Movie: Love Aj Kal
Director: Imtiaz Ali
Actors: Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, Giselle Monteiro, Rishi Kapoor, Rahul Khanna
And we twist...twist..twist....and its so sad that even after so much of twisting the story remains much the same! Its the stale old story. It does have a break-up party(who cares! ), mango people etc, but the freshness and brightness of Jab We Met and Socha Na Tha is missing! :( and obviously saying "tum toh hamesha correct baat bol deti ho jaaneman" does not help much.
On seeing the trailors I had thought there would be two stories in the same time setting, and couldn't help thinking how boring it would become. The setting of the stories in the two time-frames killed my fears and added an element of excitement. I liked the alamara lovers better. The sardar Saif is cute and the Brazilian model Giselle Monteiro who plays the role of Harleen( damn I thought she was an Indian), his love interest is pakki 1965 ki gali mein rehne wali ladki purane zamaane waali!
The modern day Saif looks worn out, old and does nothing that we haven't seen in Salaam Namaste or Hum Tum. The absolutely stunning ladies take the cake be it both the Harleens, yeah their are two ;) or Deepika who's acting, dialogue delivery, all have improved. Good going girls!
The movie has got some foot-tapping music, I can safely say that I like all the songs. Listen to aaj din chadheya for its uncanny attitude, it has got a rugged beauty and simplicity. The lala lala..baija baija is a fun song which sets me into gidda mode. Pritam, hmmm...well he sure gets 'inspired', but lets just forgive him this once.
But this movie is not what love aj kal is (which should be difficult to define). Dear Imtiaz, you are a good director, master of small moments, the comic timing of some scenes is brilliant, but please do realise that 'mango people' are not so dumb they don't take so long to realise that they are in love. However we the 'mango people' haven't given up on you totally, not yet! :)
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
Movie: Kaminey
Director: Vishal Bharadwaj
Actors: Shahid Kapur, Priyanka Chopra
Vishal Bhardwaj is one director who never fails to show the dark side of human life. Be it Maqbool, Omkara or the latest Kaminey!
This is a story about two brothers(double role played by Shahid Kapur) Charlie who has a lisp( woh fa ko fa bolta hain u fee!), and Guddu who stammers while t-t-t-t-t-talking. They lead different lives, Charlie a small time gangster who fixes horse races and Guddu who’s the boy next door with a good heart who frantically looks around for the packet of Kamasutras on his first night with his mulgi(Priyanka). No he really does believe in safe sex he even goes around doing streetplays, and distributing nirodh to spread awareness regarding AIDS.
But one day the paths of the two brothers cross!!!! DHAN TE NAN…….And enter, Tashi – the drug dealer, Bhope- the big bad ‘jai maharashtra’ politician brother of Sweety(Guddu’s very own mulgi), two corrupt policemen, three Bengali babu moshais , guns, dope and guitar and a lot of running around, adventure, emotion, dialogue, pita ka pyar and bhaiyon ki takrar!!
The movie is no doubt for an intelligent audience. You’re expected to understand! Who is this guy?? What happened to the police?? Hadn’t this guy died?? etc. etc. Which is a good sign, and actually good fun too.
Shahid Kapur has played two challenging roles with absolute élan. A complete delight. My personal favourite scene would be when he runs(upper body- bare) with the horses with the blinkers(on Shahid and the horses). A feast to the eyes! *sigh*. Priyanka Chopra manages her marathi well, very natural, a little clinky maybe but that is her character. Apart from these mega stars Bhardwaj has made use of new actors who wear their characters as a second skin which makes the otherwise out and out drama a believable affair.
The movie’s cinematography moves in dark colours, the frames are shaky, huddled, which makes it a little a difficult to figure out what’s going on, sometimes. The pace of the story drags a little during the first half, but I am glad that the second half more than makes up for it. I did not it find it too surprising, shocking etc. In short I was desperately left asking for more as far as the original DHAN TE NAN moments in the movie are concerned.
Watch it for Bharadwaj’s brilliant movie-making sense, Shahid’s coming of age performance, okay fine the story’s also not that bad, and THE song…DHAN TE NAN!!!!
…..and do tell me how it was !!! :)
Director: Vishal Bharadwaj
Actors: Shahid Kapur, Priyanka Chopra
Vishal Bhardwaj is one director who never fails to show the dark side of human life. Be it Maqbool, Omkara or the latest Kaminey!
This is a story about two brothers(double role played by Shahid Kapur) Charlie who has a lisp( woh fa ko fa bolta hain u fee!), and Guddu who stammers while t-t-t-t-t-talking. They lead different lives, Charlie a small time gangster who fixes horse races and Guddu who’s the boy next door with a good heart who frantically looks around for the packet of Kamasutras on his first night with his mulgi(Priyanka). No he really does believe in safe sex he even goes around doing streetplays, and distributing nirodh to spread awareness regarding AIDS.
But one day the paths of the two brothers cross!!!! DHAN TE NAN…….And enter, Tashi – the drug dealer, Bhope- the big bad ‘jai maharashtra’ politician brother of Sweety(Guddu’s very own mulgi), two corrupt policemen, three Bengali babu moshais , guns, dope and guitar and a lot of running around, adventure, emotion, dialogue, pita ka pyar and bhaiyon ki takrar!!
The movie is no doubt for an intelligent audience. You’re expected to understand! Who is this guy?? What happened to the police?? Hadn’t this guy died?? etc. etc. Which is a good sign, and actually good fun too.
Shahid Kapur has played two challenging roles with absolute élan. A complete delight. My personal favourite scene would be when he runs(upper body- bare) with the horses with the blinkers(on Shahid and the horses). A feast to the eyes! *sigh*. Priyanka Chopra manages her marathi well, very natural, a little clinky maybe but that is her character. Apart from these mega stars Bhardwaj has made use of new actors who wear their characters as a second skin which makes the otherwise out and out drama a believable affair.
The movie’s cinematography moves in dark colours, the frames are shaky, huddled, which makes it a little a difficult to figure out what’s going on, sometimes. The pace of the story drags a little during the first half, but I am glad that the second half more than makes up for it. I did not it find it too surprising, shocking etc. In short I was desperately left asking for more as far as the original DHAN TE NAN moments in the movie are concerned.
Watch it for Bharadwaj’s brilliant movie-making sense, Shahid’s coming of age performance, okay fine the story’s also not that bad, and THE song…DHAN TE NAN!!!!
…..and do tell me how it was !!! :)
Movie: Serendipity
Director: Peter Cuelson
Starring: John Cusack, Katie Beckinsale
Hey! Guess what I watched another movie- a fortunate accident...oh! I am sure that you know what serendipity means. So...... a boy and a girl end up meeting each other in the middle of Christmas chaos and have some coffee....the boy wants the girls’ phone number which she writes in a book, only to sell it off to a book store the next morning......and asks the boy to write his name-number on $5 note and buys some candies with it. So they (rather she) play this little fate game of – let’s see if you get this book and I the note and then go on their own way. Now the rest of the movie is about whether they meet or not-well actually they have to otherwise there’ll be no movie! So it’s about how they meet, what all ordeals they have to go through, whether both of them are interested in meeting the other person or not?
Well the story is engaging...acting fine...music good...gawd I sound bored....I guess that’s what happens when you’ve been watching some great stuff like Shawshank Redemption!
Trust me you won’t be missing out on much if you don’t watch this one....but it’s kind of sweet...it’s those kind of movies....don’t you get it....yeah I know you do so smart one go make your own choices in life....it’s not every day that you get that chance...
Director: Peter Cuelson
Starring: John Cusack, Katie Beckinsale
Hey! Guess what I watched another movie- a fortunate accident...oh! I am sure that you know what serendipity means. So...... a boy and a girl end up meeting each other in the middle of Christmas chaos and have some coffee....the boy wants the girls’ phone number which she writes in a book, only to sell it off to a book store the next morning......and asks the boy to write his name-number on $5 note and buys some candies with it. So they (rather she) play this little fate game of – let’s see if you get this book and I the note and then go on their own way. Now the rest of the movie is about whether they meet or not-well actually they have to otherwise there’ll be no movie! So it’s about how they meet, what all ordeals they have to go through, whether both of them are interested in meeting the other person or not?
Well the story is engaging...acting fine...music good...gawd I sound bored....I guess that’s what happens when you’ve been watching some great stuff like Shawshank Redemption!
Trust me you won’t be missing out on much if you don’t watch this one....but it’s kind of sweet...it’s those kind of movies....don’t you get it....yeah I know you do so smart one go make your own choices in life....it’s not every day that you get that chance...
Movie: Shawshank Redemption
Director: Frank Darabont
Starring: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman
Very much predictable...most of the twists, catches in this movie are very predictable. So you get to know before two suicides before they actually happen....you know this time this man has bluffed that man and how....in short at various points this movie lacks originality doesn’t really force you to think. But then this is not a suspense thriller dude! It has a lot more to it.
There’s a man called Andy Dufresne who gets implicated for the murder of his wife and her lover (psst...extramarital affair) and is sentenced to two life imprisonments back to back at Shawshank . now you’ll think that rest of the movie is about proving who did the murder...did he didn’t he but that is just one tiny bit of this film. This man is subjected to a lot of tortures, both at the hands of fellow mates and jail officers. He faces them all, makes a place for himself...and doesn’t lose one thing and that is hope!
This movie inspires you ....inspires you to do something worthwhile with your life..it tells you that if opportunities don’t come knocking at your door then you go out and knock that door down..and well... do your own thing.
The brilliance of this movie lies in the cinematography..I just love the first shot of Shawshank, it’s a beautiful one long shot( must have been taken from a helicopter or something) giving the overview of the entire jail..absolutely beautiful. The script is quite strong with some really cool lines and also I found the script quite intelligent...it had all the punches in the right places. But this movie is really long and really slow, so much so that half way through the movie I felt shutting the laptop down...but I guess the feeling that something good is coming up was always there and it did. Trust me the second half is surely the better half. Take my advice... gulp down two tablets of patience with a glass of water and watch this movie it’s worth it....cause patience did it for everybody in this movie it’ll do for you too.
Director: Frank Darabont
Starring: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman
Very much predictable...most of the twists, catches in this movie are very predictable. So you get to know before two suicides before they actually happen....you know this time this man has bluffed that man and how....in short at various points this movie lacks originality doesn’t really force you to think. But then this is not a suspense thriller dude! It has a lot more to it.
There’s a man called Andy Dufresne who gets implicated for the murder of his wife and her lover (psst...extramarital affair) and is sentenced to two life imprisonments back to back at Shawshank . now you’ll think that rest of the movie is about proving who did the murder...did he didn’t he but that is just one tiny bit of this film. This man is subjected to a lot of tortures, both at the hands of fellow mates and jail officers. He faces them all, makes a place for himself...and doesn’t lose one thing and that is hope!
This movie inspires you ....inspires you to do something worthwhile with your life..it tells you that if opportunities don’t come knocking at your door then you go out and knock that door down..and well... do your own thing.
The brilliance of this movie lies in the cinematography..I just love the first shot of Shawshank, it’s a beautiful one long shot( must have been taken from a helicopter or something) giving the overview of the entire jail..absolutely beautiful. The script is quite strong with some really cool lines and also I found the script quite intelligent...it had all the punches in the right places. But this movie is really long and really slow, so much so that half way through the movie I felt shutting the laptop down...but I guess the feeling that something good is coming up was always there and it did. Trust me the second half is surely the better half. Take my advice... gulp down two tablets of patience with a glass of water and watch this movie it’s worth it....cause patience did it for everybody in this movie it’ll do for you too.
Movie: Sweeney Todd
Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Johny Depp
Exams coming up? Forget about books, important meeting to attend?? please postpone it by one hour and 34 seconds, cause here's presenting the greatest movie of the century- 'Sweeney Todd'- a musical.
I don't know what made me postpone watching this movie post tantum temporis, because I realised that I was missing out on some great cinema.
A man is back for vengeance. He(Johny Depp) was deported for life imprisonment on false charges by a judge(influential ofcourse) (duh!). So the judge takes advantage of the wife, chucks her like a piece of @#*^ and holds on to the daughter Joahna as a captive. The rest of the story is about........I think there is no point elaborating upon the story, like many other aspects of the movie this is also brilliant.
Johny Depp , man what do I say about him. This guy is an institution. His movies including and specially this one are a one man show! Watching him on screen is a sheer delight. All the other actors play their characters truthfully and beautifully.
The fact that it was a musical made me love it even more and left me awestruck asking for more!
This movie has a lot of gore but for once I didn’t mind, because all of it fits so beautifully into the slimy storyline.
The cinematography is awesome. The angles at which the shots are taken are a proof of sheer brilliance. The twists, the sudden shocks in the movie are mind blowing, the beauty of which is brought about aesthetically by the dancing camera.
I screamed thrice during the movie and to get that degree of catharsis from Hansa Sinha is something. After the movie got over I was jumping with joy shooting out positive adjectives left, right and centre. Need I say more!
Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Johny Depp
Exams coming up? Forget about books, important meeting to attend?? please postpone it by one hour and 34 seconds, cause here's presenting the greatest movie of the century- 'Sweeney Todd'- a musical.
I don't know what made me postpone watching this movie post tantum temporis, because I realised that I was missing out on some great cinema.
A man is back for vengeance. He(Johny Depp) was deported for life imprisonment on false charges by a judge(influential ofcourse) (duh!). So the judge takes advantage of the wife, chucks her like a piece of @#*^ and holds on to the daughter Joahna as a captive. The rest of the story is about........I think there is no point elaborating upon the story, like many other aspects of the movie this is also brilliant.
Johny Depp , man what do I say about him. This guy is an institution. His movies including and specially this one are a one man show! Watching him on screen is a sheer delight. All the other actors play their characters truthfully and beautifully.
The fact that it was a musical made me love it even more and left me awestruck asking for more!
This movie has a lot of gore but for once I didn’t mind, because all of it fits so beautifully into the slimy storyline.
The cinematography is awesome. The angles at which the shots are taken are a proof of sheer brilliance. The twists, the sudden shocks in the movie are mind blowing, the beauty of which is brought about aesthetically by the dancing camera.
I screamed thrice during the movie and to get that degree of catharsis from Hansa Sinha is something. After the movie got over I was jumping with joy shooting out positive adjectives left, right and centre. Need I say more!
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