Film Review : Rakht Charitra - I

Pratap Ravi(Vivek Oberoi) comes to know about his Dad's death. Soon his brother dies in quest for revenge. Now, the honours get on Pratap to revenge against the wrong. How he plans the murders, what reactions he gets as a result. And how he enters politics, all this is what Rakta Charitra - I covers. 

The film boasts of everything that one can expect from a Ram Gopal Verma Film - Loud Music, Wierd camera angles,  Lots of Extreme Close Up Shots etc. Though, have to admit Ramu does limit himself from all this in the film as there are very few scenes where we see the suspense kinda of camera angles. 

There is way too much of violence, blood, killings, but then we were warned in advance not to enter the hall if we are Kabhi khushi kabhi gham lovers. Since I loved that Karan film, I am expected to dislike Rakta Charitra going by Ramu's theory. Unfortunately, not so the case. I quite liked the film. But the major credit would go to the trio of Vivek Oberoi, Abhimanyu Singh and Shatrughan Sinha. 

These 3 actors keep you hooked towards the next scene as the next proceeding in the film would have a effect on one or the other. And all the three are powerful in terms of their expressions, and some dialogues too like "Topic over" trademark Shatrughan Sinha's dialogue in the film. When a director loves taking extreme close up shots, what becomes most important is the expressions and mannerisms of the actors, and here that works quite a lot. 

Having said all this, there is Ramu's usual stuff seen in scenes like camera movement towards Jayalakshmi Reddy in two scenes, one when Gomti comes to her for help and other one when she is cooking in kitchen and Pratap Ravi enters the home. Also, there's a scene where the camera is given a complete 360 degree revolution. Ramu wont stop experimenting with camera. 

Direction wise, it was a good attempt by Ram Gopal Verma. Though, its not his perfection yet. Screenplay was impressive. Dialogues were good, editing was fine. Climax was good, though the person narrating the story was a turn off, someone with better voice should had been used. 

Performances wise, 

Vivek Oberoi was superb, confident and totally into his character. Though his opening scene when he tries to style a bit and then with the actress date made me feel that he might not be that good. But, after that scene, I couldnt notice any problem with his acting. I specially loved his look in the latter half of the film. 

Shatrughan Sinha, though had a small role in this part, probably will have more in next one. Still, he makes his part get noticed, firstly due to his look which even after knowing beforehand that its him I had to see few more scenes to confirm its Shatrughan only. And then, his powerful acting.. he should do more films or roles like this, Amitabh could get a competition then. 

Abhimanyu Singh for sometime in film reminded me of Gulaal, probably because his 1st dialogues comes after quite a delay and the mannerisms, costumes were similar to Gulaal. He portrayed the evil role very well, special reference to scenes between him and Ashwani kalsekar. Only thing I wish though that there was one scene between him and Vivek in the film but script didnt demand that I guess. 

Sushant Singh, Aashish Vidyarthi, Ashwani Kalsekar and Rajendra Gupta were good. Darshan Jariwala was slightly over the top in the only scene he has in film. Srinivas Rao Kota was a bit irritating, he had a funny pose, always tilting towards right while standing. 

Music was below average, except for the title song which also was too loud, the other song used was unbearable. Background Music was good though. 

Overall, when you come out of the theatre, you are bound to think about the film a lot which in a way confirms that the film does succeed, specially the performances of main leads. Though, it wont be liked by those who dont like too much of violence, blood etc. For rest, the film would be a good watch. 

Rating : 3.45 Out of 5 

Oyy [Views]

My 2nd regional film. Took 2 years, to see 2nd one .. Again on a occasion, this time its KarvaChauth. ..

I wont say that I loved it as much as bommarillu. But I enjoyed it a lot, and it was very emotional too.

The story inspired by A walk to Remember. Its about how two people, Siddharth and Sharmili collide having different ways of living, different ways of seeing life. Its about love at first sight for Siddharth and then how he tries to succeed in it.

I only wish the female lead was someone else, she was a let down even though at many places she looked so cute with her spects but the places where she had to look beautiful or something, she lacked it. In a way, I felt she doesnt have the screen presence.

Aneways, Siddharth is the magic man in the film. Great performance, specially the one where he gets very emotional in hospital or the one in the climax.

I didnt like the side angles at all, its required in every film. But here, it was not gelling well with main plot. Abhishek angle was good, but it was stretched specially the scenes at ship were somewhat boring.

The screenplay was good, narration and all was impressive, with good quotient of humour that involves the lead pair. Songs are very well used, and I liked the music a lot too. Songs sung by karthik, kay kay, shreya, sunidhi. Yuvan as music composer is quite good, he composed few songs in Striker too.

The climax is very touchy, also love the 1st song where they establish two different thinking characters. Some great moments, like the 1st meeting of siddharth with sharmili or the plant scene or the night scene .. Or the two places at same time one. And few more ;) ..

Overall, Oyy is worth a watch for Siddharth mainly and the story which is somewhat emotional though not new.

Film Review : Jhootha Hi Sahi

Abbas Tyrewala gave a movie that had everything in it to fall in love last time i.e Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na. So, expectations are high, not just for me but for every person who went on that tag to see the film. And surely, most of them would had been dissappointed. For me, yea he didnt live upto the mark set, but still the film has some very good moments despite of the fact that its a very weakly handled film.

The story is of Sid(John Abraham) who lives with his friends and runs a book store. One random day, his number gets mixed with a suicide helpline resulting in no. of calls at night. And he happens to talk with Mishka(Pakhi Tyrewala), turning to save her life. How he starts getting attached to her, coincidently meeting her with some other name and then how he handles his lies to manipulate her, and fall in love. But what will happen when she will come to know that the person she meets and the person she talks on phone are same.

The concept of the film is really good, that always had me wanting to see the film. But the treatment is very poor. You would like a screenplay that holds you for 2 hrs 30 mins, but here thats not the case, and add to it Abbas tries so hard to bring humour at places that appears forced. Jaane Tu worked because it was natural, it had humour where humour could be placed and then there were serious scenes with no jokes around. Here, its hard to find any serious scenes, and if you do find them you dont connect to them easily.

Also, what works against the film is the fact that the story is kept real, whatever happens in the film does happen in real i.e girl loves her bf, parts away as he ditched, then falls in love with new guy, old bf comes back, she goes back forgetting new love and then again back to new love. All this does happen in real but no one will like to see this on screen, a better screenplay may have helped but more than that writing could had been changed removing the angle of Madhavan from the story.

And the faults dont end there, character sketch of Mishka and Aliya(plays sister of Raghu) are extremely poor. You tend to laugh at the reason Aliya gives for her non-marriage, though I feel her reason would have looked pretty fine if she wasnt shown pregnant. While Mishka as I said, her character is hard to show sympathy with due to the fact its way too real. Even the Climax is much overdone, one can say Jaane Tu was filmy too but still you could accept it the way it was filmed, here it went a touch above it with that stupid thing.

The feel of the film and dialogues is very youth eccentric. Editing could had been better to avoid some dull moments that comes in the screenplay.

Still, among all this, there are lots of things that are worth to be liked, Sid's reply to 3rd caller(the writing again was terrible here, why were the callers especially 1st two made to sound like idiots), Sid's meeting with Mishka at book store, constant use of  'Ajeebs' and 'Tauba' by Aliya, 3 rules of dosti, Ankur-Sid scene, and specially the conversation between Sid-Mishka in restaurant.

Songs are pretty well used, I am waiting sounds so pleasant and lovely with such good background kept, very well thought of. Hello Hello is used more in the narration of story, one of my favs. Cry Cry, the conversation song between both is superb. Pam pa ra looks better with film then as audio. Do Nishaaniyaan again narrates a part of story, romantic and little funny too. Call me dil could had been used, but then its already a long film. Maiyya Yashoda was fine, nothing impressive.

Performances wise,

John Abrahim was superb, I would rate this among his top5 performances, pity that despite such good performance the film ended on wrong note. He looked awesome, acted awesome, there were few places where he did go wrong, but itna chalta hai. I specially love when he says "Thora" to Mishka outside dvd store or when he replies to Mishka about his stammer at restaurant.

Pakhi Tyrewala had a average debut. She was way too inconsistent, sometimes in looks she looked or appeared very old, whether its make up person fault or thats how it is. Even in acting, she was overdoing some expressions. Also, there was a lack of chemistry between her and John. She needs to work a lot on herself as a whole for future. She was one of the main weak link of the film.

Raghu Ram was pretty good, except for his Musharraf scene that was overdone, his character was very well written and enacted.

Manasi Scott was nice, Anaitha Nair was wasted, hardly got 2 scenes. Alishka Varde despite poorly written role impresses with her acting and mannerisms.

Prashant Chawla, Omar Khan and Geroge Young were decent.

R.Madhavan was irritating mainly due to worst written character of the film. Except for just one tiny dialogue in climax, there is nothing to like in his role.


Its important that you tend to feel for a character when he/she isnt happy, is going through some rough phase etc but that happens very less in this film. Except for one scene i.e Sid-Ankur one, there is simply nothing, all thanks to the treatment of subject.

Overall, Jhootha hi Sahi fails due to poor writing and screenplay that makes things look silly then real. Abbas joins the list of directors who made a awesome debut film and a average 2nd film. Watch Jhootha hi Sahi only for John's performance and few good scenes here and there.


Rating : 2.55 Out of 5 

Film Review : Knock Out

I havent seen Phone-Booth, so whether the film really copies scenes or dialogues I aint sure at all. Now coming to the film, the story of Knock-out deals with a person(Sanjay Dutt) whose identity is unknown and on one particular day, he decides to make a random call at a phonebooth when Bacchu(Irfan Khan) is there. And then starts a series of orders which if not followed could lead to death of Bacchu. Why, all such acts are done, and where does it eventually lead to, is what the story is about.

The best thing about the film is that its short and the songs are kept away thankfully from the narration. Actually, if one notices, the film's narration very much follows the path of A Wednesday, the only difference being that Knock out is much more a entertainer then a thriller.

Mani Shankar does well as far as direction goes, he is let down by average writing and poor dialogues. Editing is proper. Screenplay is good, there is just one way story and no additional hiccups to lessen the impact.

There are some over the top scenes, like the audience keenly appreciating the tv coverage or clapping. One may argue it as cinematic liberty but it looked kinda of funny to see.

Performances wise,

Sanjay Dutt is good, not at his best though.

Irfan Khan is amazing, even though the hairstyle looks a bit wierd but his acting is bang on. Love the sequence where he dances on the ringtune.

Kangana Ranaut's dialogue delivery is bad in the film, cant understand what went wrong specially when she is having a very good run of form. Leaving that apart, she was fine as she portrayed the role of a journalist desperate for a breaking news.

Sushant Singh was good to start with but his later part was full of overacting. He needs to restrain himself, he has been very good as a actor in past.

Gulshan Grover is fine in small cameo. Apoorva Lakhia is stylish in his debut special apperance.


Overall, Knock Out works only in terms of entertainment that it keeps providing despite some poor writing and funny dialogues, For instance "Not accepted" made to "Note Accepted".  Aneways, its not that bad a movie as it has been made out by everyone, if not in theatre watch it once on T.V.


Rating : 2.75 Out of 5 

Film Review : Aakrosh

Two CBI Officers, Siddhant(Akshay Khanna) and Pratap(Ajay Devgan) are given the case of 3 medical college students who have gone missing. They start their investigation, but the village where those 3 boys were seen last doesnt co-operate with them. The people have a fear that stops them in helping or giving any clue to the officers. To make the matters worse, the police they deal with is highly corrupt, with the charge inspector being Ajatshatru(Paresh Rawal). How, these cbi officers gather proofs and solve this case is what this drama thriller deals with.

The film starts on a serious note, with the credits shown along with the real incidents in form of newspaper news. The story takes its time to get to the culmination, though a drawback here is that we as a audience are certain where it will go except for some twists here and there. But, what we are trying to see is how it reaches there.

Even though the film was told to be a entertainer, one feels that the subject of Honour Killings could had been used more as a message striving film then a thriller, as in the end the film doesnt quite thrills you even though it has quite much entertainment value throughout.

Still, the film works mainly due to the performances of the leads, great action sequences and screenplay that keeps you involved though it does test you at places, because the editing is improper. The entire car chase sequence including the train stunt was excellent, while the Roof chase so much reminded of the "Black Friday" Cop Chase.

Some Dialogues are powerful and worth to be remembered, specially Ajay's take on Confidence and the main one on Diwali.

The pre-climax looked pretty stupid to me, but thankfully the scene it was leading to made the proceedings look good.

Among Performances,

Ajay Devgan, excels in a role that's pretty much tailormade for him. Another film added to the list of very good performances by him.I specially loved the scenes where he shows his anger, or the light sequence where he questions a co officer if Siddhant would had really shooted.

Akshay Khanna, is a touch loud. Also, the camera zooms too much on him which doesnt look good. A decent performance in the end I would say.

Paresh Rawal is excellent as a corrupt policeman. Though, we have seen him do such roles with ease in past, but we would anyday prefer to see him in these roles rather then the comedy ones.

Bipasha Basu is hardly there for few scenes, and she looks out of touch in those scenes too, leaving asides Saude Baazi song where she is excellent.

The rest cast is the typical Priyadarshan regulars, who didnt do anything worth a note.


Saude Baazi is used very badly in the narrative, although one would love to see it purely due to the romantic clips and the melodious music that runs through the song. Isak se meetha is used very well, Sameera Reddy doesnt come close to match Beedi Jalaaliye.


Overall, Aakrosh is good enough one time watch in theatre. Priyadarshan does try to get into a serious cinema  but not able to give full justice to it. Nevertheless, worth a try then those silly comedy films.


Rating : 2.95 Out of 5

Amitabh Bachchan : The Living Legend

Amitabh Bachchan turns 68 today. He has been and will always remain my most favourite Actor. I think there would be very few celebrities who would deny the fact that Amitabh deserves all the praise and love of the nation. To start a career with over 10 flops, and still coming out triumph in such a way, is some achievement.

Even though I have loved him in all genres, my favourite without a doubt would be Angry Young man roles that he did, a tag that he was later recognised with. One of great achievement of Amitabh is, the kinda of roles he is doing at this age. When likes of Jackie, Dharmendra etc are finding it hard to impress the audience on a consistent basis, Amitabh is easily been able to do that, with exceptions of few flop films.

Here are My Top10 Fav Amitabh Films :


Deewar ("Aaj khush toh bahut hoge tum")

Don ("Don ko pakarna mushkil hi nahi namumkin hai")

Agneepath ("Aaj shaam 6 baje maut ke saath apna appintment hai, appintment, english bolta hai, haain")

Trishul ("Main 5 lakh ka sauda karne aaya hoon aur meri jeb mein paanch phooti kodiya bhi nahi hai".)

Zanjeer ("Jab tak baithne ko na kaha jaaye, sharafat se khade raho".)

Kabhie Kabhie ("Guzar rahi hai kuch iss tarah zindagi jaise isse kisi sahaare ki aarzoo na ho".)

Sholay ("Tumhara naam kya hai basanti.")

Aankhein ("Sach, bahut hi ajeeb o gareeb hota hai yeh sach.")

Mohabbatein ("Mujhe badlaav pasand nahi hai Mr Raj Aryan, I dont like changes".)

The Last Lear ("Cut is a director's word. For an actor, there is nothing called Cut.")

Films like Abhimaan, Namak Haraam, Chupke Chupke, Hera Pheri, Shaan, Yaarana, Lawaaris, Namak Halaal, Satte pe Satta, Shakti, Shahenshah, Hum, Paa etc misses out in Top10. Hmm, thats some list!

I can watch Deewar's bridge sequence between Amitabh and Shashi that has the famous dialogue "Mere paas maa hai" or the sequence in Agneepath with Amitabh and Police Comission having dialogue "Vijay dinnanath chauhan poora naam" numerous times, with exactly same positive effect.

My most favourite song ever also happens to be Amitabh Starrer, "Rote huye aate hai sab" from Muqaddar ka Sikandar. Very well used on Amitabh riding bike in that song. Though, main credit goes to singer here.

Leaving asides some bad films that he has done in his career, which every actor does.. Amitabh's work is truly exceptional and add to it his brilliant hindi dialect during interviews or the KBC Hosting. 

I wish that I could be regular in reading his blog posts, and also lots of films that I am yet to see starring him. 

Happy Birthday to the greatest actor from Hindi Films Industry. Keep it going! Looking forward to your hosting at KBC4 tonight... 

Music Review : Jhootha hi Sahi

Cry Cry : Rashid Ali and Shreya Goshal
Very Different composition, a song that takes place as a conversation between lead actor and actress, where John trying to tell Pakhi that we people keep crying over small things, past life and etc etc. Rahman gives the song similar treatment as Tu hi meri dost with Rashid Ali over first major half of song and later Shreya joins in taking it to the end. Also, special mention to the trumpet(if I got it right) used in the song. The song though a fun based, has got a very good feel in it. It easily goes into the cheer you up kinda songs.

Maiya Yashoda (Jamuna Mix and Thames Mix): Javed Ali and Chinmayee
Its hard to review religious songs. Aneways, Both versions are quite similar except for some addtional beats used in thames mix. Chinmayee impresses the most in both songs, her  voice very much suits Pakhi. Its clearly visible when you listen song with Pakhi face as vision. Rahman does well but its not a song that I would remember much in a longer run.

Hello Hello : Karthik 
A very tough song to compose. But nothing is tough when its Rahman the composer you got. The reason its tough is the fact that he uses telephone tunes and rings during the song along with the background instruments and vocals of Karthik, and they all together gel so well. Composing a song having that many variations can so easily go wrong, but not the case here. Only thing that does bug though is the use of "Hello Hello" lyrics a bit too much during the song. Otherwise, Karthik the singer and Rahman the composer impresses immensely here. Also, a mention to the lyrics, "Mujhse zara baatein karo, halki zara raatein karo, suraj ki pehli kirno se meri zindagi ko bharo".

Do Nishaaniyaan : Sonu Nigam
Typical Slow Addictive song from a rahman album. Keep listening it, until you fall in love with it. I would still say that it could had been better in terms of lyrics, though composition is brilliant. Kinda of romance with feelings and emotions through later stanzas. I think this is the "Kahin toh hogi" of Jhootha hi Sahi, which will grow more on you after film.

Pam Pa ra : Shreya Goshal 
Its very rare when a shreya goshal solo track from a big album doesnt create any impact. And add to it the fact that the main background pieces from the 1st theatrical trailer are from this song only. But this song just doesnt impress, no matter how hard you try to. Only thing that I liked was all the background pieces that run throughout the song. The song would most probably be used after 1st phone call of Pakhi to John, when she shares her sorrows. May look better with visuals, as a audio not much.

I will be waiting : Vijay Yesudas
Combine "Tu bole(jaane tu ya jaane na) and Pari(saawariya)" and you get this song. No, I didnt mean that its a copy or inspired from them. Just that, the feel and rhythm of the song goes on the lines of those two songs. Its a touch slow but the mood is setup very well with the arrangements that the slowness never comes across. And then the trademark Rahman's use of just background in the final 1 min of the song without any vocals gives the song a very nice end just the way it started. Yesudas voice is very pleasant to the ears.

Do Nishaaniyan Reprise : Sonu Nigam
Sad version of the song, around 3 min long. Impressive, especially the lyrics "Main kaabil hi kab tha, teri chaahto ka.. hai jaayaz yeh tanhaaiyan". The background setup is exactly same as the original song, except for some additional background to make a emotional effect.Also, a alaap by sonu in the final portion of the song.

Call me Dil : Rashid Ali 
Final song of the album, and guess what, here is the Best Song of the album. Just like "Rehna tu of Delhi6", Call me dil touches your soul. The song has the protaganist i.e John trying to convey that he may be a lier but his heart never lies. The song if used in the narration of the story in film, then would most likely be very emotional. Very good rendition by Rashid Ali, but full credits to Rahman and the lyricist for making this song special. "Pooche dil mera, kyun yeh saza, dil toh nadaan hai" .. If one may recall, Rahman added the title track on special request, which in this case is Call me dil only. So, special thanks to Rahman that he convinced Abbas for this song.


Overall, Jhootha hi Sahi, is not a typical Rahman album yet its a typical Rahman album. It falls short of last Rahman-Abbas combo Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na but as a new fresh album, Jhootha hi Sahi lives upto its reputation. Give it a long try, as the songs takes a while before making you like them a lot.


My Picks : Call me Dil, Cry Cry and Hello Hello.


Rating : 3.85 Out of 5 

Film Review : Crook

Mohit-Emraan pair didnt completely rock last time with Raaz the mystery continues. They were awesome in Awarapan but didnt get audience support then. So, whats up this time around with CROOK.

The story of Crook does deal with Australian attacks on Indians, racists and stuff. But it also has few other plots going, like Jai(Emraan) thoughts on his father, Suraj(Emraan) trying to settle in Australia finding ways to obtain the passport through shortcut formula or Arjan Bahwa having a hatred towards Australians and their culture. 

The starting of Film is good, infact more often then not Emraan Hashmi has best entry scenes. The narration of the film is very good, to manage so many plots simultaneously isnt easy. But, the place where the film lacks is that it just doesnt engage you totally, it keeps you there but always keeps missing out. Except for few scenes, one would end up not loving the sequences, its limited to just a certain liking. Writing needed to be much better then it was. 

What's worth though in the film is the direction skills of Mohit Suri, I for certain have liked his work a lot in past films. Only problem I find in his direction is that he ends up overdoing some scenes, a kind of over sensalising the scene. The interval sequence for eg shows how good a director he is, while the climax which does looks good ends up getting over done. 

There is good chemistry between Emraan and Neha, but the romance doesnt really come out that well. Also, I dont know why one bald guy is repeated in every Vishesh films, he was there in Raaz tmc too. Aneways, every camp have some regulars. 

Dialogues were kinda of okay, there were few very good ones in between, rest were pretty much normal. Editing was good.

The film gives away a very good message in the end that One should always identify the bad side instead of ignoring it. Though, this message was there in Delhi6 too. But, what was good is the way this message comes across. Wish Arjan Bahwa character was properly written then it could had been a deeper impact too. 

Songs are very well used, whether its dreamy "Kya" , or the romance build up through "Tujhko jo paaya". And then, there was "Challa" to bring in a shift to the story. "Tujhi mein" catches the emotional content of the film. Also, background score at some places were worth a note, especially my personal favourite in the climax where "Tujhi mein reprise" version's final few seconds piece is used as the film ends.

Performances wise, 

Emraan Hashmi continues to be good in acting department, leaving asides 2-3 scenes where he could had been better. 

Neha Sharma looked very confident as a debutant, the lipstick style representing Angelina Jolie to some extent worked on her. As a newcomer, she was pretty good. 

Kavin Dave impresses in a cameo, he was there in IHLS too. Though, people will find making fun of him in climax, but its more so due to overdoing emotions by suri then kavin's fault.

Gulshan Grover is hardly there for 1-2 scenes. Arjan Bahwa was touch too loud, infact I would go on to say that he was miscasted in this role. 

Supporting cast i.e Goldie, Nicol and Russel did a nice job. 

Crook may have been weaker in writing but it excels in direction and the message it gives in the end. Wish, it was bit engaging too in the end.

Rating : 2.90 Out of 5 

Film Review : Robot

Important thing, I am not a fan of Rajni at all. Infact for that matter, I dont prefer Kamal Hassan either. Still, I went to see this film due to excellent reviews it was getting. And I was totally satisfied in the end with film or more than satisfied.


The story is about a scientist (Rajni) who makes a look alike Robot, which is very powerful and can be used in a good way for betterment of the country. But his Guru (Danny Denzangpa) has some other evil plans in his mind which if succeeded can destroy the country in a minute. The film takes us through the journey of Robot, who comes into this human world and how it tackles human emotions, makes mistakes, corrected upon by scientist and falls in love too.

One of best thing about Robot is, that its not too much predictable. There are some twists and turns that keeps you guessing, atleast you are given surprises at various stages, whether its the disapproval by Guru scene or the fire sequence or the making of simultaneous robots or the climax getups.

Editing is one aspect that Robot fails, its a extremely long film especially when one can notice places where audience are bored, such scenes should had been removed. Also, too many songs come up at places where they are not required at all.

Special effects were very good, especially the various climax getups shown, all were worth a watch in theatre.Screenplay was good, keeps you guessing, mixing plots of scientist-aish with aish-robot and scientist-robot before danny's role comes in. Also, there was a emotional feeling put in too. The dismantle of robot was quite a emotional scene.

Performances wise,

Rajni and Aish were brilliant. Aish looked stunning. Danny was nice. While the two workers in scientist lab were quite irritating.

Overall, Robot works a big way. It entertains, though you need patience to sit 3 hrs but a good screenplay quite much makes up for that.


Rating : 3.75 Out of 5

Film Review : Khichdi the movie

I have always been amazed by the comedy of the characters in this serial. And when a film was made on it, I knew it would work except a little doubt whether they would make a mistake of putting songs into narrative. In the end, they didnt do such a mistake.


The narration of the film is done by two small kids of family who tell a story about their family. How much duffer and brainless their family is and keep presenting various funny incidents that includes meeting god, court scene, murder, marriage and some drama too.

There is just 1 song in the whole film, and that too makes a fun watch even though at first you would feel it wasnt needed, but the lyrics and funny picturisation makes up for it.

Both halves were equally good, cant single out one.

Performances wise ..

Supriya Pathak(Hansa) was at her best again .. specially her lines "hello hi .. khaana khaake jaana" and "haaye main toh thak gayi bhaisaaaab".

Rajeev Mehta(Praful) was amazing, though at starting scene I felt a overconfidence kinda of face but as the scene progressed the thought went away for full film. Ofcourse, my fav was "Culture hansaaaaaaaaa... culture" and then those funny explanations. And that signal to babuji he does.

Janmadas (Himanshu), I always liked him due to his accent that he brings and same the case here.. very good and well done specially because the film actually revolves on his character only.

Nimisha (Jayshree) was probably weak link of film.. didnt like her performance much whether its due to old character or its her not being able to mingle up that well with the rest characters.

Anang (babuji) was very good, the same confusing and irritated and yet himself doing funny things too.

Kirti was beautiful.. she looked like a perfect duffer kinda of girl for himanshu .. acting wise she was nice, hardly had too bigger role.

Parminder family cameos were great ..

Farah Khan was okay, little bit overdone though I loved that scene .. yeh daal nahi :d ..

Satish Shah was superb in a special appearance ..


Dialogues were good .. Direction was excellent, never tried to do too much. Screenplay was amazing, loved the way they told the entire story and included so many aspects of comedy scenes.

Overall, Khichdi has all the ingredients to make for a fun and timepass comedy film. Not sure if it makes for a repeated viewing or not but its totally worth a watch once especially if you are fond of Khichdi since T.V days.


Rating : 3.60 Out of 5

Film Review : Anjaana Anjaani

The craze level for this film increased with promos. So, there were some expectations, not sky high. And I wasnt happy with the film as it turned out to be.


The story revolves around 2 people, who have lost hopes of a good life, Akash(Ranbir) due to his bad tackling of Share business leading to loss while Kiara(Priyanka) coming to know about betrayal of her love. Both decide to die, and coincidentally meet at same death venue. But destiny keeps stopping them and as a result they decide to accept it, and abandon death for 20 days till 31st dec. Now, will 20 days make them realize importance of life or not, is what rest story is with dose of fun, romance and emotions.


I quite hated the way opening scenes begin. Though, have to appreciate the cinematography here, the way those scenes are presented with Ranbir walking in that dark night. Great camera angles too. But all the praise ends once Priyanka comes into the scene. The death attempts looked very silly, instead of being real.. I so loved the dialogue where Ranbir even says this to Priyanka.

After that, the film became a good watch, with aas paas khuda song and the wishes of Ranbir. But the film dies out in 2nd half, when it tries to land into the same old love-leaving-comes back stuff. Though, all this happens before a very good tumse hi song picturisation comes.

Rest part of film is pretty much slow, boring and uninteresting. Even the emotions dont come up for those scenes. To make it worse, tujhe bhula diya I feel was undone with a average picturisation. Though, a bonus of 2 lines was given in return.

Climax was sort of tribute to Titanic, infact at one time I thought it was going to be same too :d .. But I liked those water scenes, that one and one earlier where priyanka tells about her past. Those for me are the best directed scenes of the film.

Screenplay for me is the weakest link of this film. I feel story had in it to be presented well. Had the director gone for a new territory in 2nd half, the film would had been liked more, atleast by me. Editing was fine, cant blame too much.

Siddharth Anand needs to do a better job next time as a director, very average stuff this time by him. Songs were just used in such a bad way, it was like 3 songs in 25 mins during 2nd half. Wonder what that was done for, or maybe they never saw one final draft of the film else editing would had been done.

Having said all this, cant take away some of very good scenes of the film, apart from those water sequences and Tumse hi song, loved the disco sequence, the one where Ranbir tells his wish and ofcourse the doctor's speech to Ranbir.


Performances wise,

Priyanka Chopra was quite good though little bit inconsistent. And same for Ranbir Kapoor. Maybe thats the reason I quite liked their pairing while watching the film, as both were doing mistakes and at same time doing great scenes too. Zayed Khan was nice in a cameo. Maybe small roles works better for him.

Overall, Anjaana Anjaani is worth your money till 1st half, after that change theatre and see Robot's 2nd half because you are most likely to sleep aneways in 2nd half of Anjaana Anjaani. Better luck next time Siddharth, you dissappointed me this time for sure.


Rating : 2.25 Out of 5 

Film Review : Dabangg

Dabangg lived upto my expectations. The only thing I was worried about was whether the plot running with the action would be good enough or not as Wanted lacked the story inspite of been a very good action film. But Dabangg didnt dissappoint on that level.


The film is about Chulbul(Salman), a corrupt policeman who fights for the right and can go against even his brother or dad. He falls in love, and keeps dealing with the various things that come in front of him, whether its his brother's deeds or the politician Chedi(Sonu sood).

The entry scene of Salman pretty much reminds of Wanted, almost similar setup with wanted jalwa tune used too in the scene to add to it. It was just a touch too long scene I felt though it was worth to see it. Interestingly, there are around 4 main action sequences in the film, with 3 been put at main points i.e beginning,interval and climax while 4th one is placed in middle of 1st half. My fav though will be climax one.

There are lots of sub-plots that keep running in the film. One is Salman-Vinod relationship, other is Salman-Arbaaz relationship, then there is the envy between Sonu-Salman and another minor plot of Arbaaz-Maahi which I felt was the only one that wasnt justifed properly.

The scene where Maahi's dad cancels marriage was one of the weakly directed sequence of the film. Dimple Kapadia hams a bit in the breathing lost dialogue scene with Salman.

Apart from these few blemishes, Dabangg is full of entertainment and joy.

Abhinav as a 1st time director, succeeds in using action as a backdrop instead of using it as everything that Wanted did. The dialogues are very good specially some of the punchlines like "Haramzaade se yaad aaya", "Kamaal karte ho" or "Bhaiyya ji smile" etc.


Editing was good, never appeared any rhythm problem throughout the film.

Songs were very well used. I specially liked Humko peeni hai which I originally didnt like. Its very well choreographed too. Title song wasnt really that great, though one can say its a imaginative type of picturisation but I felt it lacked something. Munni was ofcourse magical in theatre. While the romantic songs especially Rahat one were beautifully used.

Performances wise, Salman Khan rises as Chulbul Pandey, wont say its his best performance till date but it can easily be one of his best performances. Hard to find any scene where he didnt act well.

Sonakshi looked too sweet on screen, a bit overweight for my liking. She looks like a traditional indian actress, very confident in her screen presence. Maybe she will give competition to Vidya Balan in future.

Sonu Sood was awesome, with each film I keep getting impressed by him. Maybe time to see Aashiq banaya aapne once again when I used to feel he is such bad actor. Just notice his expressions during entire Munni song or the one where Arbaaz is walking alone on road and the conversation that takes place between them.

Anupam Kher and Om Puri were good in cameos. Vinod Khanna and Dimple Kapadia also made a good mark. Arbaaz Khan played well as per his character sketch. Mahie Gill had nothing to offer thanks to some heavy editing to her role.


Overall, Dabangg is one of those films that just entertains you and at one-two places makes you emotional too. A typical masala film meant for the masala film lovers only and ofcourse the diehard Salman fans.


Rating : 3.75 Out of 5 

Film Review : We are Family

We are family is a adaptation or inspired by Stepmom. I havent seen that film neither its trailer etc, so no comparisons can be made by me.


The plot of the film is how Arjun gets sandwiched between 2 ladies, one who he used to love once and one who he loves now. How he tries to get both Kajol and Kareena like each others company, the children and Kareena(his new love) to gel with each other. And how the rest story goes on ...

The screenplay of the film is interesting, there is not too many surprises in store except for one maybe which atleast I wasnt aware of coming. The treatment by the debutant director is good. The best thing that I liked about his direction was that he kept the melodrama out of the scene. It appeared quite real.

There are some places where the pace slows up, specially towards the pre intermission and the pre climax. Editing could had been better there. Dialogues were good, especially the ones on the relationships. Some good Locales, though I wonder why some locations are repeatedly shown in films like the opening scene one.

The look of Arjun in the climax was quite weird. Wonder if there was any need of that big change.

Talking of weak points, I feel the decision to go back to old love by Arjun.. that wasnt really shown with full conviction. It happened way too quickly. Also, there were 1-2 scenes of kareena-kajol less in the film. Those would had made it a more powerful film. Just like the scene where Kajol accuses Kareena when she will learn to behave like a mom.

Performances wise, Kajol was brilliant. Look at her expressions especially in two scenes. One where, she asks Arjun why he feels he can manage this new relation when he couldnt do so with the old one. And the other, when she throws the kitchen utensils releazing the coming life. Though, I didnt like the over-kiddish scenes that she is given again and again in films.

Kareena Kapoor looked really gorgeous. She appeared more like a second fiddle or supporting role character in the film. And she did it very well.

Arjun Rampal had a tough role I feel. Firstly, it was the 2 highly rated actresses to compete with and then a role where he has to shine through his performance with script not really offering too much for him. Though, I liked his character sketch a lot which went very well with his performance. Loved two scenes the most, one where Kareena asks him when will he learn to say things that are in mind. And the other, where he tells Kajol, what the real problem is.

Among the kids, I loved the smallest girl Anjali. She was simply too cute, too adorable. Anyone would feel emotional when she would say a dialogue with such a cute face, like a real innocent child. I feel like watching the film again thinking of her.

The rest two kids too had their moments, the boy mainly when he tells arjun about the mess, scene present in the trailer too and a scene in the climax with kajol.

While the elder girl who was more of a rebellion type, somehow irritated me in the start. Dont know how I should think of her role. I feel her character sketch wasnt upto the mark. She appeared too much confusing.


Songs were very well used in the narrative. I really loved Lets rock song, Kajol was simply amazing in it. Very well supported by Arjun and Kareena, and superb choerography. Reham o karam was emotionally used at places. Also, same with Hamesha forever. Though, I wish quality of latter two songs was good too.

I specially loved Sun le dua song background theme which was used at 2 important situations. And they really invoked lot of emotions into the scenes. Thats the power of that theme.


Overall, We are Family is a very good watch. It isnt a come, watch and cry kind of a film. But it has some good emotional moments with a good screenplay and very good performances that keeps you interested till the end of the film.


Rating : 3.65 Out of 5 

Film Review : Lafangey Parindey

I dont know what Yash Raj is doing by producing such films, what has happened to Pradeep Sarkar or may be he isnt a good director at all, atleast he had some good shades of direction in Laaga chunari mein daag but in this film there's nothing at all.

The script is repeated in many films, just few turns here and there, and the same story is presented which is totally predictable. You probably would feel for 2-3 scenes at most, which is quite normal for a human being who isnt strict. For rest part, you are been asked to tolerate some of very stupid dialogues, some forced dialogues having names of Film Celebrities, Climax that resembles Rab ne but quite funny here.

There is just nothing to admire, even the songs are terrible leaving asides Title track that too is good in parts only.

Editing was okish, Screenplay was below average, required better narration. Dialogues were rubbish. Background score nothing impressive. Also, the boxing scenes were looking so monotous, as if they kept putting same scene again.

Performances wise, Neil and Deepika were nice but there was something missing, probably lack of powerful scenes. Piyush Mishra was ineffective too surprisingly.

One of few films, where I felt leaving before the interval, thanks to the snacks that made the 2nd half bearable.Overall, the film is totally boring with nothing new or interesting in store ...


Film Rating : 1.5 out of 5 

Film Review : Aashayein

The film had a good concept, how would utilise 3 crore that you just won in gambling, when the same day u come to know about ur death in 90 days. But this isnt the case, as the script has too many loose ends and the lack of emotions along with some un-needed parts weakens the main story.

1st Half specially goes so slow, though one can argue that this is Nagesh way of screenwriting. But still, it went way slow to my liking(though no one can ever match Manorama). Still, there were some good moments captured, the one where John sits in darkness about to tell the bad news. And the one, where he feels sorry to Sonal.

But, the real fun or best part of film comes with Anaitha Nair character that livens up the film in 2nd half. Girnad and Farida do well as supporting roles but Anaitha is such live wire, her character keeps surprising you all the way.

The climax is not really good, thanks to the Indiana Jones part that didnt gel well for me into the narration. The whole adventure thing somehow didnt connect well.

John's performance was good, not best as there were scenes where he overacted. Sonal Sehgal looks soo good but acting wise she is pretty okay though her role is quite short in film.Anaitha Nair is without a doubt brilliant, Farida Jalal character was quite unlike the one for her though she did well. Rest were good in their small parts.

Love the scene where all are watching Anand or the one where all describe what weird thing they did when they came to know of their disease.

I missed the main songs not used in the film, Pal mein was never my fav song although have to agree most songs went well with narrative still I would had liked rest songs also used instead of using 3 songs with para wise at different places.

Overall, the reason I couldnt like the film much was the fact that the message keeps roaming here and there throughout the film but it doesnt really get the right path to reach you. The lack of emotional scenes and some overdone scenes makes the matter worse only with a weak climax.


Rating : 2.25 Out of 5