Top 10 Movies of 2014

A pretty ordinary year for Hindi Movies. Generally it is a struggle to put top 10 together... and this time it was a struggle too... to find top 10. There were only 8 movies which received 4 star rating! and only 1 each with a 5 and 4.5 Star!!. Clearly one of the worst year since this blog started few years back.

1. Shahid - Genre - Drama - Only 5 Star of the year.                                                                          
2. Mardaani - Genre - Thriller / suspense  -    4.5 Stars.                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Forgot to review it in Q4. Sorry for a rare miss. This is Rani Mukherjee at her best. Yes Rani is THE Hero a bad ass cop. Yes.. even I thought that is not possible but she proves you wrong. Taut script, cute villain and bad ass Rani. All somehow mixes into a nice thriller. Only negative is it is also a little too real, and disturbs you with it's subject of human trafficking. But a definite 'not to be missed'.                                                                                                                 
3. Lunch Box - Genre - Drama.                                                                                                            
4. RamLeela - genre - Voilent Love Story (Whacky) - Romeo Juliet Adaptation.                                                                                                                                                                     Only reason this is number 4 is because it is technically a 2013 movie.                                           
5. Raja Natwarlal - Genre - Thriller.                                                                                                                                                                                              
6. Holiday - Genre - Thriller / Suspense                                                                                               
7. Hasee to Phasee - Genre - Comedy / Drama.                                                                                  
8. Revolver Rani - Genre - Thriller (Whacky)                                                                                            
9. Bobby Jasoos - Genre - Thriller / Drama                                                                                          
10. Ek Villian - Genre - Love Story / Drama                                                                                         
11. Other notable mentions - Hate Story 2 / Khoobsurat / Dekh Tamasha Dekh / Dedh Ishqiya - Hate Story if you want to watch a revenge drama and Khoobsurat if you want to watch a love story. Dekh Tamasha Dekh for Black Comedy and Dedh Ishqiya for drama / thriller.

Q4 - Mediocre Year comes to an End with a Mediocre Quarter.

1. Hamshakals - 0 Stars.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           One of the worst movies of the year. Hindi films still don't have any social awareness of time they are making films in. They have taken a concept of 'mental asylum' patients which 80s movies would have a 15-20 minute comedy track and made it into an entire movie! in 2014!. You still can make fun of disable people and think it should work? It is gross and stupid. Saif and Ritesh become dogs when they take a drug. Yes they actually act like dogs.. sniff sniff.. woof woof... yes it is a movie not a college skit (those are way better). The bro-sis directors Sajid and Farah Khan never boasted of being smart... but now they are proving my other blog right.... success has no merit.                                                                                                           
2. Entertainment - 3.5 Stars                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Another Dog movie, but in this their is an actual Dog who is soo much better than Saif and Ritesh. Akshay goes to make a quick buck but gets involved with the Dog who has ended up being owner of millions. Throw back cute movie mothing bad in it. Don't look for too much substance and nice movie to watch while you relax. The side kick has a few good lines as he talks only in movie lingo. Watch it.                                                                                                  
3. Singham Returns - 1 Star.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     As talked earlier - leave the south action hero movies to south. They have the culture of making same thing again and again and loving it. Don't do it in Hindi. Supposedly the SOuth superstar is awesome in being Singham. SO just watch that in case you are interested. Ajay does not fit the role of a marathi cop mouthing marathi lines, when he is clearly uncomfortable saying those lines. Obviously by design movie has no sense expect for trying to make more money by making a sequel to a popular first, which did not go well with this blogger anyway.                        
4. Mary Kom - 3.5 Stars.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                A little disjointed movie. This blogger does not like biographies, and typical to others this one also just tells a story one way. Life and times of Mary Kom a successful Indian boxer, her romance, her struggles, her fights, her fight with the administration. It runs fine, in parts Priyanka Chopra does show a few sparks of brilliance which defined her over the years but clearly she is not yet completely back with a Piggy performance to remember.                             
5. Kick - 2.5 Stars.                                                                                                                                It is a Salman Movie.                                                                                                                      
6. Bang Bang - 3.5 Stars.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Did not see this one, but by all accounts consensus is pretty decent thriller. Hindi movie having cool stunts like hollywood, improbably plot which is always a plus for a masala thriller. Popularly the best looking couple hindi films has to offer. (Hrithik and Dhoom3 girl).                 
7. Fugly - 3.0 Stars.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Disjointed movie, you feel it could have been a good movie. The plot starts talking about Fugly Indian culture of no respect for women but then quickly becomes a thriller before it turns into a politics / law enforcement nexus turning into throwback all powerful villian against our team of kids. Talking of Villian it is our own Jimmy Shergill, one of the Bansore house favorites.           
8. Raja Natwarlal - 4.0 Stars.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         If it is a Emraan Hashmi film it cannot be bad, and this rule stays intact. One of the most bankable stars, always gives you a good one. He kind of has type cast being the regular guy stuck in bad circumstances and getting out of it in style. This movie has some good lines from Hashmi, a simple uncomplicated thriller which is a little over the top in it's plot. But if you ignore some outrageous premise it is pretty fun to follow. A great twist in the end all in all a nice good desi thriller. One thing of notice is end of Mr Paresh Rawal, this guy looks tired and worn out and has lost all interest in acting it seems. He pulled the entire movie down by a notch, some other yesteryear star in the same role would have done wonders. Plot is simple Hashmi wants to revenge a underworld don by robbing him of all his money!                              
9. Daawat-e-Ishq - 3.5 Stars.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Did not see this one but may watch it because of Parineeti. Sapna was ok with the movie, it was advertised as a movie for the foodies and turns out to be social . women empowerment movie. Bad start is half the battle lost.  Well I updated this review as I saw this one (after criticism from fans). It is a cute love story and if you are not looking for too much this works. It has some annoying plot and half baked moments which should have been anchors to the movie.                                                                                                        
10. Khoobsurat - 3.5 Stars.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                It is Sonam Kapoor as Rekha in the remake of original classic. If you have seen the original you will spend your time hating this one. In isolation this is not a great movie either. Goes on predictably with no imagination of giving the new one some kind of a different twist. Sonam like many actors thinks to show a happy character you gotta smile and laugh excessively and act like buffoon with loud clothing.  Well ... after completing the movie, I thought I was harsh on this one. In fact if you avoid Sonam's antics this movie has some hilarious moments with Kirron Kher as Punjaban Mom. She is hilarious and perfect foil to Dina Pathak, the 2 veterans make this a good watch. Stay on till the second half and the movie turns out to be way better.