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Dus Kahaniyaan (2007)
Good
Change is always good...especially when u get to see 10 stories at the price of one... 8 out of 10 stories were well directed and interesting .... the 2 exceptions were Lovedale and Sex on the beach ... though the later scared a bit.... both of these stories were easily predictable
Matrimony : Good twist... Mandira Bedi gave a surprise. : 3.5/5
High on the Highway : Nice... but that shaking camera was too much : 3/5
Pooranmasi : Really good ... Amrita Singh gives best of her in such a short time : 4/5
Strangers in the Night : Superb editing and awesome narration : 4.5/5
Zahir : It was a bit OK... I watched such story on Doordarshan's Healthcare Programmes : 2.5/5
Lovedale : Average ... not as good as others : 2/5
Sex on the Beach :Fully predictable.... I'll be giving it some points just because of one thrill that scared me a bit : 1.5/5
Rice Plate : I've read this story ...I've seen this story years before.. but Shabana Azmi made it look great, Naseerudin Shah doesn't have much to do : 3.5/5
Gubbare : Nana Paekar again as expected giving his best , though there was no newness in the story : 3/5
Rise & Fall : In my perception it was the most powerful part of the movie... Sanjay Dutt in his Dus Look and Suniel Shetty in that nice grown beard giving one of their best performance.... Editing was a lot confusing...which made it superb .. the child actors were good too...very stylish story... Sanjay Gupta's style : 5/5
Drona (2008)
Drona: A brief review
Frankly speaking the day Drona was announced I was desperate to watch d movie....then about a year later its first trailer came...and yes it was awesome and I loved the VFX in the teaser....waited till the day it released...then next day extreme reviews abt the movie were published, some calling it bad cinema with VFX over substance and some as a breakthrough in Indian Cinema...bt doesn't matter reviews are not for ppl like me... I reached the theater with huge expectations....and then.... The movie starts well with excellent camera work....but then on it becomes boring .... m kind of person who hunts down entertainment even from a not so entertaining feature...but Drona defeated me...and I was in no position to get any kind of watchable factor from the movie ... it was promoted as an Indian fantasy-action-adventure.... but pls tell me does this movie actually have proper amount these ingredients..??? The makers called the movie as Visual effects extravagance... but it failed in that department also... the VFX were so immature..m in no way comparing it to Hollywood...but it deserves to be compared with any other Asian or Indian movies....the animation quality in this movie was below expectations...the first big animated scene of the movie where Riz Raizada clones himself was pathetic...bad animation ...it looked like a ammature have been hired to perform this task...so were the blood droplets effects ....only the Sand Particles effect was good ...but rest were average....what the hell David Bush was doing...I believe he had worked on the movie in an unprofessional manner... in the era where Bollywood is try to get near to Hollywood in terms of technology....such things let you down...Love Story 2050 had much better quality of VFX courtesy Sun Microsystems....So is the case with action sequences ..not exciting at all...except the first one with Priyanka.
Now the story..the content was no different from any other average fantasy movie..bt what mattered was direction....which was Okay just like any good episode of Hatim(TV series on Star Plus) Director didn't succeed in creating an exciting environment which is required for such a theme...Though Goldie Behl must be appreciated for the thing that he didn't allow Priyanka-Abhishek love story to take over the real film...... I don't understand why is there always a need of songs in Indian movies!!! use of excess songs was annoying...especially Ooopcha Ooopcha song...it was irritating, not the song bt its placement ... there was no need of any song... the background score was enough.... I was yawning throughout these songs...even when Nanhe Nanhe played..which Ironically is my fav.
And performances now...Kay kay Menon and Priyanka Chopra all the way....many ppl called Kay Kay as clown more than a villain...I strongly disagree.he was The JOKER...he was as funny and as good as The Joker from Batman series...Priyanka Chopra, first thing a well designed warrior look for her, she was awesome in all her action sequences and other scenes . .. Abhishek Bachhan didn't have much to do ..even though movie was on his character...Jaya Bachhan gave an OK OK appearance.
Goldie Behl tried to bake a Black forest cake but got careless forgot to add sugar...
Mukhbiir (2008)
Mani Shankar's best : till date
fabulous, extremely well made, performances at their peak, flawless narration of an untold story.. this is what Mukhbir is .... one of the most powerful movies of the year.. a masterpiece of its genre .... Hats off to Mani Shankar .... his best work till date. The movie is about a MUKHBIR(informer) working for Indian Intelligence, the movie revolves around what risks,losses and sacrifices he has to face in this dangerous profession. The best thing about the movie is its realism.. If u r expecting a masala entertainer then m sorry... it has only 1 or 2 songs and nothing else except an excellent story..no comedy even . The movie did bad business at Box Office and the credit goes to: 1.its promoters who forgot that even a brilliant movie like this needs good promotion and marketing..so many people didn't knew about the movie .also the movie released with very few prints..it was released at only 4 theaters in Delhi, thankfully one of these theaters was near to my place 2. Immature audiences : no further comments 3.Some other grown up immature kids called CRITICS.... they suck
Cash (2007)
A really Good and impressive Movie
First. I strongly disagrees with all those who called Cash as Trash or Crap.. Cash is a very Good movie to watch for... I won't criticise these people... its just human tendency that if we don't understand something we either get starting scared of it or we just start hating it.... Cash is a Victim of such hatred...
This movie is a very fine example of Good story telling... for which Anubhav Sinha is famous for...the movie is one the very Best Indian heist movie that works on some ORIGINAL PLAN...I knw some people will call Cash as a remake of THE Italian JOB.... bt it isn't. . Yes one can feel shades of Italian Job in the movie...that is "concept of Misdirection".... many people complained that movie lacks story n screenplay... I don't understand what were they looking for... A Huge Yash Raj love story!!!! The movie got everything... good screenplay, awesome direction, nice stunts ,a bit comedy, good quality animation, and "No real Blood" ... what else u need? The only flaw I found in the movie was the misplacement of songs... though all the songs were rocking ....bt they were not needed.
My Rating 10/10
Singh Is Kinng (2008)
Just some Singhs, a King and a Showpiece Queen
First of all this movie is quiet entertaining ... not as entertaining as Anees Bazmee's previous work No Entry but is much better than Welcome(that was quiet lame)... The story is about a Singh from Punjab who heads towards Australia to bring back another Villager friend ...who has now become KING(of underworld)in Australia ...n then the fun begins. .. The storyline is similar to that of Sunny Deol starer 'Jo Bole So Nihaal' but this one is better n more comic..but none of the Singhs here looked like a real Sikh... as Sunny did in Jo Bole... but who cares if we received good entertainment ..thats it. There's no need to complain that it is a senseless comedy ... Comedy is meant to make you laugh so why to criticise it even if its senseless ...but enjoyable. I won't comment about the performances since it depends on what u expect .... but for Katrina Kaif, shes just a Showpiece, its just that she is Lucky Mascot for the film makers .... anybody could have fitted in her role.. m bored of watching her in similar roles. On the whole Go for the movie....especially for Javed Jafery's performance...he was damn funny. The music is also good ... nice work by Pritam..
My Rating 8/10