Ohm Shanti Ohshaana is the result of Jude Anthany Joseph's superb direction, hard work and a fantastic story line. It's a sweet and innocent love story that gradually develops into an amazing plot without boring its audience. The film is all about a young girl whose journey faces many ups and downs throughout the film. Having said that, nobody except Nazriya Nazim would have possibly given justice to Pooja's character who despite facing several heartbreaks in her life, remembers to smile and cheer up. All the actors including Nivin Pauley have done a great job, but it has to be Nazriya Nazim who steals all the thunder. The story gives equal importance and screen time to supporting actors. Well done and totally recommended!
Reviews
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Ohm Shanthi Oshaana
(2014)
Sweet and innocent love story that steals all the thunder
11 November 2017
M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story
(2016)
M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story surprisingly turned out to be a huge disappoint
7 October 2016
M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story is nowhere close to what I was expecting out of this film. I usually admire biopics no matter how they are written or directed. But it's not the case with this film since I already knew who Mahendra Singh Dhoni is. Most of the times we like what we don't know. And what we know is never enough. This is what happened with this film.
Directed by Neeraj Pandey, the film is all about M.S. Dhoni (Sushant Singh Rajput) whose early phase as a Cricketer is full of struggle and hard work. This is perhaps the case with all the cricketers out there. But Dhoni does everything on his own and ends up captaining the Indian cricket team, which is inspirational.
In spite of that Neeraj played his emotional card and gave the film a typical Bollywood flavour, which was not necessary since we love Dhoni for what he is and his emotionally shattered love life hardly makes any difference. Fantastic acting by Sushant which clearly shows the amount of efforts he had to put in.
M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story surprisingly turned out to be a huge disappoint. If you are a fan of Dhoni, you will definitely admire this film. But if you are a fan of Cricket, this is not for you. The reason being, the film is so Dhoni-centric that there's nothing else. Not even Cricket, except Dhoni's legendary World Cup-winning shot.
This film could have been much better if there wouldn't have been an overdose of Dhoni's love life for nearly a quarter of the film.
Directed by Neeraj Pandey, the film is all about M.S. Dhoni (Sushant Singh Rajput) whose early phase as a Cricketer is full of struggle and hard work. This is perhaps the case with all the cricketers out there. But Dhoni does everything on his own and ends up captaining the Indian cricket team, which is inspirational.
In spite of that Neeraj played his emotional card and gave the film a typical Bollywood flavour, which was not necessary since we love Dhoni for what he is and his emotionally shattered love life hardly makes any difference. Fantastic acting by Sushant which clearly shows the amount of efforts he had to put in.
M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story surprisingly turned out to be a huge disappoint. If you are a fan of Dhoni, you will definitely admire this film. But if you are a fan of Cricket, this is not for you. The reason being, the film is so Dhoni-centric that there's nothing else. Not even Cricket, except Dhoni's legendary World Cup-winning shot.
This film could have been much better if there wouldn't have been an overdose of Dhoni's love life for nearly a quarter of the film.
Pink
(III) (2016)
It's The Film Every Guy Must Watch
18 September 2016
Warning: Spoilers
To be honest, I was highly confident that I'm not going to rate Pink more than 3-star by any chance. My rating stood still until there were hardly 10-15 minutes left for ending credits to roll up. So what went off the mark that I ended up rating Pink 5-star? This had never happened since the release of Neeraj Pandey's action spy thriller Baby, which was the last film I had rated 5-star. But now it's Pink, which has got full marks.
The film begins with three independent girls -- Minal (Taapsee Pannu), Falak (Kirti Kulhari), and Andrea (Andrea Tariang), who happen to be staying together as tenants in a South Delhi locality. Their lives take a drastic turn following a scuffle with a group of boys during an hangout, who later threaten and molest Minal for smashing one of them -- Rajveer (Angad Bedi) with a bottle on his head in self-defense.
Minal then lodges an FIR against Rajveer, who also happens to be a relative of a powerful politician. Rajveer then lodges a wrong FIR against Minal and sends her into police custody. There a well-known lawyer -- Deepak Sehgal (Amitabh Bachchan) makes his way into the story. Deepak, who's suffering from a bipolar disorder has an ailing wife he fails to take care of.
Deepak's defense and arguments are like the mirror to the sick mentality of the Indian society, where every woman who drinks, parties at night, wears short clothes, gets friendly with strangers are still widely considered as someone with a questionable character. This is exactly what Rajveer and his friends were thinking when they molested girls during an hangout, despite them saying NO. The situation in Delhi is 10 times worse. Trust me.
Directed by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, Pink is a courtroom drama which is way more sensible and thought-provoking than Rustom. Although these two films cannot be set side by side for obvious reasons, Rustom as a courtroom drama is nowhere near to Pink. This is one of the prominent reasons why Pink deserved more rating and words than Rustom or any other movie for that matter.
It's an eye-opener. Words fell short to explain the greatness of this courtroom drama in addition to the message it gives. The direction and storyline is brilliantly outstanding! All actors, especially Taapsee Pannu and Big B put their 100% to make the ending something that I had not expected. Pink is the film every guy must watch.
The film begins with three independent girls -- Minal (Taapsee Pannu), Falak (Kirti Kulhari), and Andrea (Andrea Tariang), who happen to be staying together as tenants in a South Delhi locality. Their lives take a drastic turn following a scuffle with a group of boys during an hangout, who later threaten and molest Minal for smashing one of them -- Rajveer (Angad Bedi) with a bottle on his head in self-defense.
Minal then lodges an FIR against Rajveer, who also happens to be a relative of a powerful politician. Rajveer then lodges a wrong FIR against Minal and sends her into police custody. There a well-known lawyer -- Deepak Sehgal (Amitabh Bachchan) makes his way into the story. Deepak, who's suffering from a bipolar disorder has an ailing wife he fails to take care of.
Deepak's defense and arguments are like the mirror to the sick mentality of the Indian society, where every woman who drinks, parties at night, wears short clothes, gets friendly with strangers are still widely considered as someone with a questionable character. This is exactly what Rajveer and his friends were thinking when they molested girls during an hangout, despite them saying NO. The situation in Delhi is 10 times worse. Trust me.
Directed by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, Pink is a courtroom drama which is way more sensible and thought-provoking than Rustom. Although these two films cannot be set side by side for obvious reasons, Rustom as a courtroom drama is nowhere near to Pink. This is one of the prominent reasons why Pink deserved more rating and words than Rustom or any other movie for that matter.
It's an eye-opener. Words fell short to explain the greatness of this courtroom drama in addition to the message it gives. The direction and storyline is brilliantly outstanding! All actors, especially Taapsee Pannu and Big B put their 100% to make the ending something that I had not expected. Pink is the film every guy must watch.
Rustom
(2016)
Rustom lacks action, suspense, thriller, and good direction.
13 August 2016
"This just cannot be a film directed by Neeraj Pandey." It was the first thought that came into my mind after I took him mistaken for Rustom's director while the fact is he isn't the director of this film but the producer.
Being a huge fan of Neeraj Pandey for A Wednesday!, Baby, and his upcoming biopic M. S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (I'm already more than positive by just watching its trailer), I knew it was just not possible that Neeraj would direct anything as lackluster as Rustom.
Guess what? I was right!
Written by Vipul K Rawal and directed by Tinu Suresh Desai, Rustom is a courtroom drama, which is inspired from 1959's famous K. M. Nanavati vs. the State of Maharashtra case.
The story begins with a Naval Commander Rustom Pavri (Akshay Kumar) who finds his wife Cynthia Pavri (Ileana D'Cruz) having an affair with a businessman Vikram Makhija (Arjan Bajwa).
Emotionally shattered Rustom then goes to Vikram's place and fires three shots in his chest. Vikram dies on the spot while Rustom surrenders to Mumbai Police. Later in the court, Rustom pleads not guilty. Why does he do that is what the film is all about.
The first half of the film is dull, boring, and somewhat predictable. The second half, however, is comparatively better. Actors, especially Usha Nadkarni (as Jamnabai) did a great job. Overall, Rustom lacks action, suspense, thriller, and good direction.
I wouldn't have recommended it even if Neeraj had directed it.
Being a huge fan of Neeraj Pandey for A Wednesday!, Baby, and his upcoming biopic M. S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (I'm already more than positive by just watching its trailer), I knew it was just not possible that Neeraj would direct anything as lackluster as Rustom.
Guess what? I was right!
Written by Vipul K Rawal and directed by Tinu Suresh Desai, Rustom is a courtroom drama, which is inspired from 1959's famous K. M. Nanavati vs. the State of Maharashtra case.
The story begins with a Naval Commander Rustom Pavri (Akshay Kumar) who finds his wife Cynthia Pavri (Ileana D'Cruz) having an affair with a businessman Vikram Makhija (Arjan Bajwa).
Emotionally shattered Rustom then goes to Vikram's place and fires three shots in his chest. Vikram dies on the spot while Rustom surrenders to Mumbai Police. Later in the court, Rustom pleads not guilty. Why does he do that is what the film is all about.
The first half of the film is dull, boring, and somewhat predictable. The second half, however, is comparatively better. Actors, especially Usha Nadkarni (as Jamnabai) did a great job. Overall, Rustom lacks action, suspense, thriller, and good direction.
I wouldn't have recommended it even if Neeraj had directed it.
Sarbjit
(2016)
A must-watch film for an outstanding acting!
13 August 2016
Warning: Spoilers
Directed by Omung Kumar, Sarbjit is a biographical drama film, which is based on a true story of Sarabjit Singh – an Indian national from a village located on the border in Punjab, who was convicted of terrorism and spying by a Pakistani court in 1990 and later sentenced to death in 1991. The plot is entirely aimed at a struggle of Dalbir Kaur (played by Aishwarya Rai Bachchan), a brave-hearted sister, who fights for 23 years to bring her brother Sarabjit (played by Randeep Hooda) back to his country, who according to himself and his family, is being framed by Pakistan government for a crime he didn't commit. Dalbir keeps on fighting hard and convincing people from both India and Pakistan that Sarabjit is innocent and should be released immediately. Meanwhile, Sarabjit's death sentence is repeatedly postponed by the Government of Pakistan. The story illustrates several ups and downs throughout the rising tension between both the countries due to events impacted by 1999 Kargil War, 2001 Indian Parliament attack, and 2008 Mumbai attacks. Unfortunately, Dalbir's fight ends with Sarabjit who gets attacked in a prison in 2013 and dies a week later in a hospital in Lahore. Sarbjit is a must-watch film, especially for an outstanding acting by both Randeep Hooda and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. As the story takes many emotional twists and turns, it is highly unlikely that you will not admire this film.
Madaari
(2016)
Madaari is a priceless depiction of love, separation, revenge, and India's hypocrite politics
24 July 2016
Warning: Spoilers
Directed by Nishikant Kamat, Madaari is a must-watch socio-thriller film of 2016. The story begins with a breaking news of the kidnapping of Home Minister's son. No Indian thriller completes without having a cop as important character in the story. There comes a clean CBI officer Nachiket Verma (played by Jimmy Shergill) in the picture, who is given responsibility for ensuring the safety of minister's son throughout the case and hunting down the kidnapper Nirmal (played by Irrfan Khan). As the story proceeds, CBI's role loses dominance in the story as the kidnapper himself takes care of minister's son and solves the entire case to get caught (or let's say
surrender). Sounds stupid, isn't it? Well, that's just about one side of the coin. The other side is about kidnapper Nirmal, a common man, who has lost his son in a bridge collapse caused by negligence and high-level corruption by authorities. Nirmal's intentions and demands out of the kidnapping remain secret until he reveals his painful story to minister's son who later sympathizes with Nirmal. Madaari is a priceless depiction of love, separation, revenge, and most importantly, India's hypocrite politics. The movie lacks action, and the first half feels somewhat dull. However, Nishikant Kamat's superb direction and Irrfan Khan's phenomenal acting has proved it (once again) that this masterpiece couldn't be any better.
Psycho Raman
(2016)
It's all about just blood, murders, violence, sex, and drugs
29 June 2016
Warning: Spoilers
Anurag Kashyap's Raman Raghav 2.0 is a crime and thriller fiction surrounding a serial killer Ramanna, who is inspired by Mumbai's infamous serial killer from the mid-1960, Raman Raghav aka Sindhi Dalwai. The entire story plot is focused on two important characters, a drug-addict cop Raghavan (played by Vicky Kaushal) and a psychopath Ramanna (played by Nawazuddin Siddiqui). As the story unfolds, it starts portraying unusual similarities and coincidences between both the characters of having the desire to kill. Raman, a self- proclaimed messenger of God who likes to kill people for no reason, keeps searching for his soulmate Raghav from the very beginning. On the other hand, Raghavan, who investigates all killings done by Ramanna, commits numerous murders under the influence of drugs, ego, and fear of being caught. Raman Raghav 2.0 is all about blood, murders, violence, sex, and drugs, no doubt it got A certificate. Nawazuddin Siddiqui including all other actors has done a pretty good job. However, the story lacks action and suspense as it advances, and turns out to be dull, boring, predictable, and repetitive. It's OK for a one-time watch, but you should just refrain from expecting way too much.
Jurassic World
(2015)
Good for one-time watch, but you should not expect way too much
13 June 2015
First of all, you should refrain yourself from comparison of this movie with its predecessors. I have been hearing a lot of people comparing this movie with the previous titles surrounding Jurassic Park. This one's bit different in all aspects. The story feels quite dull as it unfolds. A lack of action leaves you worrying about the money you have spent on this movie. The story is just OK but doesn't turn out to be sensible at a few places. Jurassic World hardly managed to entertain me. However, actors / actresses have done a pretty good job. So yes, it's entertaining. Good for one-time watch. But you should not expect way too much.
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