2013 First Quarter Reviews (January to March)

1. Matru ki bijlee ka mandola – 4.0 Stars.

• It is a movie in ‘weird’ zenre. If you don’t get into the whacko attitude of it, you will switch it off. Otherwise it has a likable weirdness to it. Story is thin and nothing much happens, but a pink cow meshed with what’s important in life is all part of the story.

2. Table No 21 -  2.0 Star.

• A billionaire calls a couple to an island to play a game to win 21 crores, the game incudes everything illegal and stupid…. But there is a twist.

3. Inkaar – 3.5 Stars.

• Pretty decent effort on a movie on corporate sexual harassment case. Both sides are grey and you are kept in dark what will be the end, but gets a little boring in between. 

4. Deewana mein Deewana – 1 Star.

• Yes, it has Govinda and Priyanka Chopra together! It is made by KC Bokadia!! Don’t know when it was made and why we ordered it. 

5. Dabbang 2 – 0 Stars (minus 1 really) –

• Though I am not a fan of mainstream movies, but this is by far the worst mainstream movie by a mile. Dabbang had some spunk and novelty of crazy Chulbul Pandey, this one was a bad copy of the first with everything exactly the same just little bad. Songs and story and dialogues exactly the same except just little worse. Salman Khan forgot what he did in Dabbang so he tries to copy himself and fails at it!

6. Rajadhani Express – 3.0 stars.

• There is a difference in Tennis and Movies, leander paes is ok but you wonder if he thought he really had potential he got his answer. The movie is a thriller and suspense and I guess it has Jimmy shergill so the movie can’t be that bad (our favorite). You also get to see priyanshu chaterjee who came in one good movie before that, and he is again ok. Rajdhani Express is going and there is a bomb threat and a murder on the train… whodunit.

7. Chakradhaar - 0 stars. (minus 1 really).

• Yes, It is minus. I want my money back. The lead actor probably is son of the director and forgot that 80s are passé… He is being introduced like Ajay Devgan and sunny deol … he is a bad man, a lover, a fighter, a singer… everything. He acts mechanical and there is no spontaneity. To compound things others around him decided to act even worse to make him look good. Try it if you want to have a laugh.

8. Son of Sardar – 2.5 stars.

• It had a few laughs, but overall it dragged. Somehow Ajay Devgan and comedy doesn’t jel but somehow he has become the king of comedy and comes in all comedies!. Even sanju baba sleep walks through his role. Sonakshi sinha probably can do her stuff in sleep, probably she doesn’t need to be told what movie she is doing because she does the same in every one of them.

9. Luv Shuv te chicken khurana – 5.0 Stars.

• First great movie of 2013. It has everything, little love and a little chicken khurana. Its basically a love comedy. A guy who comes with bad intentions gets caught in funny and cute situations and stumbles on to chicken khurana.

10. Kismat Love Paisa Dilli – 3.0 Stars.

• With such a name it looked like a ‘sex comedy’ but it was not. In face for first half it was a pretty good thriller before completely loosing track and stopping in its track. 

11. Khiladi 786 – 3.0 Stars.

• Another remake of a south hit which has no story or content. One catchy tune and physics defying stunts which are getting old. It is pretty ok not as bad as other such mainstream movies. So if you want to watch a mainstream garbage I guess this one will do.

12. Jab Tak hai Jaan – 1.5 Stars.

• I did not see this as Sapna went to theater to watch it. Even she said it was average which means it is not better than 2 star. SRK’s confusion days continue.

13. Chakravyuh – 4.0 Stars.

• Abhay Deol movies are never bad and this one follows the trend. It is a naxal movie, lately naxal movies have flooded the market. This one is a friendship with the naxal backdrop. 

14. Aiyaa – 3.5 Stars.

• On the face of it, looked really bad. It was not. It was marketed as a ‘oomph movie’ but was nice small budget film about a middle class girl and her daily life challenges and her love. Not bad.

15. Talaash - 4.5 Stars.

• Reviewing it again. Sapna wanted me to see it (generally i don't see movies she already went to theater for - as my official stance is that I only see because she wants to see). It was heavy movie, Aamir's trauma of kid was the hilight for me in the movie. I couldn't let it go. Very well done by Aamir and I have never liked Aamir's acting before. But the more I see the older actors do stuff the more I think this guy is good. Some people absolutely hate the movie just because of it's concept, lower your ego guys. You can take aliens talking english and stupid physics defying stunts but not this! The movie has so many layers of talaash, search for peace of your mind is so much bigger than what is truth or not. The street scene between Aamir and Rani explains it. Good one.