Phew, another month when I didn’t write any reviews.. so once again, posting few lines on all the films I saw..
Bobby Jasoos :
What you want from a suspense film is that the reason why you were glued towards the story should be a valid and surprising one which you didn’t think of. Unfortunately, Bobby Jasoos gives a climax that may surprise us but only make us say why did we show interest in the movie if we were to get this. Two things to love about movie was, Vidya Balan who finally gave a performance to adore, her various disguises done with ease, love that dialogue ‘kasrat kiya kar, itne mein hi haanf raha hai’. And hyderbadi lingo used throughout movie was other aspect to love, finally I have another language after Gujrati (ref. Ram Leela) to love a lot. Bobby Jasoos as it looked from trailer to me, turns out to be average detective movie. Lets keep fingers crossed for remaining 2, Jagga Jasoos and Detective Byomkesh Bakshi (high hopes from this one).
Verdict : 2.5/5
Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniya :
If you are making a modern tribute to DDLJ, then does it mean that the goodbye scene will be changed to a love-making one. Not for me.. Some film-makers are too obsessed with classics. Either they will re-make it with changes here or there. Or they will make a film that is either a spoof or a tribute to the original. Yet its the lead pair performance and excellent dialogue writing that makes this a very pleasant entertainer. Varun especially shines in a role that offers him to woo a girl, be naughty and then become the mad lover with good comic timing. I love Samjhawan (Arijit version). Alia didn’t disappoint either in her acting. Ashutosh plays a different kind of dad pretty well (not total angry strict like Amrish Puri). Climax is weakly directed, as you wonder where the hell Siddharth Shukla vanish, and a un-wanted Srk imitation to end the already tribute film for him. In Supporting cast, I loved Sahil Vaid, who got some great punchlines and kept humor going in tense situations. Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniya is a good entertainer, but by no means a worthy tribute to DDLJ.
Verdict : 3/5
Hate Story 2 :
I always have said this, when your revenge story deals with death of one of lead pair, then their romantic plot must be strong enough so that you are there with the lead seeking revenge. Thats not the case here. The weak link is Jay Bhanushali, and also the writing that involves their romantic scenes. Only worthy scene is the ‘Aaj phir tumpe pyar aaya hai’ which is my fav track from movie. Editing is terrible and at times hurts your eyes with the way past and present are interlinked again and again. Pink Lips is forced into narrative and is funnily picturised. The film fails on the erotic level too. Sushant Singh (not Rajput) is the one who delivers best performance in movie, though I wonder how such a fierce person suddenly becomes so afraid of Surveen in the final portions, thanks to poor writing. Surveen does have a good debut, nothing special though. Hate Story won’t work if you are looking for revenge drama, nor for erotic lovers.
Verdict : 2/5
Amit Sahni Ki List :
The problem I usually find in rom-com movies is that they start off very well, and then in attempt to build drama, end up as just another movie that had some great fun moments. This film falls in that category too, unfortunately. Good thing is Vir Das after his last few films, gives a good comical performance, which I expect from him in every movie his features in. 1st half specially gives him ample scope to make you laugh. In 2nd half, there’s too much of seriousness and a new plot you don’t really feel like getting invested into. The best scene comes when that plot ends with a funnily done break up scene through presentation (reminded me of Vir Das scene of Namaste London). Music is terrible, only decent song ‘what the F’ comes in end credits. Amit Sahni ki List is watchable, though chances are it will disappoint you in the end.
Verdict : 2.5/5
Kick :
Had huge expectations from movie, and thought this won’t totally be a movie that’s gonna use Salman stardom but will make the story rule. Unfortunately, the writers felt differently. They wrote dialogues that has ‘Kick’ word used throughout the movie. And the 1st half that has some un-wanted comedy. The police station scene (Sanjay Mishra comic timing is always spot on) and the role-reversal where Salman interviews Saurabh Shukla were best. The moment Devil character is introduced, it gives the movie a much wanted kick (oops). Almost all action sequences are bad, wonder why didnt they hire a good action director.. Editing is loose, though I love how through fast cuts he shows the badly directed 3 robberies of Devil with a excellent background theme (signature tune for Devil was my fav thing from movie), and make it look cool. Also, the cycle chase scene is nicely cut, the only action sequence I would say I did like including that train stunt (even though its over the top). What I didn’t like was the way social drama is added into the narration, came more like forceful and that scene where the parents of suffering kid fall from building was plain silly. Salman shines in both characters he plays, but is once again let down by a weak script. Nawazuddin is brilliant, love the laugh and Tok he does (which is brilliantly imitated by Salman in climax), how well he ups his level in his probably 1st all out commercial movie. Randeep Hooda I would say is a better likable cop instead of Abhishek Bachchan from Dhoom series since the roles are similar. Love his drunk scene (I just loved similar act in Jannat 2 too), ‘Main isiliye nahi peeta, chadti hi nahi hai’. Jacqueline does well in 1st half, but hardly gets any screen time in 2nd half, her mad dance in ‘Jhumme ki raat’ song was jaw dropping, had there been some more tough steps it would had bettered Katrina’s Ishq dance. Music by Himesh Reshammiya for a change was good, my picks were Tu hi Tu (female version) and Yaar Na Miley (love the final male part), though Nargis yet again fails to dance well, would like her to stick with acting and not item numbers. Rajat Arora as a dialogue writer gives some good punchlines, but I was expecting much more. Kick as a entertainer provides a lot to enjoy, but if you apply logic you probably won’t like anything in movie. Kick is definitely better than Jai Ho, Bodyguard or Dabangg2.
Verdict : 3/5
Bobby Jasoos :
What you want from a suspense film is that the reason why you were glued towards the story should be a valid and surprising one which you didn’t think of. Unfortunately, Bobby Jasoos gives a climax that may surprise us but only make us say why did we show interest in the movie if we were to get this. Two things to love about movie was, Vidya Balan who finally gave a performance to adore, her various disguises done with ease, love that dialogue ‘kasrat kiya kar, itne mein hi haanf raha hai’. And hyderbadi lingo used throughout movie was other aspect to love, finally I have another language after Gujrati (ref. Ram Leela) to love a lot. Bobby Jasoos as it looked from trailer to me, turns out to be average detective movie. Lets keep fingers crossed for remaining 2, Jagga Jasoos and Detective Byomkesh Bakshi (high hopes from this one).
Verdict : 2.5/5
Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniya :
If you are making a modern tribute to DDLJ, then does it mean that the goodbye scene will be changed to a love-making one. Not for me.. Some film-makers are too obsessed with classics. Either they will re-make it with changes here or there. Or they will make a film that is either a spoof or a tribute to the original. Yet its the lead pair performance and excellent dialogue writing that makes this a very pleasant entertainer. Varun especially shines in a role that offers him to woo a girl, be naughty and then become the mad lover with good comic timing. I love Samjhawan (Arijit version). Alia didn’t disappoint either in her acting. Ashutosh plays a different kind of dad pretty well (not total angry strict like Amrish Puri). Climax is weakly directed, as you wonder where the hell Siddharth Shukla vanish, and a un-wanted Srk imitation to end the already tribute film for him. In Supporting cast, I loved Sahil Vaid, who got some great punchlines and kept humor going in tense situations. Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniya is a good entertainer, but by no means a worthy tribute to DDLJ.
Verdict : 3/5
Hate Story 2 :
I always have said this, when your revenge story deals with death of one of lead pair, then their romantic plot must be strong enough so that you are there with the lead seeking revenge. Thats not the case here. The weak link is Jay Bhanushali, and also the writing that involves their romantic scenes. Only worthy scene is the ‘Aaj phir tumpe pyar aaya hai’ which is my fav track from movie. Editing is terrible and at times hurts your eyes with the way past and present are interlinked again and again. Pink Lips is forced into narrative and is funnily picturised. The film fails on the erotic level too. Sushant Singh (not Rajput) is the one who delivers best performance in movie, though I wonder how such a fierce person suddenly becomes so afraid of Surveen in the final portions, thanks to poor writing. Surveen does have a good debut, nothing special though. Hate Story won’t work if you are looking for revenge drama, nor for erotic lovers.
Verdict : 2/5
Amit Sahni Ki List :
The problem I usually find in rom-com movies is that they start off very well, and then in attempt to build drama, end up as just another movie that had some great fun moments. This film falls in that category too, unfortunately. Good thing is Vir Das after his last few films, gives a good comical performance, which I expect from him in every movie his features in. 1st half specially gives him ample scope to make you laugh. In 2nd half, there’s too much of seriousness and a new plot you don’t really feel like getting invested into. The best scene comes when that plot ends with a funnily done break up scene through presentation (reminded me of Vir Das scene of Namaste London). Music is terrible, only decent song ‘what the F’ comes in end credits. Amit Sahni ki List is watchable, though chances are it will disappoint you in the end.
Verdict : 2.5/5
Kick :
Had huge expectations from movie, and thought this won’t totally be a movie that’s gonna use Salman stardom but will make the story rule. Unfortunately, the writers felt differently. They wrote dialogues that has ‘Kick’ word used throughout the movie. And the 1st half that has some un-wanted comedy. The police station scene (Sanjay Mishra comic timing is always spot on) and the role-reversal where Salman interviews Saurabh Shukla were best. The moment Devil character is introduced, it gives the movie a much wanted kick (oops). Almost all action sequences are bad, wonder why didnt they hire a good action director.. Editing is loose, though I love how through fast cuts he shows the badly directed 3 robberies of Devil with a excellent background theme (signature tune for Devil was my fav thing from movie), and make it look cool. Also, the cycle chase scene is nicely cut, the only action sequence I would say I did like including that train stunt (even though its over the top). What I didn’t like was the way social drama is added into the narration, came more like forceful and that scene where the parents of suffering kid fall from building was plain silly. Salman shines in both characters he plays, but is once again let down by a weak script. Nawazuddin is brilliant, love the laugh and Tok he does (which is brilliantly imitated by Salman in climax), how well he ups his level in his probably 1st all out commercial movie. Randeep Hooda I would say is a better likable cop instead of Abhishek Bachchan from Dhoom series since the roles are similar. Love his drunk scene (I just loved similar act in Jannat 2 too), ‘Main isiliye nahi peeta, chadti hi nahi hai’. Jacqueline does well in 1st half, but hardly gets any screen time in 2nd half, her mad dance in ‘Jhumme ki raat’ song was jaw dropping, had there been some more tough steps it would had bettered Katrina’s Ishq dance. Music by Himesh Reshammiya for a change was good, my picks were Tu hi Tu (female version) and Yaar Na Miley (love the final male part), though Nargis yet again fails to dance well, would like her to stick with acting and not item numbers. Rajat Arora as a dialogue writer gives some good punchlines, but I was expecting much more. Kick as a entertainer provides a lot to enjoy, but if you apply logic you probably won’t like anything in movie. Kick is definitely better than Jai Ho, Bodyguard or Dabangg2.
Verdict : 3/5
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