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Naanu Ki Jaanu is the kind of movie which you go to watch with some less or kind of zero expectations. Then the director ends up surprising you with his sincere storytelling and at least the movie does not bore you.

Before I write a single word a special word for Manu Rishi Chadhdha his Daboo and then Daboo’s act when he is first tormented by the ghost brought the house down and is the five star highlight of this movie. Its been a while that I saw audience busting into uncontrollable laughter at what Daboo goes through.

Infact the entire bunch of gangster friends that Abhay Deol’s Naanu has our worth watching for their sincere and comic screen act.

Abhay Deol himself is a treat to watch the guy brings such effortless sincerity to everything that he does on the screen that you can surely call him a more than a worthy member of the Deol clan. In fact his histrionics are comparable to the legendary Dharmendra himself.

The movie is a nicely done story with some subplots intelligently woven into the main plot. Like a wife beating neighbour , an oversmart young neighbourhood boy who keeps making small scam style hits on Naanu and his mother for money.

The movie is a story of a girl who dies in a accident and falls in love with Naanu just before dying. Her spirit then starts living in Naanu’s flat.

There is a brief but impactful message on why the habit of clinging to a cellphone is dangerous and wearing a helmet could save your life

Given the high decibel intellectual bore movie that Bollywood dished out last week. Naanu Ki Jaanu is a much better watch and far better value for money.

Three stars.

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Beyond the Clouds is a classic roller-coaster ride, taking you on emotional highs and then mud-scraping lows.

The movie set in Mumbai follows the story of two siblings Aamir and Taara. Orphaned in their childhood, they have only each other. Aamir is a petty drug dealer and Tara works at Dhobi Ghat. Aamir hides a drug packet with Taara while being chased by cops. When she goes to retrieve it from her sort of boss Akshi with whom she has hidden it, he tries to rape her. In self-defence, she hits him and grievously injures him. He goes to the hospital, she goes to jail where she will have to stay till he gets better and says she was not responsible for his injury. Aamir is left to look after Akshi since Taara's freedom depends on his speaking up. The story picks up from here and I will not spoil it for you by giving you any further details. I will leave you to experience each high and low for yourself.

The movie at its heart is about humanity, redemption and the simple ties that can bind people unknown to each other. We are all good, to begin with, our circumstances mould us. When life throws up challenges, whether you let your innate goodness surface and take control, or you let powerful negative emotions such as anger or greed sweep you away into a never-ending downward spiral is what the movie questions and brings forth.

Ishaan Khatter is the anchor of the movie and what a solid debut this is. His body language does half the work for him and his endearing smile and expressions do the rest. Ishan is vulnerable and endearing and will win your heart. Here's wishing him a long and illustrious movie career. Malavika Mohan as Taara has lesser screen time. She is very good but somehow Ishan steals the show from her. The other family that joins them - GV Sharada as Akshi's mother 'pati' and the young girls Tanisha and Asha speak largely with their eyes and give the movie its touch of innocence, vulnerability and steadfastness.

The movie has some scenes with a lot of screaming and sobbing which you may think are too over the top and could have been less melodramatic but when you consider the story that is being played out you are ok with that too. You find yourself holding your breath at moments and shaking you thread in disbelief at certain points. Every part of this movie - the screenplay, dialogues, photography - work in perfect unison to give us characters that move you deeply. There are so many tiny moments that will stay with you long after and make you smile or weep, and that is what is wonderful about this movie.

The human spirit in this film dips and soars in a freewheeling fashion with each circumstance, but always seeks a way out, beyond the clouds that blur the horizon. And at each point, it takes you along with it, heart in your mouth as you ride on its back and look down at the beauty and love that sparkle like jewels even within the grimy dust heap of Mumbai.
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You will walk out of the theater feeling sorry for Varun Dhawan. He has given his last bit to this movie as an actor. Minus him this movie is a zero with a capital Z. There are two set of people who will still love this one. Basically those who love self pretentious cinema. Those who like to get either bored or depressed for nothing. The movie has absolutely not a single scene worth remembering. Varun Dhawan makes you smile once in a while. The movie is largely shot without any lights so that it helps you in finding depression or sleep or both in the theater. Shoojit Sircar apparently saw a newspaper clip and made this movie. Now that should be the truth because the content is as much as in a small newspaper clip. The good part about this over celebrated movie is that it is only 115 minutes long. So you can escape before depression becomes chronic. Half star. That too for the epic valiant effort of Varun Dhawan. If you really want to cry and feel better try cutting some onions. At least your weekend salad will be ready. Avoid this October in any month. less

Fantastic movie, specially Tiger Coming Super Hero in Industry. DIRECTOR Ahmed Khan superb. Movie contains all the elements.
Negitive is its slow pace in middle..
Best of luck Tiger less

Irrfan Khan is an actor who does not need a script most of the times. His presence and stares based acting makes us forget some weakest movie plots. Here Irrfan is aided by a solid screenplay.
There have been movies on adultery in Bollywood and Blackmail is one of the best written and directed stories on this theme. Most of betrayal stories in love end in the betrayed one getting a heart break . In this one a wronged betrayed husband decides to settle scores and starts blackmailing the man who is having an affair with his wife. As luck would have it he gets trapped further when the lover of his wife starts blackmailing his wife.
After about two hours of a story which goes through interesting twists and unpredictable moments the husband comes out of winner and walks out on all dirt in his life. In an intelligently written screenplay you see all the negative characters getting trapped as they try to become smarter and bumping themselves off only to make the husbands route to exit smoother.
What makes Blackmail an interesting watch is its dark humour rich scenes. Like the one where a detective company running head meets his client in a funeral. The scene where Arunoday Singh gets a call from his father in law and how he tries to make his voice sound cool and casual. A blind woman teaching a weapon buyer how to aim a pistol. Blackmail has lovely dark humour moments.
Blackmail also has far better songs than the third class lazy remixes that Bollywood has been shoving down our ears. The performances are superb particularly of Arunoday Singh as the dumb guy who tries to act smart and one up on everyone around him. Divya Dutta as his alcoholic wife is very good.
In a lot of ways Blackmail announces Abhinay Deo’s return to form and this one is in all probability another winner for Irrfan Khan. 3.5 stars.

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I'm very influenced from you ... In fact ye movie Sare school me dikhana chaiye trust me Rani mam Teacher ki smjh ayega wo har chiz ko neglect karte hai ... And I'm sure wo teachers jarur is chiz ko follow krenge ... So please agar koi teachers ho Yaha pe or review Dekh the ho toh please aapne aapne students ko ye movie Jarur dekhana aap sab .... Thank you so much Rani Mam . Love you less

This can be a mood refreshing movie.
Caution : Dont watch it with your girlfriend, might not end well ?
One cannot just simple watch this movie without enjoying it.
Characters has been beautifully written, alok nath was brilliant in his acting and kartik as usual was better than any other comic actor of present time. less

As the name suggests the movie is about a Raid. An Income Tax Raid on a white house. Set in the 80's this movie is based on a true story in lucknow of an IRS Deputy Commissioner who raids an MP. A great story telling by Raj Kumar Gupta who is accredited for his direction in movies like (No one killed Jessica, Aamir). Gripping story with good dialogues, acting finesse by Saurabh Shukla and Ajay Devgan. The biggest concern and driver of all economies through out the centuries since the upgrade from the barter system has been the "lagaan" the tax paid for the governance. This movie hence becomes special for the subject matter of honest working of IT department. An IT Deputy commissioner Amay Patnaik currently posted in Lucknow reputed to be uncorrupt and diligent towards his work with deliberate ignorance towards his humongous amount of transfers is played by Ajay Devgan. The raided MP Rameshwar Singh played by Saurabh Shukla exhausts all (Sham, Daam, Dand, Bhedh) avenues to ensure Patnaik fails his task of returning the confiscated tax evaded wealth into Indian govt treasury. The movie keeps you glued to the screen to see what happens next and to find out the person who tips Patnaik (Ajay Devgan) about the hidden stash of cash, gold, jewelry etc.
Watching the movie definitely gives a thrilling experience as it grips and entertains. The simple case of an extended Income tax Raid is smartly made into a 2 hour movie but the story is extremely gripping and performances makes you connect to the characters to always look forward to what next. Both the main actors are so well placed. Both actors Devgan and Shukla have great comic timings and to play the serious roles with the same excellence is extremely enjoyable and commendable. Raid is a great movie to watch and should not be missed. less

The movie under review is a combo of three short stories.Each story is independent of each other and has a streak of contemporary thought.
Story 1 is of a widow Flory Mendonca ( Renuka Shahane) who is sharing her past with a prospective buyer Vilas Naik( Pulkit Samrat) for her property.She's a ' smooth talker'.She has to safeguard a secret though.Her intent is not known until the ' unexpected twist' unfolds.
Renuka shones in her wily character.Pulkit is uncomfortable in his off beat cum subdued role.A Rajkummar Rao would have been an apt replacement.
Many windows live unsecured lives with no support system.They have to safeguard their financials ,howsoever small they are.
Story 2 is about a garment embroider guy Shankar( Sharman Joshi) whose not commited to go the full distance with her love Varsha( Masumeh Makhija).The uncertainty forces her to marry a drunkard .Her life has become a hell.
Many women are placed in real life under such situations.How they cope is a challenge for them.
Masumeh is highly under rated.She draws the viewers empathy and competently plays a difficult and complex role.
Story 3 is akin what a section of media and populace call ' love jihad'.Here parents of Malini ( Aisha Ahmed)
and Suhail( Ankit Rath) oppose the alliance .What next?
The young lovers are believable.
All in all Arjun Mukerjee has presented the stories in a simple and effective manner in his directoriall debut.
Money well spent in this experimental venture. less

I do not take judgemental stand on movies. I do not wish to do that for Hate Story 4 either. The point of my review headline is to show the confusion of the screenplay in the movie and not to take a feminist stand. The movie has a song which shows a molestor/murdered merely as a rejected lover with a typical judaai type song. I am not going to reveal the song or the actor that would be a spoiler.

Hate Story4 will make one category of content providers very proud the ones who compress a movie into ten minutes and try to tell you the whole story in ten minutes because if you take the slow motion shots and songs out of Hate Story4 the actual movie is just ten minutes long.

Hate Story 4 has a simple deduction based story all those who survive in the end are the good guys or good girls who have been wronged and have to take revenge and those who have died were all bad guys. The best actor in the movie is Shad Randhawa who appears for about 2 minutes in the movie. So you can judge the kind of acting that everyone has put into the movie.

The romantic scenes between Karan Wahi and Urvashi Rautela are confusing if you want to decide whether the direction or the acting is worse.

Most of the time the director insists on playing a intense background music store to constantly remind us that dude you are watching a thriller ok ? and frankly the guy who has played the guitar is the most hard working guy in this movie who justified his remuneration.

Cleavages however cream polished and shining they are and slow motion shots do not exactly make a thriller but director Vishal Pandya refuses to understand, someone needs to tell him that short stories on Youtube have better erotic thrillers.

One question which repeatedly comes to mind is that if a good lady has agreed to wear a bikini what great protection is a white see through shirt around it? To quote from an old worn out joke -It is like a non-veg eater asking for a garlic less gravy or people asking for an oil free achaar.

The movie has five music composers and zero melody.

Zero star movie which is actually destined to be wastage of digital space on youtube for certain obvious reasons. less

Every gaming fan in the world in some way or the other can find a reason to watch gaming movies. Given the kind of canvas Tomb Raider is set on, it is only understandable we as fans gave it a chance and we did. Especially when an Alicia Vikander steps in to give life to Lara Croft, expectations are bound to get high.

Yes, a lot of us have grown up being used to watching Angelina Jolie in the same role who we'd all agree was quite a rage. But to be honest Alicia doesn't disappoint at all. She holds the fort on her own and does come out on top at crunch situations but was that ever going to be enough? Of course not!

Besides a lot of takeaways that this film has, the father-daughter relationship is the one to carry home. Amid the action, stunts, visual effects, it's heartening that its writing never loses its grip. While Lara Croft of the video game is a character you carry very inconsistent feelings for, this one in the movie does evoke a lot of emotions you didn't see coming.

What's unfortunate here is how the makers have failed to successfully put together pieces that were constituents in the possible making of a good film. Besides being clueless at times about where the film is headed, it just at times just doesn't feel fresh. While a lot may be attributed to the game it is based on, it somehow suffers to maintain the rhythm while making a cinematic shift.

The director does wow us audiences at times with his exhuming filming techniques that captures raw action. It isn't a bad film by any measure, it just falls short of being a fine cinematic adaptation of a game, a practice not many can boast of successfully pulling off. less

Director Prosit Roy deserves a pat on the back from horror buffs. Even with a disjointed screen play Pari is far better a horror movie than what the other reliable horror makers of Bollywood have dished out.

With a slight effort on the screenplay Prosit Roy could have probably given us our first ghost who even walks away with our sympathy. Actually Anushka does create some sympathy for herself in the movie. You are both scared of her and feel sad for her Rukhsana. That speaks volume about the character that Prosit Roy creates.

The movie deserves once a dekho from all Bollywood horror fans because for a change the movie stays away from the regular bhoot in the corner tricks. In fact the background from which Rukhsana emerges is scary enough. I will not reveal that because it is scary enough to assume that someone has existed in his/her life like that.

Parambrata gets another role worth noticing after Kahani and he does a very good job. His Arnab adds to the scary aura of Pari.

Rajat Kapoor as the ghost slayer modern age professor is as usual effortlessly effective. He brings a certain ruthlessness to the front. Prosit Roy's biggest winner effort in this movie is of course the way he dilutes the boundaries between the good and the bad. By the climax you are not so sure if Rukhsana deserved to go the way she did.

The scary scenes of Pari are derived from the fear its characters are feeling and that fear connects with you - that is the biggest brilliance of Pari - in most horror movies while the characters on screen are acting scared audiences are laughing loud not in most key scenes of Pari. That is a rare sight for a Bollywood Horror movie.

This is one movie where after it ends you would want to ask the director to rework on it and release a second version with a better screenplay - you do not want to dismiss it as a bad movie - Pari is that good in the scenes that make impact.

Three stars for the fact that after a long time this is one sincerely made horror movie. less