Half of the year is gone by, and already we have many films that we loved and some we hated. Listing what clicked and what didn’t click for me..


Top3 Hindi Films  : 

Queen
Kangana’s best performance ever  + Amit Trivedi’s music that time and again takes film to a altogether higher level.

2 States
Amrita Singh’s supporting act playing a Punjabi mother so efficiently, plus the narrative that comes to main ‘parents should approve boy-girl, and their parents’ part quickly. And of course that brilliant bg during Ronit Roy scenes. Unlike everyone I liked Arjun more than Alia (she looked sexy in saree).

Ek Villain
Riteish Deshmukh’s best career performance, Siddharth once again impresses. Shraddha has amazing screen presence (despite still average actor), Mohit Suri’s good direction and non-linear narrative, and ofcourse the music as the main USP. Special mention to the edit cuts from past to present with female alaap of ‘galliyan’.



Worst Hindi Films : 

Ragini MMS2
Sunny Leone in yet another crap movie after that Jism2. This movie makes 1st part look so good.

Humshakals
Sajid Khan back after Himmatwala, to give another movie that tests your tolerance level.

The Xpose
New movie of Himesh, which doesn’t change the fact that Himesh can’t act, and even his music/songs are not likable anymore.



Top3 Albums :

Ek Villain
Except for ‘Hamdard' (which aint a  bad song either, just doesn’t work for me), I love every song of this album. Favs being ‘Banjaara’, ‘Awari’ and ‘Galliyaan’ (female one). And I feel Banjaara will be tough to beat as my song of year, for even A R Rahman or Amit Trivedi by end of this year.

Highway
Rahman doesn’t quite give gem of album, but does give 3 excellent songs, Patakha Guddi (I like both versions, but that fast rock part in male version makes it my fav), Maahi Ve (beautiful composition) and Kahaan Hoon Main (Jonita Gandhi’s brilliant vocals).

Hasee Toh Phasee
‘Shake it Like Shammi’ is one hell of a mad song that tops my iTunes most played song list at the moment. Also, ‘Ishq Bulaava’ is my other fav. ‘Drama Queen’ and ‘Zehnaseeb’ are pretty good too.



Top3 Hollywood Films : 

Godzilla
I can watch this film 100 times just to see Godzilla come out and roar.

Captain America
Humour with good action scenes supported by a solid narrative. You just don’t ask for more.

Chef
Food, food, food and a lovely father-son connect, plus the use of twitter in story makes this a pleasant watch.



Worst Hollywood Films : 

Noah
Leave out the great visuals, this was one hell of a bore to me. And it was my 1st Emma Watson movie sadly.

The Monuments Men
A brilliant concept wasted to the core, even Clooney and Damon acting couldn’t save it.

The Amazing Spiderman 2
Try to give Spiderman lots of villains to fight, but where’s the story, and the villain plot build ? All happens too quickly, and to make it worse they kill Gwen.