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POPULAR BOLLYWOOD
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JAWAN - 2.5 STARS. PG.
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Jawan - Trailer
Directed by - Atlee
Starring - Shah Rukh Khan, Nayanthara, Vijay Sethupathi
Why Should I Watch it -
Because that's what you deserve. Zero creativity, mashup of all South Indian movie masala (which is the same masala since 80s). You don't like to watch anything different than the same ol crap for last 30 years. Go for it! Well I assumed your age is 50, you can counter saying what if I am 20? I have not watched this over the top melodrama and stylish super hero. Maybe it is my first time. To that I will say - accept apologies of an old prick.
What if I am a SRK fan? To that I will counter, then why is he pretending to be South Indian action hero or 80s hindi action hero? Why can't he do something he made his name on. That is making weird faces that are halfway between a smile and a cry and twist his eye brows into an S? To that you counter - what the heck are you talking about?
Why not -
Go against the current. Decide to become a human and have the courage to say - No. Take your first step towards spirituality.
BLOODY DADDY - 4.0 Stars. PG.
Bloody Daddy - Trailer
Directed by - Ali Abbas Zafar
Starring - Shahid Kapoor, Ronit Roy, Rajeev Khandelwal, Sanjay Kapoor, Diana Penty
Why Should I Watch it -
That's called an all out Action thriller. What a movie! Starcast is awesome everyone is at their Best. Shahid and Ronit are always reliable, but Sanjay Kapoor is awesome too!! yea you read it right. A cop messed up with gangsters and now he needs to get his son back. All in one night in one hotel during Covid times.
Why Not -
You don't like blood and stylish action? You don't like action? You enjoy songs in the movies and don't fast forward them. Then yes this one has almost no songs, except one. But that song is from Badshah - which I wish never happened.
FUKREY 3 - 2.5 Stars. PG.
Fukrey 3 - Trailer
Directed by - Mrighdeep Singh Lamba
Starring - Pulkit Samrat, Varun Sharma, Manjot Singh, Richa Chadha, Pankaj Tripathi
Why Should I Watch it -
If you are a fan like me, you need to watch it. I am in love with Chucha. So I went to theater to watch him. He does not disappoint and does every stupid idiotic thing that chucha should do. Deja Chu does not happen enough but then they do make hydro carbons because H for Hunny and C for Chucha. Chucha's piss and Hunny's sweat when combined makes petroleum. If this does not make you go and watch it, nothing will.
Why Not -
The makers decided to just use chucha's stupidity as the only plot for the movie. There is nothing else to keep the movie alive. Disappointing third part and hopefully the last.
ROCKY AUR RANI KI PREM KAHANI - 4.5 STARS. PG.
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Rocky aur Rani ki Prem Khaaani - Trailer
Directed by - Karan Johar
Starring - Dharmendra, Jaya Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt
Why should I watch it -
Remember NRI 90s movies that were tagged as Bollywood? yea Karan Johar is back! You crave a rich people love story? when did you last time see it? long time back. When did you actually laugh at a lead comic character? A mainstream masala movie with dollops of liberalism sprinkled all over - when did you last see that? When did you see every dialogue written so that you remember it forever?
तो भाई खड़ा खड़ा मुँह क्या देख रहा है. जा मूवी लगा वेब पे आ गयी है! क्या? तू आलरेडी देख चूका है? चल ठीक है फिर आगे ब्लॉग पढ़ ले.
Why not -
To annoy me? Because you suddenly are pretending that you like small budget realistic cinema even though you have not watched any of the ones I have been begging every one to watch? Forget it man, who am I to convince you.
JAILER - 1.5 STARS. PG.
Jailer - Trailer
Directed by - Nelson Dilipkumar
Starring - Rajinikanth, Vinayakan, Ramya Krishnan, Vasanth Ravi
Why Should I Watch it -
You are a Rajni fan? - Yes - Then you already watched it.
- No - You don't know about this movie and you never will.
Why Not -
Because I started and forgot to finish it.
DREAMGIRL 2 - 4.0 STARS. PG13
Dream Girl 2 - Trailer
Directed by - Raaj Shaandilyaa
Starring - Ayushman Khurana, Ananya Panday, Paresh Rawal, Annu Kapoor, Vijay Raaz
Why Should I Watch it -
Every joke that is possible of a guy turning into a gal all have been used in this movie. You get all at one place. Every joke is delivered with a great comic timing by the great Ayushman Khurana. It felt stupid but we kept laughing.
Why Not -
'You have seen the Bollywood fetish of turning a guy into a gal and then creating joke routines. It is one long movie for one concept.
ADIPURUSH - 3.0 STARS. G.
Directed by - Om Raut
Starring - Prabhas, Kriti Sanon, Saif Ali Khan, Sunny Singh, Devdatta Nage
Why Should I Watch it -
If you are in India and been indoctrinated into being a militant Hindu. You were the reason this movie was made. Your leaders bankrolled this movie because all movies should be made with Ramayan as theme. So you better watch it. Also, surprisingly I liked the movie, I have never understood the quality of CGI as a barometer for film's entertainment. Dude I grew up watching Manmohan Desai's CGI. So I don't know why people said CGI was bad. I loved the Ravana in the movie. All good scenes were his, and Saif absolutely enjoyed playing that character. Either the dialogues were redacted from the online version or I thought it was really cool that there were very few of them. I liked the silence of the movie, people hardly spoke because everyone knows Ramayan! You don't have to explain it.
Why Not -
Very tacky and darkish Ramayan this. Ram is very uninspiring. How can you not be nervous playing lord Ram and Sita? Both Prabhas and Kriti look very nervous moving any body part, what if people lynch them if they find something wrong in their actions?
SATYAPREM KI KATHA - 3.0 STARS. G.
Sathyaprem ki Katha - Trailer
Directed by - Sameer Vidwans
Starring - Kartik Aaryan, Kiara Advani
It is a good attempt to raise a few good issues in public interest. Challenging a few taboos of society. Good attempt for sure. The great Kiara Advani will emote and tug at your heart. Second half does pickup and get to the meat of the issue.
Why Not -
We all wait for Mr Kartik Aaryan to slowly figure how to act. Not yet, one day one day one day. Only industry in the world which gives you 10-20 years to figure how to do your job. The movie goes in circles like a pseudo activist without getting to the point. Once it gets to the point it does well.
BAWAAL - 3.5 STARS. PG13.
Bawaal - Trailer
Director - Nitesh Tiwari
Starring - Varun Dhawan, Janhvi Kapoor
Why Should I Watch it -
An honest attempt in trying to weave a story around world war narrative. Pretty gutsy attempt to do something different when audience don't care about watching anything different. A good for nothing teacher visits world war 2 memorials to teach kids about it. The horrors of world war makes him forget his small little problems and his love life sprouts.
Why Not -
You are allergic to depressing stuff. You are anyways not very robust individual and hanging by a thread and don't want to watch anything that disturbs you.
IB71 - 1.5 STARS. PG.
IB71 - Trailer
Director - Sankalp Reddy
Starring - Vidyut Jammwal, Vishal Jethwa, Faizan Khan, Anupam Kher
Why Should I Watch it -
If you are the BJP patriot who can't get enough of nationalism especially anything against Pakistan. Masquerading as a true story but taking so many liberties with truth that it looks outlandish even for movies.
Why Not -
It is not very entertaining.
BUDGET MOVIES
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JAANE JAAN - 5 STARS. PG-13
Jaane Jaan - Trailer
Directed by - Sujoy Ghosh
Starring - Kareena Kapoor Khan, Jaideep Ahlawat, Vijay Varma
Why Should I Watch it -
Because it is the best thriller you will watch this year. Because Jaideep Ahlawat shows you how to get into a character and do magic. Because Kareena and Jaideep and Vijay Varma create an atmosphere that has never been created before. Because you have never seen a thriller, where you know everything but you are still stressed out.
Why Not -
Because you are a Jerk? Because it is a somewhat similar to Drishyam? Because you are used to crap?
NEEYAT - 2.0 STARS. PG13.
Neeyat - Trailer
Directed by - Anu Menon
Starring - Vidya Balan, Ram Kapoor, Rahul Bose, Dipannita Sharma, Shashank Arora, Shahana Goswami, Neeraj Kabi, Amrita Puri, Danesh Razvi, Prajakta Koli
Why Should I Watch it -
If you have not watched knives out. If you want to see bunch of people overacting trying to find the murderer. If you like bad copies of good movies. If you like to wait till the end for one final unique twist that answer your question - why Vidya Balan is acting so horribly.
Why Not -
See above.
TIKKU WEDS SHERU - 2.5 STARS. G.
Tiku Weds Sheru - Trailer
Director - Sai Kabir
Starring - Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Avneet Kaur
Why Should I Watch it -
Not a bad movie, but not a good one either. It starts with a lot of promise but loses steam somewhere in-between. Nawazuddin is always good and as a struggling actor who returns to his hometown to get married is a perfect role for him. It is pretty good time-pass.
Why Not -
You probably have watched similar stuff before. It is a small budget ok cinema which is not a must watch.
FRIDAY NIGHT PLAN - 5 STARS. G.
Friday Night Plan - Trailer
Directed by - Vatsal Neelakantan
Starring - Juhi Chawla, Babil Khan, Aadhya Anand, Ninad Kamat, Ria Chaudhary, Aditya Jain, Medha Rana
Why Should I Watch it -
How many great 'teen' movies have you seen? especially in Hindi films? This is a great great teen movie, probably one of the best we have seen. 2 brothers are alone overnight as mom leaves for work. They grow up a little and understand each other and the love grows between the siblings as they fight their own internal demons as well as cool kids, partying and cops.
Why not -
oh... I only watch Hindi movies that are big name bad movies. So I can watch them and feel superior by trashing them as rehash of hollywood.
oh .. I only like movies of my superstar, when he makes the same faces and has the same plot.. ahh the movies at their best.
AFWAAH - 4.0 STARS. PG13.
Afwaah - Trailer
Directed by Sudhir Mishra
Produced by Anubhav Sinha
Starring - Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Bhumi Pednekar, Sumeet Vyas, Sharib Hashmi
Why Should I Watch it -
You see the name 'Anubhav Sinha', then how can it be bad? Another social statement on how an idiot says something with no context to another idiot. The idiot picks it up and runs with it and soon entire country becomes an idiot. There is no difference between rumor and truth.
Why Not -
As soon as you see a intellectual movie you tune off. You start going off saying 'everything is great, everything is good'. 'Everyone who says anything is wrong is a traitor'. Then it's not for you.
WEB SERIES
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GUNS & GULAABS - 4.5 STARS. PG13
Guns & Gulaabs - Trailer
Directed by - Raj & DK
Starring - Rajkummar Rao, Dulquer Salmaan, Adarsh Gourav, Gulshan Devaiah
Why Should I Watch it -
Raj and DK are reliable names in entertainment productions, they hardly do anything wrong. Go goa gone, Unpaused, Farzi, Citadel and Family Man. Rajkummar Rao is perfect when he plays a 'fuddu' who gets caught up with underworld. Dulquer Salman has a complicated tough character and he does a great job of a cop who is not exactly righteous. The show belongs to the great Gulshan Devaiah who is having a lot of fun playing a fictitious character who almost has supernatural powers but in a realistic setup. It is just great fun to embed someone like that in a regular gangsta drama. Creativity at it's best.
Why Not -
Because web series are long? You don't like black comedies or too much creativity bothers you?
TRIAL - 2.0 STARS. PG13.
Trial - Trailer
Based on - The Good Wife by Robert King, Michelle King
Directed by - Suparn Verma
Starring - Kajol, Jisshu Sengupta, Kubbra Sait, Sheeba Chaddha, Alyy Khan, Gaurav Pandey
Why Should I Watch it -
You are old and you still think Kajol is a great actor?
Why Not -
It has everything that should be in a courtroom drama mixed with struggles of a wife with a high profile corrupt husband. But the show misses it's soul. It all looks forced and drawn.
MADE IN HEAVEN-2 - 4.0 STARS. PG13.
Made in heaven - Trailer
Directed by - Nitya Mehra, Zoya Akhtar, Reema Kagti, Prashant Nair, Alankrita Shrivastava, Neeraj Ghaywan
Starring - Arjun Mathur, Sobhita Dhulipala, Kalki Koechlin, Jim Sarbh, Shashank Arora, Shivani Raghuvanshi, Mona Singh, Trinetra Haldar Gummaraju, Ishwak Singh
Why Should I Watch it -
Arjun and Sobhita are great actors. They get a broad canvas to let their relationship thrive as friends and business partners in 'Made in Heaven' event management company. Every episode brings a new challenge with a new wedding to be planned. Along the way Zoya and Reema craft great but ultra liberal stories of relationships which are mostly entertaining and thought provoking. Another positive is an awesome Jim Sarbh and his divorce proceedings with Sobhita. Mona Singh knocks it out of the park with her personal issues slowly cooking in the background.
Why Not -
Over the top sex scenes and drugs. You feel dizzy and dirty after watching the show. You thank your stars that you are not rich. Is this all to be rich? Mentally unstable and waiting to drop into drugs? The over the top LGBTQ masala in every story and every aspect of relationship is tiring.
LUST STORIES 2 - 1.5 STARS. R.
Lust Stories 2 - Trailer
Directed by - R. Balki, Konkona Sen Sharma, Amit Ravindernath Sharma, Sujoy Ghosh
Starring - Kajol, Mrunal Thakur, Kumud Mishra, Angad Bedi, Amruta Subhash, Neena Gupta, Tamannaah Bhatia, Tillotama Shome, Vijay Varma
Why Should I Watch it -
There is exactly 1.5 good stories among the 5-6 stories in this series. Find them and watch them. I am not going to help you figure.
Why Not -
The directors confused 'Lust' with 'Expressing Sex'. Hardly any story is about Lust. An grandma is obsessed with finding the right Sex and lectures of importance of sex in relationship. SImilarly other stories are about something else except Lust.
SAAS BAHU AUR FLAMINGO - 3.5 STARS. R.
Saas Bahu Aur Flamingo - Trailer
Genre - Crime drama
Directed by - Homi Adajania
Starring - Dimple Kapadia, Radhika Madan, Isha Talwar, Deepak Dobriyal, Angira Dhar, Jimit Trivedi, Naseeruddin Shah
Why Should I Watch it -
Dimple, Radhika, Isha are 3 reasons to watch. First time you will see cool stylish Women gangsta. It's apparent they had a lot of fun making this blood soaked all girls gangsta movie. Watch it for the uniqueness of the entire thing.
Why not -
I always ask the South Indian movies - How much testosterone is too much testosterone? Then you can flip and ask - How much Estrogen is too much estrogen? This TV series after a point goes berserck with blood shed destruction. Dumb men destroying everything was not good enough? Now dumb women destroying everything too?
