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Paa, is one of the most celebrated movies directed by R. Balki. It is among those movies which will keep the audience's engaged from beginning to an end. The anticipation of the movie is such that it deals with 13 year old boy who is suffering from progeria which is an premature aging disease and Abhishek Bachchan playing father and Vidya Balan playing mother of Amitabh Bachchan, a 13 year old boy. Therefore, the movie doesn't particularly talk about illness but it revolves around that 13 year old boy and his life.

Well directed and written Paa, talks about the hell lot of emotions and about the fabulous performances of the actors. Each playing their part dramatically good. Talking about Amitabh Bachchan playing Auro is worth an applaud. Being the finest actors of film industry he has again set the bench mark after playing this crucial character.

Make-up artists again plays a major role in the movie as make-up looks natural. The character of Auro looks like an actual kid suffering from progeria.

The movie is about relationships and it's struggles as giving birth to Auro was not supported by Abhishek Bachchan playing his father therefore mother Vidya raises the child alone and comforts him. After gaining a settled political career Abhishek Bachchan ( Amol) is confronted with the truth about his child as story discloses.

The hardships in a relationship are central in the movie but after the deteriorating condition of Auro, Amol and Vidya decided to be together as it was the last of wish of their son.

The movie binds the audience with its emotional connect but more importantly with this amazing boy, Auro. less

Nowadays, Bollywood is more about the world of biographies and real life stories. There came a phase when one after the other Bollywood got a good collection of biopics over which some people applauded and some criticised. One such famous biopic that Bollywood has in its credit is Sanju. Sanju revolves around the life of one of the most loved and most criticised Bollywood star, Sanjay Dutt. Sanjay Dutt lived a life of self made struggle, a life of druggist, a life of a terrorist suspect, a life which no one would want to live.
Rajkumar Hirani in his movie has very well blended his real character in that of Winnie's played by Anuska Sharma. Winnie is the biography writer whom Sanju approaches to write a book on his life. In the reel life what happened was Sanjay Dutt narrated his life's story to Rajkumar Hirani who in the movie is portrayed as Winnie.The actors, no doubt have given a commendable performance. Dia Mirza as Manyata (Sanjay Dutt's wife) has played a major supporting role in the movie which has added to the positives of the movie. The make over of Anushka Sharma as Winnie has won the hearts of many.

The movie showcases an unbreakable bond of the father and the son. Despite knowing the fact that Sanjay Dutt is walking on a wrong path, Sunil Dutt played by Paresh Raval ignores his mistakes and flaws guiding him and motivating him to work hard in his career. It is obviously difficult and disheartening for a father to learn about the drug addict son. This is what happens with Paresh Raval. On one hand, Paresh Raval deals with negativities that the people had by then developed for him while on the other, Sanjay Dutt is struck fighting with his own life.

Ranbir Kapoor's makeover as Sanjay Dutt was a lot more than amazing. Right from the way he walked to the way he talked was all cent percent on point. The role of Sanjay Dutt's mother played by Manisha Koirala is also to be applauded. Sanju had to cross levels of battle right from the day he started taking drugs. His life was no less than a battle ground for him. While all this darkness went on in Sanju's personal life, he came to know about his mother's dying health. One after the other, circumstances made his life hell and to all that he just had one solution and that was DRUGS.

Sanju's friend, Kamli played by Vicky Kaushal adds up to the already glittering cast of the movie. Vicky Kaushal has given the lessons of what true friendship is and what admiring someone really means. For me the character portrayal, direction, songs, acting, everything was impressive. But what I feel is that the movie focused on Sanju's life just to remove him from the bad books of the audience. He, having those guns and revolvers claimed that he kept them for his father's protection which turned out to be an attempt to get himself freed from the charges.

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Vidya Balan, is known for her out of the box performances where she's seen challenging the orthodoxy of the society and rather colouring it with her magic which can be depicted in the essence of her acting. The actress was criticised for her bold performance and for her extra kilos but this didn't stop her and it just made her more firece and brave.

Tumhari Sulu, directed by Suresh Triveni is the story of a regular woman living in Mumbai who wakes up in the morning, cooks breakfast for family, takes care of household and everything of that sort but the woman is also a savage! Yes, Vidya Balan as Salochna( Sulu) is a complete package of savagery, she's chatty, over enthusiastic and loves to participate in lottery so she could make extra money. She has a brave spirit and fierce mind. She accepts the life as it comes to her and tries to find the bliss in that small amount. Repeatedly, she delivers ' Mai kar sakta hai' which is an alluring statement in the movie that defines the undying spirit of achieving anything in life.

The essence of Sulu is present in every woman out there who wants to say to the world that woman is no less than a man and she if she believes and sticks to her dreams she can achieve them no matter what.

Talking about Manav Kaul playing Vidya's husband as Ashok loves her wife unconditionally and supports her in becoming a night show RJ. Over talkative Sulu eventually creates magic in her night show but it starts to create havoc in the lives of family where one another starts drifting after the elopement of their son but gradually everything settles and the plot twist comes in where Sulochana is back to her desk as RJ and yes, a night show RJ. Through this characterisation, Vidya has tried to reach out to all those woman who supress themselves and does not come out.

The movie is about the celebration of women who are still burderned under the pressure of patriarchy and wishes to fly and Sulu has given them right direction to ponder on their dreams. Also, by delivering a message that no work is a shame unless and until it's giving you immense happiness.

It's about all those woman who is kind hearted, whonis Fierce and is brave.

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Look back in time when you were in school and try to grasp the most favourite memory. There are many, right? We miss almost everything about school since school is that one place where we didn't hold ourselves, where we learnt that nothing is impossible and learnt the actual meaning instead which says, I'M POSSIBLE. This is the focal theme of Hichki, around which the characters revolve. Living in a society that makes syndrome and darker aspects of life a taboo, the movie has tried to incorporate this very theme of I'M POSSIBLE in everyway by showcasing these two different dimensions dealing with the lives of characters where the teacher ( Rani Mukerji) deals with the speech defect and children belong to the underprivileged section of society.

The audience is delighted to watch Rani Mukerji in and as Naina Mathur on screen after four years in an iconic role where she's not only seen portraying a teacher having a tourette syndrome but also giving a very important social message. After being rejected several times from schools beacuse of her syndrome she finally gets in St. Notker's where she gets to teach a group of students who belonged to slum. Apparently, children try to swipe away Mathur in everyway possible but she turns everything around by her image of teaching- which is innovative and engaging!

Writers, Siddharth and Ankur Chaudhary have done tremendously well. Script and dialogue delivery is central subject. The dialogues are sharp and engage the audience's attention as it has portrayed the determination of a teacher and her students in an unacceptable world. Naina Mathur abruptly says, "There are no bad students, only bad teachers." The dialogue here clicks and moves our attention to those children who in society are willing to work hard and excel but because of the unaccpetance they are today entangled in a world full of lies.

Towards the end of the movie, Naina Mathur and her students succeed in setting a bench mark for all those whole bullied them and successfully conveyed the message that everything is possible in this world. The unaccpetance will one day change in acceptance and that is what the climax is all about, the children of slum grew up and become successful in their fields where as Mathur is seen as an inspiring principal of St. Notker's.

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The movie revolves around two college students, Madhu (Ishaan Khatter) and Parthavi (Jhanvi Kapoor). Unknowingly, they both fall into love with each other and were unaware of it too. Parthavi belonged to a strong and upper caste family whereas Madhu belonged to a lower caste family. Madhu’s family asks him not to be with Parthavi again. But he couldn’t resist staying away from her and keeps on meeting her and staying in touch with her. The movie ends with a tragic situation where both Parthavi’s son and husband bleed to death. Both the debuts are really amazing. less

Raazi is a patriotic story based on the two countries India and Pakistan. In the movie Sehmat (Alia Bhatt) played a spy to find out the evil plans of Pakistan against her nation India. She seems very dedicated and honest while doing her duty. She has to sacrifice a lot during this and has to go against her instincts to complete her mission. At the end her hardship pays off and she became successful. The way in which Meghna Gulzar has presented it is impeccable and it cannot match any other genre. less

Luv Ranjan has created one of the most amazing films of this year. The movie turned out to be comedy as well as emotional. Sonu (Kartik Aryan) plays the role of a perfect friend who always saves Titu (Sunny Singh) from all the bad situations. At the end of the movie, Titu chose to be with Sonu rather than being with Sweety (Nusrat Bharucha) for his good. It was a happening movie with a sight of true friendship. less

I always wished for amazing friends and movies like Veere Di Wedding and Zindgai na Milegi Dobara are the perfect examples of my dream. It's clearly visible that Shashanka has put in a lot of efforts to bring out the best of all the four girls. The movie revolves around lives of 4 best friends where each one of them is either frustrated with their marriage or don't want to marry. All the four girls were fabulous, especially Kalindi (Kareena Kapoor Khan). The way she runs to the restroom when Rishabh proposed her and then agrees to him was very funny. Rishabh's family was very happening and fun loving. Shashanka's idea of creating a film on this concept where 4 girls are the "Veeres" was new and exciting. Since then a lot of girls have started calling themselves the same. It was a really nice and emotional film if seen as a whole. less

Seldom a movie comes that amazes you with its simplicity and powerful storytelling. Karwaan does exactly that, a feat that most Bollywood masala flicks have failed to achieve.
Karwaan traces the story of the leading guy, Dulquer Salman, who gets to know that his father has passed one fine day, but ends up with someone else's body. How he goes to exchange the bodies, the kind of people and situations he face on this unexpected sojourn of his, form the crux of the story.
The movie solely works because of the amazing cast. Irfan makes you laugh, makes you cry, makes you feel all kinds of things. He is just unsurpassable when it comes to acting and he proves this yet again in Karwaan.
Dulquer makes an impactful debut in Bollywood with his brooding, serious act. He brings out the struggles of a father son relationship quite beautifully on the screen. Dulquer exudes such a charm whenever he is on screen that you won't be able to keep your eyes off him
Mithila Parker brings life to this boy gang. Although her character could have had an enhanced background story and scope, she makes the best out of whatever screentime she gets.
The film has been shot aesthetically well. Locations such as Ooty, Coimbatore, Bengaluru have been captured in a smart and beautiful way. Full marks to the cinematographer for laying out such a visually enhancing film for the audience.
The background score fully supports the emotional tone of the movie. Most of the songs are rich in lyrics and rhythm. The songs are powerful enough for you to pack your bags and go on a soul searching expedition yourself.
The direction is taut and on point. The director has been able to weave a story out of different human emotions and then present them on a platter.
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There are some movie which are so bad that you laugh at them. There are some movies which can make you go into depression because when you watch them you start asking yourself that have you done the right thing by deciding to write about movies. Satyamev Jayate can toss you between these two feelings with such ferocity that you want to run away to some isolated island after watching this one.
The movie does open well and has a good plot twist at the interval. Besides this the movie is a zero with a capital Z . Sure the unwritten rule of a bollywood potboiler is that you don’t ask questions so you forget the minor holes of the story like how does one brother not notice the other when they practically bump into each other but how does John Abraham discover the culprit of his father’s death.
This movie tries to be a whodunit and a vigilante thriller at the same time with a minor problem that the writer forgot to develop content for both.
In fact the writer probably forgot to write the dialogues too because everyone seems to be speaking whatever that comes to their mind in this one.
John Abraham is the revenge seeker and Manoj Bajpayi is the cop hot on his tail. Yeah the kind of role which he can now sleep walk through. The movie has one good song though and trust me Dilbar Dilbar is not that song.
If the director made this movie for the interiors of India and single screen audience then am sure he does not know the first alphabet of the content that is written for such audiences.
Stay away from this torture and sleep at home during weekend. One star and that too because I like both John Abraham and have a huge regard for Manoj Bajpayi.

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How can a superhero plot be so bad? Krish 3 did not have any such plot. It was cliche. At the end there's a bad guy and he's ending humanity by spreading viruses. The only way that he can be saved is by having a spine surgery which hritik Roshan as he is playing is father matches with his DNA so he is captured and his spine is taken.
Krish to save humanity has a fight with the villain and saves everyone. But where's the thrill that keeps everyone on it's toes? It did not give me goosebumps as compared to superhero movies like iron man, black panther and so forth.
It's not worth the time.
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Akshay Kumar continues to belt out cinema which pulls at our hearts. The story of 1948 Olympic Gold is not known to many of us. In fact in the sense the director Reema Kagti deserves some compliment that she has told a story which remains gripping, thrilling and emotional in turns.
The movie is the story of how a Junior Manager dreams of India winning a Hockey gold in free India. His dream starts with a moment in 1936 Berlin and he has to wait 12 long years for his ambition to become a reality. This journey that Tapan undertakes to build a team and redeem his own self as well get a new found laurel for the nation is what Gold is all about. In a climax which has emotions which can bring lump in your throat the team and two generations including the once alcoholic Tapan get redemption.
The movie keeps building inch by inch moment by moment and by the time it reaches that gut wrenching plot point at interval where Tapan’s team suddenly gets eroded by a cruel twist of destiny the time that you realize that Kagti has you by your collar.
The movie has rich comedy which is also real , a wife taunting her husband that after eating so much fish you don’t have a sharp brain. A taunt that comes to his rescue in an epic moment. Am not giving any further hints that would be a spoiler.
Gold also is noticeable for some very very well developed characters. In particular the two center forwards who come from different backgrounds like Himmat Singh and RPS aka Raghubir Pratap Singh. The movie has brief but very balanced role for Mouni Roy too and she does a very confident good job of it. The other characters though making brief appearances make impact like Mr.Wadia and the slimy team manager Mehta.
A special word for Akshay Kumar who has shared a lot of camera limelight with actors in this movie and very bravely he has take a non-glamourised avtar in this movie. Half the time the camera focuses on his face which shows a literally scarred and wrinkled alcoholic who is not exactly in great shape.
Gold is a solid watch if you love stories that are told with depth and sincerity. Gold is worth your ticket money for sure.
My rating a solid four stars.
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