Shaitan - Adrenaline at fault

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I almost regretted my decision of watching Shaitan at a multiplex during first 15 minutes of this movie. But later it really picks up the pace. It keeps getting better and better. There are few jokes in the first half where I was literaly laughing my a** off of the seat. And during the second half you get to see such an intense drama/tragedy that you alomst forget that the whole thing started when these guys were just messing around a bit too much. You really wonder who is at fault at the end... answer may be adrenaline.

Kalki is gorgeous as always and she acted pretty well as expected. I had never seen Rajeev Khandelwal's performance before but in this movie his performace as a cop torn between marital problems and his suspension from duty(not to mention anger issues) is awesome too. He reminded me of Jimmy Shergill in 'A Wednesday'. It was really nice to see Nikhil Chinnapa as Khandelwal's buddy. I liked him on the Roadies audition panel better than Raghu and Rajeev. Raghu and Rajeev made fool of themselves by being in Tees Maar Khan but I would say Nikhil chose this movie very wisely! There are couple of chiched buddy cop dialogues between them but its better to forget them than bother yourself with that stupidity.

You get to see lots of new faces here. And all of them have performed really well. It's hard to pick someone whose perforce you think was out of place. In these kind of group-centric movie its important that all the actors share a good rapport and are given an equal weitage, and you see that happening in this movie.

Overall a fine movie. (7/10)

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Pyaar Ka Punchnama - Movie Review

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I got to see a good Hindi movie in a long time! They say its a comedy, it even starts as one, but this is more serious movie than comedy. When the starting credits roll you come to know that the director's name is 'Luv' and you have to say that someone with this much emo name has to be an untalented smuck. But to my surprise movie is quite good! It shows how a comedy can be shown in someone else's tragedy. At one point you just say 'f**k it' and instead of pitying those boys you start to enjoy the comedy-in-tragedy thing that the director has got going on.

For all the six leading actors this is their debut film. It turns out to be in favour of the movie. If you see any 'new' face with familiar issues its always easy to relate to that fellow. That's exactly you end up with - relating yourself with the characters in the movie.(One guy wears his id badge around his neck throughout the day. We have to agree, all of us have done that at some point.) This might seem a bit unfair to the ladies since the director(who happens to be the writer too) has shown them as villians. But ask any single guy who is trying to 'score', how girls are, and I am afraid that's exactly how he would portray girls.

The best part of the movie is when one guys rants about how girls are ruining their lives for almost 6 minues. We should really admire the directors talent in this scene. It can be really hard to write monologues that would both be captivating and would last that long. But the director really excelled there. And somehow he manages to make it funny. And the concluding part of the monologue is literally Laugh-Out-Loud moment.

All three leading male actors have done pretty good job themselves. The leading ladies are not that impressive compared to them(maybe its the 'guy' inside me talking!). And its good that they picked up three different characters with similar issues. One is jock, second one is the geek and the third one is the puppy type who'll always follow the girl. And good thing is unlike every other teenage comedy, the jock also faces the relationship issues. He is also super-insecure when it comes to his girlfriend. This is what common guys can relate to. Again bravo director!

Since this is Luv Ranjan's directorial debut. I wish him good luck in his future endeavours. And looking forward to his next flick...

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Ready - हं घण्टा

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मित्रानो हाथ जोडून एकच विनंती आहे कि Ready चुकूनही पाहू नका. मी पहिला आणि फसलो. अनीस बाझ्मी ला माझे ७० रुपये पचणार नाहीत. ते जसे च्या तसे चोरी होणारेत त्याच्याकडून. चोरी नाही झाले तर incometax वाले त्याच्या घरी धाड घालून ते पैसे घेऊन जातील. जर त्या पैश्याचे त्याने काही खाल्ले तर त्याला असे जुलाब होतील कि ज्वालामुखी त्यासमोर लाजेल . जर कपडे घेतले तर 'नको तिथे' फाटणार आहेत. जर नाडा घेतला तर सगळ्या लोकांसमोर त्याच्या चड्डी खाली येणार आहे. जर सुई घेतली तर ती त्याच्या मागच्या खिश्यात तशीच विसरणार आहे आणि तो खाली बसल्यावर त्याला त्याची 'चांगलीच' जाणीव होणार आहे. जर त्याने chocolate घेतले तर wrapper काढल्या काढल्या ते लगेच खाली धुळीत पडणार आहे. जर chain घेऊन pant ला लावली तर ती ऐनवेळी स्लीप होणार आहे. जर गुलाबाचे फूल घेतले तर तो त्या काटेरी फुलावर चुकून बसणार आहे(जेव्हा त्याने फक्त आणि फक्त  underwear घातलेली असेल तेव्हा). जर मक्याचे कणीस घेऊन खाल्ले तर त्या मक्याचे दाणे त्याला दुसऱ्यादिवशी सकाळी-सकाळी संडासात जशाच्या तसे दिसणार आहेत(एकही न पचता). जर cigarette घेऊन फुकली तर तीच त्याच्या भावी cancer चे कारण ठरणार आहे. जर खोबरेल तेल घेतले तर लावल्या लावल्या तो लगेच टकला बनणार आहे. जर गोरा होण्या साठी fair and lovely घेऊन तोंडाला फासली तर लगेच तो डांबर बनणार आहे. जर त्याच्या कुत्राला biscuit खाऊ घातले त्या पैश्याचे तर कुत्रा लगेच त्याच्या पार्श्वभागाचा कडकडून चावा घेणार आहे. जर एखाद्या वेश्येला दिले तर तो हिजडा निघणार आहे(जे कि त्याला 'दुसऱ्या' दिवशी सकाळी कळेल).

"७० रुपये मिळाले, धन्यवाद."

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