2013 Second Quarter Reviews (April to June)

1. Special 26 - 3.5 Star. Did not see it, but Sapna did see it. Probably a let down from the 'A Wednesday' comparisons but in general a good movie, no one watching it will be disappointed. It's a chor-police movie.
2. Bhoot Returns - NA - none of us dared to see it. Manisha Koirala is in it. If someone watched it let us know.
3. Race 2 - 1.0 Star. Race 1 had twist and turns at drop of a hat ... this movie follows the same path but is just worse. Somehow everyone over acts and Anil Kapoor is unbearable with his cheap jokes. The twists are just there which are predictable because of the unpredictability of them. When there is nothing called characterization of characters then characters can do anything in any frame just for the sake of a twist.
4. Murder 3 - 3.5 Star. Concept is mind blowing probably lifted from a Hollywood movie. A tail of 2 girl friends and how they trap each other in the same house but no one can see them but they can see everything. A little too far fetched but at least something different.
5. David - 2.0 Star. There are 6 davids in different eras and their stories. I left it in between could never get into any of the stories, they all were going parallel ... and were getting a little confusing.
6. The Attacks of 26/11 - 3.5 Stars. A kind of a documentary on 26/11 Mumbai attacks a blow by blow account with some masala included of perspective. Kasab and others and their end. If you like these kinds then you may like it. RGV accompanied CM deshmukh to the Taj site and that was the reason Deshmukh lost his Chief Minister chair and that probably is the reason that the movie does not show anything about the Hotel Taj incident and how it happened!
7. Sahib Biwi aur Gangster Returns - 3.0 Star. The original was a classic and there was no way this could have lived up to the same standards .... and it did not.
8. Mere Dad Ki Maruti - 1.0 Star. Many small budget movies of similar kind have been made and were pretty good. This easily is the worst of the lot. The movie has no soul just made a clone of others. Songs are good but nothing more. Sometimes I think all it needs to make a film is throw in a few Punjabi songs from UK and a lavish shaadi. (it seems all indian weddings are lavish if you are to believe hindi movies).
9. I Me Aur Mein - 3.0 Star. Did not see it, I think I slept. But Sapna said it was pretty good. It is about self obsessed guy played by John Abraham. He is easily the worst actor in the industry and that is when he has really really improved a lot. Hindi film industry is the only place where you get 15 years to learn your skills and if you can't it is still ok. Chitragansha singh is another actor who is now becoming a standard for all small budget relationship films and sometimes she annoys.
10. ABCD - 3.5 Stars. Surprisingly this was a good movie. 'Any Body Can Dance', it stays true to the name and is basically a dance movie. It earns a 0.5 star more because of the dance of prabhu deva just before the interval. The guy know how to do it. There is a story weaved around a dance competition and you know Haves Vs Have Nots. Bad Vs Good etc etc.. all the regular emotions are there.
11. Nautanki Saala - 5 Stars. Warning - This is one of my kind of movie which for some reason I absolutely Love it. But you may hate me later for making you watch this. But this is my blog so what the heck. This is an absolute jem. In my opinion there is no creativity in hindi films and so when a movie comes with so much of it. You got to respect it. This dude - Ayushman Khurana always is up to something. He first had 'Vicky Donor' then he showed up in viral fever Qtiyapa video and now this masterpiece. He sings his own songs and the songs are awesome of this movie. I always thought remix is just the nadir of creativity.. in 80s they used to be called jhankaar beats, just put a beat to any old song and there you get a remix. But the dhak dhak remix (the girls singer - saba azad is awesome) and so gaya yeh jahaan... are just great. Then there is 'dil ki to lag gayi...' there is harmonium in this song.. lyrics are just .... whacky. this is DIFFERENT. The concept of the movie is awesome... the protagonist's name is Ram but he lays Ravan in a Ravan leela... everything goes in parallel in real life too he cant figure out if he is Ram in garb of Ravan or vice versa... in real life everything is mixed up... beautiful. Then each scene is well thought out and has 2 levels going on... Ravanleela goes on as the movie goes ... drama (nautanki) on stage and his life resemble .... just beautiful to see. Rhan Sippy is good.
12. Kai Po Che - 3.5 Stars. For some reason I have never liked Chetan Bhagat and so I did not see the movie... well the main reason was - Sapna saw it in theater so I missed it. She said it was a good buddy movie but nothing awesome.
13. Chashme Baddoor - 2.5 Star. Somebody still paid David Dhawan to direct a movie and he directed the same thing again what he did for years with Govinda, the storylines and comedy is pedestrian. The actor are ok. Nothing to write about, watch it if you are bored and want to kill time and have nothing to watch. it may give you a few laughs.
14. 3G - 2.0 Stars. They found a novel concept of Neil Nitin Mukesh buying a cell phone which is haunted and gives you calls and videos ... which scares and scars him.. and then he tries to get to the bottom of it.
15. Jolly LLB - 4.5 Stars. This was one heck of a movie. Is it a new concept - No. Is there anything new about it - No. BUT it is still awesome. It is throwback 80s style movie. Good Vs Bad... very well done. Arshad Warsi the goofy lawyer gets embroiled in a high profile case and starts to find a cause he wants to fight for. Well done - watch it. The interaction between Judge and lawyers is just awesome. If you like dialogue-baazi... pretty good ones in this one. Some of them I remember - Kanoon andha hota hai... Judge nahi. the last scene climax dialogues. ,"Yeh Court Hai, Yahaan Jaldi Kuchh Nahin Hota.