Gangster

My first movie in India, Gangster doesn't live up to the hype that the critics in India lifted it upto. A story of how the gangster's love become the reason for his death is fairly colored by Emran Hasmi, Kangana Raut and Shiny Ahuja on Anurag Basu's Canvas. The Bhatt camp has a panache for music and Pritam gives them reason to cheer about this time with numbers like, Bheegi Bheegi , Ya Ali ..... Of the actors Kangana leaves a notable mark, Hasmi is usual, Shiny Ahuja somehow couldn't impress me, he is a great actor and performed stellar in Hazaron Khwahise but as the Gangster he shined without dialogues. In summary, Gangster is worth a DVD watch.

Malamal Weekly

This one has laughs in spurts, an avoidable priyadarshan movie after the disastrous "kyon ki". A plot that had a lot of potential goes waste because of poor content work.

Passable.

Shower

Shower is a simple story brilliantly told, Da Ming receives a postcard from his mentally ill younger brother and rushes home thinking his father was dead. A businessman by profession, Da ming gets immersed with love and warmth and find himself at home among his aging father and retarded brother. Beautifully depicted, Shower will shower you with pleasant feeling and leave you fresh.

Watch it!

15 Park Avenue

15 Park Avenue is the story of a schizzophrenic girl's struggle thru the experience of her family. No doubt its a "hatke" movie, but my only point to Ms. Sen,Why make such sad and depressing movies, you don't have to prove your prowess as a director NOR Konkona needs to prove herself as an actress anymore...

Cinderella Man

Cocoon, Apolo 13, Beautiful Mind and Cinderella Man have one thing in common - Ron Howard. Cinderella Man is a warm and engaging tale of Jimmy Braddock's ( played by Russel Crowe) triumph at the heavyweight boxing title in the 1930's. A true story,Cinderella Man is an inspirational tale of a fighter whose determination, will, perseverance take him to the heights of success after being written off by the press and the boxing council. Ron Howard does a brilliant directorial job. Russel Crowe pays Jimmy Bradock with a lot of conviction, supported beautifully by Renne Zelwegger and Paul Giamatti.

Watch it!

The Weatherman

Nicolage Cage is one of my personal favorite."The Weatherman" played as David Spritz by Cage is the story of a weatherman separated from his wife and children unearthing the dilemma of professional and personal life. The Weatherman's highlight is performances by both Cage and Caine.
Caution: Strong sexual language.

Definitely Worth a Watch!

Décalage horaire (2002)

Juliette Binoche and Jean Reno stars in this Canadian/French production, Décalage horaire ( Jetlag). Reno ( Felix ), a stressed out chef turned businnesman collides repeatedly with Binoche (Rose), a beautician in the airport. Love happens.
Passable.

Under the Sun (Under Solen )

Under the sun is a heartwarming love story of a illiterate simpleton farmer (olof) and his housekeeper. Under Solen is a picturesque movie combined with brilliant performances by the main protagonist. Without giving much about the story I highly recommend this sensual lovestory to the romantic at heart.
Watch!

Zinda

I haven't seen the inspiration "Oldboy" but Zinda is not a bad attempt, you can always expect Sanjay Gupta to give you a sleek product and you get that with Zinda, Sanjay Dutt gives a brilliant performance supported by John Abraham. I will recommend Zinda if you are in the mood to see a "hollywoodish" kinda movie.

If you are a Sanjay fan, this is a must watch.

Manchurian Candidate

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Training Day

On the first day of his job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears as.
Ethan and Denzel does a great great job, the movie however is Okay.
If you have options, Pass.

Wind will carry us

This was my second Iranian movie, what intrigues me about foreign flicks is the concept. To read the story you can check this link.
I loved this movie, it has a earthy flavor with realism at best.

Iqbal

WOW! What a movie
A truly triumph of the human spirit, a heart warmer and a BIG winner all the way. Nagesh Kukunoor is an inspiration for all the wannabee film directors. Subhas Ghai has found his band of filmmakers and you can surely expect "classy" product coming out of the mukta arts banner, watch out only if Mr.Ghai takes the hot seat.
Coming to IQBAL, this was one good movie I have seen in many years, Shreyas Talpade as Iqbal rocks, Shweta Prasad as khadija and Naseer as Mohit gives a effortless mind pleasing performance. The winning script talks of a deaf and dumb village simpleton's dream to play for the Indian cricket team.
If you haven't yet watched this movie , GRAB it!!!!!!
Another big feather on Nagesh's CAP.

Rang De Basanti

When great minds come together you get to see products like "Rang De Basanti".Rakesh Omprakash Mehra's claim to fame was a box office disaster called "AKS", a poor copy of a hollywood block buster "face-off".With Rang De, not only he erased his previous failure but also made a BIG name with the Bollywood bigwigs.

Rang De Basanti colors the screen thru the eyes of a british journalist who's persistence in documenting her grandfather's journal sees charachters from the past inspiring a bunch of hopeless wanderers.

A movie cannot make everyone happy, Rang De also has its share of "script glitches" but this engaging movie will sway you extreme emotions, will make you cry and laugh and provoke you to be an Indian.

AR Rahman fills Rang De with youthful energy with his uplifting and fitting score, worthy of a mention are the title track by Daler & Chitra and Roobaroo by Naresh Iyer.

Rang de is an all out AAMIR movie, out of the world performance by this khan. Special mention is the scene where breaks down in front of Sue after the flight crash incident. Who ever did the casting for this movie deserves a BIG APPLAUSE. Everyone from Sharman Joshi, Kunal Kapoor, Alice Patten, Siddharth, Madhavan, Soha Ali Khan, Anupam and Kiron Kher leaves their own mark inspite of Mr.Khan stupendous and realistic portrayal of "DJ".


A MUST MUST Watch on the BIG SCREEN.

Bluffmaster

Bluffmaster has fallen prey to its own campaign, a movie touted in the media as a comic caper had audience finding few laughs in real. A victim,I waited dearly for the tickle on this good effort gone vain. For a moment I thought Rohan got his ducks in a row, with a steller hip hop music video choreographed by the goddess Farah Khan "right here.right now" and a equally convincing star cast BUT it failed to "entertain" period.
I remember attending an ad seminar years back in Pune, the presenter had shared a great business insight - he said you will see great Ads but for some reason no one buys the products. Bluffmaster is a great example of that.

One final word : this movie is a far far better product than his previous effort " kuch na kaho"

Constant Gardener

Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz starrer constant gardener is the story of a widower who is determined to get to the bottom of secret involving his wife's murder, big business, and corporate corruption. Both Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz is stellar in this political thriller.
Worth a watch.

Flight Plan

Jodi Foster scores in Flight Plan on this edge of the seat thriller about a mysterical disappearance of a lil girl mid air. Hollywoodish at the end, this movie is definitely Worth a watch.

I liked it.

Wah! life ho to aisi

All out children flick. Few funny moments, Sanjay Dutt rocks as the yamraj.
Passable!

Neal "N" Nikki

Cleavagexplosion.
That's what this movie is all about. You will also find unbearable and irritating Tanisha along with gayish Uday.
Mr> Chopra ,have you gone insane.........

Apaharan

Prakash Jha made a solid impact with his debut effort "damul", In the last decade we saw mr.Jha transitioning into maintstream movies dishing out cinema representative of the perils of our society through realism. "Apaharan" narrates the recent spate of abduction and kidnapping that continues to terrorize a dilapidated Bihar. Mr. Jha's capability to handle sensitive topics is visible with Apaharan, the movie grips you thru the intermission and loses you therafter, Nana does a commendable job, Ajay looked too old for his character, Bipasha is used an icing, in all a honest movie that does entertains you in bits and pieces.

Worthy of a DVD watch.