Chandini Chowk to China

Genre: Action/Comedy
Film Certification: 12

Don't even bother to watch this piece of crap. Good plot and cast but utterly wasted by pathetic direction. I am wondering whether Akshay has gone nuts to act in such sloppy roles. One of the worst movies I have ever known.

My rating: 3.5/10 (Less than 6 - Avoid, 6 or above - OK types, 8 to 9 - Worth watching once, 9 and above- Must watch)

13B

Genre: Mystery/Thriller/Horror
Film certification: 15

13B is a new thriller/horror genre movie starring Madhavan. Madhavan and his family moves to a new flat with number '13B' and all goes fine from outsider point of view until Madhavan realizes that there is a supernatural force taking control of their lives? What is it and is the mystery behind the house is the rest of the story.

The whole movie looked like a serial shot in one single apartment. Must be a really low budget movie for sure :). Is the movie worth watching? May be not.

My rating: 7/10 (6 or less- Avoid, 6 and above- OK types, 8 and above- worth watching once, 9 and above- very good and must watch)

99

Genre: Comedy/Thriller
Film certification: 12

Remember the 'Cricket match fixing scandal of 2000'. Yeh! 99 is a fresh movie starting Kunal, Cyrus, Soha ali khan and Bomman Irani which revolves around the cricket scandal. Interesting casting, isn't it? The plot is very simple but the timing comedy and facial expressions will definitely tickle your funny bones. The background score in the movie is really nice. The Delhi destiny song lingers in your mind for long time even after watching the movie.

It is worth watching once if you have got lots of free time.

My rating: 8/10 (6 or less- Avoid, 6 and above- OK types, 8 and above- worth watching once, 9 and above- very good and must watch)

The President is coming

Genre: Comedy
Film certification: 12

I am back with movie reviews after a long break. 'The President is coming' movie is a mockery and a satire. Some scenes are lame but trust me it will definitely tickle your funny bones in one or the other scene. When US president says that he wants to meet a young indian as a first agenda during his visit to India, a reality show sort of selection happens to select one young indian who can represent India.

The whole movie is about the selection process and how people mock things :).

My rating: 7/10 (6 or less- Avoid, 6 and above- OK types, 8 and above- worth watching once, 9 and above- very good and must watch)

Billu Barber

Genre: Drama
Film certification: U


Billu Barber is a story about Billu (Irfaan Khan), a barber in a small village who happens to be a close childhood buddy of Shah rukh khan and how his life changes when movie crew comes to Billu's village for shooting. Shah rukh khan plays himself in the movie. Full credit to Irfaan khan and Lara dutta for their wonderful acting. This movie is a remake of Tamil movie 'Kuselan' starring Rajinikanth, but it is better than the Tamil version.


The good background music, nice backdrop of the village, performances of Irfaan khan,SRK and Lara dutta and few shooting numbers of Priyanka and Kareena are the selling points. Otherwise the story is a big dragger.


My rating: 8.5/10 (6 or less- Avoid, 6 and above- OK types, 8 and above- worth watching once, 9 and above- very good and must watch)

Luck by chance

Genre: Drama
Film certification: PG


Luck by chance is a movie with sort of realistic take on film industry with star studded cast. It clearly shows that all that matters in the film industry is to be in the right place at the right time. Dash of luck is required to give one an oppurtunity he/she has been craving for. The story and the screen play revolves around multiple characters so smoothly and naturally that you almost forget that you are actually watching a movie. Ending is just apt for the movie plot. The movie is good though not great.


My rating: 8.25/10 (6 or less- Avoid, 6 and above- OK types, 8 and above- worth watching once, 9 and above- very good and must watch)

Victory

Genre: Drama/Sports
Film certification: 12


Victory is a movie about up and down's in a cricketer's life. Harman Baweja has finally come off the Hrithik roshan look alike tag. Amrita Rao's role is very minimal. The story is very predictable and dramatic. The performances are very ordinary. The only interesting part in the movie is that real life cricketers from Australia, Pakistan, India, Srilanka are shown in the movie.

It is good to see few big cricketers like Bret lee, Stuart clark, Jayasuriya, Ishant Sharma, Rohit Sharma etc in the movie, playing for their respective countries.


My rating: 7/10 (6 or less- Avoid, 6 and above- OK types, 8 and above- worth watching once, 9 and above- very good and must watch)

Raaz-2

Genre: Thriller/Mystery/ Horror
Film certification: 15



Moment I heard that name Raaz-2, I thought that this sequel is a continuation of Raaz but it is not. Raaz-2 is no where related to Raaz except for the ghost theme. Raaz-2 is a good movie with decent performances. Kangana renaut pulled off another stunner after Fashion. She is getting better with each and every movie.


The mystery the movie builds up keeps you glued to the seats for sure. It is not all that scary though except for the ghostly look of Imran hashmi in few scenes. I think this is the second movie where Imran hashmi has not kissed onscreen. Definitely a thing to be mentioned ! Isn't it?


My rating: 8.25/10 (6 or less- Avoid, 6 and above- OK types, 8 and above- worth watching once, 9 and above- very good and must watch)

Oh My God

Genre: Fantasy/Comedy/Drama

Another decent film from 'Vinay Pathak' but nowhere near to his previous film 'Dasvidaniya'. Rajendra (Vinay pathak) is a common man who has got nice job, nice and loving wife (Divya dutta) , house etc but is still in search of happiness through money through his money schemes.

God(Saurabh Shukla) works his magic in Rajendra's life to teach him lessons so that he realises what real happiness is about. The film carries a very nice moral for everyone but the direction and screen play could have been better. Personally I did not like Saurabh Shukla as God as he does not have the appeal of character of God like Amitabh in 'God tussi great ho' or any other god characters for that matter. First half is a real dragger. I am still surprised how can the full film is shot in just 19 days by a new director with good quality.

My rating: 7.5/10. (6 or less- Avoid, 6 and above- OK types, 8 and above- worth watching once, 9 and above- very good and must watch)

God Tussi Great Ho

Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Drama

God Tussi Great Ho is a fantasy comedy movie starring Amitabh Bacchan as God. Salman khan, Sohail khan and Priyanka Chopra in the lead roles and all of them work as anchors in a TV channel and are aspiring for great success in their careers.

Luck plays the spoilt sport in Salman's luck and his cribbings and prayers are answered one day when the God (Amitabh) appears in front of him and grant him great powers and what happens after that is the rest of the story.





My rating: 7/10. (6 or less- Avoid, 6 and above- OK types, 8 and above- worth watching once, 9 and above- very good and must watch)

Mumbai Meri Jaan

Genre: Drama / Crime

One liner for this movie would be 'Good film and good effort'. This movie really leaves a strong impact on you once the movie is over. The movie revolves around 6 characters and how their lives are affected after the mumbai bomb blasts.

The characters are sketched wonderfully and acted equally well. Maddy (R.Madhavan) is a patriotic professional. K.K.Menon is an extermist person and is jobless. Paresh Rawal is a retiring police officer who hasn't done anything good in his career where as his subordinate police officer wants to abide by the laws and wants to do justice to his police job.Irfan khan is a road side tea shop wala. Soha ali khan is a TV reporter.

The movie beautifully portrays the psychological impacts of bomb blasts on people's lives and doesn't get into detective and terror stuff. This movie is a must watch.




My rating: 8.75/10. (6 or less- Avoid, 6 and above- OK types, 8 and above- worth watching once, 9 and above- very good and must watch)

Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

This is another bollywood masala flick starring Shah Rukh Khan, Anouska Sharma and Vinay Pathak and has lot of indigestible pills in store for you.
If you can ignore the big logical flaws in the movie, this movie will be good entertaining movie.

Anouska sharma who loses his lover in an accident on the marriage day just before the marriage, is emotionally made to accept Suri (SRK) as husband by his dying father as he feels she will land into safe hands.
But anouska just stays a stranger in the house with Suri as she says she can never love him. When anouska joins the dance classes, Suri joins the classes as Raj with make over as a cool dude and manages to bring smiles into anouska's life and wins her love. Anouska falls into odd dilemma on whether to choose Suri or Raj.

I wonder how on earth a gal can never recognise her own hubby just coz he has shaved his moustache and does not wear glasses! I did not like the last 15 mins of the movie where a gal who says she can never love Suri, falls in love with Raj and decides to run away but changes her mind in notime to stay with Suri and falls in love with Suri all of a sudden. Too dramatic :-)

SRK has given a polished performance and this movie has good entertaining scenes all around.



My rating: 8/10. (6 or less- Avoid, 6 to 8 - OK types, 8 to 9 - worth watching once, 9 and above- very good and must watch)

Fashion

Fashion- The lastest movie from Madhur Bhandarkar hits the bull's eye with its realistic view of the Fashion industry.

The performances from Kangana and Priyanka chopra are outstanding. I personally liked the kangana's acting in the way she shows her attitude on the ramp,
Drug scenes and the scenes where she talks to priyanka towards the climax. Her eyes and expressions speaks louder.

Overall this is a nice movie and the movie is almost close to reality.



My rating: 8/10. (6 or less- Avoid, 6 t0 8 - OK types, 8 to 9 - worth watching once, 9 and above- very good and must watch)

Ghajini (Hindi)

Ghajini (Hindi) - Upto the hype and expectations

Ever since I saw the promos of the Ghajini, I was waiting to watch it in theatre. I must say that the movie has lived up the expecations and the hype. People who have watched Christopher Nolan's 'Memento' and the tamil version of 'Ghajini' may not like this hindi version much like other versions, but they will also accept that this movie is good.

The director Murugadoss has delivered yet again and the recreated the same magic in direction and screenplay just like he delivered in the tamil version of 'Ghajini'. 'Hai Guzarish' , 'Becha' and 'yeh bachu' songs are nice. It has always been upto the directors to take the best out of A.R Rehman. Murugadoss has not succeded fully in that attempt. The background score in hindi version is not great compared to the tamil version.

Asin has performed really well and she remains in the audience mind even when the movie is over which speaks about her performance. Aamir looks young in his new outlook as Sunil singhania and is menacing with his 8 pack abs and his pumped up body in the revenge scenes. Aamir khan speaks loads through his body language and expression. This movie has blockbuster written all over it.



My rating: 8.5/10. (6 or less- Avoid, 6 t0 8 - OK types, 8 to 9 - worth watching once, 9 and above- very good and must watch)

1920

1920 - Old wine in new bottle

1920 falls is a hindi movie which falls under the thriller/horror genre. Architects who comes to demolish the beautiful mansion to build a majestic hotel die mysteriously as little do they know that the majestic mansion is haunted by a spirit which is waiting for years to take its revenge.

The hero, who is an architect with big career dreams and his wife arrive at the mansion things turn horrible as heroin gets possessed by the spirit. What happens after that is the story?

This movie is an old wine in new bottle. Though some of the scenes are scary, the supposed to be scary scenes towards the climax are actually funny. You can watch this movie once if you don't have any other movie to watch.

My rating: 6/10. (6 or less- Avoid, 6 t0 8 - OK types, 8 to 9 - worth watching once, 9 and above- very good and must watch)

Dasvidaniya

Dasvidaniya - The Best Goodbye ever

The movie is about Amar kaul (Vinay Pathak), a 37 year old bachelor who is lost into his mundane life where people around him are oblivious to his existence. When Amar gets a report from doctor that he has only 3 months to live due to stomach cancer, he is devastated and ends up making a list of 1o things to do before he dies. What all does he list and how he executes them is what the story is about!

Though Dasvidaniya is claimed to be inspired by the hollywood movie 'Bucket List', the director of this movie claims that the script of this movie was written well before Bucket list. Well, apart the idea of making list of things to do before dying, Dasvidaniya is absolutely different. It is a bitter sweet comedy and Amar kaul has pulled it off nicely with his humour and brilliant acting. This movie is inspiring too to do things which one likes with the attitude as though today is the end of the world of one's life. The expressions of Vinay pathak in few of the scenes will make you laugh out loud for sure. After Bheja fry and Dasvidaniya, I have become a fan of Vinay Pathak.



My rating: 9/10. (6 or less- Avoid, 6 and above- OK types, 8 and above- worth watching once, 9 and above- very good and must watch)

Aamir

Aamir - Kaun Kehta Hai, Aadmi Apni Kismat Khud Likhta Hai? (Who says that man scripts his own destiny by himself?)

Aamir, a short and realistic movie, is a bold attempt made in the Bollywood director 'Rajkumar Gupta'. A NRI doctor who returns to India finds himself set up in a strange situation by a terror gang where he is made to receive and deliver something from few people by unknown people who keeps the lives of doctor's family's lives under threat. Who sets Aamir up, how they set him up, what is he made to receive and deliver, what happens in the end? Though the movie goes bit slow and you might be confused what is happening, it is worth watching till the climax. The climax is rivetting. I am sure you will exclaim as 'Oh My God' when you watch the climax. The story unflods in the climax.



My rating: 8.5/10. (6 or less- Avoid, 6 and above- OK types, 8 and above- worth watching once, 9 and above- very good and must watch)

Dostana

The first time when I saw the trailer of this movie couple of months back, I thought this movie is commercialized remake of Adam Sandler's 'I now pronounce you as Chuck and Larry' and thought this movie will be a flop by considering the theme. After the movie release, I started hearing quite a lot of positive and good comments about this movie.

This movie is about two guys (Abhishek Bacchan and John Abraham) who are not gay but pretend to be gay to get a house for rent who end up falling in love with Priyanka. Priyanka is in love with her boss (Sunny deol). The movie does make you laugh louder in couple of scenes. Overall dostana is a good entertainer.



My rating: 8/10 (6.5 or less - avoid, 8 and above worth watching, 9 and above very good and must watch)