dr-sucharitaray Reviews

Human (2022– )

Unrealistic, inaccurate depiction of medical world and clinical research

[3/10 · 15 January 2022]

Combines dystopian medical research with LGBTQ issues and a wafer thin plot. Inaccurate and misleading, Cardiologist assists neurosurgeon in OT, high functioning neurosurgeon is a drug addict in her fifties, funding politicians and wanting to create a big hospital with foreign funds, A bit of the plot rings true in that there is some truth that maybe possible in doing shady drug trials..but it pretends to show that all the drug trials in India are of questionable ethics and that the trials elsewhere are genuine.

Could have stuck with only one issue, instead it veers towards unnecessary subplots and storylines.

By the 6th episode they shouldhave wound up..instead it goes on for another 4 needless episodes.

2 stars for Kirti Kulhari. Shefali is a waste.

The Empire (2021– )

Desperate attempt at playing to the gallery. Rip Off Alert

[1/10 · 27 August 2021]

Heroically tries to copy many series like game Of Thrones, Ertugul and even a movie called Padmavat.

No basis for reality, completely whitewashes the tyranny and oppresssion. Almost everything is a fake or a direct lift off from famous English serials.

Not to mention, terrible acting,

Stay far far away.

Coolie No. 1 (2020)

David Dhawan should realize the worth of Govinda now

[1/10 · 25 December 2020]

Varun n Sara are best at what they do. Doing over the top histrionics they think is acting. A big no from my side. Watch the original one for Govinda. Rightly said by him that no one else would have allowed himself to get so used by this mediocre director.. including son Varun.

Bhaag Beanie Bhaag (2020– )

What on earth is happening ?

[1/10 · 5 December 2020]

It's sad to see the continuous assault OTT thinks it has on Indian audiences by hiring woke liberal people without a shred of qualification in emoting. Could not watch it even for 15 minutes. Stay far far away. Recommended for people wanting to experience a headache or doing a thesis on everything wrong in film industry in India.

My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman: Shah Rukh Khan (2019) Season 3, Episode 0

Is it just me who just sees this as a PR stint for SRK ?

[5/10 · 26 October 2019]

Im sure there is no dearth of followers of SRK in this subcontinent. But to have a show of a legendary host ( I have never seen any of his programs) asking bubbly, schoolgirly blushy pink questions to Shahrukh and him ( Who has the ability to give very good interviews in fact..with Anupama Chopra for example), this was such a drag that i saw it in 5 pieces.

And if this is the way DL made a name for him then Im really disappointed. I can safely say that SRk needs good script backed roles at this time. And he also needs to let go of the years of gas and self importance he has pumped into himself. As a person who grew up loving him in his every movies, I feel his sense of bravado so false, his charm so fake and his trumpeting his ego so funny I almost feel miserable for him. On top of it, in twitter his PR team does such a bad job of painting him..like " SRK has been donating to so and so and has never revealed it"...and 50 of this PR guys are tweeting the same thing. I mean get real dude. This is 2020.

Leave the arrogance, Get good scripts. And have the guts to act in them, even if they mean you playing your age. And please dont mention the dimples. Eyes are your best features. And intelligence sure. But no one I know who likes you likes your dimples.

Leila (2019– )

Only made for propaganda

[1/10 · 17 June 2019]

The series is a dull piece of writing suitably intended to throw abuses at the only community that will not retaliate. Going with the all pervasive theme of hindu bashing ( because its important to malign a fast disappearing religion first rather than pick cases with the other widespread rampantly evangelical, violent communities), it talks about a futuristic Orwellian situation that is never envisaged by the core tenet of Hinduism. The final frontier of hinduism as i have learnt over the years is sacrifice and giving up, rather than build a caliphate and subjugate others.

Poorly written script, in tone with the language of the liberals of this country. Even poorer direction and totally unconvincing. Best to avoid

Game of Thrones: The Iron Throne (2019) Season 8, Episode 6

Disgusting at so many levels

[1/10 · 22 May 2019]

This was by far the worst episode of the entire series. There is neither sense nor logic in which the ending pans out. I do not have any words for the sense of entitlement these authors including GRRM developed. I think it's just a way to finish things up now that evidence they got their bucks worth.

Padmaavat (2018)

Indian audience does not deserve good cinema

[5/10 · 9 February 2018]

For years we are fed the indulgent panderings of a man who believes that movies is all about bringing pictures to life. And I wonder when will the youth begin to understand cinema as it ought to be. Most movies today are meant to cater to a select audience with an eye to either catch the public's temper or tenor with glitzying about a social cause or brining in cinematic liberties to history and plotting a series of agitation across the country which I believe has more to it than meets the eye.

This movie is nothing but an exercise in heavy costumes, lacklustre casting ( save Ranveer Singh) and I wonder what has the director done with the 250 crore budget...I think it has just gone in designing the trousseau. Deepika is the antithesis of a Rajput princess. Shahid, though acted well, looks like a school boy in a fancy dress competition. And Ranveer, the epitome of SLB's crush, is a buffoon. And yes, the film glorifies Jauhar as much as it extols the raw emotion of Ranveer Singh AKA Khilji.

The movie is not about Rajput history, it is even farther from Padmavaat. The dancing of a queen bizarre, the hasty speech by Deepika before the last scene is insipid, the idiocy of Rajput king over and over again is fake. And the movie is a farce. The 5 stars is for Ranveer Singh doing well whatever he was drected to do and Shreya Ghosal for the singing and all the technicians and cinematographers that make the cosmetic stick...and look good.

What a waste.

Pink (III) (2016)

A tale that almost every woman lives through

[9/10 · 20 September 2016]

Pink is based on a story that can be picked up from any bylane of our so called 'modern existence. A story of three women, one of who dared to say NO at an event. Unsuccessfully though, as the basic psyche of the feudal males abounding in India is to get a Yes from a woman, whatever her answer maybe. AB defends these women in a courtroom, whose minutes stretch almost the length of the second half.

I won't go into details of the film review. Just a couple of points. The film has very few loose ends. A brief justification for a gas mask could have been given. The promo had made me believe AB was in the midst of a chemical war. The ailing wife is a typical digression of the Bengali directors. Chopping it off could have done it much good. Not much insight into AB's character is given.

All the girls are spectacular. Special mention for Kirti Kulhari who looks stunning and acts like a dream. Some frames felt like Taapsee was trying to act frail. Her personality is too strong at most places which somehow does not match with the fumbling bits given to her in the courtroom. If she was broken, the breaking in was not revealed.

I am not qualified to review Big B's performance. Age seems to gild on layers after layers of perfection to this star who towers over all other actors and actresses in the current generation. Some people say method acting, but the effortlessness of Big B is that no method is found in any of the roles he essays. The characters become him.

Watch the end credits. The event that started it all, the lust that is seen all too commonly in most of the men's eyes who feel a woman is a piece of meat to be enjoyed is shown in bits and pieces. And the recitation by AB rises and soars above the entire length of the movie into a lions roar and sets fire to the screen.

Thank God for AB. Indian cinema would have been at least 40 years behind if not for him. A must watch. Another glowering tribute to a great man our present generation is extremely lucky to have seen.

Irudhi Suttru (2016)

A good feel good movie with a fresh face

[7/10 · 31 January 2016]

Its a good movie about boxing. Madhavan sadly would probably not pull crowds of a North Indian audience. But it's freshly made, has a reasonably good story going, and good acting by Madhavan, Nasser and the fresh kid off the block. I was told by a friend the difficulty Madahavan and Co had to face to get the moolah flowing. Its a tragedy because mindless blockbusters garner crores for a senseless plot whereas honest attempts get shooed down to the dustbin. I would like people to see such cinema to at least promote more story tellers, craftsmen and technicians to make such cinema.

I could identify the character of the girl ( may seem overacting by some) had I not seen the carbon copy of the character hailing even from the same city !!! Hence it was okay to me. Music should have been better.

Wont go into critical analysis of the movie. There are several. However overall I was happy with the attempt. I wish to see more movies about normal ordinary human beings in India. In landscapes which I can relate to. And I wish people believed and funded such beautiful stories. So what if the story is clichéd ? Makes for a fantastic emotional salve anytime.

Good attempt. Could have been better. But still bewildered if the hair style of Madhavan was meant to hide his immense cute appeal?

Airlift (2016)

Uplifting storytelling about the humanity that lives in all of us

[10/10 · 25 January 2016]

This was my first movie hall experience for an Akshay Kumar movie. For a long time, I have watched his movies months and maybe years after they have released. As a disinterested Bollywood fan ( largely for the churners that are belted out like the irritating Dilwale, the hypocritical PK and god knows how many KJ productions that Indian audiences are made to go through ) AK has been coming of age.

This movie is based on a huge truth of Indian history, the story trifles the Government of India ( the erstwhile 'unstable' government, as the movie says but the truth was not that, GOI had a huge contribution for the evacuation of those who were trapped...but anyways) and the Civil Aviation ( who apparently were reluctant to go to a warzone initially, without them it would have never been possible ). Neither of these took any credit, and a Kuwaiti Indian origin business tycoon who thought of Kuwait as his motherland till the invasion, is a faceless nameless man till date.

Truths aside, (which will dampen the expectations of the larger audience in India, still expecting AK to give karate chops to ? Saddam Hussein ??? ), the story is a fine attempt to move into reality. I had friends asking for action scenes, but this s real life, where a person can only go so far as a punch or a slap. AK is restrained. He does not do the best acting ( I still think Sangharsh was his best acted out perhaps) but the situations are compelling. And he is refreshingly subdued.

The invasion by Iraqi troops seems outright realistic ( and you are forced to forgive the pseudoiraqi general and AK's Punjabi tinged Arabic) Nimraat Kaur plays the wife that tycoons perhaps have to bear, sophisticated and ill with the largesse until jolted into truth by her husband's about turn. And what a graceful way she does it..

A bit more of the truth about Indian Governemnt and Civil Aviation could have helped. But who knows, maybe the writer hates the last 60 years of Indian Democracy as much as ranjit Katyal and the majority of Indians do.

No wonder the bigger tigers of the Industry are panning the cinema. This is a kind of movie very few people living in our country will rise up for. i do not know if this movie will also win any awards, the technicalities are also a bit loose here and there.

Taking the last line from a previously mentioned comment, and also a big thank you to the pilots of all those aircrafts who flew 1,70,000 people, and a foreign minister of the unstable government who chatted Saddam Hussein in the face of International sanctions. A beautiful tribute to the most beautiful flag in the world. A must know, must see without prejudices.

Jai Hind

Dilwale (2015)

What a terrible mistake

[1/10 · 20 December 2015]

Its easily the most pathetic movie for me to have seen this year. Sitting through the 3 hours of absolute mindlessness makes me think if it was punishment for some crime I committed. I have no idea who has been giving this movie all the stars and how is it making close to 50 crores of business. SRK should get his gears up and move into some meaningful cinema at least now. There is no chemistry between him and Kajol, the latter is irritating and speaks in a high screechy voice. So much for looking good and young on screen, she is barely tolerable. No limits to overacting for the entire cast. Varun Dhawan still speaks with his weird Punjabi accent. I don't know just about how many broken pieces lie here and there for one to pick up. I had reasonably liked Chennai Express and that is the only movie of Rohit Shetty I had seen, but this one, makes me want to go far far away. We as a country should pan movies of this type because only then will god cinema emerge. Eminently forgetful. A punishment in itself. Please avoid.

Gordon Ramsay's Ultimate Cookery Course (2012)

Gordon at his humble best

[9/10 · 14 March 2013]

I stayed away from Gordon's shows for quite some time when I heard of his penchant for swear words on live television. But few season's of Hell's kitchen and Kitchen nightmares shows you that beneath the dragon breath's of fire and heavily furrowed brows is actually a very kind hearted honest man. And this shows forth in his cookery show. No nonsense,no going into culinary histories or humor ( which by the way is Alton Brown's signature forte), this show is packed with tips and most importantly, superb food related information. He cooks right in front of you. And you don't have to wait to see the onions turn golden brown, or the vegetables al dente. Its a must watch. Even without the swear words !!!