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Kapoor & Son’s (Since 1921) – Movie Review

March 26, 2016 prejithpillai Leave a comment

(4 / 5)

If you really want to see a family drama, then this is the pick for you. Very beautifully carved characters with awesome chemistry and appearances. Movie is all about understandings and misunderstandings amongst a family consisting parents, two sons and a grandpa.

The scenes are set in a beautiful village somewhere near hilly areas of tamilnadu. Beautiful landscapes and charismatic set added an extra treat to audiences’ eyes to get relaxed in between the nasty quarrels of family. A not so perfect couple having two sons who jelled together really well, hiding an emotional twist over ones mind which becomes chilly or sweet sometimes. A grandpa with naughty and evergreen nature will really make you laugh on his cheesy dialogues.

It is rishi kapoor hidden behind a brilliant makeup, making him look really old and different in the role. Rajat Kapoor and Ratna Pathak, two brilliant actors, playing as parents of the family are outstanding in their roles. They are gonna remain in your mind for long even after the movie. Fawad Khan with his awesome looks and some hidden twist in his role rocked the screen with his brilliant performance. Alia Bhatt, as always, a cute and pretty girl with bindaas nature and attitude. Siddhart Malhotra as younger son of family coupled with Alia did well and brought himself into realistic acting like what he did on Finding Fanny.

Overall it is a treat to your family to understand that nobody is perfect and it is the understanding and little adjustments which can make your life crispy and crazy.

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Tera Suroor – Movie Review

March 17, 2016 prejithpillai Leave a comment

(1 / 5)

A torture from Himesh Reshammiya and Farah Karimaee which can really make you mad and cry loud out in the cinema hall or you must have a very high tolerance level like me to see the movie till the end. And if, even after reading the above line, you are going to watch the movie then I will suggest to go for a holiday post that to make you relax or a meditation session to get rid of the frustration of movie.

Talking about movie there is nothing other than some sleeky and not needed intense looks of Himesh. From start to end you can see Himesh in various intense looks and showing off his skinny body and abs with some larger than life action not suiting over the metro sexual look of Himesh in the movie. Actress Farah is just used as a beautiful face without much dialogue and role. Other irritating thing is, there is a villan with the name Anirudh Pandit but till the last scene there is no face for him. May be the film makers thought that this will create a thrill over audience, but sorry it actually irritated us.

Irony is that when I was at Box office for ticket of Tera Suroor the ticket vendor, people around were looking at me in a manner that as if, I have asked for something which is not acceptable in society. Due to embarrassment I asked in a lower voice for ticket but that bloody vendor re-confirmed the movie and show time in his loud speaker, making me really embarrassed. After all these things, in the cinema I got a little relief when I saw there were three more fools like me to watch the show. So it was a total of four people in the hall.

Please don’t watch the movie at all, it may lead you to Brain Malfunction.

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Aligarh – Movie Review

March 17, 2016 prejithpillai Leave a comment

(3 / 5)

A movie based on true story of a professor of Aligarh University who was homosexual and due to his sexual orientation he was assaulted and dismissed from the university. It is a classic kind of movie which portrays the feelings of a homosexual person, how the society is biased towards them, how they can’t reveal their desires in society, they are not allowed to live life freely after revealing the truth that they are homosexual, how our society is not much matured to understand the fact about homosexuality.

Story is all about Dr. Shrinivas Ramachandra Siras, a Marathi professor and chairman of Modern Indian Languages Aligarh University, who was sting by a local TV Channel in his private time at home inside University Campus, where he was sharing his moments with his friend a rickshaw puller. The TV Journalist not only filmed them in awkward moment but also beats them and forced to pose in dirty and embarrassing positions for the camera. Later on another Journalist approached him and managed to bring out the truth out. A lawyer who fought against Delhi High Court and win over Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code where homosexuality is legalized in India stood for Dr. Siras and finally he got the justice. But unfortunately, professor chose some other way to end up all his problems.

Talking about Manoj Bajpayee, his intense and realistic acting is exactly what is expected from such an awesome legend of acting. He nailed the character by his unique way of presentation. Rajkumar Rao as journalist also contributed an excellent part from his side. He is becoming king of realistic acting like Irfan Khan.

Watch to realize the pain of a homosexual person in our society.

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Tere Bin Laden – Movie Review

February 27, 2016 prejithpillai Leave a comment

(1.5 / 5)

Average direction and poor comedy leads to a fatal failure of this movie, directed by Abhishek Sharma. No complaints regarding Manish Paul, Pradhuman Singh, Sikandar Kher and other cast, I believe, it’s their lively acting that could at least hold me to sit for two hours. The script and screenplay have a lot to make this movie fantastic but I guess the low budget and poor direction is the cause of tragedy.

I believe the previous one Tere bin Laden starring Ali Zafar was far better than this one. You can see Ali Zafar as a cameo role in this one too. If we talk about comedy, featuring a dupe of American President Barack Obama, which is hilarious in a sarcastic way. Various situations in the movie are like what the f**k man? These are the words that come out of your mouth. Obama holding a gun to fire over Laden, a white painted Sikandar Kher in a bald makeup as a CIA agent, dummy chopper with rubber tyre animated as flying and all made the movie unrealistic. I understand for comedy you can portray anything like cartoon but irony is that there was no comedy at all.

But, I must say Pradhuman Singh rocked again as Laden and you can watch the movie only for him. Manish Paul did his best as required as per his character but movie is a team work if any quotient fails it will affect the whole in a negative way.

Well, watch it if you have nothing to do.

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Fitoor – Movie Review

February 19, 2016 prejithpillai Leave a comment

(2.5 / 5)

An artistic dream converted into movie with amazing beautiful screenplay. If we talk about fitoor’s presentation it is like you are reading a book and the characters, location everything you are creating in your mind as a fiction. It may be because it is somewhat inspired from Charles Dickens’ classic novel Great Expectations. The locations are beautifully filmed in the heaven, Kashmir with very beautiful music by Amit Trivedi.

The lead Aditya Roy Kapoor is in a shredded avatar flaunting six packs, as a young artist he is trying to win heart of Katrina Kaif from childhood itself. Katrina is looking gorgeous all over the movie and she has the perfect looks for the role what story demands. But even after so much goodies, the movie is a big disappointment at box office. Movie is so slow that it will literally make you bored in almost all places. It is a little low down acting from both Aditya and Katrina, but a fabulous performance from Tabu. Story was fresh, locations and filmography was awesome, I guess the thrill, soul which should grasp the audience for that 2.5 hours was lacking.

Well, watch it if you have nothing to do or you are a fan of leads…

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Saala Khadoos – Movie Review

January 29, 2016 prejithpillai Leave a comment

(4 / 5)

An outstanding performance from the legend actor Ranganathan Madhavan as a Boxing Champion, who later on served as a coach to the Indian Women Boxing Team. He rocked the screen with outstanding aura and body language. It seem like he lived the character, he appears in a muscular macho look with rough beard and long hairs. As the name of the movie “Saala Khadoos” depicts he is in the role of a tough guy, very hard to impress and totally dedicated towards boxing.

Director Sudha Kongara Prasad executed the movie so beautifully, it is a perfect blend of thrill, emotion and drama. The girl Ritika Singh nailed the character with her fantastic performance as a poor backward girl from slums of Chennai turning into an international level boxing champion. She is portrayed as an angry young woman, who started her career in boxing for money, which later on turned as her true passion.

You can see Nassar one of the famous face of Tamil Cinema in a supporting role as a Junior Coach for Ritika Singh. Movie is portraying the dirty politics and corruption happening in our country’s sports authorities. Despite all the barriers the combo of coach and trainee lead them to their impossible dream of being an International Champion in Boxing, earning a gold medal for India. Movie also gives a message to the society and our government that, if politics is evaded from sports you can get champions from every next street of our country. (Agar sports se politics hata de toh, gali gali mai champion milega).

Watch the movie for an enthusiastic story and a brilliant performance by R Madhavan.

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Chalk n Duster – Movie Review

January 15, 2016 prejithpillai Leave a comment

(4 / 5)

It is a movie or I can say mirror reflection of our education system, which is getting ruined day by day in the name of business. Movie is a great presentation, beautifully directed by Jayant Gilatar with few lows here and there but overall it is a must and worth watch for every single person. Movie give a message to our society to remember back your teachers who made your life, who build your foundation in the initial almost 15 years of life. It’s all about respecting your teachers and to know the importance of their noble role in our life. It is about the rights and justice towards every single person who teaches, irrespective of the platform.

Film begins with a happy go life of few teachers of a school, lead roles are played by the beautiful Juhi Chawla and Shabana Azmi. Both of them are as always brilliant and outstanding at their roles and outraged the performance to a great level. In between the movie it becomes little predictable and lagging nearby and after interval. It appears that the climax is almost predictable, but suddenly the pace of the movie increase and the climax appear with a guest appearance of Mr. Rishi Kapoor with a nice hyped energy of emotions and thrill. Movie is portraying the senior, educated, so much talented teachers of our country who have their own way of teaching which actually bring out the personality of students and it definitely make the students grab the things easily.

You can see Divya Dutta in a negative role playing it so powerfully that you gonna hate her throughout the movie. Upasana Singh (bua of Comedy Nights with Kapil) is in the movie adding little bit comedy and spice in the drama.

Overall it is a must watch for every person who really respect their teachers…

I would like to thanks all my teachers hereby whole heartily for making me what I am in my life.

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Bajirao Mastani – Movie Review

December 22, 2015 prejithpillai Leave a comment

(4 / 5)

It is piece of an art portraying epic Indian History of an unbeatable warrior Baji Rao Ballal Balaji Bhat. This film is one of the dream project of director Sanjay Leela Bhansali and it was in development from last 15 years after he made his all-times hit Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. After so much of changes in script, casting and lot of hardwork finally it is released now in the end of 2015.

This movie is filmed with extensive big sets in combination of high quality VFX graphics. You can expect vast scenes of wars and landscapes along with very beautiful palaces. A magic of artwork and colors is developed by the set built as Shanivaarbada the palace of Bajirao Peshwa (Prime Minister) of Chatrapati Sahu Maharaj.

Ranveer Singh is completely gelled up in the role by that bald look exactly as the genre of Marathas. His hard work is exemplary the way he followed the flawless Marathi accent along with body language and expressions.

Deepika Padukone is looking gorgeous as Mastani and an outstanding performance from her, the way she is fighting in the war, the way she performs all the dances, her dialogue delivery and soulful acting. Somewhere I found she overshadow Ranveer Singh in terms of performance. The song Deewani Mastani is filmed in such a grace that it will mesmerize you with beauty of presentation and obviously the beautiful Deepkia Padukone. Priyanka Chopra as first wife of Bajirao, Kashibhai did a fantastic job delivering beautifully the Marathi style and accent. Her look is beautiful and innocent in the movie as a simple Marathi wife living and ruling the palace of peshwa.

Music of the movie is done by Mr. Bhansali himself and it is excellent and outstanding with great songs like Deewani Mastani, Malhari, and Pinga featuring Priyanka Chopra & Deepika Padukon with a nostalgic touch of Dola Re in Devdas. The background score is also very beautifully composed.

Movie is rich with talented bunch of actors like Milind Soman, Tanvi Azmi, Mahesh Manjrekar, Vaibbhav Tatwawdi and many more. The lacking points I found in the movie is like it is little exhausting due to the length and little bit slow in between as somewhere the story becomes little slow. The kind of thrill and enthusiasm need to be followed on the war scenes are lacking as the director is more concentrated on the romance side, probably because of the theme that is of a historic romantic story. Well, all the lacking points are covered by the excellent cinematography and the beautiful sets. Trust me it is a treat to your eyes watching this movie on an HD screen.

It is a must watch to enjoy the fusion of art, music and acting with a heart touching story of a great warrior.

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Tamasha – Movie Review

November 29, 2015 prejithpillai Leave a comment

(3.5 / 5)

The duo Ranbir and Deepika is back with the same kinda message – “live your life from heart, not as per the commands of circumstances”. It start with screening of a stage show with amazing fusion of theatre art and storytelling. In the initial stage the whole movie depicts flashback of Ranbir’s child hood which is a beautiful imagination of his life story into some epic love stories like Ram-Seetha, Romeo-Juliet etc. As the name is depicting it is all about in a flow of tamasha or nauntanki.

Ranbir is looking dashing along with always cheerful Deepika Padukon… When this combo meets with Imitiaz Ali this kind of movie occurs. As like his all movies, this will also inspire you to be a traveller. Both the hero-heroine met first in the French Island Corsica and the Matarghasti song is picturized there and the place is looking amazing.

In between there is a song from an auto driver, a Punjabi song by Mika all is mixed in such a way that it will definitely mesmerise you with the magic. But be careful, this movie is not for masses, as it is little bit puzzling too. Some where I felt it is little lagging and boring after the interval, but carried back to the required pace within 15-20 minutes.

Overall, watch it to be a self-enthusiastic learning along with a little different Bollywood approach. “

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Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 – Movie Review

October 16, 2015 prejithpillai Leave a comment

(3 / 5) – #pyaarkapunchnama2

A sequel from the same Director of Pyaar ka Punchnama 2011, Mr. Luv Ranjan is in the same track of the old one. Concept and story line is almost the same and trying to recreate the fun and magic created by the predecessor. In the initial stage, movie is slow and little lagging, which is very much expected and usual for this movie.

Three single friends discovering there love in different ways and then the relationship starts with the masala and fun happenings of every next relationship. The new faces which were not in the last movie are Sunny Singh, Sonali Sehgal, Ishita Raj, Omkar Kapoor and Manvir Singh.

I will say movie is good but not much as the first one may be because that one has set an expectation and standard in the minds of us the audience. Movie revolves around the quarrels, mis-understandings and various relationship funda’s of new generation youngsters. Casting is so beautifully done that everybody is look almost real and seriously the next door guys.

Nushrat Bharucha is in such an irritating character that even I felt sometimes in between the movie to breakup with her even though she is not my girlfriend (lol…). But it was the need of story and she did that perfectly.

Kartik Aaryan the face of Pyaar ka Punchnama is back with the same kind of long frustrated speech of a guy in relationship and this time it is not simple but added on

little planned and high-fi elements, not may be familiar to all guys. I felt this dialogue section little lagged but yes throughout it was enjoyable and will be viral again on social media.

Movie will end up in the same mode as like the old and finally I can say it is the same product again with new features and added on masala. It is fun watching it…