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

Music -M. M. Kreem, Meet Bros Anjjan

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

Story & Direction -Neeraj Pandey

Cast -Danny Denzongpa, Akshay Kumar, Rana Daggubati,Anupam Kher, Taapsee Pannu, Madhurima Tuli, 

• Kay Kay Menon, Sushant Singh

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.

Review of Special 26

Release date - 8'th February 2013

One Word which describes the film – Enthralling

Best  Dialogue – 

"Asli power dil main hoti hai "

Genre - Heist drama 
 
Story - Neeraj Pandey

Music – M. M. Keeravani, Himesh Reshammiya

Producer -  Viacom 18 Motion Pictures , Friday Filmworks , Kumar Mangat

Direction - Neeraj Pandey

Cast -  Anupam Kher , Akshay Kumar , Kajal Aggarwal , Jimmy Shergill , Manoj Bajpai , 

Budget – 35 crores(approximately)

Special 26 was indeed special as after many years I saw a completely packed theater and the audience clapping and whistling for a film which didn't star Salman Khan . 
In Anupam Kher words " asli power film ki story main hoti hai " . The story and screenplay were perfect and had no loose ends . To create a 80's kind of setup the director showed us a clipping featuring Rajeev Gandhi , a cricket match where Sunil Gavaskar was playing and Manoj Bajpayee driving a 'lambretta' . Even the background music reminded us of the 80's films .

Neeraj Pandey has not wasted a single minute in the story . Akshay's love story was explained to us through a 5 min song . With this film he has proved that his expertise in  A Wednesday was not a flash in the pan and he is here to stay .
It is good that the director didn't try to give an Indian touch to the film by showing that that they used the loot money for social causes or charity .

Akshay Kumar was perfect in the role of an over confident master mind . His acting was at par with Anupam Kher and Manoj Bajpayee. In some scenes he even excelled them . Every character was significant to the film however  big and small their role was .  Divya Dutta has just one dialogue which she says three time but every time she uses it a 'twist in the tale ' follows .

In a line the film unfolds like a magic show and keeps the viewers enthralled till the end . Must watch . See it before someone tells you the story and breaks the magic.

Rank- 1  (Out of the 13 films I have seen in 2013 )