Movie Time

Watched two movies this weekend..New York and Bolt…so here are the reviews

New York
 The movies is dragging at times and climax was bad…don’t know why Katrina was killed…anyways that’s Kabir Khan’s perspective.
On the whole, it’s a good entertainer…I will give 3 stars :)

Actingwise….now the chap to watch in future is Neil Nitin Mukesh…he has a tremendous potential and has done his job well here as well, but yes has a long way to go. John, as usual he is climbing to the ladder of stardom because of his good looks and charm, he is still has to learn a lot in the genre of acting…Kabir Khan did a good job of extracting some acting sessions from John..infact one scene where he cries in the jail, for once he does it well.

Katrina is beautiful through out, she’s a treat to eyes…again in terms of acting, guess with each movie she is getting better but still at times, for a fraction of second, you feel that is she out of place? But nah she comes back to the character…did she smile a bit too much in this movie?? Well that’s what I felt

The best person in acting is Irfan Khan (no doubts on that!)..He’s such a treat to watch and his one liners are just too good…he is what a real actor is all about!!!

On a whole I would term this movie : Honest and yes it definitely gives a picture of post 26/11 attacks

 

BOLT

this one is for keeps


This was our treat to our son K. I had forced my hubby into it, he is not much into animation movies but thankfully he liked this one. The first few minutes of this movie was a bit confusing, you keep thinking abouth the story line but after 15mins you realize the actual storyline…a clever piece of work…

Its one of the best animation movies, I have seen in a long time. There are some scenes which is supercool and some which are so real…like the one where Mittens makes Bolt realize that he is just a dog…then how Rhino is crazy of Bolt…its so true so many children are like that, fantasizing some dumb superhero characters

Oh BTW, Bolt is voiced by John Travolta and let me tell you…its so soothing to hear him. Even Mitten, voiced by Susie Essman and Rhino, voiced by Mark Walton are a treat to watch and hear. Not to mention , those pigeons and Penny  are so cute and apt!!!

The visual effects were very good and each character weaved into the story beautifully

On the whole, this movie was touching and a must watch…I will give 4 stars :)

Go watch Bolt!!!

RNBDJ : Sharukh at his worst

Yesterday night me and hubby dear sat and watched Rab ne bana di jodi
Gosh...it was a torture which was consistent from start to end....at the end, it left us with a horrible feeling
Whats wrong with the directors out here, I dont ask for a Majid Majidi flick, but atleast make sensible movies.....there is an intelligent crowd who wants to watch good movies
I wonder what Sharukh has to say about his forceful geeky acting...he is an idol to so many teenagers,i am sure he has minted enough and atleast now can cant he use his monotonous acting skills in good movies
There was not a scene in the movie worth remembering and the beautiful word 'pyaar' was repeated so many times that one would start hating that word
My hubby who is otherwise the quieter one amongst us, said just one thing...thank god we didnot watch this in pvr...well in a nutshell he expressed what the movie is all about!
According to me, there are three kind of movies one which appeals us to watch in a theatre, second one comprises of those movies which we would not mind watching in a tv
Now RNBDJ falls under the third group where watching in a telivision is also painful to the core :).....as for me I am going to watch another flick so that I get out of that distasteful feeling of watching a 'BAD CINEMA'

Billu/Billu Barber : Irfan Rocks

I have seen the original version of this movie (Katha Parayumbol),the original movie was nothing great but yes it was definitely a pleasant,feel good movie.....
Hindi version Billu could have been much much better
Well, the movie was great,thanks to Irfan but SRK was a menace in the movie......
Just watching Irfan play the role was so pleasing to our eyes but each time we enjoyed his part...from nowhere SRK arrived and spoiled the whole feel of the movie
I could not help wondering the fact that this superstar is so badly self obsessed...I dont think he even deserves a mention for this movie atleast....it was infact tortorous watching him enact the last emotional part...I could not help laughing but again Irfan in the last part with just three scenes filled our eyes with tears
I guess that speaks of how good Irfan is as an actor...Infact he enacted the role better than Srineevasan who happens to be in the original flick
Lara also carried off the role well and the kids were just right...Apart from them all scenes where the villagers were involved was up to the mark
The movie would have been great if Irfan and Lara roles had more roles to play and SRK's role was cut short...Wish that Priyadarshan had atleast kept his word....When Kuselan(Tamil version) of Katha Parayumbol had released last year, it had exaggerated the role of the actor (Rajinikanth)...thats when Priyadarshan had decided to remake the movie in Hindi,this is what he said:

"See, like all Rajinikanth starrers, Kuselan has been made to spotlight Rajini as a larger-than-life icon. I believe he enters the film riding a winged horse. Though my film also stars a superstar (Shahrukh) as a superstar, I've nowhere tried to increase his role or heighten the impact of his presence. I'm not that kind of filmmaker." (Source:http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/news/2008/priyadarshan-kuselan-dubbing-080808.html)
"My Billoo Barber is not a vehicle to glorify Shah Rukh" (Source: http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2008/08/06/11773/index.html)

So sad after saying all this I expected to watch a simple good movie but what turned out is another Kuselan!!! Its so sad that stardom makes one so greedy.

Go Watch Slumdog Millionaire!

The whole world is talking about Slumdog Millionaire and I have been dying to watch it.......so when the movie FINALLY got released in India,me and my hubby went to watch it yesterday
The movie is beautifully directed...I don't understand why was the movie criticized in India? Why are we running away from reality....what was shown in the movie was bare facts, there was no exaggeration...there are thousands of slums flourishing in Mumbai and other parts of India...why don't we do something about it...to be honest,it was through this movie I realized that so many amongst us are so badly deprived of basic needs...even I watch beggars in the traffic signal and I wonder to myself what kind of life do they live....thanks to Danny Boyle, he showed us their life...I felt very very sad.....No-one wants to beg in streets and I am sure no-one takes it by choice, we look at beggars and if some-one pays them we criticize them and say,"you should not encourage such stuff".'Never did I realize that there are people controlling even beggars.....whats the solution for this?I wonder how many NGOs are genuine in India?!!!
Hats off to Danny Boyle,he has done a great part of research on the life inside slums....unlike us,how many of us have actually gone inside a slum.....I have not!
I am a simple middle class person but I feel that instead of saying things that why are slums being promoted through media in western world,why don't we accept what is real India and do something about it. No point blaming the government, after all its we who choose the government and then we itself blame. High time we stop this blame game...
I feel Education is the solution......I have already started working on it, I have sponsored education for a child I know....because I don't want him to be another Jamal/Salim/Latika/Kasab.......I am sure if Kasab was educated, he would have never taken such a wrong step, I sincerely feel if every middle and upper class family in India sponsors education for one child it will make a difference....but the difference will be made by not paying to some x,y,z NGO/institution but we should personally know the child and sponsor him/her
We waste so much money in Mc Donalds,Coffee Day...I am not saying not to,but those who have a good life, please shell out a small percent of your package for one child outside your family and I am sure India would shine some day.....To be honest I do not see India shining now

Welcome to Aamchi Mumbai

As I sit in my balcony sipping green tea, I look around mesmerised….mesmerised of this city, a city which never sleeps…yes I am talking about Mumbai…same Mumbai which is the hub of entertainment industry and various other industries, a city home to all kind of people,right from the poorest of poor to the richest of rich…there are so many buildings in and around me….they all seems so mystifying….

It wonders to me as in how many houses does love exist….I see a hill towards my right…the hill is full of slums, maybe love exists there…Why not? Why do we look over there and pity them??? Maybe they are quite contended there…
I look at the road at a stretch opposite me and see that vehicles never stop here and I ponder where are all of them travelling at 2:30 AM…..the road remains a mystery to me
I see the buildings around and they all look as though no life exists there…but when I stare for sometime, I do see people moving around
I can here music somewhere faraway, some shaadi ke gaane, I hear bhajans when I try hard, I even hear dogs barking, all this are happening at the sometime…
But even though there are so many noises around, so many people around…I suddenly feel lonely, wish this city passes on some of its hustle bustle to me
But as time passes I fall in love with this loneliness as I am completely in peace with myself…this is the space I long for, in a day……………and I thank everyone who has made my life special and special thanks to Mumbai for accepting me amongst zillions of others and accepting us, as we are!!!