know, Jonaki Ghosh who might be able to last such a movie to tell me if there was indeed any plot in the movie….till then lets move on to the next movie… <div><div><div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2S1z959_viFVd_57A-fRPcEs8ZQ1Yp2zjzus6e8tWEeVnUzGCKi7RB9gehhvs4hvw0WSC7srlFJGnCcFHZ9RVIIn_9asjyqRJzMt258ncs24xAxVhrj_5uQLiYaEfdmQ2S5irRPVLz5R4/s1600-h/200px-Naksha.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087440175638419346" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2S1z959_viFVd_57A-fRPcEs8ZQ1Yp2zjzus6e8tWEeVnUzGCKi7RB9gehhvs4hvw0WSC7srlFJGnCcFHZ9RVIIn_9asjyqRJzMt258ncs24xAxVhrj_5uQLiYaEfdmQ2S5irRPVLz5R4/s200/200px-Naksha.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong>’Naksha’</strong>..this movie came last year starring Sunny Deol (yep you read it right, it did come last year), Vivek Oberoi, Jackie and Sameera Reddy…a movie about an ancient map which will lead to something from the Mahabharta days….interesting plot I thought, soon it become a bit funny then later ridiculous, I was thinking maybe I should have completed ‘Nehle pe Dehla’.<br />Next I watched<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQihymOLmZxQvV-Y8jrD3B0LAGCAlxkMaXssPdo3gFq-cREv26wLq9lYZh8Xw5Bx0jQFu-dO9cW71nUPxIYwilqXAi0LZr09e7HQbxitoQdCaq9gODT6oV7kUWXRD7UQdIz0e0cixeoe3R/s1600-h/chinni.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087440656674756530" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQihymOLmZxQvV-Y8jrD3B0LAGCAlxkMaXssPdo3gFq-cREv26wLq9lYZh8Xw5Bx0jQFu-dO9cW71nUPxIYwilqXAi0LZr09e7HQbxitoQdCaq9gODT6oV7kUWXRD7UQdIz0e0cixeoe3R/s200/chinni.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong>‘Chinni Kum’</strong> which was one decent movie starring AB and Taboo, good comic timing from both and well worth a watch. Taboo especially was very impressive.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijVhKxwb_o3LdCUTkhQId41WH00tDZgLK7uGRgfHfp_LV_zV6LkONtVykWnsanunzKJ5oHyjKZMqmYUg-NZev4MWRoywRbv1lw3E_w_F-7K-VRQqt_tU5GrKHqt98b0AwVUi9s1XXtJ5L0/s1600-h/fardeen.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087440738279135170" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijVhKxwb_o3LdCUTkhQId41WH00tDZgLK7uGRgfHfp_LV_zV6LkONtVykWnsanunzKJ5oHyjKZMqmYUg-NZev4MWRoywRbv1lw3E_w_F-7K-VRQqt_tU5GrKHqt98b0AwVUi9s1XXtJ5L0/s200/fardeen.jpg" border="0" /></a>Finally I saw a thriller that had also come 2 years back <strong>‘Ek Khiladi ek Haseena’</strong> unfortunately starring Fardeen Khan and Koina Mitra, but I found this one heck of a thriller and definitely the best of all the movies listed above, not sure if it is a remake of any movie, if yes do let me know, if not then count this as a master piece.<br /><br />To sum up the ratings:<br /><strong>Tara Rum Pum (8/10)<br />Nehle Pe Dehla (0/10)<br />Naksha (2/10)<br />Chinni Kum (8/10)<br />Ek Khiladi ek Hassena (9/10)</strong></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416793733897772206.post-17368344084588455202007-04-11T15:53:00.000-07:002008-12-08T22:53:43.016-08:00Eklavya - The Royal Guard<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_nPCK9gs1UMq0KOIFzLnhWgKxMNa0hqc04xgWQf93FMlbAM7-mDjsM2NcWzur-xLKbJwGbv01zhgFCDtuWOchQaPcpydBRZWnn-tTSadyvwRrcjhwaFmkE_wi1Fmp42mLyIYW2SyE1zUx/s1600-h/Eklavya.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5052308118053624546" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_nPCK9gs1UMq0KOIFzLnhWgKxMNa0hqc04xgWQf93FMlbAM7-mDjsM2NcWzur-xLKbJwGbv01zhgFCDtuWOchQaPcpydBRZWnn-tTSadyvwRrcjhwaFmkE_wi1Fmp42mLyIYW2SyE1zUx/s320/Eklavya.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><strong>8/10</strong></div><br /><div>This is a story well narrated, the film is very well made, the cast fit into their role perfectly, it has some element of suspense drama too…but it somehow fails to deliver…I think. Just one title song still the movie appears a bit slow, but it does leave an impact on you and for me falls into the must watch category. Great performances by Amitabh as Eklavya the royal guard, Saif as the crown prince, Boman as the king, also stars Sanjay Dutt as the investigating inspector, Jacqui Shroff, Jimmy Shergill and Nandita Balan (again!). The entire movie seems to be shot in a dark background and somehow gives you a feel that you are watching a play rather than a movie…at least in the cinema it did seem like that. The story seems to question the age old principles of Eklavya…was Eklavya right in cutting off his thumb? Well this will remain debatable…this is about a man who believed that Duty and tradition comes above all and about another who was taught that principles and tradition should be accepted only if you can justify its fairness…..This movie is a product of Vidhu Vinod Chopra gang.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><strong>Verdict: Worth a Watch</strong></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416793733897772206.post-37305143147333590782007-04-11T15:45:00.000-07:002008-12-08T22:53:43.227-08:00Guru<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTGF8H3fGw8uXwolMd9FF1hV0g0l1PJKTwcgCp7RUBowdBuGRtAbskQ-cbbe5lSB6FRNqam4g7TkWxBoOEyuOmAqXADe14RVZ3zOgZe80owyabh-XxdaM7wLlqv3qSt6LnZdXBNSPPozaV/s1600-h/guru.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5052305682807167666" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTGF8H3fGw8uXwolMd9FF1hV0g0l1PJKTwcgCp7RUBowdBuGRtAbskQ-cbbe5lSB6FRNqam4g7TkWxBoOEyuOmAqXADe14RVZ3zOgZe80owyabh-XxdaM7wLlqv3qSt6LnZdXBNSPPozaV/s400/guru.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><strong>Guru<br />7/10<br /></strong>The movie is already a big hit and stars bollywood’s hot couple Abhishek Bacchan and Aishwarya Rai. Rumors are that this is a biopic of Dhirubhai Ambani, and possibly so. Made by Mani Ratnam, so you can expect a good story and some great performance. All that is there but somehow the movie seems a bit longer say about 4 hours. Abhishek’s performance definitely stands taller among all of them out there, and a much refreshing change from his Dhoom 2 disappointment. The first half is good as you time travel about 40 years back. A great story about a man who dared to dream against all odds from petrol can delivery boy to an industrial giant. Others in the cast include Mithun who’s acted really well, Madhavan and Nandita Balan. Man I really hate to see Nandita on screen, don’t like her at all…sorry Nandita fans….just the chemistry is such.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><strong>Verdict: Worth a Watch</strong></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416793733897772206.post-32645840561555267302007-04-11T15:40:00.000-07:002008-12-08T22:53:43.372-08:00My previous reviews<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ZkwXY7jpIYU6pABCuEKL5sW-4bJmu9av-SvvNinkoXd3Obi01lkPofdxmBmS7ZEfEBCk2RFx4qx7x4_8nQN6_idT_IvUFkTrSgnhpCNN8BFm4eWc1qA6KDo61XmSMQ9Zfk0l7hCZ_E9o/s1600-h/oldsite.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5052318610658728754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ZkwXY7jpIYU6pABCuEKL5sW-4bJmu9av-SvvNinkoXd3Obi01lkPofdxmBmS7ZEfEBCk2RFx4qx7x4_8nQN6_idT_IvUFkTrSgnhpCNN8BFm4eWc1qA6KDo61XmSMQ9Zfk0l7hCZ_E9o/s320/oldsite.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div>All Previous bollywood film reviews can be found at<br /><a href="http://www.girishblogging.blogspot.com/"><strong>http://www.girishblogging.blogspot.com/</strong></a></div><div> </div><div>....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8OoEWciU_VaA6GCAQ1oimyu-9e8f7iIXsWEj-XqT4ThMNrruYyxpaTa5JSTY1bXm7Iif9kIEjcQPpAbPIYuDHS7Pd39GGUE_f0fKeQWEwDneJYZvkpnid_MFfpZaIDbJlm6HX5YEX3rDE/s1600-h/kabulexpress.jpg"></a></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0