Malang
Directed by : Mohit Suri
Imdb link -> https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9877170/
To live life from one high to another, Mazza chahiye, Sukoon nahi.
Spoilers ahead ..
Advait (Aditya Roy Kapoor) visits Goa and meets Sarah (Disha Patani), a free spirited girl and starts spending time together eventually falling in love. Everything is going fine until a incident happens leading to Advait in jail. He seeks revenge now against the people that wronged him and his girlfriend. Its a typical Mohit Suri film having bizarre dialogues, characters laughing exceedingly loudly and a routine awkward Shaad Randhawa cameo. The love story part of Advait-Sarah is cliched and so is the realization of how they want more than the hippie kind life they think suits them. Also the final twist would had been visible to those who had seen the trailer or remembered it well, which I guess I didnt, probably a mistake by makers to keep that gun scene of Disha in the trailer. Yet the tight screenplay, a strong enough 2nd half, excellent songs (please do listen 'Ho ja mast malang' original version, nescafe's 'Bol Hu' which features brilliant 8 yr old girl singing part of the song) and very good chemistry between Aditya and Disha makes for a gripping watch. Kind of masala films I like watching even though it has many visible flaws. And I really liked Kunal Khemu in the grey role too, he somehow appeals to me in his acting despite not getting much limelight. Good timepass movie, the kind you may watch many times on T.V to get entertained.
My Rating : 6/10
Love Aaj Kal (2020)
Directed by : Imtiaz Ali
Imdb link -> https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10023024/
Aana toh poori tarah aana, ya toh aana hi mat.
Two different tales, one from 1990 involving Raghu (Kartik Aaryan) and Leena (Aarushi Sharma) and other from 2020 with Veer (Kartik Aaryan) and Zoe (Sara Ali Khan). The former is about parents not agreeing to marriage, while the latter has the lady giving importance to career over love/marriage. I felt after watching trailer that even if with all the resemblances to the same title film of Imtiaz in 2009, it would still be a good movie because afterall its Imtiaz and there's no shahrukh this time. But that didn't happen, infact I never felt bored before in a Imtiaz film like this (yea I liked Jhms). Just 2 positives from the film, one was the Raghu-Leena story where a twist is made and it doesn't end like the Rishi Kapoor one did in 2009 version. And other positive ofcourse is the music by Pritam, such respite from the dullness of screenplay, Mehrama and Dooriyan were my favourites. Zoe-Veer story especially is irritating and infact at places childish way Zoe uses Randeep Hooda (elder Raghu) to implement it to her life. I can think of 2 scenes that I enjoyed most, one was the break-dance between Raghu and Leena, followed by the melodious track 'Shayad', and other was the silent scene when Raghu goes over to meet Leena after long time only to find she was pregnant. Performances wise, I liked Aarushi Sharma most, while Kartik Aaryan is likeable as Raghu in parts whereas as Veer his character never worked for me. Sara Ali Khan mostly shouts or overacts, and Randeep Hooda's cameo lacks the charm that Rishi had in older version of Love Aaj Kal. Usually there's lot to talk in a Imtiaz movie because there's so much detailing he goes through but I don't feel like talking anything about that here, just a movie I wish he never made.
My Rating : 3/10
Directed by : Mohit Suri
Imdb link -> https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9877170/
To live life from one high to another, Mazza chahiye, Sukoon nahi.
Spoilers ahead ..
Advait (Aditya Roy Kapoor) visits Goa and meets Sarah (Disha Patani), a free spirited girl and starts spending time together eventually falling in love. Everything is going fine until a incident happens leading to Advait in jail. He seeks revenge now against the people that wronged him and his girlfriend. Its a typical Mohit Suri film having bizarre dialogues, characters laughing exceedingly loudly and a routine awkward Shaad Randhawa cameo. The love story part of Advait-Sarah is cliched and so is the realization of how they want more than the hippie kind life they think suits them. Also the final twist would had been visible to those who had seen the trailer or remembered it well, which I guess I didnt, probably a mistake by makers to keep that gun scene of Disha in the trailer. Yet the tight screenplay, a strong enough 2nd half, excellent songs (please do listen 'Ho ja mast malang' original version, nescafe's 'Bol Hu' which features brilliant 8 yr old girl singing part of the song) and very good chemistry between Aditya and Disha makes for a gripping watch. Kind of masala films I like watching even though it has many visible flaws. And I really liked Kunal Khemu in the grey role too, he somehow appeals to me in his acting despite not getting much limelight. Good timepass movie, the kind you may watch many times on T.V to get entertained.
My Rating : 6/10
Love Aaj Kal (2020)
Directed by : Imtiaz Ali
Imdb link -> https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10023024/
Aana toh poori tarah aana, ya toh aana hi mat.
Two different tales, one from 1990 involving Raghu (Kartik Aaryan) and Leena (Aarushi Sharma) and other from 2020 with Veer (Kartik Aaryan) and Zoe (Sara Ali Khan). The former is about parents not agreeing to marriage, while the latter has the lady giving importance to career over love/marriage. I felt after watching trailer that even if with all the resemblances to the same title film of Imtiaz in 2009, it would still be a good movie because afterall its Imtiaz and there's no shahrukh this time. But that didn't happen, infact I never felt bored before in a Imtiaz film like this (yea I liked Jhms). Just 2 positives from the film, one was the Raghu-Leena story where a twist is made and it doesn't end like the Rishi Kapoor one did in 2009 version. And other positive ofcourse is the music by Pritam, such respite from the dullness of screenplay, Mehrama and Dooriyan were my favourites. Zoe-Veer story especially is irritating and infact at places childish way Zoe uses Randeep Hooda (elder Raghu) to implement it to her life. I can think of 2 scenes that I enjoyed most, one was the break-dance between Raghu and Leena, followed by the melodious track 'Shayad', and other was the silent scene when Raghu goes over to meet Leena after long time only to find she was pregnant. Performances wise, I liked Aarushi Sharma most, while Kartik Aaryan is likeable as Raghu in parts whereas as Veer his character never worked for me. Sara Ali Khan mostly shouts or overacts, and Randeep Hooda's cameo lacks the charm that Rishi had in older version of Love Aaj Kal. Usually there's lot to talk in a Imtiaz movie because there's so much detailing he goes through but I don't feel like talking anything about that here, just a movie I wish he never made.
My Rating : 3/10
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