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Bhavesh Joshi Superhero (2018)
Heroes are not born they are made
First of all, Vikramaditya Motwane never disappoints. Plus, Kashyap was one of the co-writers. So never an iota of doubt about how the movie would be.
Now coming to the point, this is a great watch. Bollywood should focus more on such original lineups than copying other industries. This movie didn't fare well at the box office, and that is maybe because of the lack of "stars" or marketing, but had it been released in the post-COVID era of the OTT boom, it'd have been a force to reckon with.
All in all, everything was on point. Harshvardhan Kapoor is a fairly good actor. He should've tried his luck a little bit more. Priyanshu Painyuli was just fantastic. That guy will be a big name someday for sure. The writing, the direction, the BGM, the screenplay, and the action sequences. Everything was great. This is not a generic superhero movie, as the title intentionally misdirects, but maybe that's the fun.
Threat Level Midnight: The Movie (2011)
SPOLIED EVERY MOVIE FOR ME
It is 2023 and direction and scripts and reaching new zeniths. See an Oppenheimer or a Barbie or simply delve into the history of cinema and watch some Godfathers or Pulp Fiction or a Notebook (for the romantic in you) but I can assure you, nothing, I mean NOTHING will come even closer to Michael Scarn's Threat Level Midnight.
Human emotion is a spectrum and I went through the whole of it back and forth while watching it. Be it suspense, thrill, action , humour, you name it and Scarn has it for you.
Every character outdid themself be it Golden man who had to eat gold or the guy whose face got blown off because he assaulted animals but again the stealshow was none other than Scarn himself. On point acting!
I think the academy should give it some lifetime achievement award and IMDb should certainly list it in their top 250, considering it is the greatest and highest rated movie of all time.
Kapoor & Sons (2016)
A dys"fun"ctional family drama
The trailer wasn't that captivating so expectations weren't that high but it surprised me like anything!
The setting was too good and so was the direction (maybe Pappu can't dance sala but he can direct damn well).
Every character was played to perfection, Fawad was amazing and so were Rajat Kapoor and Ratna Pathak. Siddhart and Alia were brilliant as well. Rishi Kapoor was too good. Glad he survived.
This story is unique to the Kapoor family but this dysfunctionality is very common to every family. Every family comes with their unique set of problems but still, nothing is more close and comforting than family. This is the kind of movie where you could relate to maybe all the characters in different stages of life, depending on where you at.
I'll revisit this movie in 5-6 years to get a different perspective or see it from a different lens and I'll surely say the same thing as I said upon completion this time "well done".
Darlings (2022)
Draping the evil
At a time when Bollywood is going through a slump this movie, story, and acting is a wave of fresh air.
First of all, the story was really really good. Kudos to the writers. It was gripping and although the trailer revealed the plot a little bit, the movie had a lot more to offer. As the movie progress, it gets darker and darker but at the same time maintains a comic touch to it. The cause of domestic violence can be shown in a non-serious but impactful way, was unknown to me at least.
Coming to the acting part, Alia Bhatt was brilliant as always and Shefali Shah was good too but it was Vijay Verma who stole the show. He was simultaneously playing more than 2 roles and acing all of those.
Overall it's a good watch and it stuns me to see the ratings so low on this one.
Stranger Things (2016)
Keeps getting better and better
I've been watching this show since 2016 and was hooked from the very first instance but that's not where it stops, this show keeps getting better every season!
An excellent time synced plot without any deus ex machina, explaining every tiny thing makes this show class apart! With every new season plethora of characters are added and the universe keeps getting bigger, but that doesn't make the plot any flimsy. Writing is on another level and so are direction and acting. I had earlier rated it 9 but after the 1st part of season 4, I've got to change it to 10.
Decoupled (2021)
Subtle yet outrageously funny!
First thing first, majority of the <5 star ratings are not because the series wasn't funny rather because their hypersensitive ego is not able take a joke as it is.
Anyway, the series was amazing, there are moments where the scenes are so funny that you'd laugh like a child yet you need an adult's intelligence to understand those.
8eps 30mins each, worth a watch. Won't regret unless you're hurt easily.
Sunflower (2021)
The class between middle and high.
The plot is not that liquid, in the first 20minites of the series one can derive some conclusion and would want to stick with it but as the story progresses the plot expands and many new character traits come into the picture. Through some characters the story also showed us the negatives of the so called neo modern Indian society where we live innhigh buildings but hold thinking which is thousand years old.
The series has 8eps not 4 as listed in IMDb. I feel they could have densed the story a little bit and wrapped it in 1 season itself because there were many fillers here and there but they'll leave you in a cliffhanger. Apart from this, the casting was brilliant and the role each character played was totally to its full potential. Nicely done. Overall 8/10.
Delhi-6 (2009)
Transcendental masterpiece.
I rated it 10 just to neutralize the highly polarized 1s, on a fair ground its a 8/10.
See the movie and pick a newspaper you'll understand why the poor ratings anyday.
The acting was amazing. Script, direction, storyline everything was great.
It released in 2009 and in 2021 it still holds it relevancy, no matter when you watch it, it'll remain fresh and new.
Green Book (2018)
Not just a movie!
There are movies which touch you, make you
feel.
Forrest Gump, Life is Beautiful, Good Will
Hunting, The Pursuit of Happyness, etc.
Such is this movie 'Green Book'.
I'm big time fan of Mahershala Ali right since
House of Cards to True Detective and he never
fails to amaze.
But this movie. It had been in my watchlist for
months but when he got the Oscar for best
supporting actor and the movie itself got the
best movie title I thought why not take out
some time and it did lived up to the
expectations!
Whoever is reading this, I don't know what kind
of motion cinema you prefer but this is
something you must watch, it's not just a
movie, it's a lesson in itself.
The Haunting of Hill House (2018)
Horror redefined!
I don't usually like this genre "HORROR" because most of the times it lacks a good story and plotline but this series is one hell of a masterpiece. Every second of every episode is brilliant. Brilliant story, dialogues, cinematography, direction, plot, theme selection, everything!
Ep 1-9 it scared the hell out of me and 10th was so good and so emotional that it resolved everything.
MUST WATCH!
Andhadhun (2018)
Bollywood back in track!
Didn't expect this level of suspense and thrill from a bollywood movie seeing the standard of movies been made in recent days.
Much watch. 😎