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JAWAAN (2023) : review

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And finally the much hyped, much awaited Jawaan saw light of the day ! Big stars, big budget( humongous budget actually), big music composer, everything super large. But does it meet the expectations of the average viewer? No it goes not. Read on.  A decorated jawan locks horns with a criminal called Kaali, this is in 1986 ( the year movies like Aakhri Raasta released, just for reference). Kaali gets him eliminated and send the pregnant wife to jail. The baby born in jail grows up to become the hero (look alike of the father) and decides to avenge the misdeeds done to his innocent patriotic parents. Well, isn’t it a masaaledaar full on Bollywood- Tollywood drama subject ?  And then the director Atlee also borrows ideas and references from various retro movies, some idea from Sholay (1975) as the hero assembled a gang of jailed Qaidis in order to form a team to nab the villain, then there’s an entire episode borrowed from Dhartiputra (1993), and the basic theme is copy pasted ...
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Trouble in the Middle East: Dishoom

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Dishoom (2016) "Dishoom" is yet another comedy meets action meets thriller drama which heads nowhere and relies entirely on Style and zero Substance! Directed by: Rohit Dhawan Cast: Varun Dhawan, John Abraham, Akshaye Khanna, Jacqueline Fernandes, Tarun Chopra, Vijay Raaz, Rahul Dev, Saqeeb Salim, Mona Ambegaonkar, Nargis Fakhri, Rashmi Nigam. There is super trouble "somewhere in the Middle East" when an Indian Cricket Player(Saqeeb Salim) is kidnapped hours before a highly publicised and eagerly awaited match between India and Pakistan. India sends a no nonsense attitude tough Cop ( Abraham) who is joined by an over enthusiastic funny Cop  (Dhawan) there so that he can assist in cracking the mystery. Throughout the chase the Cop Buddies meet various characters that keep popping like pop corns and giving leads. Rohit Dhawan who has earlier directed the Comedy Desi Boyz is totally directionless in this venture "Dishoom" which starts off as a serious ki...
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Great Grand Masti: Invitation to Headache

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Great Grand Masti  [2016] Director: Indra Kumar Cast: Vivek Oberoi, Ritesh Deshmukh, Aftaab Shivadasani, Urvashi Rautela, Shreyas Talpade, Sudesh Lahiri, Sanjay Mishra, Usha Nadkarni, Mishti Chakravarti, Shraddha Das, Puja Banerjee, Sonali Raut, Kangana Sharma, Kedar Karande. The Masti Franchise is back and the irritating trio of Amar/Prem/Meet are presenting triple the fun considering its the third installment In the Masti series hence the director has three major genres clubbed into one viz; Comedy /Horror/ Sex. Three friends whom the viewers are already familiar with thanks to the roaring success of the first two installments, come together & realise all three are leading a bland and sex deprived life due to interfering relatives and extended family members living in their respective homes. They head to a village in order to have some "Masti" as usual but end up trapped in an haunted mansion that is occupied by the ghost of a sex starved woman who had died a Virgin...
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Bittersweet Melody: Sulakshna Pandit

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Today Sulakshna Pandit turned 62. Sulakshna.? Pandit.? Who ?  Exactly the queries that would arise in the minds of today's whatsapp/twitter generation youngsters. Well, Sulakshna Pandit may not be a big name today but in her heydays she was the only Singing Actress who hypnotised the audience with her chiseled beauty and honey dipped vocals. Pandit was born on 12th July 1954 in an illustrious Musical Family which boasts of legendary classical exponents like her Father Pratap Narain Pandit and uncle Padmshri Pandit Jasraj. She started her Bollywood career as a child singer singing the lullaby "Pappa Jaldi Aa Jana" along with Lata Mangeshkar in Taqdeer(1967). Being rooted in music and having the signing genes in her DNA she continued singing in films such as Bambai Raat Ki Bahon Main, Mahua, Door Ka Rahi and also accompanied singers Mohammed Rafi , Kishore Kumar and Mukesh on their World Tour Concerts. Her career took a dramatic turn in 1974 when she was offered the roman...
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Unsung Melodies

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Unsung Melodies / Different Strokes When we think of the most perfect voice for a quintessential traditional Bollywood heroine we want to hear the most sweet and high pitch voice. It's like the leading lady has to sound saccharine sweet with honey dipping out of her on screen vocals. The immensely gifted and supremely talented songstress Lata Mangeshkar dominated the music scene for over 5 decades with her perfect renditions and lilting Melodies making every song she sang a classic to remember forever. During her reign there were some singers who came in with a lot of promise and had at least one hit song to their credit but eventually disappeared from the industry after a painstakingly brief struggle to reach the top. Vani Jayram: Can anyone forget the classically endearing voice singing "Bole re papeehara " in Guddi  [1971]? Vani had the perfect notes to her credit and sang for musicians like R D Burman & O P Nayyar. Her soulful Meera Bhajans under the music baton...
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