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Paatal Lok (2020)
A authentic taste of the modern world crime story.
We are introduced to the Paatal lok with a heavy voice of inspector Haathiram Choudhary played by Jaideep Ahlawat telling his partner, Imran, a text from mythological text of how the world is divided into 3 world- Swaarg lok (heaven), Dharti lok (earth) and Paatal Lok (netherworld) and how the people from this 3 world are categorized and how one act can trigger a big scandal. He goes on say that he has read this on Whatsapp, implying his doubts in the mythological stories. He is shown as ordinary police officer of the outer Jamuna Paar police station, nobody trusts him to perform an investigative task and he explain as "Boss think we are good only for setting up blockades". Jaideep Ahlawat is the anchor point of this story and he has got a chance to prove that he can crack a case and he is not a loser. He is hot headed, sharp, and observant but at the same time could be diverted easily. Gul Paang is shown as Haathiram's wife and she delivers a believable performance as a housewife who understands him but is not given much chance to grow into this role.
On the other hand, Neeraj Kabi with his calm and posed posture portraits a news anchor who finds himself at odds with the owner of the news channel and his wife who has anxiety attacks. We feel sorry to see his state but his stature in anyway gives out that he is a poor guy stuck with his destiny. Instead as the series progress we see his character arc changing as how he can manipulate stories. His wife, Swastika Mukherjee (Played Kabi's partner in movie Detective Byomkesh Bakshi) is not given much space to grow, we see her break and how she reconciles the facts about Sanjeev.
The story starts with an arrest of 4 goons who are on their way to kill a Veteran news anchor, Sanjeev Mehra (Neeraj Kabi) by the DCP of Delhi police and this is handed over to Haathiram as it falls under their jurisdiction. Paatal Lok shows how the system though made of everyone has its internal conflicts. Haathiram is chasing different angles and people as the case progress and trying to make connections with different people but cannot create a link, all he has is the 4 goons arrested and their statement but which leads nowhere even after trying to dig into their past.
Abhishek Banerjee as Hathoda Tyagi from TVF's "humorously yours" and "Stree" fame, does complete justice to his dark character with minimum dialogues but his expression speaks. His story is shown in stages and how it connects to this plot, a local politics and a leader in hiding who is worshipped by not him but people of the region is revealed by Haathiram as the story progress. Interestingly he is also the casting director of this series and has brilliantly casted all the supporting cast. Vipin Sharma, Manish Chaudhary, Asif Basra and Rajesh Sharma all are casted perfectly in their role and create a great ensemble cast.
Watch this series for the direction, cinematography, and power pack performance by the actors. Director Prosit Roy and cinematographer turned Director Avinash Arun portrays the series with a authentic taste of the metro as well as the village with the untold crimes that happens and how they create a circumstances for people to turn dark. Paatal Lok could be described ass a best story telling series of this year. The story being very simple, but it gets convoluted due to the various people in the system trying to take advantage of the situations. How a story could be molded to gain power, status or just revenge forms the crux of Paatal lok. As it is stated with one line as " System from outside looks a mess, a garbage but if you look closely, from inside you will see it's a well-oiled machinery where each part knows what is his work and if it causes problem, it is replaced."
Uri: The Surgical Strike (2019)
A must watch for Vicky kaushals performance
The film is a must watch for the Vicky Kaushal acting and Paresh Rawal as a NDA. The film's opens up in chapter and giving us a countdown till the surgical strike. Each chapter progress the story forward and many of the scenarios are covered as in real world missions always do not go as planned as opposed to some movies where everything is in place and mission goes smoothly.
Director Aditya Dhar make the movie as a no nonsense movie with no song or love story crawling in between. The DOP has done a great job with audience are put right in the middle of action and every scene is simple to follow even though the film covers the scene from different angles. The background score keeps you intrigued and on the edge of the seat. The song challa is also used to progress the story and does not feel like it hinders with it in any way.
Kirti kulhari has a very small role, Yami Gautam look carries her character of intelligence persona effortlessly. Mohit raina makes a debut in this movie from small screen and is a good addition to the cast. I only regret that he would have gotten more screen time. Rajit kapur carries the role of "PM" but other than the facial look nothing works to look like the actual person. Paresh Rawal does a great job as NDA and is like a internal director in the movie. Nothing less would be expected from him.
Last but not the least Vicky Kaushal is the new actor. Being his first solo movie he just outshines -he is the core of this movie. Strong but vulnerable in his own sense. He carries the burden of the family but is always prepared for the service of the nation. In one scene he is standing with his eyes wet but with a crisp uniform giving a tribute to a soldier and the pause at the end is a masterstroke. the army avatar is flawless and we clearly sees the effort put in. The warcry "how's the Josh" fills not only the onscreen cast but the audience with patriotism. Though Vickys last scene is where you might see the fiction crawling in though the film clearly states based on fact but it's been fictionalized.
Hands down the best performance by Vicky and a must watch movie
Andhadhun (2018)
Slow yet intriguing and gives nostalgic feeling of see if the old Hindi movies.
Andhdhun is a neither a thriller nor a tradegy movie. Director Shriram raghvan has managed to strike a perfect balance between comedy and suspense but in bit. The movie opens with a hunter trying to kill a rabbit and that scene is the most crucial part of the story (not the movie though).
Ayushman khurrana plays as Akash is an artist who is blind and plays a piano. He aspires to be a great pianist one day and is trying to complete his piece of music. He also tries to be financial sufficient for he wishes to go to London and take part in a competition.
Radhika apte (Sophie) has a very small role and is a daughter of a restaurant owner. She meets with Akash accidentally quite literally. Akash tells her he is a pianist and Sophie offers him a job at the restaurant to play piano in the evening.
At this restaurant he meets a old Hindi actor named pramod Sinha played by anil dhawan. Tabu (Simi) is his wife who wants to be an actress in movie. Pramod tries his way to get her in the film but is not successful. pramod invites Akash to play piano at his home as it's marriage anniversary of pramod and Simi.
Akash goes to his home as promised and plays the piano while tabu and her lover tries to clean up the body of pramod. The scene is the comic because of the circumstances.
What follows is the story of akash running for his life and being played by different people. Tabu, her lover , an autodriver, a doctor everyone plays with Akash eventhough he plans to blackmail tabu and get money from her. He only survives because he has luck in his favor. Even though the movie is slow post interval don't miss the last 10 minutes as the opening scene is looped her. The last scene though predictable is the master stroke by the director.
The soundtrack is not very catchy expect for the "Naina da Kya kasoor hai". While they used some dialogue and songs from old Hindi movie which will make you nostalgic if you have watched those movies. Though the story is slow and audience is never kept in the dark, it's engaging but in bits. If you have liked Sriram raghvan previous movie like Johnny gaddar, agent vinod and badlapur you will like this too. Watch it for aysuhsman and tabu's performance.
Little Things (2016)
not perfect but it's sweet followup
Little things season 2 opens on a similar fashion as season 1. It brings out the big things which can ruin things in their relationship and also the little things which saves it. We see dhruv and kavya in their happy place and how their past connection have changed over the years. Be it their friends, colleagues or family even for that matter.
Dhruv has changed his opinion on many things and doesn't agree with his childhood friend and how kavya make him understand the importance of being there for his friend is one of best implied scene that we are not in a perfect world and it's not necessary to agree with your friendjuts because you knew each other so well in the past.
Be it the scene between dhruv and kavya's mother or the scene between kavya and her subordinate who was once her colleague captures how status quo changes for good and for bad. The things that they love to do with each other have taken a back seat because of the responsibilities and circumstances and how it affects their relationship is all that makeups the season 2 of this sweet season. It explores the imperfections in people and how as a couple they understand each other. The small conflicts which eventually lead to a fight and how they remediate it is the core of the story.
Though it is a sweet season but it also has some flaws. Some of the episode just feel a little stretched but both mithila and dhruv have given a superb performance. To conclude watch it for performance and some of the inner plots of the story and as like dhruv says "it's not perfect but it's us".
Master of None (2015)
An award deserving entertaining season
Dev continues his journey and is still a jack of all trades. Aziz Ansari is brilliant and so are his supporting cast. This season has some of the best episode you will see it in recent times especially the episode based on life of New York and Thanksgiving. The episode on the dating app shows the modern trend. He brings up some of the common topics discussed in the common households but not discuss in public. Aziz Ansari truly deserves the Emmy for writing the Thanksgiving Episode. Watch it for Ansari comic timing, picturesque locations of Italy and newyork and of course for a great supporting cast.
Meri Pyaari Bindu (2017)
Nostalgic, Charming, sweet yet unconventional Modern story of love.
"Meri pyari Bindu" is not a love story it's a story about love and emotions of people perfectly blended with some of the best old hindi songs in the backdrop which brings out the nostalgic feeling.
Abhimanyu Roy aka "bubla" has been a successful "errotic horror" novel writer after doing MBA and working in a bank. But has now hit a writer's block and cannot complete a novel for 3 years. He starts to write " meri pyari Bindu" literally about his neighbour, friend, love " Bindu Narayanan".
Ayushman Khurrana is the soul of the film and is present in every frame. The movies is created from his perspective and he is the quite literally the soul of the film. He effortlessly carries the film on his shoulder from start to end. He is the person for whom your heart will ache as he says "everybody teaches us how to love but no one teaches us how to move on from love". He is deeply in love with Bindu and each every things about Bindu. He finds an old tape in which him and Bindu has recorded 10 old songs (not their favourite clearly mentioned by Abhi) which are close to their heart. And so we see his story and the songs which are attached to the situations.
Bindu played by Parineeti is bublas neighbour an only daughter of an army colonel, she is cheerful and bubbly girl who wants to do everything " which is perfectly described by her mom as " life is like a ice cream; if you don't eat it it will slip away from your hand". She wants to be a singer after hearing a song on radio during her childhood and so she leaves everything and tries to pursue her dream.Parineeti is shown as a beautiful, gorgeous girl and vulnerable especially in the scenes with her father; yet spontaneous and moody. she has broken engagements before she turns 25, Abhi explains her perfectly as "She never sticks to anything ; and maybe that was god's signal(to him to not fall for her)"
The supporting cast especially the parents of the main cast played by some noteworthy actors has given a splendid performance.
Director Akshay Roy is more concerned about the emotions of the people then the actual plot and that's what works great for meri Pyari bindu. He develops the character from the very first time they are introduced. The filming locations used for the movie Kolkata, Mumbai and Goa are picturesque and just adds to the emotions of the character. The use of the old hindi songs is just a masterstroke.
The dialogues are amazing and you will humn song after watching the movie especially the "Hareya, yeh Jawani teri and afeemi".
No disrespect to any singers but the only thing missing was a song sung by Ayushman. Parineeti; though she looks gorgeous but it mismatches sometime with the era it has been shown. On the other hand Ayushman perfectly delves into character.
Watch it for the sincere performance of Ayushman, Parineeti and the supporting cast. The scenes feel real and character feel like everyday person whom we meet.
The last scene is the heart of the story warning though many people will not like the unconventional ending as Abhi explains it in his dialogue as "happy endings bikte jyada hai"
Manmarziyaan (2018)
Reinventing , redefining
Its a first Anurag Kashyap romcom movie which hits the right chord. Kashyap is not interested in increasing the plot rather he is interested in exploring his characters and like the title says what their heart want. Its aptly describes in the trailer that love is not complicated people are.
Rumi is a hockey player and a fiercy and hot head Punjabi girl who listens on of her grandfather. She doesn't care what the world says and is in complete love with vicky.
Vicky and Rumi both are high on fyaar and are made for each other. Fyaar as the movie explains as love and lust between the Rumi and Vicky. Vicky is DJ and trying to set his gig but is not at all serious with his responsibility. He fyaars Rumi with all his heart but cannot commit into marriage. Rumi on the other hand wants Vicky to commit to marriage after her family discovers their affairs. Rumis family juts wants her to get married and they ask an matrimonial manager to find a perfect groom for her.
Enters Robbie played amazingly by Abhishek. He is a very calm banker working in London and falls for her the moment he sees her photo. He researches about her through Facebook and figures out about her affair with vicky but still pursues the idea of marrying her.
He stills gambles and pursue thebidea to marry her.
Rumi runs back and forth with her decision to marry Vicky or robbie. She evens runs with vicky but Vicky has no idea or plan what do to do after eloping with her. She comes to conclusions that Vicky loves her and wants to own her which is second by Vicky's father. Vicky realise this and doesn't not elope with her the second time night before rumis marriage.
Rumi decides that she will marry Robbie and goes completely cold with Robbie. The second part of the movie which kinds of slow down the whole story shows how Robbie and Rumi deals each other and how they fall for each other.
Robbie tries to understand her and tells her that he is willing to give her time and tells her that she should decide what she wants to do. Both of them agree that they want to stay in the marriage.Vicky on the other hand is completely broken and is in contact with Rumi. Rumi is not completely over him and meets Vicky secretly. The last half hour deals with Rumi realise what she wants, Vicky realises what he should do.
Abhishek has reinvented himself with manmarziyan. He is very calm and posed and even Rumi teases him saying " was he like the saint type of person from birth". He single handledly bring the balance to the chaos which the other 2 lead create. Tapsee and Vicky are natural and redefines modern day couples or more appropriately fyaar karne wale couples. Intense performance by the lead cast coupled with the Dialogues will make you laugh and feel their pain in a matter of moments. Vicky and tapsee has the best dialogue and Abhishek makes an impact with his eye expression without saying much. The last conversation between the Abhishek and Rumi are good but could have been cut short.
Songs play a very important part of the movie. Amit Trivedi has composed the best album of this year. The songs especially "f for fyaar, Dhyanchand, dariya and halla" stay with you and sets the tone and connects the audience with the emotions of the characters.
Though the story is redundant in the first part and predictable in second part, Watch it for redefined Anurag kahsyap directional, reinvented Abhisheks acting and tapsee and Vicky's impactful acting.