Quirky. Homely, middle-class lifestyle with middle-class problems. AK's character in the role fits perfectly but it turns from stylish to selfish to miserable and he has jolly well done a good job out of it. RR has done a good supporting role too, and his portrayal needed multiple shades. The storyline and ending is quite predictable but nice narration. Entertainer, but plot and sub-plot, etc. seems quite unnecessary in the end since it back-fires, or so it seems!
Rating: Good
Ranveer is at his super-best. Rohit shetty's usual setting is easily discernible as a film studio. Initial comedy scenes are worthy of Rohit's usual mirth. Dance and songs are nicely interspersed amidst the plot which can be easily scalped through and guessed. Lots of action - to gather in the crowd to the theatres, I guess. An entertainer than turns serious with burning issues in India.
Rating: Good
Jolly nice rom-com. Love stories seen through the eyes of guys. Could as well be very much modern-day true stories. Some amazing dialog and scenes. Specifically liked Kartik Aaryan's monologue single-shot about all the pit-falls - what a delivery! Truly mind-blowing. Catchy music. All have acted well but Nushrat's character seemed too much overacting. Nice settings & locations. Quite an entertainer.
Rating: Good
Phew, what a movie! Definitely 18+. First part is more of a 'Lust story' than a 'Love story' as the narration admits. But, from movie-making perspective, this one is very professional. Excellent dialog, superb choreography, superlative acting, wonderful cinematography, overlapping screenplay, fantastic locations (Paris, Cannes, what more can you ask!) - it has everything in it. One can sense Hum Tum (Girl vs Boy sequences) and The Girl Next Door (dare sequences) but this one is genuine just as well. Some unnecessary build-up about marriage but I guess that was more for audience.
Rating: Good
I kind of new what I was getting into (a random surfing got me to this movie), even though I am out of this genre for quite some time now. At one point, these kind of movies used to fascinate me - dark, satire, underworld, drugs, red-light district, child trafficking, etc. And usually, I would rate them all as Must-see but off late I am out of them all. So this one did not appeal much to me. Although there was one thing that did seem nice in this - setting being Lakshadweep Islands. Wow, that's breath-taking! First time ever, I saw a movie made out of a tale set in those islands. So beautiful. Rest of the movie took the usual downward trend which movies of this genre usually do. Good direction, casting and acting. Screenplay too, with nice surprises propping up one after the other. Watchable if one likes such stuff.
Rating: Average
Language: Malayalam
Well, a hard-hitting message about forceful parents wanting their wards to get First Rank. Of course, this movie over-does it but very sound ideas in terms of being 100% education and 0% intelligence and General Knowledge. Some scenes are very meaningful and some are total time pass with intent of pun and rendered well too. Acting is very naive. Watchable once.
Rating: Good
Language: Telugu
I had heard a lot about this movie and wanted to see it since a long time, but had avoided since it seemed to contain a lot of violence. In fact, I had even read about the tale, so kind of knew the storyline's journey from Mumbai to Bangalore to KGF. But what fascinated me, when I finally watched it today, is the depth. Depth in dialog, action sequences and in the side-details unrelated to the main theme like when she challenges to touch him, when he tests the M16, etc. Agreed, it is filmy, and trying to make the hero all-powerful and untouchable - like how some guys tries to shoot him when he is just standing and still misses despite multiple attempts. But the overall goal is still achieved - like Jason in the Bourne series, Bahubali in the Bahubali series and Maximus in Gladiator, Kannada's Sandalwood has finally produced one of the same genre and a same character. It is very rare that I rate a Kannada movie as must-see but this one sure stays near the top...more for the film-making.
Rating: Must-see
Well, let me be honest. I had high expectations of this movie. Instead this is more of a character assassination! All the high regards I had of SD came shattering after I saw this movie. Of course, this is a narration from the daughter's perspective and she has all the right to say what she wants but I'd rather have not known her personal story, for SD is made more of a negative character in this than someone to be proud of! Just adding positive notes in the last 10 minutes does not undo all that is told until then. But coming to the story itself - it is indeed fascinating. In fact, Shakuntala Devi herself is a Miracle in herself - without a movie needing to be made out of her! Vidya Balan has acted very much like how she did in Dirty Picture - like a South Indian actress & an accent drawl, except South Indian actress are anything but that. Hence, as such, I didn't like it much. She'd've been better off as how she did in Tumhari Sulu or Mission Mangal. Rest of the movie is ok-dokey. Watchable if nothing else to do.
Rating: Average
A Sanjay Leela Bhansali movie, so expect the grandeur. The historical story itself is mesmerizing, and we need a SLB to come and add the necessary ingredients to get it to the big screen. And he has done a super job out of it. Ranveer, Priyanka and Deepika are the right cast to their roles. Dance choreography is awesome - especially for the Pinga song. Action sequences on the war scenes are good - almost like Bahubali type. Dialog is cutting edge and gets top credits - like the Peacock cutting scene. Ranveer is like Russell Crowe in Gladiator and he has played it very well. The love story of the two is almost like Romeo and Juliet. Well worth the watch.
Rating: Good
Well, a time-pass movie about a marriage counsellor who screws up her own marriage. For me, a counsellor should first be a good human being - and the main character in this movie was not. So, the movie was going awry from scene 1. Especially more so because she starts training puppy and thinks that is the way to train husbands. I guess the movie was made as a romantic comedy - but it has neither the romance nor the comedy. But film-making itself is done in classy Hollywood way. Boston brought back lot of good memories.
Rating: Average
