Review of Ramleela

Release date –15'th November 2013

One Word which describes the film – Colourful 

Best Dialogues  –
Ram -'Guroor mei doob ke samundar ko kya pata tha rann ban jayega.'
Leela -'Jigar pe mat jaa, trigger dabaa doongi.'
Dhankor Baa - 'Goli aur gussa sahi waqt par kharch karna chahiye.' 
Rasila - 'Bada badtameez, besharam, khudgarz hota hai par pyaar toh aisa hi hota hai.'  

Genre – Romance / Drama

Screenplay -Sanjay Leela Bhansali , Siddharth-Garima
Rutvik Oza
Music – Monty Sharma , Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Producer- Sanjay Leela Bhansali , Chetan Deolekar , Kishore Lulla , 
Sandeep Singh

Direction - Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Cast - Ranveer Singh , Deepika Padukone , Richa Chadda ,
Supriya Pathak , Gulshan Devaiah

Budget- 55 crores + P&A


Sanjay Leela Bhansali is known to create larger than life sets which give you the feeling of entering into a fairy land . As the characters are introduced which are very jolly , are singing and dancing at every given opportunity you start enjoying the ride. The story catches speed and when you are expecting it to gain more momentum it fizzles out and climaxes in a very disappointing way.

After directing films like Sawariya and Guzarish which failed miserably at the box office this time Bhansali decided to play safe . He took a simple story, added some double meaning dialogues , a sizzling heroine who kisses strangers and an item number for which reportedly Priyanka Chopra was paid 6 crores.

The film has great performances by  Ranbeer Singh , Deepika , Supriya Pathak and Richa Chaddha and it could have made history if instead of just focusing on how to make a hit , Bhansali had focused on the story and script. There were so many loopholes in the story that we kept wondering what was happening or kept matching the film with already seen films like ' Issaq ' and 'Ishaqjaade '. 
   
Bhansali's films are known for their melodious songs but except ' lahu munh lag gaya ' none of the songs fail to make any impact.

Priyanka Chopra's sizzling item song 'Ram chahe Leela may have got 5 million hits on  You tube  but in the film it looked  out of place and an unnecessary addition to an already stretched story.

In a line apart from the grand colorful sets and mesmerizing castle this adaptation of Romeo and Juliet offers nothing which you haven't seen before.

Can be seen in theaters. Time -pass.

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

Review of Fukrey

Release date –14'th June 2013

One Word which describes the film – Disappointing

Best  Dialogue – ' Bholi chidiya nai cheel hai, coffin mein aakhiri keel hai.'

Genre – Comedy

Story - Vipul Vig

Music – Ram Sampath

Producer - Farhan Akhtar , Ritesh Sidhwani

Direction - Mrighdeep Singh Lamba

Cast – Pulkit Samrat , Manjot Singh , Ali Fazal , Priya Anand , Richa Chadda

Budget -10 crores (approximately)

The film starts with two school back-benchers who barely manage to pass in class  but  dream of getting admission in  a famous college in town and date the girls there . The duo befriends Lali ,son of a halwai . The latter is a first year correspondence course student who also wants to enroll in the same college as his girlfriend studies there. Zafar is a  son of a butcher who has completed college but waits for his big break as a musician . To fulfill their dreams the four guys desperately need money and the need to make quick money brings them together.

Pulkit Samrat , last seen in Bittoo Boss is quite natural as the Delhi guy who is confident about his plans . He is paired opposite Priya Anand (last seen in Rangrezz) but their romantic angle is not given any importance in the film so Priya has nothing much to do. 

Manjot Singh as the simple guy whose main focus in life is to keep his girlfriend happy is adorable.  

Richa Chaddha , last seen in Gangs of Wasseypur is the best part of the film . Her character Bholi Panjaban  adds glamour and speed to an otherwise slow story . She is loud , shrewd with money , dresses smartly ,works out in a  a mirrored gym and relaxes with a glass of whiskey at night. She is the only paisa- wasool element in the film.  
Despite having good actors the film disappoints as it fails to combine the various events going on in the film into a spell binding story. 
In a line ,we expect a  certain standard from a  Farhan Akhtar's film  but  the plot of the film is so weak that it is reduced to a series of few humorous incidents . 
Time pass , Avoidable .
Rank - 20 (out of the 30 films I have seen in 2013)