Singh Is Bliing ~ Comedy of Errors

Release date - 2'nd Oct 2015

One Word which describes the film - Stupidity Reloaded

Best Dialogue- 'Singh jahan pair rakhta hai ... woh ilaaka uska ho jaata hai.'

Genre - Action/ Comedy 

Music -Meet Bros Anjjan, Manj Musik, Sajid-Wajid

Producer - Akshay Kumar, Ashvini Yardi, Jayantilal Gada

Story-  Shiraz Ahmed

Direction -Prabhu Deva

Cast -Akshay Kumar, Amy Jackson, Lara Dutta, Kay Kay Menon, Rati Agnihotri

Budget- 50 Crores approximately

In 2008, producer Vipul Amrutlal Shah and director Anees Bazmee gave us a character Happy Singh who was a good at heart simpleton and used to tell whoever he met,' Main to sach bolta hoon, acchi apne aap lag jati hai.'

After 7 years the producers and director have changed and now we have Raftaar Singh who is an equally happy go lucky guy and loves to spend time with his friends and according to his father has this bad habit of leaving all jobs unfinished.

The film is Akshay Kumar's journey from Punjab to Goa, then again to Punjab and again to Goa, then to Romania and finally back to pavilion Punjab.

Though the film is called Singh is Bliing, it's not Singh who shines but his love interest Amy Jackson who not only gets equal screen space but also better action scenes. In fact it's really surprising to see a slender actress like Amy do action stunts with such perfection that you will be reminded of Hollywood characters like The Bride from  Kill Bill or Lara Croft from Tomb Raider. But then as it's Bollywood the director had to spoil her charm by making her dance in silly songs like Cinema Dekhe Mamma and Dil Kare Chu Che!

Lara Dutta who made her debut in Andaaz opposite Akshay Kumar in 2003 is now reduced to playing the role of a translator which any junior artist could have played.

Kay Kay Menon's entry is good and his dialogue,'I am too good' remind us of the great roles he has done in the past but here he gets no opportunity of showing his talent.

Rati Agnihotri plays the role of Akshay's mother and they are shown sharing a great bond which we can feel when during a telephonic conversation she asks 

'Bada khush lag raha hai tu, ladki kaun hai? ' to which Akshay replies, 'Kamaal hai maa, tujhse kuch nahi chupa sakta.' 

The director has combined all these characters along with lots of junior artists in a 2 hours 25 minutes film which has absolutely no story. To make up for the lack of screenplay there are many songs and dances and some comedy scenes which will make you laugh but by the end make you wish that all this glamour and bling could have done better with a good story. There is also a scene where the hero tries to pass off a bull dog as a lion!

But the tragedy is that this Akshay Kumar starrer got a better opening and business than his last two meaningful films Baby and Gabbar is Back.

The film collected around 21 crores on Friday because of Gandhi Jayanti and almost 65 crores in 5 days.

In a line if you liked Happy Singh and his mind boggling tactics of making you laugh then maybe you can come to like Raftaar Singh too.

Time-pass. Can be seen for Amy Jackson.

Review of Ramaiya Vastavaiya

Release date – 19'th July 2013

One Word which describes the film –  Sweet 

Best Song – ' Jeene laga hoon '

 

Genre – Romance / Comedy

  

Screenplay - Shiraz Ahmed

Music – Sachin-Jigar

Producer - Kumar Taurani

Direction - Prabhu Deva

Cast – Girish Kumar Taurani  , Shruti Haasan , Sonu Sood

   

Budget - 38 crores

 

In 2005 Prabhu Deva made his directorial debut through Telugu hit film Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana which was inspired by Maine Pyar Kiya . After being remade in Tamil as Something Something... Unakkum Enakkum, in Kannada as Nenello Nanalle and in Bengali as I Love You , the film is now remade in Hindi as Ramaiya Vasta Vaiya .

The film is about a NRI boy who comes to India to attend his cousin's wedding and falls in love with his cousin's best friend . Their love is opposed by the  boy's parents and girl's brother. 

 

Sonu Sood ,who plays the role of heroine's brother has given a wondeful performance . He totally steals the limelight from the lead pair.

 

Girish is perfect in the role of a rich and spoilt brat . He has acted and danced well and given an above average performance in the emotional scenes.

 

Shruti Hassan looked like a replica of her mother Sarika. She looked beautiful and has given a good range of facial expressions.

 

Prabhu Deva has again proved that a good director can turn a very simple story into a complete entertainer. There were many scenes where we just couldn't control our laughter . We felt the innocence of young love , the excitement and pain . 

 

The item dance Jadu ki jhappi featuring Prabhu Deva and Jacqueline was an added bonus.

Everyone who believes in the power of love must watch this film in theaters before it gets derailed by Chennai Express releasing on 9'th Aug.

 

In a line the film takes us back to the days of innocent and sweet love  when a film was more about a well written and executed story and less about exposing and special effects .

 

Complete family entertainer . Good one time watch. 

Review of ABCD Any body can Dance

Release date - 8'th Feb 2013

One Line which describes the film – “ You've gotta' dance like there's nobody watching.” 

Best  Dialogue –  " Dance apne aap me ek nasha hai.Jab ye nasha ho , aur koi nasha nahi ho sakta ”

Genre - Dance  / Drama 


Story - Tushar Hiranandani

Music – Sachin Jigar

Producer -  Ronnie Screwvala ,  Roy Kapur

Director /Choreographer - Remo D'Souza

Cast - Prabhu Deva , Ganesh Acharya , Kay Kay Menon , Terence Lewis , Salman Yusuff Khan , Dharmesh Yelande 

Budget – 25 crores 

Remo D’Souza claims that this ABCD is Bollywood's answer to Hollywood's 'Step up' series. After watching the film you will agree with him as the film has more than 15 different dance sequences which are not only entertaining but also energizing . 

The film shows the difference in opinion between two founder members of a dance academy where one thinks that dance should be done to impress people and make money and other thinks that dance is a way to express your inner feelings.

Prabhudeva as Vishnu Sir is the life and soul of the film . He is one of the best dancer of India but in the film he doesn't tries to impress us  with his dancing skills . He  is an inspiring teacher who thinks that D of the word dance stands for discipline . There is so much truth in his words when he tells a student that he can not perform a stunt with another student until he has faith in him .He constantly encourages his students and makes them start believing in themselves .   

The young boys and girls  who play Prabhu Deva’s students are winners of several dance reality shows  and though they won't be winning any awards for their acting skills they did a great work of bringing Remo D'souza 's vision to life .

In a line it's a simple film with some great dance sequences mixed with doses of emotions and drama .  Must watch for dance lovers .Can be seen in theaters .

Rank-  6  (Out of 11 Films I have seen in 2013 )