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Raavan (2010)
Don't watch this movie , stay away
its been 24 hours now , i had been reading a couple of reviews of raavan . Surprisingly all of them rated it as a flop. to be honest , i was tempted to vote out of it and not to watch it . but then i realised a few years ago i had read same kind of previews about another mani ratnam movie called " YUVA" .
to be quite honest i found this quite on the contrary , I went with my guts and found of this was a masterpiece in making.
This is a story about 2 protagonist's . One of them is a naxal leader revenging the death of his sister and the other is a Cop who is hell bent to kill the same naxal leader who has kidnapped his wife to exact revenge for his sisters killing. The story is simple , drawn from Mythology but what makes it different is the change of characters , good becomes evil and vice versa .
To all those who say this movie sucks . all i need to say is wait for the next karan johar debacle , surely it will be a hit , because it would show SRK as a retarded person who cannot cross the street but can cross through neck deep water . Thats logic for you . need i say more.
Do not be fooled . Mani never made films , and it does not matter to him if its a flop or a hit, but rest assured , whatever he makes is a gem . If you do not possess the mental capacity to understand the movie , then watch some cheap humor flick or the usual " i love you " crap. If you do want to watch this get ready to watch and understand it . Otherwise i strongly suggest avoid it , and stay away .
My Name Is Khan (2010)
seriously , without all this hype , no one would have seen this movie
i am serious , what did i just see , and why are people giving it such rave reviews ? have i missed something ? wait a minute, was it the Shahrukh typical one frame face acting or monologue ? or was it the story that did not make any sense ? my name is khan and i am not a terrorist , Wow , try and say that in a US airport , i dare you . How stupid are we to believe this ? autistic ? cant start to state how horrible the movie is , let me start something new here , it would be easier on my part to state what i liked about the movie rather than the opposite , that would save a lot of time for me . well i guess i didn't like anything . And please people have some constructive criticism, no wonder in the west they mock our movies because of movies such a this which are neither entertaining or factual or has any logic in it. The person cannot cross a street if he sees yellow but can go to a town submerged in neck deep flood water ???? and save people , i am like wow . why not just say i am superman just a bit retarded. that would have been a better tag line for this film . As for the mass public opinion on this movies grandiosity , i just have one simple question for them just to check if they are as autistic as khan or not or are they so stupid . What made sense to them , when have they ever seen a person with autism do stuff what was portrayed by the protagonist in the movie ? sometimes i feel i just should not take into account any authenticity or accuracy of the reviewers out here , because its a given assumption that they are not as much retarded as to like this nonsensical plot of a so called film .
Kambakkht Ishq (2009)
stuff that nightmares are made of!
i didn't have the guts to go and actually buy a ticket to watch this movie , not after the disaster known as "Chandni Chowk to china". So i did the next best thing , i downloaded it . Now as if i am repenting my actions as if why did i downloaded it. Is it just me or Indian movies are getting so stupid that somewhat it challenges the Indian public on grounds of intelligence? or are we that low , so we need vulgar and profane one liners to make us laugh ? I don't know whether the former is right or the latter , it does not bother me though , all i need to say is that , watching that movie makes me feel that the 2 so hours spent , that was a complete waste and i wont be getting that back. logic does not even come to play ! thats OK ! since if a young boy can go to Australia and work for Microsoft and be the leave the company for 6 months or so , chasing his ex girlfriends ON a path to redemption, if the audience can accept that why not this . well anything is possible in ice cream land ? ain't it. Movies are supposed to entertain , well if you bring out movies such as " Tashan , Bacchna Ae Hasseno , Chandni Chowk to china , etc.." it makes me think , why spend so much money to prove to the world that the director , script writer , producer , the whole lot are a bunch of complete retards . You can get a certification for a fraction of what they have spent on a movie such as this ! so why go all the way , to prove that ! Anyhow , go and watch this movie at your own risk and if you do , get ready to come out with sense of being mentally abused and violated .
Yuvvraaj (2008)
Finally ! a decent movie from Salman , The drought has ended
How about that ? To say the least , Yuvvraaj is a good watch . i just finished watching it . As usual , i thought i would not last even 15 minutes , with the hammed up acting of Salman and the over complicated storyline or absolutely rubbish story with all of his previous releases in 2008 . So i was quite pessimistic with this one too.
But surprise , surprise . Even though i am not a big Salmon hammy khan fan , i would have to say honestly , he did give a good performance ,for once i didn't feel cheated by paying to watch a Salmon's movie . He was good so were others . only exception is Zayed khan . as usual he never lets me down . i don't even know why he is acting ? He is a sure bet when it comes to huge letdown on acting. He ruins everything.
The story is simple , Its about 3 brothers , Anil , Salmon and Zayed . The 2 Khans aka Salmon and Zayed wish to inherit a huge sum from their fathers estate who dies and leaves the whole inheritance . The catch is the father pulls a fast one and leaves the inheritance to Anil , the eldest one who is Mentally retarded. So as usual the khans gets angry o be weaseled out of the deal. Mithun plays a convincing role of a will attorney who breaks the good news to the brothers that they are conned out of the deal by their dead father. Salman who is a talented chorus singer in Austria is in love with the alluring Katrina ,Awwww. Why cant i get a girl like that . anyhow getting back to the story . Kat is the daughter of Boman Irani who is a wealthy surgeon and does not like Salman . So finally Salmon and Irani sign an accord that states if Salmon becomes a billionaire within 40 days , he will marry Kat or else leave her. on the other hand Salmon on reaching London where gets the happy news about his fathers will from Mithun .And then the story starts , What will Salmon do ? Will he try to con Anil , his elder brother out of his inheritance so that he get the whole estate so that he can marry Kat or will he try to help Anil, his mentally retarded elder brother and save him from Zayed and rest of the family members.
Performance wise , i would say its Salmans best performance this year. Anil is a great actor , always has been and he has done a fine work. Mithun shows up here and there but is quite convincing in his role of a high power attorney. The story is good , the songs are good. As stated previously , only Zayed is an eye sore with his extra hammed up so called acting. Salman gives a good performance and for once he keeps his shirt on. Even in the songs . what a surprise.
Story wise its a old one , just repacked in a new material , with good scenic Austria as its backdrop. The cast is well chosen and the story goes on In its own pace , smoothly.
Guys and gals ! i will be honest . i look at movies as a investment in my leisure time . so it has to be my moneys worth . or else it doesn't matter what the media says or what everyone else says . After the movie ends i should feel that my money was well spent and i am entertained.
This movie does so . Its a good watch and i would recommend it . This is a simple story scripted and made so that its digestible Overall i would give it a fun family watch. I will give it a 8/10 . and two thumbs up.
Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008)
keep a cyanide handy , and ease the pain
alas , after a lot of anticipation , finally the movie was released . " Bachna Ae Haseeno " was ready to take over . i went in for the premiere show yesterday , bought the ticket in black and within 20 Min's was looking for the person who sold me the tickets so that i could have a refund . Yes , its true whether agree with me or not . saying that the movie was awful would be and understatement . I was wondering how , when , where and the questions kept on coming . Who wrote this crap ??? and why god why , did i go thru such torture ??? first of all , it does not make any sense ? the plot line is abysmal, you sometimes wonder that if you had kept a cyanide handy you would have eased the suffering . jumping back from India to swiss to Sydney and Italy ????? Its a rip off of " definitely maybe " if any of you have seen it , but the catch is within a few minutes the director and the story writer said " aha ! lets do something so different and mess this up so bad that the audience will be brain dead " . Honestly guys i was seeing dead people as soon as the movie was over . And they had locked the door from outside as soon as the the movie started so that no one could escape the torture . don't even get me started with the horrible scripts and the story .Its an excellent example of how to waste millions of dollars in shooting in exotic locations and producing one utterly rubbish movie . Honestly guys and gals . This movie is a insult to one's intelligence and i don't believe anyone should be allowed to watch this . Do yourself a favor , if you have time and money to spare , go and watch "singh is King ". At least you will be laughing your asses off .