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Haider (2014)
Works in some parts and falters in other!
Vishal is one of my Fav. directors. His Omkaara and Maqbool are my fav movies. I respect his film making a lot and wish there were of his kind in Bollywood. I have liked Shahid in past, esp in Kaminey. Although he makes wrong choices in his movies but when I found he would be in Haider, it made me happy.
I don't think we have any praise left for Tabu, KK and Irrfan. They are marvelous.
Now Haider! Well I have seen Hamlet, as Kenneth Branagh comes pretty close to actual play. Its such a mammoth. I love Hamlet's soliloquy and thats what makes Hamlet good for me. Now Haider has that missing and whatever little was there was a bit disjointed. Initial part of movie is pretty weak, Shahid's performance in first half is very ordinary. Things change in second half, and Shahid has done a splendid job. Movie suddenly gets on with business and breathes again. I did not find Haider's descent into madness that convincing at all. I think VB still bit a more than he could chew. In past he has done brilliant and perfect job of taking these plays and making them even better and more desi. But this time, it did not work that well.
So I have rated movie at 6/10, although 6.5 but that was not possible on this IMDb scale. Btw best thing about movie was Bismil song and Aao Na, I wish there were more of these.
The Attacks of 26/11 (2013)
Unforgivable
I have been always sympathetic towards RGV although he has been churning out crap. This movie he has done better than what he has been doing since some time now. But still it was visible that he overdoes some stuff. I think either he does not have full trust in the narrative or he he tries too hard to do something unique. Even in this movie , he shoots certain scenes in slow mo when its not actually needed, this is done to over emphasis something , although we are already glued to the scene and we know something significant is happening but director feels the need to emphasis this continually. Directors who are brilliant and top of their craft won't do this. They present you the scene but subtly make inroads into your conscious and make u think or leave an impact on u. With Ramu its all very superficial and you can see he is trying to do that but without any subtleness and sophistication.
As we all are aware of the incident so we are familiar with what happened and how it happened. But still this movie hits you like a train and hurts you. You are hurt not by bloodshed only , not by brazen approach of these terrorists but by helplessness of this whole situation. You are hurt because you see your country's infrastructure to deal with such a mayhem is non existent, police's incompetence and no one to take charge of situation. So this movie works in demonstrating all these things perfectly.
I am very glad that they opted for Nana , no one could have done it better than him, especially the scene in morgue where he tears Kasab a new one. Guy who plays Kasab has done a brilliant job.
So recommend everybody to watch it.
Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012)
Not Yash Chopra's proudest work!
Now bottom line is this is poorly made movie. Yash Chopra was a far better director than this. I do not really know whats good about movie other than names associated with it. Other than locations of Ladakh etc we have same old London. Biggest complaint that I have about this movie is loads of Plot holes. Yes we know Bollywood and how it requires you to leave your brains behind but then I thought YC was better than directors making mindless comedies. Another complaint is how poor costumes of both girls are. Katrina is beautiful but she is wearing teenager clothes in most of the movie which make her look awkward. Anushka 's whole character is loud and overacted. She has to wear hot pants throughout no matter what weather or location. SRK looks so old. He needs to realize that he does not look anywhere near 25 year old that he pretends to play in the movies. I know SRK can act and has done so many times in Romantic movies but in this movie he was not at his best because the character and plot is so weak and clichéd. Yash Chopra should have chosen a better story or just not make another movie. This movie being his last does no justice to his legacy.
There are no stand out scenes , no stand out performances , no comedy , no romance in this one.Only saving grace were songs like Challa ,Ishq Shava and Saans which were really good but other songs are very average. Only people who can love this movie are people who can close down their common sense and objectivity. If you are craving a good movie of SRK why not watch one of his older ones and same goes for Yash Chopra.
Des Hoyaa Pardes (2004)
Eh Ta Mera Punjab Nahin E!(This is not my Punjab)
I was very keenly awaiting this movie to release on DVD.and now after watching movie all i can say that wait was worth.I'm so sick and tired of Bollywood movies that thanks god every year one noteworthy Punjabi movie comes along to save me. Gurdas Mann is name associated with high quality music but if you see he has a 100% record of making meaningful yet entertaining movies.His acting has improved over the years and all he got against him is his ever growing age! Juhi Chawla acted well but kind of looks old and heavy duty makeup makes it even more prominent. Divya Dutta would win hearts with her cheerful laughter and she is damn good actress. Parmeet Sethi was in form this time too as he always plays his characters with ease. Story of movie is good although Manoj Punj can improve his direction a lot if he wishes to.camera work was shoddy in some scenes otherwise it was a job well done. first half of movie routine but movie gains momentum on intermission and from there on till end it just accelerates.second half is really well written. even after you have watched the movie you gonna carry it in your mind after some time.it leaves a lot of impact on mind and there are some scenes which might wet your eyes if you r a Punjabi. Spoiler alert!!!!!!!!! although movie satisfied me with its well acting actors and a very melodies yet meaningful music but its ending left me with a sour throat. end of movie is very tragic and i was hoping it could have been well done if movie would have ended on a high note.but then director might know better why a tragic end? i recommend this movie to those people who hate POLICE love their families and motherland!!!!!
Black (2005)
Black is juz Brilliant!!
well i'm not here to criticize Black.this movie takes Bollywood to the next level. i dun care if its copy of "the miracle maker" as far as a gud cinema is concerned this movie fully justify the hype surrounding it.Rani mukherje was excellent and proves why she is the best.Amitabh who need no compliments because actor of his caliber was incomplete without this film.sanjay thanks for making this movie because Devdas was very average.ayesha does a splendid job as child artist.rest i want you all to watch it because this far better than other bollywood masala flick (no offence to masala lovers) This movie touches the heart.i don't know if this will ever be nominated for Oscars but if it will be sure gonna win. thnx again to bhansali and his crew because so far 2005 was dull.