2012 - First Quarter Movie reviews are out!! NJOY.

1. Kahaani – 5 Star. 

• After a long time a 5 starrer. Edge of the seat drama / thriller and suspense. I don’t think we moved from our seats. Director’s style of capturing the life of Kolkatta in every scene was beautiful. The slick editing the pace the plot… perfect. The CBI guy Khan is just GREAT. Vidya Balan along with Piggy chops is a league apart from all other actors of hindi films. But this movie is not about one person.

 2. My Friend Pinto – 1 star. 

• Didn’t finish it, I think we didn’t even start it. It has kalki and prateik babbar.

 3. Mausam – 3.0 Star. 

• Throw back love story. More like slow and old style…. When poetic love was…

 4. Rivaaz – 1.5 Star. 

• More of a documentary. Didn’t want to watch a depressing tale about some societies ‘culture’ being of girls going into their duty of prostitution.

5. I am Kalam – 4.0 Star. 

• Loved the movie. The kid is great. Nice story well executed. Story of a kid who names himself after the president ‘abdul kalam’ and lives life with style with odds stacked against him. Again people who are looking for an item movie please don’t see it. It doesn’t have big starcast.

 6. Desi Boyz – 3.5 Star. 

• Not as bad as people made it out to be. Akshay is type casted in these but always is good. John is as usual horrible. But then some girls like to look at him though he seems to have bloated outta control. The girls are equally bad but somehow movie has a story and goes through a emotional track time to time. Its kinda main stream so if you don’t like Dirty picture and Rockstar … chances are you will like this one (not love).

7. The Dirty Picture – 3.5 Star. 

• Slower than expected. Practically nothing happens till the end. But it was not about the story but about life of ‘Silk’ there is moments which are worth capturing though. Especially when ‘silk’ goes on the offense on an award function, you can feel the tension. The dialogues are good. Also in general the showing the finger to the world is captured pretty good. But people believing in living the ‘prper’ way may not get excited with silk. Again people who like mainstream crap stay away.

 8. Jo Hum Chahein – 1.0 Star. 

• Even Sapna doesn’t remember what happened.

9. Miley Na Miley Hum – 1.5 Star. 

• Any movie with Kangana is guaranteed psycho, though I don’t even remember what happened in this, and sapna is not answering me because she watching her ‘pretty little liars’ season finale.

 10. Lanka – 2.5 Star. 

• It keeps promising to get better but never does. A Manoj Bajpayee movie. A little over the top. He keeps torturing this girl forever and the guy who is supposed to save her never does come into his element. Can be a good fast forward and watch in an hour kinda movie.

11. Pappu Cant Dance Saala – 4.0 Star. 

• Another cute one from the stable of Neha Dhupia / Rajat Kapoor / Vinay pathak. They never go wrong. Most bankable people in the industry. Vinay Pathak is a little ‘slotted’ as the same dumb guy from UP. But Neha Dhupia is a Rockstar. She is one of the favs along with Jimmy shergill. It is a ‘unlike’ attract love story. Nothing special happens, very predictable, but still keeps you engaged. Not for people whose definition of movie means – 5-10 stars churning out item song movies, I call them ‘Item movies’.

12. Players – 3.0 Star. 

• Not bad thriller, in parts copy (officially) of Italian Job. But again nothing great if you are used to Hollywood thrillers. The production is very shoddy, has a old look to it. Abbas mastan are stuck in 90s.

13. Rockstar – 4.0 Star. 

• I and savi still dance to sadda haq aithe rakh. Great music. Also I realize people don’t get the undercurrent of a movie and keep thinking as if they are watching a dumb salman or shahrukh movie. This has a undercurrent of yearning to be free. Watch it with that in mind and you see why each scene is the way it is. The contract, the nadaan parindey, the sickness …. It’s all related to that.

14. Fired – 2.0 star – 

• Rahul Bose film. But it’s kind of a whacky film. Artsy kind. I didn’t have the patience, could be a good one if you want to think about it. He fires his entire staff and then he is alone in the building.

 15. Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya – 3.0 star –

• A regular cute love story nothing bad in it. If you like this genre you will not get bored. Genelia is good at acting cute, and riteish is never bad. 3.5 star for Gitu / harshleen.

16. Ladies Vs Ricky Behl – 4.0 Star. 

• Pretty good in ‘stupid movie’ category. I don’t like this genre but I still liked it. I don’t like the lead pair but I still liked the movie. I hate how everything just falls in place for a conman and there is no way he could con people unless all random things fit in place at the last moment…ridiculous…. But I still like it. It’s a fresh plot, all the Ladies are good and different in their own way.

17. Damadamm – 2.0 Star. 

• We in Portland meet and watch movie together only when a ‘Himesh’ movie comes. This time himesh disappoints. The movie has everything… ridiculous and embarrassing acting by himesh. Really hilarious songs … cute female lead… more than one girl after himesh…. Just this time we didn’t laugh as hard. His magic is getting old.

18. Azaan – 3.0 Star. 

• Terrorist type movie, if you like those. New guy is the hero but arya babbar is a side actor in this. I like him. You can fast forward and watch it.

19. Speedy Singhs – 2.5 star. 

• If you like a typical masala movie, you know everything about it but you still root for the good people. Sapna likes these kinds, which have feel good element, desi values, under dog wins.

 20. RaOne – 2.5 star. 

• SRKs bad days are here. The same stuff doesn’t look cute anymore, now it looks annoying. He cant play loverboy anymore and super hero doesn’t fit him. For some years he has been selling himself by his south act which doesn’t work. Again as a kid movie its not that bad, its pretty good. If you got kids watch it.

21. Dus Tola – 4.0 star. 

• Good manoj bajpayee movie. Small budget movie, good script, you would have not seen this kind. It’s a great drama. Once upon a time in a small village.

 22. Hair is falling – 3.5 Star. 

• This is a no name movie and I was laughing and loved it. But I guarantee none of you can watch it more than 10 minutes. I challenge you guys. Anyway its story of a guy who has started losing his hair… and the concept is hilarious as everyone goes through it and I am going through it too. It is hilarious how loss of hair changes everything for a man.

23. Be Careful – 0 star. 

• Don’t know why we were watching it.

 24. Loot – 0 Star. 

• Yes govinda is still somewhere in Mumbai.

 25. Mummy Punjabi – 1 Star. 

• Only Sapna dared to watch and couldn’t finish. Samir should watch it, it has Kiran Kher in it

26. Phhir – 1.5 Star. 

• Some suspense drama no one of you are gonna watch! Why am I even reviewing it.