ISHQIYA MOVIE REVIEW!

ISHQIYA MOVIE REVIEW

Rating - 3.5/5

Director : Abhishek Chaubey
Music : Vishal Bhardwaj
Lyrics : Gulzar, Ajinkya Iyer
Starring : Naseeruddin Shah, Arshad Warsi, Vidya Balan

Ishqiya a extremely recital oriented and each artist from the cast is outstanding. Undoubtedly this is amongst Vidya Balan’s best works. Adil Hussain performed a strong negative lead. Salman Shahid (artist in Kabul Express) is also an appealing personality and To see Naseeruddin Shah convey in a hunky role is a enchantment. Arshad Warsi is showing his rudiments and this is his career-best act.

Story of Ishqiya is based on two rouges Khalujaan (Naseeruddin Shah) and Babban (Arshad Warsi) both are dodging from their boss Mushtaq (Salman Shahid). Both have no option to go ,so they look for place of safety in a friend’s house and in its place they meet his widow Krishna (Vidya Balan).

Ishqiya

Gradually and progressively Babban and Khalujaan are fascinated headed for Krishna(vidya) who uses her female attraction to seduce them individually and cunningly. Together they planned (Babban,Khalujaan and Krishna) to kidnap an businessman (Rajesh Sharma) for payoff but there’s more to the plot theory and the chemistry between Vidya Balan and Arshad Warsi is sensuously saunter during thier sexual allegory as well as bodily closeness.

Ishqiya narrating a very saucy and straight movie and, unlike Kaminey, doesn’t gets knotty or complicated in its storytelling. Abhishek Chaubey(Director) has a frolicsome come close to flirty and fresh to picture making. . The timing of comic and fun between Arshad and Naseeruddin is extremely amazing and perfect. Naseer has played a real immature feeling in the song ‘Dil To Bachcha Hai Ji’

In addition the attraction between Naseeruddin and Vidya is more dexterously developed amidst the aged humanity attraction of traditional songs of S.D.Burman and Hemant Kumar. Defiantly Burman’s seductive and spiky number ‘Dhanno ki aankho mein’ is engaged to show the envy in Arshad’s spirit.

The for the most part remarkable scene in the film is to take in the opportunity credit string and the argument sight between Naseeruddin and Arshad in the direction of the climax, which is strangely responsive and argumentative at the same time. In the sequence, Naseeruddin show astonishingly where he feels embittered by friend and betrayed by love.

RANN MOVIE REVIEW!

RANN MOVIE REVIEW

Rating - 4/5

Director : Ram Gopal Varma

Music :Dharmaraj Bhatt, Sandeep Patil, Jayesh Gandhi, Bapi-Tutul, Sanjeev Kohli and Amar Mohile

Lyrics :Vayu, Sarim Momin, Sandip Singh and Prashant Pandey

Starring : Amitabh Bachchan, Ritesh Deshmukh, Paresh Rawal, Mohnish Behl, Suchitra Krishnamurthy, Rajat Kapoor, Gul Panag, Neetu Chandra, Rajpal Yadav

One word. POWERFUL. Let's hear a round of applause for a man who has taken much of the brunt in the recent past. RGV manages to catch you by the collar and shake you out of your wits. RANN is a powerfully etched movie, enacted with purpose by every member of the cast. It begins with the click of a remote and ends with another. A creative way to use the much-abused device within the screenplay.

Ramu takes care, to first craft each and every character, and then limit their roles within that framework. Not one character gets out of frame or does what is not expected of him or her. Truth is what we all want to hear and see but is truth what we actually hear and see on television, where TRPs are all that matters to channel bosses and 'Breaking News' the need of the hour? It does not matter how the news get 'broken'. This is what Ramu is trying to expose on screen with RANN; the greed to be No 1.

Truth is all what Vijay Harsvardhan Malik (Amitabh Bachchan), head honcho of a television channel, is interested in. It does not mater if a rival channel headed by his ex-employee is forging ahead in the TRP race. He will not bow down on his principles. Viewer interest is first for him. His son, Jay, who has returned from the US, is all keen to see his dad change the way he thinks and catch up in the TRP race. His lust for the race draws him into an evil net at the centre of who is a corrupt politician who one day wants to be Prime Minister, Mohan Pandey (Paresh Rawal), and his own brother-in-law, Naveen Shankalaya (Rajat Kapoor).

Together they frame a story on how the current PM Digvijay Hooda (Alok Nath) is the one behind the recent bomb blast by getting his PA to speak at gunpoint. They record the shot and release it to Jay who impresses his father to play it before other channels get the news.

Purab Shastri (Ritesh Deshmukh) has grown up watching Harshvardhan on television and has been inspired to take up journalism because of him. Purab lands a job in his channel but is soon traumatized by the recent news. He begins his own investigation and stumbles on some startling facts, which he presents to Vijay Harshvardhan towards the end. The truth stares him hard in the face, but Harshvardhan does not buckle. He decides to bare the truth. And the truth sets him free!

Amitabh Bachchan and Paresh Rawal are the two pillars on which RANN stands. One an upright individual, the other, corrupt to the core. A menacing performance by Rawal. Amitabh lends his own charisma to the character, which identifies with the viewer. Sudeep as Jay is awesome. A complete actor. Ritesh surprises with his act of a besotted journalist out to uncover the truth while Rajat Kapoor lends that eerie charm. Mohnish Behl and Suchitra Krishnamoorthy both get roles, which are as powerful and central to the scheme of things. Neetu Chandra is proving to be quite a talent.

The background score elevates key scenes to lock you in your seats. Run to the cinemas. This one is a gripping saga

BINDAAS MOVIE REVIEW!

Film: Bindaas
Rating: 3/5
Banner: A K Entertainment
Cast: Manchu Manoj, Sheena Shahabadi, Ahuti Prasad, Jayaprakash Reddy, Vijay Kumar, Subbaraju, Supreeth, Paruchuri, Brahmanandam, Sunil, Raghu Babu, master Bharat, Telangana Sakunthala etc
Music: Bobo Shashi
Lyrics: Ramajogayya Sastry, Bhuvanachandra
Cinematography: Ramesh Babu
Editing: Marthand K Venkatesh
Story, screenplay, dialogues, direction: Veeru Potla
Producer: Sunkara Ramabrahmam
Release date: 5th Feb 2010
Manchu Manoj who is known for his variety performances has now arrived with yet another venture and this time, it is said to be another offbeat love venture. How different was it and whether Manoj is able to make a mark or not, let us see
Story:
Set on the backdrop of Chittoor, there is a political/faction feud between Seshadri Naidu (Jayaprakash) and Mahendra Naidu (Ahuti Prasad). It gets violent so Mahendra Naidu gets all his relatives under his home so that they are not harmed.
They call Ajay (Manoj) as well but none of them like him due to a flashback of his father. Ajay meets Girija (Sheena), his ‘maradhalu’ and love sparkles.
Meanwhile, things get into further complications between both Naidus so Ajay decides it is time to resolve this.
How does he do that and whether he is successful or not forms the rest of the story…
Performances:
Manchu Manoj: He is the life and soul of the movie. With an energetic performance, he did his bit but then his face looks exhausted and drained. Imitation of his father Mohan Babu was deliberately evident.
Sheena: She has a sweet face and is fresh. Though she has an oomph filled body, it is her baby face that takes away the attention and she provided the required visual feast in songs and did her bit well for a debut attempt.
Ahuti Prasad:
Not much for him in terms of performance and he could carry it off easily without a hitch.
Jayaprakash Reddy: He must have done this kind of role a hundred times by now so not much for him as well. Instead, there is no regular comedy from him that is usually his trademark in villainy.
Others:
Raghu Babu, Brahmanandam gave their share of laughs, Sunil was okay, Subbaraju and Supreeth did their bit as required. Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao was brief, the man doing Ahuti Prasad’s brother’s character has a strong screen presence, Banerjee, Kasi Vishwanath, master Bharath, Vennela Kishore, Telangana Sakunthala and the rest of them breezed in and out.

Interesting Dialogues/ Scenes:

• Manoj (with heroine): ‘Naaku rendu vishayalante chaala ishtam. Okati nuvvu…inkoti scenes lu kattirinchani englisu cinema..” (this dialogue has got huge response in theater)
• MS Narayana (as Muslim peer): pillavaadidi ekkada undi?

Sunil: pillavaadi daggare undandi (this also has got situational pun and brought loud laughs)

• Manoj’s action scenes are impressive
• The fight scene composed at water point is technically strong and emotionally in depth that pulled the attention of audiences strongly.
• Master Bharat’s performance
• Vennela Kishore did well but his role could have got extended

Analysis:
The movie takes off on a mediocre tone and runs pretty average in first half. The hook is not established with clarity till the interval. The momentum picks up in second half and the real comedy starts driving the narration. MS Narayana’s episode pumps in some comedy and the eventual flow goes with inspiration of films like Ready, Dhee etc.
The attempt to make a hilarious action entertainer is laudable but the execution part has suffered some ups and downs with screenplay. The dialogues are also not up to the conviction (especially the Brahmin Villain’s dialogues in climax has got no clarity and the language has gone out of bound suddenly) and at times failed to grip the interest levels of audiences.
This bumpy ride comes to an end with first half and second half takes to the climax smoothly.
On a whole, it’s a movie for audiences those come to theaters without any expectations.

Yuganiki Okkadu Telugu Movie Review!

Film : Yuganiki Okkadu
Cast : Karthi, Reema Sen, Andrea, Parthiban, Prathap Potzhan, Azhagam Perumal and others
Associate Director : Aishwarya Dhanush
Story, screenplay & Direction : Selvaraghavan
Art : T. Santhanam
Music: G.V. Prakash
Visual Effects : Prime Focus
Produced By : R. Ravendran
Editing : Kola Bhaskar
Rating : 3 / 5

STORY OF YUGANIKI OKKADU IN BRIEF

When a far-famed archeologist (Prathap Pothan) vanishes across the lands, which was once ruled by Chola Dynasty, Anitha (Reema Sen) and her group of officials are appointed by Government to unravel the mystery. Archeologist’s daughter Dr. Lavanya (Andrea) too joins the defense troupe to carry out the mission. Strapping group of men lead by Sugumaran (Karthi) is employed to assist them.

The journey starts off with cheerful moments at the cruise at the guys chill out boozing and tripping their light foot now and then. Let’s not forget Sugumaran, whose unrestrained one-liners are sure to tickle the funny bones. As the group shores on the mysterious island, weird scenarios starts striking and somehow the trio Sugu-Anitha-Lavanya reach the untouched lands where the archeologist disappeared.

But, the actual intentions of the quest in unraveled during second half with unlooked entities of Chola dynasty showing up.

What follows next is a series of mysteries, which indeed leads to terrific results.

ANALYSIS OF THE FILM

Karthi does a wonderful job with his ostentatious characterization. On pars, his abrupt change of shades in the final hours is praiseworthy. Reema Sen gets a meaty role. However her lip-sync turns to be inappropriate at many occasions. Andrea sleepwalks through her role and looses her prominence very often.

There’s whole lot of discontinuities spotted now and then. Watch Karthi trying to flirt with Andrea over the cruise, his face has dark tone and as getting down towards Reema, he looks so rejuvenated with fair complexion. The way this trio head through the shadows to shake off from sand dunes is an excellent piece of creativity. Perhaps, the pre-interval sequence after “Un Mela Aasadhan’ is a surprising act. Apparently, Karthi fans would go restless as he hardly appears over the screens. Yes, it’s all about realms of Parthiban and Reema for the next 45minutes and Karthi gets back to the picture patently during penultimate sequences.

Musical score by G.V. Prakash is spellbinding. The young lad strikes off with a fantabulous background score. “Un Mela Aasadhan’ is a special treat for the gold rush over lyrics and glamorous dimensions. Ramji’s cinematography is top-notching but some of his best visuals are diminished with lots of CG works. If Selva had added a melodic-song, (either “Maalai Neram’ or “Indha Paadhai’) it would have been pleasant brush up for audiences.

With a longer duration of 200 minutes, the second half will likely develop restlessness yearning for the climax portion. As mentioned earlier, Selva could’ve picked an alternative climax instead of “open ending’.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MOVIE

1) Lavish settings
2) Music

DRAWBACKS OF THE FILM

1) Discontinuous plot
2) Too much meaty scenes which are not suitable for minors
3) Too lengthy film

Final analysis : First half of the film is brilliant but second half keeps you boring

STRIKER(2010) HINDI MOVIE REVIEW!

STRIKER(2010) HINDI MOVIE REVIEW

Producer : Chandan Arora

Director : Chandan Arora

Cast: R. Siddharth, Padmapriya, Aditya Pancholi, Anupam Kher, Seema Biswas, Ankur Vikal, Vidya Malwade

Release Date : 5, February 2010

Rating : 3/5

The story of the movie “Striker” revolves around the time, when the Babri Mosque was destructed on 6th Dec, 1992.

This film is based on the theme of not divide & rule. It tries to, make the harmony between the relations of Hindus & Muslims, inspite of knowing the terror which is going at present.

Surya (Siddharth) & Zaid (Ankur Vikal) are the best friends, from their childhood, put their best effort to bring harmony among the masses.

Malvani, is the real hero of the film, & the two friends were brought up by him, but both the boys wish to be apart from him.

The area which is shown in the film, depicts the life of Mumbai, & says its details.

Surya was bought up in the surroundings which has cheap interiors of the claustrophobic lodging, & is prevailed with poverty, but has ample love to give. It also shows those vicious path which leads to the world of murder, & crime.

Even though Surya realizes his ability in a young age at carrom, at first he aims to locate life ahead of the world of crime, terror & carrom clubs that dot Malvani.

He wants to rid away from the world of confusion, & try to earn money.

But when a manager cheats him of his well-deserved money, he’s enforced to discover sustenance in the carrom club of Jaleel (Aditya Pancholi. Jaleel wishes to take benefit of the communal tension widespread in the town to cooperate his local politics.