Review: KHATTA MEETHA

A movie with messages..
After a long time director Priyadarshan has come out with a movie worth watching. “Khatta Meetha” is a movie which opens our eyes towards the our country’s corrupt municipal systems through its numerous comedy scenes. It is filled with sarcasm in almost all of its dialogues.
Some of you might find the movie long, but the funny performances and script of the movie will not let you get bored in the entire movie.
The cast of the movie is the usual which you get to see in almost all of the Priyadarshan’s flick , i.e. Akshay Kumar, Rajpal Yadav, Asaraani etc. The highlight is the new comer Trisha Krishnan who is playing the leading lady in the movie. She has also given a good performance in the movie but she definitely doesn’t know how to dance. We also get to see the very famous theatre artist Makrand Deshpandey in a small but pivotal role in the movie.
The music of the movie is very average and the unnecessary placement of the songs in the movie makes you hate it even more.
The comedy in the movie is mostly Slapstick, and is enough to make laugh almost every time. The moment one starts thinking that the movie is getting boring, an interesting incident or a comedy scene revives his interest towards the movie. Some of us may feel that the director has tried to make a non comic movie into a comic one deliberately with some of the comedy scenes not at all related to the storyline of the movie. But still this is the case with only few scenes, rest all of the comedy scenes are really appreciable with some of them even being thought provoking.
Concluding i would like to say that “khatta Meetha” is an amalgamation of good storyline, good script, excellent performances, average music and to some extent average direction also. (we have seen better work from priyadarshan)
It is worth a single watch.
Ratings: 3/5

REVIEW: INCEPTION

The movie can be described in just one word- DAZZLING!!!.
At this point of time I dont want to reduce the greatness of the movie by anyhow commenting on it. Just go and watch for urself. I am pretty sure ull want to watch it again and again.

Review: Knight & Day vs. The Last Airbender

Andhon mein kaana raja

Last Friday, was a day marked by the release of two long awaited Hollywood movies Knight and Day and The last Airbender.

 And for the movie lovers of the world like me, both seemed to be very promising. Knight and day because of its cast: Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz, and The Last Airbender because of its director Mr. M. Night Shyamalan. So you can imagine how my heart broke when the movies (yes both of them!) did not fare well according to expectations.

Though if you must chose one, my vote is cast for Knight and Day. Why…? Well it really just boils down to the rudimentary law of movie watching that is that “Weak story with Great actors” is still more watchable than “Great story with Lame actors”. Both the actors in K&D are very talented and good looking, so it becomes a treat to our eyes to watch them together, even though the un-interesting plot makes the movie obvious and slightly boring at times. As saving grace, small comic moments inspire spurts of laughter throughout the story. For those of you who are waiting to watch a steamy kissing scene get interrupted by an air raid on the lovers then this, my friends, is the movie for you! The director James Mangold seemed to want to please one and all by making it a romance/action/comedy flick.  Hence “Genre-wise” this movie would fall in no man’s land.     

On the other hand The Last Airbender could have been a blockbuster movie with its new concept   and storyline and 3 dimensional effects. Notice the “could”.  Though one would imagine it to be rather difficult to go wrong in a story that has adventure as well as action as well as fantasy, alas the movie has failed. I request my readers to refer, again, to the rudimentary law of movie watching:  “Weak story with Great actors” is still more watchable than “Great story with Lame actors”. Newbie Noah Ringer and Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire Fame) and other not exceptionally distinguished actors have fallen short of acting skills at least for this one. And I would not like to say much about the lose direction by Mr. M. Night Shyamalan, except perhaps the fact that I am thoroughly disappointed. It claims to be 3-D movie, but no more than a minute in the movie was actually in 3-D. Even the action sequences in the movie were not at all captivating, which otherwise should have been amazingly thrilling with the characters having the ability to bend the elements of nature. You can easily think of your other important errands at hand, while watching even the climax of the movie.

On the other hand, the climax of Knight and Day is quite engaging with a car-bike chase sequence etc. the typical thrills of any Hollywood action flick. Despite the endless possibilities that Airbender could have had it is K&D that emerges the clear winner when it comes to action sequences. Therefore, if you are a movie buff and cannot live without watching a new movie every week, Kinght and Day, in my opinion, is the one to go to this time; or else you can also let pass both the movies without watching them in the theatre and wait for their DVD releases.    

Review: "I Hate LUV Storys"

"I hate luv storys" qualifies very easily to be quiet a refresher from the recent very serious flicks like Rajneeti and Raavan. It is a "young-at-heart" movie, with both Imran Khan and Sonam kapoor looking very fresh and awesomly young; especially for Sonam Kapoor, you'll get to see her in a never-seen-before look with amazing trendy and classy dresses.

Coming back to the movie, "I Hate luv storys" has short and sweet laughter moments throughout its length. When you will go watch the movie, you will realize that the interval comes in no time, but after the interval the movie does slow a bit; making you notice your watch and may be go- "Arey movie khatm nahi ho rahi".

Talking about the music, Vishal and Shekhar have done an outstanding job and will definitely have your feet tapping. The background score of the movie is also peculiar and wont go without capturing your attention.

Some of the moments in the movie will no-doubt, win your hearts with their humor and cuteness factor. The only not-so-good factor of the movie that the plot is very obvious; yet director Punit Malhotra has done a very good job in giving a new look and angle to every "Oh!-so-obvious" scenes.

In conclusion, "I hate LUV storys" is an amalgamation of - both the leads looking super, a new approach to a love story, quite a number of new faces, good humor and spectacular music.

Definitely WORTH-WATCHING!!!