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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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UNPAUSED(2020) review

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Directed by: Raj/DK, Nikhil Advani, Tanishta Chatterjee, Avinash Arun and Nitya Mehra.  Cast: Gulshan Devaiah, Saiyami Kher, Richa Chadda, Sumit Vyas, Ishwak Singh, Lilette Dubey, Rinku Rajguru, Abhishek Banerji, Geetika Ohlyan, Master Pallas, Ratna Pathak Shah, Shardul Bharadwaj.  The dreaded corona virus and the unexpected lockdown! Nobody escaped it this year, nobody really saw it coming, and the human race is still discovering the nectar vaccine. ‘Unpaused’ is an anthology series comprising five shorts based on the pandemic lockdown theme, the characters therein are battling the dilemma and insecurities erupted during the lockdown.  Glitch - set in a futuristic set up in 2032 when scientists are still struggling to find the vaccine, though technologically the world has advanced and we see an “hypo” and a covid warrior warming up to each other on a virtual date! Things take an U-turn once tragedy strikes and their relationship needs an reinvention. Worth watching for D...
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One Hit Wonders #1

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Ever wondered how some debutants reached their zenith of success and popularity overnight are suddenly crashed down ? It’s still a mystery, sometimes it’s just luck as they may have been a fluke or a case of bad career decisions, an attitude does matter, when your head gets swollen with unmanageable success the next step us professional harakiri.  In the first segment of fallen stars who are referred to as one hit wonders we look at five leading men who tasted overnight success only to be dissolved into oblivion thereafter.  Kumar Gaurav: son of the legendary jubilee Kumar (Rajendra Kumar) Manoj Tuli rechristened Kumar Gaurav reached the top league with his debut Love Story(1981) and was adjudged the next best thing owing to his chocolate boy looks and growing popularity amongst the 80s youth. But subsequent releases like Lovers(1982), Teri Kasam(1982), Romance(1982), Star(1982), All Rounder(1984), and others bombed badly pushing him into the unreliable non star bracket withi...
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