Showing posts with label Himanshu Sharma. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Himanshu Sharma. Show all posts

Saturday, 30 May 2015

Tanu Weds Manu Returns - Reality Check !

Release date - 22'nd May 
2015

One Word which describes the film -Laugh riot


Best Dialogue -

Tanu-' Haalat dekhi hai apni? Adrak ho gaya hai ye aadmi. Kahin se bhi badh raha hai!' 
Manu- "Haan toh shaadi se pehle Hrithik Roshan tha kya?
Genre -Comedy/ Drama 


Producer - Kishore Lulla
Anand L. Rai

Story- Himanshu Sharma

Direction -Anand L. Rai

Budget- 35 Crores 

After giving  two hits Tanu Weds Manu (2011) and Raanjhanaa (2013), the director-writer duo  Anand L. Rai and  Himanshu Sharma have hit the jackpot with their third tongue in cheek comedy Tanu Weds Manu Returns which has become the first film of 2015 to enter the 100 Crore Club. 
With big budget films like Baby and Bombay Velvet failing to touch the 100 Crore mark it's no mean feat.

Kangana Ranaut is slowly and steadily becoming the poor producers' Amir Khan (pun intended).
When Tanu tells a small kid to write a letter which says , 'Laal kalam se likh do unko bahut hua sammaan..' we know that the rebellious Tanuja Trivedi is back and we can expect some fireworks . She has no second thoughts about hugging a rickshaw wala who once used to study in the same college with her and telling him ,'Bahut acche din the yaar wo, waqt aur umar ne sab barbaad kar diya yaar.

Kangana as Datto is the real surprise package of the film. Tanu and Datto are like chalk and cheese. It's hard to believe that both the characters are played by the same woman. Where as one is a drop dead beauty who attracts men like moths to a flame the other one is a dedicated athlete who has no time for love or to enjoy the finer things in life. When a befuddled Manu collides with her she shouts at him in Haryanvi , 'Ke kar raha tha bahen faela ke, yo jagah se Shah Rukh Khan bannan ki?'

Madhavan is an excellent actor who always manages to express his feelings through his eyes. Every married man in the audience must have identified and sympathized with him. His silent nature and simple looks act as the perfect foil for Kangana's beauty and exuberance.
His recent weight gain may have acted as an advantage in portraying the role of a 40 year old married man but if he has any intention of playing other mainstream roles he should seriously start working on loosing the extra kilos.

Jimmy Shergil has few scenes in the films but he manages to leave an impact. His character has matured over the years and now instead of raw anger his character depicts maturity. He gets irritated now and then like when he tells Tanu, 'Hum kahe tum nahi tumhare jaise hi sahi, lekin tumhare pati se wo bhi dekha nahi ja raha! Saley ko original bhi yahi rakhenge, duplicate bhi yahi rakhenge.'

Deepak Dobriyal first came to limelight for his award winning performance in Omkara (2006) .  He is totally loyal to Madhavan and plays the role of his inner conscience. You can't stop laughing when he tells Manu ,' Tum kya Salman Khan ho jo tumhe commitment issues hai.' With him around, there's never a dull moment.

Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub as Chintu is a new addition in this sequel. He is in awe of Tanu and wants to win her by hook or crook. He tells Raja ,'Bhaiya, hum kandha. Bhaiya Kandha ek biradari hoti hai na ladko ki, hum tab ate hai jab kanya bahut udas hoti hai, sare rishto se pareshan hoti hai.'
All these characters along with a well scripted story and screenplay keep you entertained and teach you some basic facts about life.
1. In life there is no happy ending. Till you are alive there will be ups and downs.
2. Never say things which you don't mean.
3. Just because you're mad at someone doesn't mean you stop loving them.


In a line, over the years you must have heard the quote 'Love is blind, marriage is an eye opener' a 100 times, this film just explains it to you  in a very detailed and funny manner.'
Must watch. Paisa vasool. 

Saturday, 6 July 2013

Review of Raanjhana

Release date –21'st June 2013

One Word which describes the film – Intriguing

Best  Dialogue – 

"Mere piche scooter mai baithna padega. Main break maarunga toh mujhpe girna padega. Mere saath naachna-gaana padega. Girlfriend na sahi..feel hi dede"

Genre – Romance /Drama

Story - Himanshu Sharma

Music – A. R. Rahman

Producer - Krishika Lulla

Direction Anand L. Rai


Budget - 35 crores


The promos of the film showed a love story in a rustic background and melodious music by A.R.Rehman . The film starts with the dialogue ,"Ek baat main samajh gaya hoon. Ladki aur rocket aapko kahin bhi le jaa sakte hain"  
We are presented with a hero who knows he is dark and not very good looking and still is madly in love with a pretty girl and wants to get her by hook or crook . Till interval the film has lots of comic moments.


Dhanush has done full justice to his role. It's hard to imagine any other 30 year actor play the role of a 17 year old. In his school dress and clean shaven look he looks like a teenager who is desperate to express his feelings to his crush.   
Dhanush and Zeeshan as childhood friends  share an amazing chemistry . The dialogues  they share like ,  "Tumhara pyaar na ho gaya..UPSC ka exam ho gaya. 10 saal se paas hi nai ho raha" is an important factor in the film's success .

Sonam Kapoor as the manipulative Zoya has given a good performance though in the second half most of the time she has the same expressions on her face .

Abhay Deol has a short role and totally fades in front of Dhanush.

In a line though the love story may not be perfect with everyone using everyone else for their benefit but the characters of the film are so real and down to earth that you can relate with them .

Must watch for a totally paisa-vasool first half . 

Rank - 15  ( out of the 54 films  I have seen in 2013 )