Showing posts with label Rajneesh Duggal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rajneesh Duggal. Show all posts

Wednesday, 21 December 2016

Wajah Tum Ho~ 50 Shades of Boredom



Release date- 16th December 2016

One Word which describes the film- Boring

Lamest Dialogue- "Qatil koi aur hi hai. Yeh pata lagane mein hi toh is vardi ki shaan hai, varna vardiyan toh kiraye pe bhi milti hai."

Genre- Crime Thriller 

Music- Mithoon, Meet Bros

Producer- Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar

Story- Sameer Arora

Direction- Vishal Pandya

Cast- Sharman Joshi, Sana Khan,Gurmeet Chaudhary, Rajneesh Duggal, Prarthana Behere, Himanshoo Malhotra

Budget- 15-20 Crores approximately

Wajah Tum Ho was advertised as a thriller from the makers of Hate Story 2 & 3. However, the film failed to generate the same kind of excitement as the director's earlier two films.

The film is about a person who hacks a TV channel and streams a murder on it. The idea was quite new but the way it was executed clearly told us that the director was as clueless about hacking as any of us.

The erotic thriller genre was reinvented in 2004 when Anurag Basu gave us Murder which also popularized Emran Hashmi as the serial kisser of Bollywood. Since then the idea has been exploited a lot by film makers but very few have been able to hit the bull's eye.

The film starts with a murder followed by an  investigation scene between a cop and the TV channel owner. Before we can blink our eyes, we are taken to some exotic location where Sana Khan is being romanced (rather smooched)  by one hero, on the recreated version of Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas, sung by Arijit Singh.

Some scenes later we get to see Zarine Khan doing a pole dance/ slithering on the recreated version of  'Maahi Ve', looking extremely fat, making us think of the gorgeous Malaika Arora in the original song from Kaante.

As if this much torture was not enough next we see Sherlyn Chopra too, who is trying to make her presence felt in Bollywood since the last 11 years. She tries to seduce one of the heroes in the swimming pool with Armaan Malik singing the recreated version of 'Aise na mujhe tum dekho' from Darling Darling(1977).

Sana Khan who has been doing small roles since 2005, gets her first protagonist role and she has totally sabotaged any chance of getting another film again. In most of the scenes she kept shouting in loud voice as if she was still in the Big Boss's house. There was no chemistry in the kissing scenes which she must have readily agreed to do because of the script's demand. Her dialogue delivery was bad and in one scene she also says, "I likes" which sounded unintentionally funny.

Rajneesh Duggal had a promising debut in 2008 with Vikram Bhatt's, 1920, but since then he has given only flops. In this film also his character does nothing except saying some lame dialogues and hitting on girls. He stays expressionless throughout the film.   

Gurmeet Chaudhary was added to encash on his TV popularity. He gets to romance Sana Khan on various occasions but the two have no chemistry and so they fail to generate any interest.

Sharman Joshi as ACP Kabir is the only saving grace of the film. He tries to put some sense in the film with his acting but his character is made to say lame lines like 
"Himmat tab mat dikhao jab aasaan ho" or "Revenge, you have many faces". Most of the time he's either talking to himself or just happens to solve the crime by chance. His subordinate, Asst Inspector Gaitonde is always smiling as if he gets some secret pleasure in beating criminals.

While watching the film one feels as if the director made it in utter laziness. There are 5-6 characters and by the end each of them is somehow linked to the murders. The film keeps oscillating between the murders and the erotic songs  which makes us wonder why the film was made in the first place.

In a scene Sana Khan asks a lady, "Are you really going to sleep with this rapist?" to which she answers ,"Will you pay my bills?".
Guess the director too thought that making this film was an easy way to mint money but sometimes even the best laid plans go askew.

The film was released in 2000 screens and because of bad reviews and poor word of mouth it collected around 8 Crores which was even lesser than the first day collection of Hate Story 3.

In a line, the only purpose of making this was to encash on the success of last year's mega hit Hate Story 3, but the audience was wise enough to ignore this booty trap.

Highly Avoidable.

Thursday, 16 April 2015

Review of Ek Paheli Leela - Director's Cut

Release date - 10'th April 2015

One Word which describes the film - Soft-porn


Worst Dialogue - "Glamour industry main success ka short cut -short skirt." 

Genre - Musical/ Thriller 



Producer - Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Ahmed Khan, Shaira Khan

Story & Direction -Bobby Khan


Budget- 15-20 crores (approximately)

While the world and his wife are busy criticising Leela and Sunny Leone, very few people noticed that in just  a week the film has managed to collect more money than Anushka Sharma starrer NH10 or Sushant Singh Rajput's Detective Byomkesh Bakshy.

If Sunny Leone was the trump card behind the film's success then her earlier films Jism2 and Jackpot too should have minted money for the producers.

Now let's look at Bobby Khan who makes his directorial debut with this film. Since the age of 19, Bobby Khan is producing & choreographing fashion shows with top Indian and international supermodels. He has directed many music videos and most of them have topped the charts.
Sunny Leone plays the double role of Meera (supermodel from Milan) and Leela. The film has 4 item songs where the lead actress dresses in bare minimums and makes love to the camera. Then there are four other melodious songs where Sunny gets to show her beauty and  milk and honey skin.
Sunny Leone is not known for her dancing so Bobby gave this task to his brother Ahmad Khan and Saroj Khan who managed to get a decent performance from her.
With 35 minutes of the film safely covered, the director writes a reincarnation story spanning 300 years and takes us from the streets of London to the deserts of Jodhpur.
There are huge sets where the film is shot and no expenses are spared in creating exotic looks for Sunny while shooting the item songs.  
Sunny is the object of desire of all the male actors in the film and so she gets the maximum focus and screen space.The problem starts once she starts delivering dialogues. Sunny trying to say dialogues in Rajasthani is like Sonia Gandhi giving speech in Hindi.

Jay Bhanushali bears the same tormented expressions throughout the film.

Mohit Ahlawat was described as the next superstar when he made his debut in 2005 through James. After 10 years he has lost most of the star quality and looks old. His face lacks expressions and then he gets to utter stupid dialogues like 'Ranveer Singh par chali har goli apna rasta khud hi bhatak jati hai.'

Rahul Dev manages to give a fairly decent performance.

Rajneesh Duggal has a small role where he has to romance Sunny and dance with her. He looks good but like others remains expressionless throughout the film.   

Jas Arora has got the worst treatment in the film. Everything from his hairstyle to his clothes are cheap and somehow his voice is dubbed to make him sound like Gulshan Grover.

VJ Andy and Ehsaan Qureshi have small roles where mostly they are uttering suggestive double meaning dialogues to each other.


In a line if you like to watch beauty and you have nothing better to do then you can watch this extended scenic musical album.
Timepass.