Monday 26 January 2015

Review of Dolly ki Doli

Release date -23'rd January 2015

One Word which describes the film - Déjà vu



Best Dialogue - Main waisi bahu nahi hoon jo sirf apne pati ko doodh dungi. Main sabko doodh dungi

Genre -Comedy 


Music -Sajid-Wajid


Story & Direction -Abhishek Dogra


Budget- 25 crores

Dolly ki Doli is a poor copy of many bollywood films where the central character is a con artist who makes people fall in love with them and then cheats them

We have Sonam Kapoor who has to look beautiful in various attires and woo the prospective grooms.
We have Salman Khan's protégé Pulkit Samrat who dresses up like Salman, copies his body language and is also called Robin (Robinhood of Dabangg) .
We have a strong artist like Rajkumar Rao who is totally wasted as a Haryanvi sugercane farmer.
We have Malaika Arora Khan who gives an item song which is a poor copy of Munni Badnam and Anarkali.
The other artist try to make us laugh but as the film is too short even they don't get ample opportunity to leave any impact.
The story is weak and though there are few surprises in between, soon the film becomes repetitive and predictable.
The same formula must have worked in earlier films but this time there was no Big Brother Salman to save the film.
Sonam Kapoor as usual looks good in all the get ups and has tried to pull the film on her delicate shoulders but the weak script doesn't give her much scope to shine.

Sajid Wajid have tried to put an item song, a wedding song, club no. in the hope of getting a chartbuster but apart from "Mere Naina Kafir Hogaye"  none of the songs are memorable.
After registering big box office success with Dabangg and Dabangg2 this film has turned to be a big disappointment for Arbaz Khan. It collected around 10 crores in the weekend and it will be a task for the film to recover its production and marketing cost. 
In a line there is not much in the film which you haven't seen before.
Timepass. Can be seen in theaters only if you are a big Sonam Kapoor fan.

Sunday 25 January 2015

Review of Baby

Release date - 23'rd January 2015

One Word which describes the film -Thrilling


Best Dialogue - 'Mil jaate hai thode officers hamen. Thode pagal, thode adiyal, jinke dimag mein sirf desh aur deshbhakti ghoomti rehti hai. Yeh desh ke liye marna nahi chahte, balki jeena chahte hai. Taki akhri saans tak desh ki raksha kar sake.'


Genre - Action/Thriller


Producer - Bhushan KumarKrishan Kumar, Shital Bhatia
Cape of Good Films, Crouching Tiger

Story & Direction -Neeraj Pandey

Budget- 60 crores(approximately)

Post the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai a team of special officers is formed whose job is to find and eliminate terrorists who are planning attacks in various cities in India.
With his third film,Neeraj Pandey is on his way to become the most wanted director of Bollywood.
The film has a bunch of talented actors who weave an environment of patriotism, thrill, terror and suspense which makes you forget that you are watching a film.
You feel panic when our heroes are in danger, feel sympathy for the wife who always gets the same answer from her husband that he's in conference so can't talk, feel the helplessness felt by the team leader when he can't save his team members and feel anger when the leader of the jehadis says, 'Hum India ko jante hai. Woh kuch bhi nahi kar sakenge. Wo sirf baatein karte rehte hai.' 
Danny and Akshay Kumar are the lifeline of this film. Both are tailor made for the role. There are scenes where it's shown in a subtle way that under their thick exterior these heroes are also normal humans. They also feel tension, fear and pain but let it all stay under their feeling of patriotism.
Neeraj Pandey has always believed that the content of the film should be paid more importance than it's marketing and promotions. Because of this though his films never manage to break any opening day records they set a new standard in film making and make a permanent place in the minds of the viewers. Baby has managed to earn just 20 crores in 2 days but hopefully with positive word of mouth and good reviews the film will surely cover it's budget and make decent profits for the producers.

In a line as an Indian it's your duty to watch this patriotic film and applaud the film's director Neeraj Pandey's guts and vision.
Mindblowing .Must Watch.