Sunday, October 16, 2005

Chocolate

"Chocolate" is a slickly shot movie about 5 guys who plans and execute a loot & how they manipuate the police and the lawyer. The movie weakens towards the middle, being a thriller this could have been a classic but guess it didn't had much room for the actors to showcase their talent. Except Tanushree Dutta ( the unbearable new bong on the block ), the rest of the cast does their job fairly. The saver is the twist towards the end. In all a movie you can watch once on DVD.

Mangal Pandey

Ketan Mehta's magnum opus is a big screen bonanza that could have been stellar minus the songs and the love angle. Its a product that has international flair and has top notch performances by Aamir and the British counterpart. Exceptional camera work and fitting score by Rahman, this movie is sure worth seeing once.
Mangal Pandey's character tends to lose its grip on the movie proably due to unavailability of "content". Surely a brillant effort by Mehta.

Talk to her - Spanish

A heartwarming beautiful movie, Talk to her is another feather in the cap for Pedro Almodovar, a complex lovestory, Pedro delves into the depth of human emotion and narrates this sensitive subject of a guy's persistence to bring back his lovers life from coma. This movie is a "sumptous meal" for a movie buff. Without telling the story I want to recommend this movie for lovers of good cinema.
Just Brilliant!

Friday, October 07, 2005

Ramji Londonwale

Remake of a South Indian movie, Ramji is a "pleasant" flick with few hilarious moments. Madhavan as the bihari simpleton does a fair job, Harsh Chaya, Raj Zutshi and the nous comers were good, for a change the British actors seemed like actors, a much relief from the "tourist turned actors" bollywood take refuge on. The end could have been a more convincing one, but Big B comes to the rescue there. In all, a nice time pass.

Monday, October 03, 2005

Ashi Banaya Apne

Get the audio instead.
Not worth a review.

Matrubhoomi

Director Manish Jha fictional representation on the fallout of female infanticide will take you by surprise on the content and narration of the story, the extreme realism shown and crudeness in the way its depicted, may make you pause in disbelief. A subject rarely seen, a attempt rarely taken Matrubhoomi has brilliant performances by Piyush Jha, Tulip Joshi, Sushant Singh and Sudhir Pandey.
Caution: Be prepared for a heavy dose perverse sexual sentiment as the movie explores the "astitva" of men without women.

No entry

Anees Bazmee's earlier claim to fame was "pyar to hona hi tha" and he came back with a bang with "no entry". With a series of flops the kapoor family ( Surinder/Boney/Sridevi and Anil ) made a entry to the box office with "no entry". A movie about philandering, "no entry" will make you split in spurts, in all a decent entertainer, worth a watch one. Anil Kapoor and Salman shines with their tickles, Lara was good, Bipasha sizzles, Esha is passable, Celina is not worth a mention, Fardeen is Ok. Some real funny moments. Watch it.