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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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Thumbs up for justice : PINK

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PINK  [2016] PINK is one of those rare movies that hits you so hard that you wonder why such movies ain't made more often in Bollywood. Minus the glitz and glamour PINK is a must watch for all cinema lovers. Director: Aniruddha Roy Chaudhary Cast: Tapsee Pannu, Kirti Kulhari, Andrea Tareyang, Amitabh Bachchan, Piyush Mishra, Rushaal Tandon, Angad Bedi, Vinod Nagpal & Dhritiman Chatterji. As the opening credits of PINK are displayed and you see the names of three relatively unknown female actors being billed before a megastar who gets billed fourth, you realise you are not going to watch a regular masala bollywood movie. The indication of something different & introspective can be presumed right from the opening sequence. A young working woman who lives independently in a rented flat with her two room mates is accused of attempting to murder a highly influential young man and is tried in the court of law. An ageing retired lawyer takes up the case to fight tooth and nai...
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Rebooted Evil Souls: Raaz Reboot

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Raaz Reboot  [2016] Yet another "Evil Soul" stirring saga in the Bhatt  camp's Raaz Franchise this time aptly titled Raaz Reboot. Directed by: Vikram Bhatt Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Kirti Kharbanda, Gaurav Arora. The Bhatts are back with yet another Horror film that can easily pass off as an unintentional comedy or better still a Sex comedy. How many times in the past have we watched a Horror film where a young couple moves into a Haunted Mansion and one of them gets possessed by an evil spirit? The most tried tested and abused formula has been unapologetically misused yet again by the Bhatts to "showcase" a suspense horror drama set in the breathtakingly beautiful location of Romania. Raaz Reboot starts off with a young newly married couple Rehan[Arora] & Shaina[Kharbanda] relocating to Romania for the former's new job. They move into a mansion and all hell breaks loose when Shaina gets possessed by an Evil Spirit. Various helpers are summoned including...
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Rebooted Evil Souls: Raaz Reboot

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Raaz Reboot  [2016] Yet another "Evil Soul" stirring saga in the Bhatt  camp's Raaz Franchise this time aptly titled Raaz Reboot. Directed by: Vikram Bhatt Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Kirti Kharbanda, Gaurav Arora. The Bhatts are back with yet another Horror film that can easily pass off as an unintentional comedy or better still a Sex comedy. How many times in the past have we watched a Horror film where a young couple moves into a Haunted Mansion and one of them gets possessed by an evil spirit? The most tried tested and abused formula has been unapologetically misused yet again by the Bhatts to "showcase" a suspense horror drama set in the breathtakingly beautiful location of Romania. Raaz Reboot starts off with a young newly married couple Rehan[Arora] & Shaina[Kharbanda] relocating to Romania for the former's new job. They move into a mansion and all hell breaks loose when Shaina gets possessed by an Evil Spirit. Various helpers are summoned including...
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Time Travel with Siddharth Malhotra

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BAAR BAAR DEKHO  [2016] You get to travel in time in the near and not so near future with the lead actor in Baar Baar Dekho which is Bollywood's first of its kind psychological rom-com. Director: Nitya Mehra Cast: Siddharth Malhotra, Katrina Kaif, Ram Kapoor, Rajit Kapur, Sarika, Sagar Arya, Tahaa Shah, Sayani Gupta. Baar Baar Dekho follows the life of a young Mathematics Professor Jay Varma[Malhotra] who is obsessed with his work and Mathematics, the obsession is so chronic that he tends to literally calculate everything happening in his life. And then one fine morning he realises he's skipped a few(or maybe quite a few) years of his precious life and reached the future where things ain't exactly as he expected or planned. With a rich and supportive production unit comprising of big shots like Karan Johar, Ritesh Sidhwani & Farhan Akhtar the expectations from Baar Baar Dekho are undoubtedly sky high but alas the newbie director Nitya Mehra delivers a turkey. The s...
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Akira: Lot of not so Khamosh Action

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AKIRA [2016] "Hell hath no fury like a Woman Scorned" and if that woman is a certain Sonakshi Sinha then the tormentors better be aware. AKIRA is a action thriller with a bad ass protagonist who kicks butt like playing a footie. Directed by: A.R. Murugadoss Cast: Sonakshi Sinha, Anurag Kashyap, Nandu Madhav, Amit Sadh, Konkona Sen Sharma, Atul Kulkarni, Uday Sabnis, Lokesh Gupte, Smita Jayakar, Teena Singh, Raai Lakshmi, Urmila Mahanta, Chaitanya Chaudhary, Mishieka Arora. Akira is a fast paced kick-ass action drama about a small town young girl [ Sinha] who has to relocate to Mumbai city due to family reasons. Apart from facing the sarcasm of her sister and law & constant ragging by her female batch mates in college she also has a rebellious past to live with. Some unfortunate chain of events drag Akira into the dangerous Web of crime & deceit. Her single handed fight against some notorious men in uniform forms the crux of this thriller. Director Murugadoss who ...
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