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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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RAID ~~~~~ the review

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RAID (2018)  Director- Raj Kumar Gupta  This gripping thriller is inspired by the true events of income tax raids conducted by the Indian revenue service in the 1980’s which created a sensation in the political and public scenario at that time.  Set in 1981 in Uttar Pradesh, an earnestly honest IT officer Amay Patnaik (Ajay Devgun) gets leads of black money being stocked at the residence of an influential minister Rameshwar Singh aka Tauji (Saurabh Shukla), he raids the big palatial mansion along with his team and fights all odds including political, violent and even emotional barriers in order to extract the ‘hidden treasure’.  Ajay Devgun is sincere in his act and looks like he’s carrying forward his Singham & Gangaajal avatar. He looks mature and fits the part convincingly and thankfully does not go over the top. Saurabh Shukla complements Devgun’s Ram with his fantastic portrayal of the Kalyug Ka Ravan. His archetypal killer look and menacing dialogues delive...
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Hate Story 4 ~~~~ The Review

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It’s raining Franchise in Bollywood. You’ve a hit movie and if there is any chance of cashing on that genre then churning out a series of franchise seems to be the latest fashion in the past ten years. ‘Hate Story’ franchise is exclusively the erotic thriller genre and it categorically targets a certain section of viewers.  The fourth installment is set in the beautiful picturesque London, the movie begins itself with a shocking murder and then switches over to a hackneyed flashback, in case that gives you an headache this movie has flashback Mein flashback concept which will confuse you even more, in fat it’s like a jigsaw puzzle. The story revolves around a night club dancer (Urvashi Rautela) who is handpicked by a corporate family (Gulshan Grover and sons) to be the official model to represent their new brand of cosmetics in the UK, after a series of twists & turns( which could even put Abbas Mustan to shame), generous liplocks & body show and off course murders we are f...
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Death of a Superstar !

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She was “Hawa Hawai” to some and “Chandni” to many , she was worshipped like an goddess down south and applauded as the first female superstar in Bollywood. She ‘was’ SRIDEVI !  Born in an humble family background she started acting in films at the age of 4 often playing a child god in mythological movies in Tamil and Telugu. She turned a leading lady at 13 acting opposite stars like Rajinikanth and Kamal Hasan. Within no time she was the most sought after heroine in south cinema. Her first brush with Bollywood is the forgettable disaster Solva Sawan (1979), not one to be deterred by failure she marched ahead in an industry where even the language was unknown to her. With a bravura performance in Sadma (1983) and back to back hits like Himmatwala (1983) and Justice Chaudhry (1983) she cemented her position in Bollywood.  At that point she had many factors against her including her poor diction and inability to speak in Hindi, strong competition from senior Heroines like Rekha ...
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