D-DAY

PLOT:
The film tells us the tale of four RAW agents who are on a mission to capture India's most wanted criminal Iqbal a.k.a. Goldman. If you think that this movie is about RAW agents only, you are wrong. The movie takes us throught the nail bitting action packed thriller. Its obvious that you might predict the end soon, but you'll surely be wrong somewhere thanks to a wonderful script and awesome direction by Nikhil Advani. Each lead character in the movie has his/her own personal life and they constantly fight with it to do their duty. In short, a great saga of emotions with an action extravaganza.

TEAM AND PERFORMANCE:
Nikhil Advani has directed one of the best movies ever.It is written by Ritesh Shah and Suresh Nair and perfectly enacted by all. Arjun Rampal, Irrfan , Huma Qureshi deliver their best ever. Special mention for Akash Dahiya (googly from chillar party) needs a special mention. Irrfan enacts all the scenes in such a way that you will be spellbound by the way he acts the emotional scenes and the Adrenaline action sequences. He is truly a gem in Bollywood. Arjun Rampal has probably worked in his best project so far and his act is amazing. Huma Qureshi is brilliant as usual and you will love watching her. Shruti Hassan too little to offer, but has done her role.Now the pick of the lot...Yes!!! Rishi Kapoor. When you see Rishi Kapoor in this movie, you will be left wondering, whether he is the same Lover-boy  of the late 70s and 80s. Chilling performance and stunning dialogues by him add to the beauty of the role by Rishi Kapoor.

MUSIC AND PROMOTIONS:
The setting of the songs in the movie is perfect and the songs leave a mark.The music is good keeping in mind that music in action packed films haven't worked that well in the past and off late we got to see some great music in action packed films. Good promotions, though not the best.

COLLECTIONS:
Heading towards a low tally of Rs. 20 Crore in week 1. Poor collections over the weekend and a dip on Monday shows that the film might not perform well at the boxoffice. The main reason this film wont work is the immaturity of Indian viewers. We like nonsense crap like Bodyguard and when it comes to some superb films, we are bored...Why?

USP:
Plot, Rishi Kapoor, Irrfan, Arjun Rampal, Huma Qureshi, Akash Dahiya blah blah blah...

FLAWS:
Some might find it boring, it is meant for the clever audience..other asses play stay at home!!

FINAL VERDICT:
Go on...Must watch..superb plot...

RATING:
4.5/5

DUNIYADARI

PLOT:
Friendship...love....sacrifices...that's what Duniyadari is what about...Based on Suhas Shirwalkar's novel, the movie takes us through the nostalgia of the 70s.Set up in a Pune college, two rivals(Ankush and Swapnil) unite. Soon we see a love triangle. Friendship blossoms, love blossoms.Then what is duniyadari about? You need to see this one coz of the well written novel and nicely carved movie out of it. Marathi movies finally finding their hold this year..

TEAM AND PERFORMANCE:
Superb acting by one and all. We seldom see actresses shining in a movie. Many times they are just treated like dolls. But here, even Shirin(Sai Tamhankar) and Meenu(Urmila Kanetkar) leave an impression. Swapnil Joshi and Ankush Chowdhary live upto their expectations. Jeetendra Joshi is outstanding too. Sanjay Jadhav gives us a blockbuster after Checkmate, Ringa Ringa and Fakt Ladh Mhana. Nice cinematography and crispy editing.Kudos to the team.

MUSIC AND PROMOTIONS:
The music works.Nice tracks that will keep you mumbling all the time with Zindagi the pick of the lot. Deva tujhya.. song is well written too. Music does the work. Promotions have been aggressive and it has paid well. It wasn't surprising to see the team everywhere, on every show on TV, it was a pleasure! Hardwork finally pays! :-)

COLLECTIONS:
No official report as of now...though all the shows having house full boards everywhere. We seldom see this board nowadays even for hindi films...hehe and this one has done the near impossible nowadays.

USP:
Acting,plot,direction,songs,love,friendship....the list goes on.

FLAWS:
By aim to write reviews is to tell you why should you go on for it...You may find too many twists in the movie, but that's ok if you could digest some nonsense twists in Race(2008) and Race 2 (2013).

FINAL VERDICT:
YES, a big yes...go on.

RATING:
4/5

B FOR BOLLYWOOD #4

99

RELEASE DATE:
15th April,2009

GENRE:
Comic Thriller

PLOT:
Set in the year 1999, this movie takes you on a fun filled adventurous ride. It depicts the story of two businessmen turned workers turned "vasuli bhai" people. Sachin (Kunal Khemu) and Zaramud(Cyrus Broacha) sell duplicate SIM cards together. One such deal goes awry and while running away from the police they steal a car and crash the car. A Mumbai based bookie owns the car and forces them to work for him to pay the expenses of the car. The duo goes to Delhi to recover money from Rahul(Boman Irani) and others and end up losing Rahul's money. They plan to bet on the ongoing Ind-SA match. They even use their Duplicate SIM tricks to clone a bookie's(Vinod Khanna's) mobile phone to find out who will win the match.Will they be successful? Was the match set?of course it was! But what happens next is worth watching!!

TEAM AND PERFORMANCE:
Classic performances by Kunal Khemu, Boman Irani and Cyrus Broacha. Soha Ali Khan lends a hand too. Vinod Khanna does well in the cameo too. The pick of the lot is Mahesh V. Manjrekar. Superb timing,great accent and also comical expressions just makes you grin in almost of all Mahesh Manjrekar's scenes. The team is directed by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K.The duo have done a great job.The cinematography has been handled by Rajeev Ravi well. Thumbs up for them.

MUSIC AND PROMOTIONS:
The music of the movie is average. No chartbusters at all. The promotions of the movie were same too. Positive word of mouth helped the movie garner some response too. Average!

COLLECTIONS:
Suffered due to the disputes between the single screens and the multiplexes considering that the movie was meant for multiplex audience.

USP/WHY IT SHOULD HAVE WORKED:
Superb performance.This has been the norm of every movie posted in this B for...section. Watch it for Mahesh Manjrekar's splendid performance and also for Boman Irani's role.

FLAWS/WHY IT DIDNT WORK OUT:
Largely youth centric and for the multiplex audience. To add to this, Screen disputes between the owners.Poor timing and poor luck for the movie it seems. It should have worked.

WHY SHOULD YOU WATCH IT:
Acting and the thrilling story. Hats off for their research.

RATING:
4.5/5

TIMEPLEASE - LAGNANANTARCHI GOSHTA ALBUM REVIEW

ABOUT THE ALBUM:
The album is composed by Rishikesh Kamerkar and has 5 songs. Rishikesh Kamerkar has given us some great numbers in Majha avra tujhi baayko(2006), Saade maade teen(2007) and the rom-com Kshanbhar Vishranti(2010). He delivers again this time.The album consists of 3 solo songs and 2 duets. The setting of the songs will be covered in the movie review soon. No links will be provided here. I urge you to buy the album and support our industry.

SONGS:
1) BUTTERFLY MAN:
The pick of the lot. Something what the Marathi audience has always liked, this song is a lyrical parody of the yesteryears big names of Bollywood. You will surely enjoy the engaging lyrics of this song. This song will surely work on screen too keeping in mind that Siddharth Jadhav is performing on it. Fresh approach to a concept that was tried again and again in the past.(See Mahesh Kothare's movies which has a parody song on Bollywood).

2)TIME PLEASE:
Yet another outstanding effort. Sung by Jasraj Joshi, a nice efoort by both the composer and the singer. In fact, its even better though not the best song of the album. Its setting in the movie will be the deciding factor in its success.

3)AAS TU:
Again, superb compostion,superb lyrics and soothing voice by Swapnil Bandodkar. Better than the one than follows the list. Its a romantic number to be remembered for some days.

4)KADHI NA KADHI:
The sad song of the movie will surely take us on a ride in the movie it seems. You will love it. Do hear it. Rishikesh.has taken the effort to give us the best along with the hard work.

5)NAVA GADI AN RAJYA NAVE:
The pick of the lot. Dr. Neha Rajpal and Rishikesh Kamerkar have given their best. The music is here to stay and this song will be heard everywhere. Both of them rock the song. You will love this number, no doubt.Do  hear it once, you will surely hear it again and again.

VERDICT:
All singers, TAKE A BOW. A nice album and also a nice film it seems. Half the work done. The album has a youth-feel but will be liked by one and all. Rishikesh Kamerkar takes his graph to a great height with it.

RATING:
4/5

B FOR BOLLYWOOD #5

REHNAA HAI TERRE DIL MAIN

RELEASE DATE:
19th October,2001

GENRE:
Romance

PLOT:
Have you ever loved someone? Love can melt even the hardest rock...isn't it? Isnt love the best feeling ever? Isnt it a roller coaster ride? Whatever may be your answer, this film takes you through one. Sam (Saif Ali Khan) is an ideal student in an engg. college, while Maddy(R. Madhavan) is a total brat. We get to see the notorious side of Maddy through the constant scuffles between him and Sam. The story takes a brief leap and Maddy spots Reena (Diya Mirza) at the wedding of one of his classmates. He changes for the good and is not the old brat he once was. Destiny has something different in store for him as he sees her again, only to learn that she will soon get married to some Rajeev, though she has never seen him. He plans to enter her life posing Rajeev. Will he be successful in winning her? Who is the real Rajeev? Will Reena know his true identity? Worth watching.....

TEAM AND PERFORMANCE:
The team of Minnale(2001) (the movie of which RHTDM is a remake) wasn't retained with some scenes changed too. The lead pair share nice chemistry with Saif having nothing to do much. This was the time he wasn't doing well in B-Town. Early days for Vrajesh Hirjee too. Still all of them deliver nice performance. Harris Jayaraj has a similar album in store as the original. Overall it scores here.

MUSIC AND PROMOTIONS:
All the songs were chart busters barring a couple of them. Minnale has raised hopes for this hindi installment. A sloppy climax and average publicity let this down. But the music is still alive in everyone's heart with the movie gaining a cult status over the years.

COLLECTIONS:
It had a poor run at the box office and only managed Rs. 2.25 crores at the boxoffice. Week 1 showed better results with Rs. 1.3 crores with the collections drastically falling afterwards with week 2 collections around Rs. 45 lakhs and then subsequently only Rs. 25lakhs in the next couple of weeks.

USP/WHY IT SHOULD HAVE WORKED:
Watch it for the romance. Superb chemistry between Diya and Maddy. Their romance will surely remind you of your love once again.

FLAWS/WHY IT DODNT WORK:
The climax doesn't justify the romantic movie at all. The movie didn't work largely owing to the climax. Some websites claim that the changed scenes didn't work in the hindi version.

WHY SHOULD YOU WATCH IT:
Watch it for the romantic chemistry between the lead pair. Will surely teach you love and remind you of the nostalgic days whether single,committed or married.

RATING:
4.5/5

B FOR BOLLYWOOD #6

JOHHNY GADDAAR

 

 

RELEASE DATE:
28th September, 2007

GENRE:
Neo-noir thriller (neo-noir = stylish crime drama)

PLOT:
The film is an tribute to various film makers especially of the noir genre.The film revolves around a gang of five, viz Sheshadri (Dharmendra), Vikram, Johhny G (both Neil Nitin Mukesh),Shardul (Zakir Hussian), Prakash (Vinay Pathak) and Shiva (Dayanand Shetty). Kalyan (Govind Namdeo) offers Sheshadri drugs worth Rs. 5 crores for just Rs, 2.5 crores. Each member has to contribute equal amount for the deal. Everything goes on as decided till the greedy demon in Vikram lures him in stealing the money that Shiva is to carry. He plans to do so in Parwana(1971) style. Will he be successful....will his plan work...will the other 4 ever know about his motives...who is fired at the start of the movie?? Believe me, its worth watching...

TEAM AND PERFORMANCE:
Superb acted by the whole gang as well as the supporting roles. Rimi Sen has too little to offer. But Ashwini Kalsekar manages to leave an impression as also Govind Namdeo who has a small role. Late Rasika Joshi, in a cameo shows her caliber once again. Superbly directed and written by Sriram Raghvan The nostalgic background score reminds us of the late 70s era which gave us the best music Bollywood will ever hear. Perfect 5 for their performance.

MUSIC AND PROMOTIONS:
The music and the background will make music lovers nostalgic. The posters of the film were nice too.Thriller genre has been nicely potrayed in this film owing to the superb background score.

COLLECTIONS:
Only Rs. 10 crores for it though it was a sleeper hit. Rave reviews didn't help it though film lovers might consider it a cult film soon.

USP/WHY IT SHOULD HAVE WORKED:
Superb performance by each and every actor/actress. Though predictable afterwards,worth watching till the end.

FLAWS/WHY IT DIDNT WORK:
No flaws as such. Too difficult to say why it didn't work out. Watch it once and give your comments

WHY SHOULD YOU WATCH IT:
Simply for the thrilling story, pretty much predictable beyond a point.

RATING:
4/5