Journey of Actors : Aamir Khan

Last Updated on : 14th March, 2015

My most loved movies :
Ghajini > Raakh > Andaz Apna Apna > Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar > Akele Hum Akele Tum

Disliked movies :
Mela

Yet to watch :
Rangeela, Earth, Mann, Awwal Number, Parampara and few more.

Fav songs :
Ae mere humsafar (QSQT), Kaisi hai yeh rut (Dil Chahta Hai), Dil kehta hai (AHAT), Jo haal dil ka (Sarfarosh), Mere haath mein (Fanaa), Khalbali (Rang De Basanti), Kaise mujhe - male part (Ghajini), Tu hi junoon (Dhoom 3)

Best scene :
Climax sequence (QSQT), Final race (JJWS), P.K telling Amir he must had forgotten how he used to be once (Raakh), Amar telling Teja to sit ahead on bike (Andaz Apna Apna), Antakshari scene with Zooni (Fanaa), Sanjay watching Kalpana for 1st time helping some young children on road (Ghajini), Shekhawat remembering his son death incident and trying to change it (Talaash), Entry scene of Shahir (Dhoom 3), Gandhi & Fashion flashback (PK)

Fav Jodi :
Juhi Chawla in Qayamat se Qayamat Tak, Hum Hai Raahi Pyaar Ke and Ishq.


Known for doing different and hatke roles, Mr Perfectionist easily is one of best actors India has, an actor one is always dependable on to give quality films one after another. And he hasn't disappointed in his last 9 films, which is a big achievement.

Aamir has done 40 movies (excluding child artist movies), which in his 24-25 year career comes as such a low number for a star actor. He was the one who started the trend of doing one movie a year, believing in quality over quantity. Not many other actors successfully could copy him, as in the end it comes to choosing right scripts which Aamir has been doing ever since the debacle of 'Mangal Pandey'.

I have seen 25 movies out of 40, liked 21 of them and disliked only 'Mela'. 'Mangal Pandey' was disappointing since it took the film so many years and the result was mediocre, but Aamir's performance was still likable.

'Qayamat se Qayamat Tak' and 'Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar' were the starting films that I saw of him, and they were gems, so was his performance as a chocolate boy hero. The final cycle race still gives me goosebumps. Interestingly, my top5 films includes only 1 post 2000 film (quite similar to Shahrukh Khan post). It doesn't mean that he did bad films later on, but I somehow love actors in their young days more.

To have done a tough movie like 'Raakh' so early on in his career (if I am right it was his next movie after QSQT), only tells how good his choice was at a young age.  One of my most favorite movies that I am glad I got to watch some years back, better late than never.


'Ghajini' is and will always remain a special movie for me, can see it any number of times, the south action for a change doesn't irritate me.  While the cult 'Andaz Apna Apna' is among best indian comedy movies. Aamir's comic timing and chemistry with Salman Khan makes the film very enjoyable with some evergreen hilarious scenes, 'aap gyani hai, maha gyani hai, balki main toh kehta hoon ki aap purush hi nahi hai.. maha purush hai.. maha purush'.

The reason I prefer 'Akele Hum Akele Tum' over 'Sarfarosh', 'Lagaan' or 'Rang De Basanti', is the way the subject of a couple in same profession i.e singer, is handled (unlike Abhimaan, or Aashiqui 2). Specially love the Aamir and his son relation in the movie.

In cop roles, Aamir has excelled in 'Sarfarosh', his scenes with Naseeruddin Shah are treat to watch. Also, liked pairing of Aamir and Sonali Bendre. 'Talaash' was a total surprise, a psychological movie that shows horror genre like never seen before. How well Aamir portrays the mental trauma he's going through with the guilt of losing his son.

'Ghulam' was another hatke movie, where he played a character that fights against wrong despite odds against him. The final climax sequence and the train bet sequence were my favs. 'Dil Chahta Hai' and 'Rang De Basanti' classifies among best films made on friendship. The reason why I like DCH more is the slowness the movie has, which makes it much more likable. RDB on other hand has added social message attached to it.

'Lagaan' that released with Gadar, took time before I saw it as I had loved Gadar a lot then, but when I saw Lagaan after a while, I totally loved it being a cricket lover. The final match sequence specially was very entertaining.


Whenever Aamir has tried his hands at masala movies, he has been brilliant though its a genre that he does once in a while which I personally feel is right.  'Dil', 'Ishq', 'Raja Hindustani', ‘Fanaa’, ‘Dhoom3' and just recently released ‘PK' are some of his good works in the genre, with ‘Fanaa', 'Dhoom 3’ and ‘PK’ (mainly 1st half) being my favs. The shayari andaaz in 1st half to a total opposite matured lover in 2nd, made his character to love as well hate in 'Fanaa'. While you gotta belong to anti-dhoom franchise to hate 'Dhoom 3', how well he played the double role, a character that robs banks stylishly but with a motive of taking revenge. ‘PK’ first half was so funny that I had tears coming out of my eyes laughing so much, and I don’t remember when it happened last time with me, loved Aamir’s funny religious and fashion related incidents and then the anger he displays against God.  And I still can’t believe that I didn’t hate a movie that was full of Bhojpuri dialogues spoken by Aamir.

Out of the unseen movies, 'Rangeela', 'Earth' and 'Mann' are the films I would love to watch sooner, specially 'Rangeela' whose VCD I have got with me but never got the mood to watch.


Aamir has appealed to me mainly as an actor only, there was a incident where he made a nasty comment on Shahrukh related to his dog which was in bad taste, also the war of words when both actors films use to release during same time. Those were some of not so good moments, but in last few years haven't seen Aamir making bad remarks which is nice for a actor of his calibre.

Also, his show Satyamev Jayante which many people like even those who don't like him, but I have never been attracted by these social message spreading shows, so not seen a single episode till date and probably won't in future.


His only directorial movie Taare Zameen Par, was good one and I did like it but not as much as I saw all others appreciating it, maybe because it was tough to connect to it for me.


I would love to see him try more offbeat films like 'Dhobi Ghat', though it was just a supporting role, he was superb in it. Another interesting thing is that he gets paired against new actresses or directors a lot like Katrina in Dhoom3 and recently Anushka in PK. His next ‘Dangal’ will show him playing a wrestler inspired from Mahavir Phogat, and he would be seen talking in Haryanvi.

Apart from hardcore action movies (Ghajini actually falls quite close to the league), I think he has explored every genre and done it very much successfully. Maybe a total romantic movie like 'Fanaa' is what he should come up with, as its been a while he done it now.


In my Shahrukh post I had mentioned that he was the reason I started getting hooked to watching movies, but its Aamir Khan who aroused my interest into more quality movies and soon became the actor whose movies were highly anticipated.

Movie Analysis : Jai Ho

Directed by : Sohail Khan
Imdb link ->  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1188982/

Poor movie that tries to preach a message into your head. 

When I saw Dabangg2, I thought Arbaaz Khan is a poor director… but now I feel he wasn't that bad in comparison to Sohail Khan who has made a complete crap movie that tries to use the 'Salman' stardom to control the entire meaningless movie.

The story deals with Jai (Salman Khan), an ex army officer who now tries to help aam people whenever he gets a opportunity and he starts a chain of 'help someone and ask them to help 3 other people'. And there's lot of action plus romance while all this happens.

As you can see, there is no storyline. Infact the start of movie is with a over the top mother-daughter conversation with gundas that is leading to a expected slow motion entry scene of Salman Khan. And the 1st action scene is very weakly directed too.

There are two major problems in movie, one is there is just no fucking narration of story happening, a scene starts out of no where, ends suddenly, songs come in for no reason and then there are heavy dialoguebaazi. The other irritating problem is 'aap thank you mat kaho, instead teen logo ki help karo', this theme of film through this dialogue is repeated 15-20 times through various characters in the movie, and you wonder that even aam janta would say 'bhai, itni bhi spoon-feeding nahi chahiye, tum toh humhe bilkul gaye gujre samajte ho'. Even censors should come up with cuts over such scenes in movie stating its a mental torture to include them in movie.

The romantic angle between Jai and Pinky (played by Daisy Shah, did they actually show her real name, I can't remember.. but this name comes out of a funny scene) is done and dusted numerous times to make any kind of impact at all, plus Sohail failed in this simple plot too, at least could had been convincing here. You would see one of worst directed army sequence ever too, in one of flashback scene of movie.

Why did Genelia do such a role, just to get a film with Salman ? Can't understand at all.

There's long list of supporting cast, Ashmit Patel, Nadira Babbar, Sunil Shetty, Mahesh Manjerekar,  Yash Tonk, Sana Khan, Aditya Pancholi, Pulkit Samrat, Vatsal Seth, Sharad Kapoor… and expectedly, none of them had a good enough role. Mohnish Behl has a nice small cameo though.

The kid who plays son of Tabu, was one of best things in movie, for all humor he provides.

Danny Denzongpa who plays villain, is part of a very good scene of the movie, where Geeta (Tabu, Jai's sister) takes Jai to end all the problems.

The bike chase sequence was another of good scene in the movie.  The action scenes disappoint, one laughable scene where hundreds of goondas with knifes in hand run away from Jai who growls like a tiger (too much of Aamir inspiration from Ghajini by Sohail). Only the last climax action scene was well filmed.

Not a single song is worth listening, except for 'apna kaam banta' which is good only due to lyrics. Most of the songs are plain loud, or dull romantic numbers.


If Sohail wanted to make a message oriented movie like this one, he should have involved more of aam janta scenes, probably more role of Majesh Manjerakar or the alcoholic one. Keeping handicapped people was stupid way of getting sympathy and nothing else.

He could had cut out few songs, few un-necessary comedy and added some worthy scenes that compliment the 3 people chain theme. Instead Sohail wanted too much, and ends up giving audience next to nothing.


Among performances, Salman Khan is good where he tries to help people or fight for a cause, in rest movie he is pretty okay as one has seen him in that avatar a lot in past many movies. A good director would had taken out much more from his character.

Daisy dances really well, but acting looks okish. A full fledged role would be better to make judgement over her acting, she is very much sidelined and limited to either comedy scenes or some songs.

Tabu does good, but one feels for an actress of her caliber this is a wrong film to be part of.


Overall, Jai Ho is a movie that mostly irritates, yes its made with good intentions to provide a message, but you should know how to give that message.  To rub salt into the wound, the movie fails to entertain too. I would recommend you to watch the movie in a single screen theatre or place where its house full and full of salman fans, at least their loud cheers and whistles will make you feel not bored during the movie.


Verdict : 1/5

30 Most Awaited Movies of 2014

New year, new films… new expectations. Here's listing the films that I am most looking forward to.

P.S - The release dates are subject to change, especially Hollywood movies whose Indian release often changes. 


Dedh Ishqiya (January 10)
directed by Abhishek Chaubey, starring Naseeruddin Shah, Madhuri Dixit, Arshad Warsi, Huma Qureshi

Plot :
Two romantic thieves continue their romantic adventures, as they go through 7 stages of love.
What To Look For :
Great twitter feedback on movie already makes this 1st main awaited movie of year. Though, I didn't quite love the 1st part, but Khalu-Babban pair was awesome.. Huma Qureshi could be surprise performer. The supporting cast is strong too, and expect lots of mad sequences.


American Hustle (January 17)
directed by David O. Russell, starring Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jenniffer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner 

Plot : 
A con man along with his seductive British Partner, is forced to work for a wild FBI agent who pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia.
What To Look For : 
Massive star cast, Silver Linings was more of a over-rated movie for me but have a feeling this may work for me. And if it doesn't, then there's Jenniffer Lawrence to watch, she is looking damn hot in all the stills of movie.


Her (Febuary 14)
directed by Spike Jonze, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, Amy Adams

Plot :
A lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with his newly purchased operating system that's designed to meet his every need.
What To Look For : 
I haven't even seen the trailer, don't know a thing about director or the lead actor, but the great reviews film has got in away India release, its Imdb rating, plus the plot that sounds so different.. I am very much keen to see this movie.


Highway (Febuary 21)
directed by Imtiaz Ali, starring Alia Bhatt, Randeep Hooda

Plot : 
A road film and a journey with unlikely companions. What you discover about yourself and your society while being out of it.
What To Look For : 
After Rockstar, Its tough for Imtiaz to outdo himself. Going by trailer, this one looks very different from his last 3 films. This one like Jab We met could be more female oriented, while the basic theme of finding yourself is still there. I didn't like Alia in 'Student of the year', but have a feeling this film will work, and also there is A R Rahman-Irshad Kamil pair that was exceptional in Rockstar.


The Monuments Men (Febuary 21)
directed by George Clooney, starring Matt Damon, George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, John Goodman

Plot :
An unlikely World War II platoon are tasked to rescue art masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their owners.
What To Look For :
As seen by the plot, this isn't a routine war movie, which is why it made me interested plus Matt-George together on screen would be exciting to watch. Also, Clooney as a director was very good in his last outing, so he may work the magic once more.


12 Years a Slave ( Febuary 21) 
directed by Steve McQueen, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt

Plot : 
In the antebellum United States, a free black man from upstate New York is abducted and sold into slavery. Story about his fight for survival and freedom.
What To Look For : 
Its hard to watch movies where a character is tortured to hell, and then how it manages to come out of it. The trailer looked pretty hard-hitting, and a 8.6 Imdb rating speaks for a quality movie.  Could well be an emotionally touching movie.


Queen (Febuary 28)
directed by Vikas Bahl, starring Rajkumar Rao, Kangana Ranaut

Plot :
Delhi based girl lands up in Paris all alone for her honeymoon, as she is in for a adventure ride in a country completely alien to her.
What To Look For : 
Kangana's terrific comic timing in its trailer makes this movie to look forward to. Even in Tanu Weds Manu she was good until the point drama came into the narrative. Also, fresh pairing with RajKumar Rao who has been in great form in last two years.


Shaadi Ke Side Effects (Febuary 28)
directed by Saket Chaudhary, starring Farhan Akhtar, Vidya Balan

Plot : 
After going through man ups and downs in their love affair, this couple (different leads this time) finally got married. But, now they are about to face the after effects of marriage, and the common issues that a married couple go through.
What To Look For : 
Saket has made only one film before i.e  'Pyar Ke Side Effects' in 2006.. surprising that it took so long for his next venture. That movie was hilarious, and this one appears to be on same lines. Once again a fresh pair to watch, Farhan-Vidya both are known for doing out of the box movies, so to see them together is going to be a treat to watch.. provided the laughs are plenty.


Happy Ending (March 28)
directed by Krishna DK-Raj Nidimoru, starring Saif Ali Khan, Ileana Dcruz, Kalki Koechlin, Ranvir Shorey, Priety Zinta, Kareena Kapoor, Govinda

What To Look For : 
Another mad-com from the director duo, with Go Goa Gone and Shor in the City their last outings. Cameos from Kareena and Preity, with Saif-Ileana pairing, and good supporting cast. The plot unknown so far, but expectations are high from the director, plus the music in his films has been good too. 'Saibo' , 'Karma is a bitch', 'Slowly Slowly' and 'Khoon Choos Le' to name some of them.


Captain America : The Winter Soldier (April 4)
directed by Anthony Russo-Joe Russo, starring Chris Evans, Sebastian Stan, Scarlett Johansson, Sameul L Jackson

Plot : 
Struggle of Captain America to embrace his role in the modern world, and battles new threat from old history, the Soviet Agent known as Winter Soldier.
What To Look For : 
To include this movie surprises me the most, but one of its trailer I saw recently made me interested. Captain America is probably weakest looking super hero, and I haven't seen any of last parts, hopefully I would before release of this one. Plus unlike Thor : Dark world, this one will have Avengers part too. Not having high expectations, but still one of awaited movies.


Transcendence (April 11)
directed by Wally Pfister, starring Johnny Depp, Kate Mara, Rebecca Hall, Morgan Freeman

Plot :
A terminally ill scientist downloads his mind into a computer. This grants him power beyond his wildest dreams, and soon he becomes unstoppable.
What To Look For : 
He has worked with Nolan as cinematographer in all his movies, this being his first as director. The plot looks insane and interesting, whether he turns out a great director or not is to be seen.


2 States (April 18)
directed by Abhishek Varman, starring Arjun Kapoor, Alia Bhatt

Plot : 
He is Punjabi, She is South Indian, and they fall in love. But, the battle is to convince each other's family.
What To Look For : 
We have seen many movies probably with this plot, but Chetan's novel presented it in a very romantic, realistic way, therefore it may well make for a well adapted movie from the novel. Chetan's '3 mistakes of life' (Kai Po Che) and 'five point someone' (3 Idiots) were very well made movies. Question here is will the new director Abhishek do justice to the novel, and Arjun-Alia make Krish-Ananya romance worth rooting for while they fight against each other's family.


City Lights (May 1)
directed by Hansal Mehta, starring RajKumar Rao,Patralekha

Plot : 
Based on the life of a poor farmer who comes to the city of Mumbai in search of a better life.
What To Look For : 
After a successful outing in 'Shahid', the director-actor duo return with a new movie, made under Vishesh Films banner. Its a love story set against backdrop of a thriller, and adapted from the award winning UK movie 'Metro Manila' that released last year. Keen to see RajKumar Rao in this movie where his character probably goes through a transformation.


The Amazing SpiderMan 2 (May 2)
directed by Marc Webb, starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Dane DeHaan, Paul Giamatti

Plot : 
A mysterious company Oscorp sends up a slew of supervillians that Peter Parker has to fight against, and they are much more powerful than he can imagine.
What To Look For : 
The first part worked for me unlike many others, but then I haven't seen the other Spiderman series. Andrew Garfield for me fits the geeky Peter Parker who suddenly realizes what special powers he has, and the responsibility he has with it. 1st part was low on action mainly for developing Peter Parker's character, so I expect 2nd part to be full of thrilling moments and the trailer does promise that. Jamie Foxx as Electro could go either way, may be awesome or a hamming performance. And then there's Emma Stone, whom I got crush on during 1st part, she has a lovely smile.


Daawat e Ishq (May 9)
directed by Habib Faisal, starring Aditya Roy Kapur, Parineeti Chopra, Anupam Kher

What To Look For :
Aditya's look surprised me when I saw it first time. Rumour is that the plot is on dowry issue, while both Aditya and Parineeti belong to small town. Parineeti's choice of movies so far has been on par with Ranbir, very different and top class acting. Habib's last film Ishaqzaade wasn't as good as Do Dooni Chaar was, but he is a talented director, so can expect him to comeback with a good movie. Sajid-Wajid as music composer is disappointing aspect of the movie at present.


Godzilla (May 16)
directed by Gareth Edwards, starring Bryan Cranston, Aaron Taylor Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen

Plot :
A giant radioactive monster called Godzilla appears to wreak destruction on mankind.
What To Look For : 
Yet to see 1954 classic, but this one appears to be made really well. There's terror that people have to face, and to fight against this monster is gonna be one hell of a challenge. To show just a glimpse of Godzilla in end of trailer was a super idea.


Peekay (June 6)
directed by Raj Kumar Hirani, starring Aamir Khan, Anushka Sharma, Sushant Singh Rajput, Sanjay Dutt

What To Look For : 
After a successful try at masala genre, Aamir returns to his kind of films. There has been stills of him in ghaghra, reports saying he plays a drunkard man, some say alien and then he will have a nude sequence. How much of all this is true will be known once poster and trailer comes up. Anushka Sharma is a turn-off for me, apart from her the rest cast looks super. Keen to know if Sushant has decent screen time in movie instead of small cameo. Aamir-Raj pairing last time in 3 Idiots broke records, and Hirani has made 3 films till now all of which have been huge successes. So, this film surely going to be one of most awaited ones for all quality movie lovers.


Kick (July 27)
directed by Sajid Nadiadwala, starring Salman Khan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Randeep Hooda

What To Look For : 
Remake of Telugu movie, this could be the Salman Khan movie I would love to watch provided the story isn't changed too much and Sajid who is trying at direction for 1st time does well. Looks like this won't be a typical dhishum dhishum salman action movie.  Also, Randeep Hooda in a supporting role would be good for the film.  And Salman-Jacqueline will be a new pairing to watch out, though she may be limited to a lesser role.


Kill Dil (September 5)
directed by Shaad Ali, starring Ranveer Singh, Ali Zafar, Parineeti Chopra, Govinda

What To Look For : 
Shaad Ali returns after his 2007 debacle Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, which I personally liked a lot.  The film revolves on the tricks that the heart plays on the unsuspecting victim of love. The title reminds of Kill Bill from Tarantino, must be influenced by it. Shaad Ali in a interview said that the settings would be different from his previous movies, and this ain't a total romantic movie. Govinda in a negative shade would be nice experiment if it works. Ranveer has been one of actor that I like a lot, this film may take us back to Band Baaja Baaraat character (going by the looks) which I don't mind as he has done different genres in between. Also, Shankar Ehsan Loy re-unite with Gulzar, hope there's a 'Bol na halke halke' for us.


Gone Girl (October 3)
directed by David Fincher, starring Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Patrick Fugit, Kim Dickens

Plot : 
A woman mysteriously disappears on the day of her wedding anniversary.
What To Look For : 
Its based on the best selling novel 'Gone Girl' which I haven't read, good news for me. I loved David's last two movies, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Social Network, which is the reason for my interest in this movie. Would like to know where the story goes, does anyone kidnap her, or she willingly does it, or there's lot more that we can imagine. The readers of the novel may know the answers though, rest like me can wait for the release.


Interstellar (November 7)
directed by Christopher Nolan, starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Michael Caine, Casey Affleck, Matt Damon

Plot : 
A group of explorers make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
What To Look For : 
Gravity despite being a great movie (with all oscar nominations) didn't click for me as I am not much into space oriented movies. Interstellar appears to be in the same genre, and the teaser didn't really attract me as usual Nolan films do. But, Nolan is a special director for me, only one whose all films I have seen, and not disliked a single out of them. Though, the film will have to be special this time to make me appreciate it, and I am counting on Nolan to do it. The cast looks massive, with Matt Damon in a small role. Even Irrfan Khan was to be part of movie, but he rejected it. Not to forget, there's the ever reliable Hans Zimmer in background score department.


Detective Byomkesh Bakshi (December 12)
directed by Dibakar Banerjee, starring Sushant Singh Rajput

What To Look For : 
You gotta be kidding me if this film ain't on your much awaited year list. Dibakar Banerjee has been simply outstanding in all the films he has given till now, even his short story in Bombay Talkies. Dibakar's first movie for yash raj banner, so this may not be a low budget movie like has been case previously. Sushant Singh Rajput has shown he has got great screen presence in both his films so far. This one will be a good test for him, being a different genre film. The shooting locales going to be old lanes of Kolkata, to establish the 1942's city during the movie. While the story is based on popular serial, written by Sharadindu Bandopadhyay. Easily the detective movie I am most looking for out of many others releasing this year.


Bombay Velvet (December 25)
directed by Anurag Kashyap, starring Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Karan Johar

What To Look For : 
Another director whose movies I keenly wait for, specially after his Gangs of Wasseypur magic. Ranbir has tried so many different roles till now, and Bombay Velvet could well be another of them as he plays a boxer in the movie (not sure a part of movie or entirely).  I can only hope that Anushka isn't having another bubbly loud character. While Karan Johar in a negative shade would be something to watch for. The movie is set in 1950-60's, shooting going in Sri Lanka, and its told that it will be a 3 film trilogy that will tell how Mumbai became a metropolis against the backdrop of love, greed, violence and jazz music. While in a interview Ranbir stated that his character has a bit of Scarface, Goodfellas in it. Could well be the best way to end the year if the film lives upto all the expectations.


Bobby Jasoos 
directed by Samar Sheikh, starring Vidya Balan, Ali Fazal, Arjan Bajwa

What To Look For : 
Samar who previously been involved in art department of biggies like Dhoom, Chak De India, Bunty and Babli, gets to work with Vidya Balan in his very first movie as director. Vidya is probably female aamir khan when it comes to perfection, as seen in the still itself.. After not so impressive year with a below par film like Ghanchakkar, this will be important film for her. And to see her in detective character will be fun.


Mary Kom 
directed by Omung Kumar, starring Priyanka Chopra

What To Look For : 
After having seen biopic made on Milkha Singh last year, its time for biopic on Indian well known boxing star Mary Kom. The question is will the first time director be successful like Rakesh OmPrakash Mehra. Omung Kumar has also been a art director of films like Saawariya and Black, which tells a lot about his creativity talent. Priyanka Chopra over last 2-3 years has done more of nonsense movies that doesn't justify her talent, but this one if well made will prove to be another gem in her filmography.


Phantom 
directed by Kabir Khan, starring Saif Ali Khan, Katrina Kaif

What To Look For : 
Might well be another terrorism based movie after New York and Ek Tha Tiger (which was more on RAW agents). I prefer to see Saif in intense roles more than comedy or romantic, and here it could well be one of them. Hopefully, the backdrop of movie won't be romantic like it was in Ek Tha Tiger. Katrina-Saif should make a good pair, and we may get to see Katrina doing some action scenes once again.


Ugly 
directed by Anurag Kashyap, starring Ronit Roy, Rahul Bhatt, Tejaswini Kolhapure, Vineet Kumar Singh

Plot :
Rahul, who plays actor in movie, leaves his daughter in car while going to meet his friend, and when he comes back, he founds her missing. What follows is an endless series of blame game.
What To Look For : 
A psychological emotional drama, with some insane sequences visible in the trailer itself. This movie was supposed to release last year, hoping it doesn't get delay much more specially with Anurag's Bombay Velvet coming at end of year. Good to see Tejaswini after long time, and also Ronit Roy in a powerful role after Udaan.


Haider 
directed by Vishal Bharadwaj, starring Shahid Kapur, Shraddha Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, Tabu

What To Look For :
Aren't we fed up of watching Shahid in movies he shouldn't be part of, finally he is doing a good film and it is with none other than Vishal Bharadwaj with whom he did the insane Kaminey. Haider is termed as last part of the Shakespeare trilogy, Hamlet. To be shot entirely in Kashmir, the film may release by end of year possibly. Also, a great chance for Shraddha Kapoor to work with a well known director. Irrfan will be seen in a small but a key role. And there's Tabu too who might be playing supporting role. Almost a certainty that music will be by Vishal himself, lyrics by Gulzar and at least one song sung by Rekha Bharadwaj, not that I am complaining as the trio have given some gems in past.


Serena (September - October)
directed by Susanne Bier, starring Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper

Plot : 
In Depression-era North Carolina, the future of George Pemberton's timber empire becomes complicated when it is learned that his wife, Serena, cannot bear children.
What To Look For : 
The film is about a young woman through a mental decline, which is played by Jennifer Lawrence. If she gives a great performance, then could well be third time in row to get nominated at Oscars, and maybe win too (provided she wins for American Hustle in supporting actress category).


The Hunger Games : Mockingjay Part1 (November - December)
directed by Francis Lawrence, starring Jenniffer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Julianne Moore

Plot : 
Katniss reluctantly becomes the symbol of a mass rebellion against the autocratic Capitol.
What To Look For : 
The 2nd part was low on thrills and only Jennifer Lawrence was worth watching it for. Expecting that the movie will be great too in this 3rd part of quadrilogy.

Movie Analysis : Sholay 3D

Directed by : Ramesh Sippy
Imdb link -> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073707/


Watching classic movie on big screen is always special.

Sholay may not be among my all time favourites, yet I do enjoy watching it for the powerful performances, characters, writing, background music and songs.

Thakur (Sanjeev Kumar) chooses two guys Jai (Amitabh Bachchan) and Veeru (Dharmendra) to catch dangerous Gabbar Singh (Amjad Khan) alive.

The very first scene has a powerful dialogue, when Thakur replies to a police officer - 'Khota sikka toh dono taraf se khota hota hai', 'Insaan aur sikke mein shayad yehi fark hai'.

Personally, I enjoy Amitabh's performance the most along with Amjad Khan. Jai is quiet, yet expressive whenever he wants. His dialogue 'tumhara naam kya hai basanti' is hilarious. And the reveal of the coin secret at his death shocks everyone who sees the film first time.

Gabbar's entry comes after some 30 minutes, and he gets a splendid entry with his signature tune, 'kitne aadmi the', plus the laugh he gives before killing all the three. Amjad had that knack of being comical while being evil, which made his performance shine.

Jaya Bhaduri has just one dialogue scene, still she showcases such acting abilities in her silent scenes. Be it feeling scared when Amitabh is shot, or feeling broken when he dies.

Two favorite  themes for me, one when Jai plays mouth organ while Radha (Jaya Bhaduri) turns the lights off. And other when Thakur steps out of train, to see dead bodies near his house.


The side story of Imaam (A.K. Hangal) and Ahmed (Sachin) is well done too. Then there is Basanti's (Hema Malini) over talkative nature that highly entertains.

Cameos of Asrani (angrezo ke zameene ke jailor) and Jagdeep (hamara naam soorma bhopali aise hi nahi pada)  are quite funny.

Special mention to the scene where villagers are shown doing their work, and then enters the 3 daaku, that leaves villagers running away. How a drama can be built is very well told through this scene.

In Songs, my fav 'yeh dosti hum nahi todenge', and 'jab koi haseena rooth jaati hai'. Holi song and mehbooba are good too.


I prefer the climax where Gabbar is killed (I haven't seen that one, but assuming this must be other climax people talk of).


3D effects were nice, but then as you know by now.. I have yet to like a hindi movie that says to me this movie had to be made in 3d. Even in english movies, I haven't quite found that movie.


Sholay is a highly entertaining movie, that is rich in every technical department, with some evergreen dialogues.


Verdict : 4/5 

Movie Analysis : The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Directed by : Ben Stiller
Imdb link -> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0359950/

Good entertainer about day dreaming to various real life adventures. 

Walter Mitty (Ben Stiller) loves his co-worker Cheryl Melhoff (Kristen Wiig), but Walter has a shy persona plus he has habit of day dreaming, which makes him try to say his feelings for her through a dating website.The place where they work is about to go through changes and workers being sacked. Walter who works as main person dealing with photo negatives, gets Sean O'Connell project (Sean Penn) and finds an important negative missing which is the one he says is a gift to Walter, and also the one that he wants to be cover photo of the magazine. Now, Walter has to find the negative, for that he has to locate Sean, and for that he has to take help of other negatives to find his whereabouts. Walter has no idea that he has a long adventurous and real fun ahead.

The first scene reminded me of the last scene of 'The  Social Network', though here the result is different, Walter does click on the button. I loved the humor in the film, and also how the day dreaming aspect of Walter is utilized in first 30-40 mins. Special mention to the scene where he dreams his boss trying to snatch one of his childhood toy, and he tries to run away like a superhero. And when he dreams Cheryl loves him (2nd time, didn't like the 1st dream that much).

But instead of day dreaming sequences, what actually is lovable about movie is the entire adventurous tour Walter goes through. The helicopter scene, the jump into ship, the hilarious conversation in water, the journey to Afghanistan in extreme cold conditions, the cycle ride, volcano.. he truly gets to have adventure of a lifetime.

Ben Stiller is present in almost every scene of the movie, and he enacts the main role very well. The nerdy shy nature, the anger and different look in day dreaming sequences, the humor he shows during the adventure, the hesitation while talking with Cheryl and 'what the fuck' expression when Sean tells him where the  missing negative is.

Sean O'Connell dialogue on 'admiring the moment' was very good one.

The pace of movie is slow throughout, though it didn't bother me much. Ending was spot on, we don't really see too much change in Walter.

I found it weird that Walter doesn't check what the missing negative is about, and just hands it over to his boss. But then, Walter was always that kinda of person.



The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a good light entertainer that takes us through Walter's day dreaming to his various adventures from Greenland to Iceland to Afghanistan.


Verdict : 3/5

Movie Analysis : The Wolf of Wall Street

Directed by : Martin Scorsese
Imdb link -> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0993846/

A Scorsese-Leonardo movie that fails to impress me. 

Its a dark comedy based on life of Jordan Belfort (Leonardo Di Caprio) who at young age becomes successful stockbroker and earns too much money he requires, resulting in using that money over hookers, drugs, alcohol and when there's nothing else to do, just throw it in dustbin. A maniac who wants to keep earning more and more money, and live a king size life.

Till the point Belfort meets Mark Hanna (Matthew McConaughey), and have conversation in restaurant. .. the movie works with its humor. After that, with market crash, Belfort setting up his own place.. it leads to madness that mainly includes loud talking, nude sequences. Everything starts to happen in bulk, first the drugs addiction, then the party like atmosphere at work place, and then the sex addict.

I love mad movies, Pulp Fiction was one of that, and Scorsese 'The Departed' was too. The foul language doesn't bother me if its used in a movie that appeals. Unfortunately, The Wolf of Wall Street just never appeals to me, one reason is the stock market business bores me to death. Other is, director tries to do way too much.. instead of keeping some kind of balance. In a scene, Donnie (Jonnah Hill) who works for Jordan, masturbates in open party where his wife (he marries his first cousin) as he can't control himself watching Naomi (Margot Robbie), a new hot girl that has come to that party place. He even says 'I won't mind this girl giving me aids'.

Margot Robbie actually looks fucking hot, and she helps to pass over the rest of the movie to certain extent for me. Jordan's scene with her, where he desperately wants to fuck her was crazily directed.. and i liked it (they cut one scene in theatre, I guess she came out nude from her room). Then followed porn kind scenes, in one you see Jordan putting drugs near Naomi breasts and taking them in. The scene that follows after that though was hilarious, the beating he gets from his current wife.  In another scene, Jordan is shown openly grabbing a girl's breasts.  Then to go one step further, he bangs air hostesses on plane as he is too high on drugs.

Two scenes that impressed me were, Jordan indirectly tries to bribe Agent Patrick (Kyle Chandler), and when Jordan goes over a place to call someone, and his recently taken drug shows such drastic effect on him.. that was infact hilarious scene of the movie, as he tried to crawl to his car and drive it back home.

Had Scorsese not over-done nudity and drugs scenes, and maintained the craziness characters have.. the film would had worked for me. Like the scene where Donnie has to hand over money briefcase to a partner, and he indulges instead in a heated argument resulting in cops coming over arresting the other guy.


Few more funny instances, one when Mark tells Jordan that in this business, you should jerk off twice a day. Later on we see Jordan and Donnie always on drugs during work.  In a scene where Naomi's aunt tries to help  Jordan, he feels she is hitting on him and eventually kisses her. And then later when she is dead, Jordan tells Naomi we will visit her funeral later, she is dead so won't go anywhere. That is followed by a crazy ship scene.

Leonardo gives a good performance, not among his best though.. prefer to see him in clean roles. Margot Robbie impresses me most, not only does she look hot, her dialogue delivery is seductive, be it restaurant scene with Jordan, drive to home, or when she tells Jordan she gonna wear short skirts only from now on. Only two instances she shouts at Jordan, and one of those times when she keeps spilling water over Jordan was pretty funny too.

Jonnah Hill does well too in his role, as a drug addict who passes it over Jordan. I felt Matthew McConaughey should had got longer role.


The Wolf of Wall Street turns out to be one of Scorsese films that doesn't work for me in totality.  Its only bits and pieces that are praiseworthy in this 3 hr long movie.


VERDICT : 2/5 (.5 Extra for Margot Robbie)

Recap 2013 : Performances

Many great performances coming in various categories of hindi movies last year.

No outright winner, shared mostly between Lootera, Kai Po Che, Aashiqui 2 and Dhoom3, while rest films chipping in with 1 or 2 awards.



Presenting nominees along with winners, the list is entirely my opinion based.



Best Actor Male : Farhan Akhtar (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)

• Aamir Khan (Dhoom 3)
• RajKumar Rao (Shahid)
• Irffan Khan (Lunchbox)                                                                  
• Ranbir Kapoor (Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani)

Farhan's brilliant performance overturns even a double role done by Aamir, and Ranbir who for last two years has been winning best actor in my list.


Best Actor Female : Sonakshi Sinha (Lootera)

• Nushrat Bharucha (AkaashVani)                                                              
• Deepika Padukone (Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani)
• Parineeti Chopra (Shuddh Desi Romance)                                                                      
• Nimrat Kaur (The Lunchbox)

Sonakshi may get criticised or made fun of by people, but Lootera showed me how good an actress she is, a clear cut winner. Nushrat will be surprise entry for many, I just loved how she handled a complex role.


Best Director : Vikramaditya Motwane (Lootera)

• Abhishek Kapoor (Kai Po Che)                                                                  
• Hansal Mehta (Shahid)
• Rakesh Om Prakash Mehra (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)                                                                      
• Shoojit Sircar (Madras Cafe)

It was Vikram's direction that made Lootera so special, specially the 2nd half highly romantic and full of emotions.


Best Film : Kai Po Che

• Lootera                                                                      
• Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
• Shahid                                                                      
• Dhoom 3

Already written on them here


Best Supporting Actor Male : Mohammad Zeeshan Ayub (Raanjhanaa)

• Nawazuddin Siddiqui (The Lunchbox)                                                                      
• Anupam Kher (Special Chabees)
• Mohammad Zeeshan Ayub (Shahid)                                                                      
• Siddhartha Basu (Madras Cafe)


Best Supporting Actor Female : Swara Bhaskar (Raanjhanaa)

• Divya Dutta (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)                                                                      
• Kalki Koechlin (Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani)
• Prabhleen Sandhu (Shahid)                                                                      
• Richa Chadda (Ram Leela)

Apart from Dhanush, the best thing about Raanjhanaa were its supporting cast, both Mohammad and Swara gave excellent performances.


Best Actor in a Comic Role : Pankaj Kapur (Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola)

• Kunal Khemu (Go Goa Gone)                                                                    
• Varun Sharma (Fukrey)
• Vir Das (Go Goa Gone)                                                                      
• Divyendu Sharma (Chashme Baddoor)

Very much forgettable movie for many, but I enjoyed it a lot and the only reason for it was Pankaj Kapur's ability to make you laugh at numerous occasions in the movie. Kunal just missed out, his comic timing was perfect too, specially the 1st half.


Best Actor in a Negative Role : Akshay Kumar (Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai Dobara)

• Prakash Belawadi (Madras Cafe)                                                                      
• Supriya Pathak (Ram Leela)
• Shilpa Shukla (B.A. Pass)                                                                    
• Rishi Kapoor (Aurangzeb)

The film may had bombed at box-office, but I saw it probably 3-4 times just for Akshay's menacing negative performance. He should do lot more of these, instead of regular masala action comedies. Prakash was brilliant especially the dialect of his character.


Best Music : Amit Trivedi (Lootera)

• Mithoon, Ankit Tiwari & Jeet Ganguly (Aashiqui 2)                                                                    
• Pritam (Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani)
• Shankar Ehsaan Loy (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)                                                                    
• Pritam (Dhoom 3)

Already written on them here


Best Lyricist : Irshad Kamil, Milne hai mujhse aayi (Aashiqui 2)

• Puneet Sharma, Barbaadi (Aurangzeb)                                                                      
• Prasoon Joshi, Zinda (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)
• Amitabh Bhattacharya, Shikayatein (Lootera)                                                                      
• Swanand Kirkire, Manja (Kai Po Che)

1st and 2nd antara are just too good in 'Milne hai mujhse aayi' song, once again magic of Irshad Kamil working.


Best Playback Singer Male : Arijit Singh, Tum hi ho (Aashiqui 2)

• Benny Dayal, Badtameez dil (Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani)                                                                      
• Falak Shabir, Saajna (I Me Aur Main)
• Siddharth Mahadevan, Zinda (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)                                                                      
• Ankit Tiwari, Sun raha hai (Aashiqui 2)

Arijit's got every award this year, and almost everyone loved his song including me. Mithoon's composition and his voice made the song too romantic.. Benny Dayal was terrific in making Badtameez dil sound so peppy, and get up dance on it.


Best Playback Singer Female : Shilpa Rao, Mann marziyaan (Lootera)

• Sunidhi Chauhan, Kamli (Dhoom 3)                                                                      
• Shreya Ghoshal, Nagada sang dhol (Ram Leela)
• Saba Azad, Dil ki toh lag gayi (Nautanki Saala)                                                                      
• Bhoomi Trivedi, Ram chaahe leela (Ram Leela)

Shilpa is one of most under-rated female singers currently, gem of a song she sung, with visuals the song becomes double special for me. Sunidhi showcases what magic she can do if she chooses right songs, Kamli was indeed one of her best songs of career.


Best Debut Male : Dhanush (Ranjhanaa)

• Sushant Singh Rajput (Kai Po Che/Shuddh Desi Romance)                                                                      
• Prakash Belawadi (Madras Cafe)
• Varun Sharma (Fukrey)                                                                      
• Neeraj Kabi (Ship of Theseus)

I so wanted to make Sushant win it, as he's in his first two films become one of my favorites, but Dhanush performance in Ranjhanaa was hard to over-look. He single handedly carried the film on his shoulders, plus the handwork he must had gone with delivering those tough hindi dialogues, for someone whose hindi ain't good.


Best Debut Female : Vaani Kapoor (Shuddh Desi Romance)

• Aida El Kashef (Ship of Theseus)                                                                      
• Shree Swara (D Day)
• Tapsee Pannu (Chashme Baddoor)                                                                      
• Tamannah (Himmatwala)

Vaani looked confident throughout the movie, I will be slightly partial here, have a crush on her and love her voice otherwise Aida might had been my original choice (plus Aida had a smaller role in movie didn't help either).  Special mention to Shree Swara, who was excellent playing role of Irfan's wife in D Day.


Best Debut Director : Ritesh Batra (The Lunchbox)

• Anand Gandhi (Ship of Theseus)                                                                      
• Ajay Behl (B.A Pass)
• Ashima Chibber (Mere Dad Ki Maruti)                                                                      
• Kannan Iyer (Ek Thi Daayan)

It always excites me when first time directors instead of taking easy way, goes for different hatke stories that has scope for them to show their talent. The top 3 in list specially did it successfully.


Best Story : Anand Gandhi, Pankaj Kumar, Rutvik Oza (Ship of Theseus)

• Shagufta Rafique (Aashiqui 2)                                                                      
• Ritesh Shah and Mohan Sikka (B.A. Pass)
• Ritesh Batra and Rutvik Oza (The Lunchbox)                                                                      
• Manoj Tyagi (Inkaar)

The moment I read story of Ship of Theseus, I wanted to see it.. it was so unique, even though I didn't love the film that much as many others did. Aashqiui 2 basis premise is something I have gone through too, 'a guy who wants to stop particular addict, but fails'.


Best Scene : Sanjay, Pandit and Idris rob a bank with masks of Dharmendra, Amitabh and Utpal (Ghanchakkar)

• Shahir wakes up, puts hat on, looks at city through window as he is about to do bank robbery (Dhoom 3)                                                                      
• Milkha returns to his home, and breaks down remembering past memories (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)
• Kabir doesn't want Naina to go away, and asks for few more moments with her (Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani)                                                                      
• Kundan wants to get up from hospital bed, if only Zoya loved him (Raanjhanaa)

It was fucking hilarious scene the moment they put those 3 masks on, and then the events happen.. film may had disappointed but this scene took the honors above the rest movies. Aamir's entry scene in Dhoom3 was one of best entry scenes I ever saw, gave me goosebumps.


Best Jodi : Ranbir - Deepika (Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani)

• Ranveer - Deepika (Ram Leela)                                                                      
• Kartik - Nushrat (Akaash Vani)
• Ranveer - Sonakshi (Lootera)                                                                      
• Aditya - Shraddha (Aashiqui 2)

This was pretty easy one, Ranbir does win something in my list of awards. His pairing with Deepika looked so good that I can't wait to see them in Imtiaz Ali's film which may be even better than this. Ranveer-Deepika chemistry was the only good thing in Ram Leela.


Best Trailer : Dhoom3

• Lootera                                                                   
• Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
• Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai Dobaara                                                                       
• Shuddh Desi Romance Raghu Gayatri, Shuddh Desi Romance Raghu Tara 

Probably saw the trailer 100 times in first 4-5 days itself, such was the quality and my madness towards Dhoom3, excellent start to trailer, brilliant bgs and right punchlines with bandhay at right end made sure it was the best trailer of the year. Lootera scores for being different and poetic, 'koi kahaani likh rahi ho'.


Best Screenplay : Abhishek Kapoor, Chetan Bhagat, Supratik Sen, Pubali Chaudhuri (Kai Po Che)

• Nikhil Advani, Ritesh Shah, Suresh Nair (D Day)                                                                      
• Somnath Dey and Shubendu Bhattacharya (Madras Cafe)
• Hansal Mehta, Sameer Gautam Singh, Apurva Asrani (Shahid)                                                                      
• Vijay Krishna Acharya (Dhoom 3)

There was friendship of Raj, Sushant and Amit, then there was romantic angle between Raj and Amrita, and there was growing bonding between Sushant and a little muslim kid, plus 3 events of earthquake, godhra train and riots. All of this was very well executed with the screenplay, and special mention to how subtle the pre-climax scene was done.


Best Dialogue : Vishal Bharadwaj (Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola)

• Jaideep Sahni (Shuddh Desi Romance)                                                                      
• Vijay Krishna Acharya (Dhoom 3)
• Kunal Khemu, Sita Menon, Raja Daipayan (Go Goa Gone)                                                                      
• Subhash Kapoor (Jolly LLB)

Whenever I think of its dialogues, one that immediately comes to mind is Shabana saying 'Kursiyaan' instead of cheers (chairs). Another was Pankaj saying to Imran, 'Tu mao se, tu left le'..


Best Editing : Aarif Sheikh (D Day)

• Chandrashekhar Prajapati (Madras Cafe)                                                                      
• Deepa Bhatia (Kai Po Che)
• Apurva Asrani (Shahid)                                                                      
• Pravin Angre (B.A Pass)

Aarif's editing added the extra and much required thrill element into the movie whose narration otherwise would had not worked.


Best Choreography : Remo D'Souza, Badtmeez dil (Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani)

• Vaibhavi Merchant, Kamli (Dhoom 3)                                                                      
• Arvind Thakur, Bezubaan (Any Body Can Dance)
• Prabhu Deva, Gandi baat (R. Rajkumar)                                                                      
• Samir and Arsh Tanna, Nagaada sang dhol, (Ram Leela)

If Benny's voice made the song peppy, then Remo's choreography made the visuals delight to watch with some good dance moves and that madness that was needed was very much there.


Best Background Score : Julius Packiam (Dhoom 3)

• Hitesh Sonik (Kai Po Che)                                                                      
• Amit Trivedi (Lootera)
• Surender Sodhi (Special 26)                                                                      
• Monty Sharma (Ram Leela)

Terrific work from Julius, not only to have the original re-worked theme from previous franchises which appealed but adding new ones specially the overtrue one which was personally my favorite one.


Best Cinematography : Ravi Varman (Ram Leela)

• Pankaj Kumar (Ship of Theseus)                                                                      
• Kamaljeet Negi (Madras Cafe)
• Sudeep Chatterjee (Dhoom 3)                                                                      
• Mahendra Shetty (Lootera)

Apart from Ranvir-Deepika chemistry, it was Ravi's cinematography to give some great shots, whether it was the violence or the peaceful looking Amritsar shots (hope I got it right).


Best Action : Conrad Palmisano and Sham Kaushal (Dhoom 3)

• Kaushal, Moses, Franz Spilhaus (Commando)                                                                      
• Tom Struthers and John Street (D Day)
• Tony Ching Siu Tung and Sham Kaushal (Krrish 3)                                                                      
• Manohar Verma (Madras Cafe)

Excellent work from Conrad-Sham due, what I really liked was the many stunts  in every chase sequence that were stylish.. even though some of them got ruined by bad editing, still easily best of year.


Best Art Direction : Aditya Kanwar (Lootera)

• Sonal Sawant (Kai Po Che)                                                                      
• Wasiq Khan (Ram Leela)
• Wasiq Khan (Raanjhanaa)                                                                      
• Sumit Basu (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)

Aditya's art direction made the feel of 50's era visible, specially the 1st half.


Best Costumes : Anaita Shroff, Rushi Sharma, Manoshi Nath (Dhoom 3)

• Manish Malhotra and Kunal Rawal (Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai Dobara)                                                                      
• Maxima Basu and Anju Modi (Ram Leela)
• Varsha and Shilpa (Shuddh Desi Romance)                                                                      
• Subarna Rai Chaudhuri (Lootera)

I liked the costumes of Aamir and Katrina very much, infact Katrina looked too gorgeous in the entire 'Tu hi Junoon' song. For Aamir, I loved costumes of Shahir character mainly.


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