Aloo Chat

It seemed like i have ruined my weekend & instead of Watching Aloo Chat i would have been better off Eating Aloo Chat .....
For starters i am not a Aftab appreciator and hence was anticipating a crap movie anyways .But my assumptions certainly came true. Its the modern version of Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Kisi say na kehna the 1983 flick staring Farooq Sheikh, Dipti Naval and Upal Dutt. The plot is completly picked from there with some tweaks and a Delhi based background. Here Aftab replaces Farooq and Manoj Pahawa does a Sayeed Jaferry. The movie starts off with a flashback mode along with the Irritating Manoj Pahawa who plays a Narrator or as we call a Sutradhar who keeps talking about his past with this family that was not willing to accept a Musim daughter in law and hence he and the lover boy Aftab decide to have a US brat roleplay his love interest and try to venomize their thoughts against Firangs and show some soft corner for the Muslim girl instead.
Amna Sharif i thought looked far far better in the TV mode but was not looking half as good on the 70 mm. May this could be attributed to the very desi look and some incompetent make up.
She has a long way to go to prove her self in bollywood. Aftab performance was very average not stamping any grip in the script or the screenplay.
I kept yawning most of the time until the Interval and was wondering should i leave the hall.
I would not recommend this movie AT ALL.

My Ratings : *

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Barah Aana

Picture Chalo hone say pehlay Cinema Hall Say Bahar Aana.
Hera Pheri Minus Commercial cinema masala = Barah Aana.
This is the equation that comes to my mind after watching this movie. The director of this movie must be a brave man to have Mr Naserudin shah being completely wasted as a resource. The screenplay moves very slowly making the viewer feel bored.
Vijay Raaz plays a building watchman who has done a fairly decent job and brings some respite to the very bland script. The new actor (sorry could not catch him name) has failed to impress me coz i could not make out his character or his scope in this movie. Naseer has only spoken for about 15 mins in the entire movie.
My conclusion here is that though the script was very promising and could have been made very interesting the dialogs and the screenplay lacked some serious effort in making this half as appealing to the audience. I Loved naseer bhai performance in A WeDNESday but i must say he could have possibly avoided doing this movie.
my Ratings : *

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Firaaq

Imagine a graveyard where there are only 2 people working in the middle of an afternoon where there are more than 100 Riot affected dead bodies lying to be buried. And suddenly a Dumper truck comes to this place and drops 100 more dead bodies to be buried just like a Cement truck dumps cement on a construction site. This is the first scene of this movie which really shook me to the core. I had so many expectations from this start.... but but but all my thrills were short lived as the movie took off.
The Gujrat riots is the back drop of this movie where how the life of the people especially the muslim community was affected due to the gruesome events. There are many characters in the movie and BOY all of them are HUGE heavy weights of the Film Industry. Paresh Raval and Dipti naval play a Gujrati couple where the house is dominated by a husband and the wife is a traumatized lady after seeing the riots. Paresh has absolutely no sympathy for the Musilim community and shows signs of a fanatic as well. One thing is for sure that if you are not familiar with Gujrati then the impact of these scenes would not hit you as much as if you understand the language. Sanjay Suri and Tisca Chopra play a Muslim couple who belong to the higher strata of the society but are shit scared after the riots and decide to move out of the city. Sanjay's role was too good and so was his performance which actually stood out in the movie.
The most boring scenes in the movie are whenever naseerudin shah comes on the 70 mm. His dialog delivery makes you feel sick and wonder when will he ever disappear from the screen. The role played by a 5 year old boy is unbelievable. His expressions were so natural and i give the credit for this to the cinematographer for capturing them so correctly. Especially the scene where he interacts with Dipti Naval in the Kitchen. The script was very strong and Nandita Das you surely have loads of talent but execution of the same is also extremely critical or else the end product would be as disappointing as FIRAQUE. Not to mention i also loved the performance of Shahana goswami who plays a downtrodden muslim lady who faces the aftermath of the Riots. She maintains the kind of sincerity which makes me believe that this lady has very bright future. I would not recommend this movie unless you are an ART movie magnet.
My Ratings: *1/2

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Gulal

It’s Holi and film maker Anurag Kashyap is back with Gulaal this time. The movie would see a nationwide release on March 13. The movie is based on the current political system of the country.

Though, in last couple of years we saw a number of movies based on the political system, such as Gangajal, Mrityudand etc. Each and every time directors based their movies in Bihar or Uttar Pradesh but this time, Anurag has come up with a Rajasthan based movie.

Colors reflects mood, be it emotional, political or whatever and the Gulaal showcases all. It’s a socio-political film that tells a story of about the member of an erstwhile royal family who stakes claim to his land in Rajasthan and wants to return to the days of royalty.

There are certain values in the film like love, power, deceit, greed and politics. Menon plays one of the protagonists called Dukey Bana, who masterminds a Rajputana movement in order to have a separate state ruled by Rajputs.

The story of the movie revolves around Dilip Singh (Raj Singh Chaudhary) a member of a royal family, comes to Rajpur to study law. In the college he is soon embroiled into local politics. The local kingpin Dukey Bana (Kay Kay Menon) compels Dilip to contest in the college elections makes him win. Later they plan for a revolution, challenging the democracy.

No doubt, Anurag Kashyap is a master story teller. He’s perfect behind the camera and has got power to nurture all his characters according to his wish. As the story progresses promptly you are bound to stick to the chair waiting for another sensational shot by the director. The movie was written by Raj Singh Chaudhary, Aparna Chaturvedi and Anurag Kashyap itself. It’s a narration of an incident, as a I said earlier that Anurag Kashyap is a master story teller, he never let break of the story. Actors are good on their part. Kay Kay Menon, who played the protagonist (who plans the revolution against the democracy), is indeed a bold actor.

Cinematographer Rajeev Ravi uses red-pink frames to light up scenes to the Gulaal symbolism, at the same time, Piyush Mishra has written some really nice lines for the movie. It can be said the use of poignant poetry while penning the provoking lyrics. Aarti Bajaj’s editing is effective enough.

My Rating :***

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Jai Veeru

This has to be the 'Most Atrocious' movie of the year so far. I mean, it's nice to have those 'leave your brains behind films' where sometimes the maker does entertain you through his product, but this here is plain foolish. I get a feeling that someone wanted to rewrite his account books before the year ending and invested a lot of money to produce this absolute no-brainer! At least some losses could be accounted for. Like the wily producers (Paresh Rawal and Kunal Khemu) in DHOONDTE REH JAAOGE (released last week), who set out to produce a flop film. It's a pity they could not lay their hands on this script, considering Kunal is part of this venture.
My Ratings: bakwas

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Dhoondte Reh Jaoge

Call it creative bankruptcy or just another take on creativity. Whichever way you look at it, you cannot help but come out smiling from the theatres. Dhoondte Reh Jaaoge is one such exercise, which I dare say, is not futile. At least it conforms to the basic requirement of cinema, that to entertain. And entertain it does in huge doses. If you are looking to lighten your mood, backed with 'recession rates' at multiplexes, this movie will definitely give you your fix.

It's a spoof all right, but not slapstick comedy. Director Umesh Shukla (who has also written the screenplay) has mixed five hit movies and topped it with the situation of a failed producer who owes his investors huge amount of money. The movie also takes a dig, albeit lovingly, at the workings in the industry with anyone and everyone being qualified to direct a movie. ''He will learn as he makes films along the way,'' says Paresh Rawal's character, Raj Chopra, of his selection of a masseur as a director of his enterprise, which he hopes will flop big time.
My Ratings: **

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13B

Actor Madavan serioulsly needs to chalk his career now. His performance has not been the best in both Mumbai meri jaan as well as the lasted flick 13B. The story is about a family that moves into a new house that is supposedly haunted (i did not think so). The plot seems to be very interesting but the choppy camera work and jarring edits make the screenplay look very ordinary. Especially the lift situations where Maddy the lil brother spends a lot of time.
The characters have not really done any sort of justice to the script and make me believe that the casting director must have been sleeping while doing this job. Neetu chandra again makes a super flop appearance and her stake in bollywood is now very unstable.
The TV characters apprantly have done a much better job than the actualy ones . But there was a point where i serioulsly was laughing my butt out when the police inspector friend was hamming on the screen. All in All this is a movie that you are better off not watching in case you are expecting a horror flick.
My rating for this movie *1/2

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Elections 09

The most awaited hype of the decade is almost here.
The country is surrounded by unstable neighbors yet our screwedup politicians have their acts still not in place. Mulayam bribing people was the most shameful of such acts.
The country needs the younger generation to seriously act in the correct direction and step up to save the nation.