Review of Rangrezz

Release date – 22'nd March 2013

One Line which describes the film – "To Love is to give, To lust is to take ."

Best  Dialogue – 'madad to kar denge pehle unse pooch lo ki mandap  sajega ya kamra bhi chalega '

Genre – Romance / Thriller 
 
Story - Samuthirakani

Music – Sajid-Wajid ,Sundar C Babu

Producer -  Vashu Bhagnani

Direction - Priyadarshan

Cast - Jackky Bhagnani , Priya Anand , Rajpal Yadav , Amitosh Nagpal

Budget – 20 crores approximately ( 5 crores for the Gangam style song ) 

I have always  admired Vashu Bhagnani's dedication to make a super hit for his son . After two flops  Kal Kissne Dekha (2009) and  Ajab Gazabb Love (2012) ,and a semi hit  F.A.L.T.U (2011) he is back with Rangrezz . 

To make this film a hit he spent almost 5 crores to get the rights of Gangam Style even when the song fits nowhere in the story. 

The story revolves around three friends who attempt to unite their friend with his lover against the wishes of all families involved, and at heavy cost to themselves . Each one has their own dreams but they are ready to risk their lives for their friends . 
The posters highlighted that the film is based on  friendship , betrayal and revenge . After an hour we were wondering on who would betray whom but the betrayal came from such an  unexpected  source that like the lead actors we also felt very cheated. 
This is the first time Jacky has played an intense character and he has managed to give a good performance . Other actors also have done   justice to their roles but as the story lacks wit and fails to hold the attention of the  audience their efforts seem wasted.
The woman who played the character of fomer MP reminded me a lot of Lillete Dubey . Google revealed that she was actually her sister, Lushin Dubey .

In a line though the message given is good that -

 'You have to learn that sometimes it isn't love it's just a feeling and you overreacted' 

but the way in which innocent people were made to suffer in the story  was not at all justifiable or entertaining .

Time-pass .

Review of Mere Dad Ki Maruti

Release date – 15'th March 2013

One Word which describes the film – Humorous

Best  Dialogue – 
Tiger, Bill Clinton sabka 'The End' 
ladkiyon ki wajah se hi hua hai  

Genre – Comedy 
 
Story - Shreyansh Agarwal

Music – Sachin Gupta

Producer -  Ashish Patil , Y Films

Direction - Ashima Chibber

Cast - Ram Kapoor ,  Saqib Saleem , Rhea Chakraborty , Prabal Panjabi , Ravi Kishan

Budget – 7-8  crores 

Mere Dad Ki Maruti is the third film after  Luv Ka The End  and  Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge  by Y -Films .Y films is a subsidiary of Yash Raj Films launched on April 1, 2011 by Aditya Chopra, which concentrates on introducing fresh talent. 

The strong friendship of Saqib Salim and Prabal Panjabi ( who were last seen in Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge ) is the highlight of the film . The full film is like a roller-coaster ride where even during the most testing times the duo stick to each other . In some scenes Prabal Panjabi has even managed to outshine Saqib Salim.

Rhea as Jasleen is the perfect picture of the current generation .She likes to be called Jazz-lin and is the self proclaimed Chandigarh ki Shakira . She uses words like hashtag thanks bye and K which show her addiction to Twitter .Most of the time she is shown in micro shorts and high heels. After Cocktail , Matu Ki Bijli Ka Mandola  and Murder 3 guess micro shorts have become the dress code for all heroines under 30.

Ram Kapoor as the loud Punjabi dad is just perfect . He wears a Louis Vuitton suit and a Rado watch but serves local whiskey to the wedding guests filled in imported bottles . 

Ravi Kishan has a small role but his dressing style and especially his eyes remind you of Mithun Chakravarty .

In a line it's a fully entertaining film with not even a single dull moment .

Must watch .Can be seen with friends or family .

Rank- 6 (Out of the 18 films I have seen in 2013 ) 

Review of Saare Jahaan Se Mehnga

Release date – 8'th March 2013 

One Line which describes the film –

"The rich get richer and the poor get poorer" 

Best  Dialogue –
'Jinke paas  paise hai wo to dieting kar rahe hai '

Genre – Satire 
 
Story - Rupesh Thapliyal , Vijay Manral

Music –  Manish J Tipu 

Producer -  Ashok Pandey

Direction - Anshul Sharma 

Cast -Sanjay Mishra , Pragati Pandey , Zakir Hussain

Budget – 5-6 crores approximately

The film is about a lower middle class family , who is incurring high food bills and is a victim of inflation. The family, crushed under the burden of Mehngai, tries to deal with it through an ingenious idea, not realizing the problems they would get tangled into as a result of this idea. 

Though the concept is not new but the way the different characters are shaped and presented to  the audience is really interesting. There is a guy who repairs cycle punctures and along with it tells the poor villagers about the amount of black money deposited in swiss banks and if that money comes back to the country each citizen will get 4 lakhs ! 

Inflation in our country is a big problem ,the impact of which can not be felt by blessed ones like us who spend 25% of our time with gadgets and internet .

In a line the film has great performances by the lead actors and gives us an idea of how the under privileged other half lives.

Must not be missed when it's premiered on Television .

Rank- 12 (Out of the 18 films I have seen in 2013) 

Review of Sahib Biwi Gangster Returns

Release date – 8'th March 2013

One Line which describes the film – Anything is fair in love and war . 


Best  Dialogues –

Saheb-  “ Wo hamari sarkari biwi hai, sarkar to hai , par kisi kaam ki nahi ”

Biwi- “ Hume mard hi kyun milte hai... Shayar kyun nahi milte ! ” 

Gangster-  “ Hamari gali pe bhi taali padti hai ” 

Genre –  Drama / Thriller
 
Story - Tigmanshu Dhulia , Sanjay Chauhan

Music – Sandeep Chowta

Producer -  Tigmanshu Dhulia , Rahul Mittra , Nitin Tej Ahuja

Direction - Tigmanshu Dhulia

Cast - Jimmy Shergill , Mahie Gill , Irrfan Khan , Soha Ali Khan 

Budget – 7 crores 

The sequel is shot in the same haveli  in Deogarh which witnessed the  love, lust ,bloodshed and betrayal in the first part . Saheb  is in a wheel-chair and still making money by settling other people’s scores .He has started believing that the haveli  controls the lives and minds of its inhabitants . The paths of the Gangster,  Saheb and   Biwi cross when Saheb’s step-mother, plants the idea of an heir and a second wife in Saheb's mind.

The lead characters are introduced in the same fashion as in the first part .If the earlier one was a  fast and raunchy bedroom drama with sharp minded scheming characters who weave a web of relationships,  this one moves out of  the bedroom and focuses on  the political issue of division of the state .
Though the film is an extravagant and grander version of the one we watched two years ago, it is slow with  confused characters who keep falling in and out of love without any strong reasons or motives .  Every character is grey, they have their own selfish motives, their own insecurities and their own internal conflicts to resolve.The saving grace of the film lies in it's powerful dialogues and great acting .

Irrfan Khan 's character starts off nice. There's a scene where he interviews a politician who is busy watching porn on his laptop .But as the film progresses he is shown to be losing his focus . The climax makes you ponder on  what Irrfan was set to accomplish and what he achieves finally.

Jimmy Shergill as Saheb is flawless and spellbinding . His character has the maximum no. of shades . From the man who hates his wife , to a man who can go to any lengths to get the woman he wants  ,to settling scores with those who crossed his way, he is just perfect . His dialogue  “jante ho mard itni galiyan kyun dete hain…kyunki woh rote kum hain”  is followed by claps and whistles from the audience.

Mahie Gill is perfect as the seductive and lusty Biwi .  Her drunken enactments and dialogue delivery is flawless . Despite the history she shares with Saheb she still has feelings for him which may be shown in Part3.

Soha Ali has given a good performance ,though her character lacks the spice to stay in the third and maybe the finale of this saga.
  

The song ' Bas chhal, kapat, prapanchh hai , Har swaarth ka yeh munch hai'   reminds us of the song 'Arambh hai prachand ' from  Gulaal (2009) 

In a line though the story doesn't end here , it's excellent dialogues manage to create enough curiosity for Part 3.

Must watch for Jimmy Shergill 's fans and people who liked the first part .    

Rank - 5 (Out of the 18 films I have seen in 2013)

Review of Zila Ghaziabad

Release date – 1'st March 2013

One Word which describes the film – Gory 

Best  Dialogue – 

"Angrezi main bolne se jhooth sach nahi ban jata "

Genre – Action / Thriller 
 
Story - Anand Kumar

Music – Amjad Nadeem

Producer -  Vinod Bachan , Showman International

Direction - Anand Kumar

Cast - Sanjay Dutt , Arshad Warsi , Vivek Oberoi , Ravi Kishan , Paresh Rawal

Budget –  40 crores approximately

The film is based on the true story of a gang war between two powerful rival groups of  Satbir Gurjar and Mahender fauji, which finished only when a police cop Pritam Singh arrived at the scenario.

The film starts with a sequence in which a train is being successfully robbed by a gang of robbers led by  Fauji . Arshad Warsi as the cruel , heartless wanted criminal  for whom killing people is easier than breathing, is the life and soul of the film. His character with the Aviators , gamcha and kohl rimmed eye looks like a real gangster.

Vivek Oberoi as the guy who returns to his zila after completing his education is above average.Though his love angle with 2-3 songs ,slows the speed  of the film and could have been edited. 

Sanjay Dutt's   introduction is done with the dialogue ' jitne criminals ke against case nahi hai utni uske against enquiries chal rahi hai ' . He makes his appearance near interval and has some good dialogues .He is shown as a ruthless inspector who believes in planning and scheming to beat the criminals .  He listens to Madhuri Dixit's songs and dances with item girls when he is in mood . 

After witnessing Paresh Rawal's  excellent acting in OMG his character in this film disappoints.
Ravi Kishan 's character is not well developed and he is shown totally dependent on Fauji or other politicians .The film is full of actresses like Charmee Kaur , Minissha Lamba , Divya Dutta and  Zarina Wahab who have nothing much to do. Then there is Asutosh Rana with just one memorable dialogue 'Hum konsa Salman Khan hai ki commitment karke piche nai hatt sakte.'  We also get to see Chandrachur Singh in a 5 min role.

The film is actually not bad but most of it reminds us of scenes we have seen in earlier films like Gardish  ,  Omkara  , Dabangg and other 80's films where the hero seeks revenge for the injustice done to him and his family. 

In a line this Zila is shown as a land full of bloodshed and a city of injustice where half of the film's budget must have been spent on bullets and bottles of blood ,I mean tomato ketchup .

People who like Arshad Warsi and mindless action can watch it. 

Caution- Loud sounds can be injurious to ear drums ! 

Rank - 9 (Out of the 14 films I have seen in 2013)

Review of I Me aur Main

 Release date – 1’st March 2013

One line which describes the film –

"All that glitters is not gold "

Best  Dialogue –

'We are Men. Hum apni territory mark kar rahe hai .'

Genre – Romance / Drama

Story -  Devika Bhagat

Music – Falak Shabir , Sachin-Jigar , Gourav Dasgupta , Raghav Sachar

Producer -  Goldie Behl , Shrishti Behl Arya

Direction - Kapil Sharma

Cast - John Abraham , Prachi Desai , Chitrangada Singh , Raima Sen , Mini Mathur 

Budget – 20 crores (approximately)

As the film title suggest the film revolves around a self centered , immature , compulsive flirt , commitment phobic guy whose phone's voice message says 'Hi, this is Ishaan Sabharwal… If it’s good looking, it’s me!'  His reason for justifying a a 3 years live in relation is as lame as  "We looked so good together"

The central character has shades of  Akash from Dil Chahta Hai (2001) , Karan from  Lakshya (2004) , Sid from  Pyaar Ke Side Effects (2006) and Sidharta from  Wake Up Sid (2009) . The difference is whereas all the above actors did complete justice to their roles , John 's acting  fails to leave any impact on the viewers . 

Why should you see this film-

1.Your wife / girlfriend still has a crush on John Abraham .

2. Your husband / boyfriend thinks Chitrangada is hot 

3. You like the cute Prachi Desai

4. You liked some songs in the film's promos.

5. The film is just 1hour 48 min lng so you won't get bored.  

Why should  you skip this film - 

1. John is a better  producer (Vicky Donor ) than actor. He is tolerable in multi starrers ( Housefull 2 , Race 2 , New York ,  Dostana , Dhoom ) but his solo films have been a disaster. ( Jhootha Hi Sahi  , No Smoking ) 

2. Chitrangada has a very small role in the film ,it's more like an extended special appearance .

3. Prachi Desai is good as the bubbly make up artist but her character in the story comes out as too good to be true .

4. The story and screenplay are weak which result in lack of drama and  sudden  twists in the story .

5. The film has no moral , it is just a mirror of the lifestyles of the current generation who believe in casual relations .

In a line the film has nothing new for the audience and there are many Indian and Hollywood TV serials which have hotter and better dressed stars .

Avoidable.

Rank - 9 (Out of the 14 films I have seen in 2013 )