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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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Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives(2020): Review

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Directed by: Uttam Domale  Featuring: Bhavana Pandey, Neelam Kothari, Maheep Sandhu and Seema Khan  No points for guessing the various western shows and series that have inspired this melancholic series based on the window dressed lives of four “Bollywood wives”!  Created by Karan Johar under the banner Dharmatic productions he also chips in as an agony aunt in two episodes. We follow the four women through their daily lives where they’re dealing with children issues, teen temperament, escalating moods, household chores blah blah blah. We realise they’re such bad actors (except Neelam) as they look disoriented and expressionless while emoting and mouthing their scripted dialogues. Even Aunt KJo can’t help them with his glamourising presence.  Did we actually need a series like this which shamelessly displays vulgar show of filthy wealth and masked glamour? Nope we did not. There could’ve been a lot more better conceptualised humour and staged drama, what we see is a ...
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