Showing posts with label Shruti Haasan. Show all posts
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Sunday, 6 September 2015

Welcome Back ~ Good dialogues in a Bad story

Release date - 4'th September 2015

One Word which describes the film - Hilarious


Some of the LOL Dialogues - 

John Abraham- 'Mobile uska, sim apun ka .. tu beech mein missed call dene waala kaun.'
John's friend- 'Bhabhi ne aapko Emraan Hashmi samjha aur aap Amol Palekar nikley.' 
Anil Kapoor - 'Aapki sharafat ke chakkar mein main kayde mein hoon, warna ab tak mere khud ke do char Al-Qaiday hote
Nana Patekar- 'Majnu, mai samajh gaya hoon is duniya mai do hi cheezo ki keemat hai, ek to zameeno ki doosri kameeno ki.'
Naseeruddin Shah- 'Yaha ke kanoon bhi hum hai aur andhe bhi hum hai.'


Producer - Firoz Nadiadwala

Story- Anees Bazmee, Rajiv Kaul

Dialogues - Raaj Shaandilyaa (dialogues)


Direction -Anees Bazmee

Budget- 65-70 Crores

It's always a low risk proposition to make a sequel of a hit film as the audience is already familiar with the characters and those who loved the first one enthusiastically wait for the next. It took 8 years for this sequel to hit the theaters and to refresh the memory of the viewers the narrator shows flash backs from Welcome(2007). In these years the feared Bhais have become 'shareef ' and 'pehle jinke naam ka sikka chalta tha ajkal unke not bhi log chura ke le jate hai.'
Anil Kapoor and Nana Patekar are the heart and soul of this film.They have great on screen chemistry and have given a wonderful performance. In the second half when the story becomes really slow and boring it's their acting and expressions which keeps the audience rooted to their seats.
John Abraham may have made a lot of progress as a producer but as an actor his face is expressionless and his dialogues flat. He gets ample opportunity to show his fit body and thus keeps his fans happy.
Shruti Haasan gives tough competition to John and stays expressionless throughout the film. Her dialogue delivery is even worse than John. More attention is paid on her dresses and hairstyles than on her acting.
New actress Ankita has a meatier role than Shruti and gets more scenes to show her body of work (pun intended) . Right from her costumes to her dialogues to her co-actors, she got a better deal and so manages to outshine Shruti.
Paresh Rawal, Dimple Kapadia and Naseeruddin Shah have significant roles in the film and have done their best.
Shiny Ahuja's comeback in a small insignificant role was not a very wise decision as now he has totally lost all chances of being casted as a hero or even as a supporting hero in any good film.
The first of the film is quite entertaining and you will laugh in most of the scenes. After interval because of the lack of story and presence of too many characters the film starts losing steam and we wonder what new twist will be presented to us. The climax totally disappoints.
The highlight of the film without any doubt is it's dialogues written by Raaj Shaandilyaa. Raaj who makes his Bollywood debut has earlier written for Comedy Circus and Comedy Nights with Kapil.
The film is mostly shot in 5 star hotels. In most of the scenes we are shown plush rooms with golden sofas, big chandeliers and rich surroundings. When the characters move out of their luxurious rooms they sit in their Ferrari, Rolls-Royce or Mercedes.
There is a medley of songs in this film but none of the song is melodious or has lyrics worth mentioning.
The film was released in 3200 screens and despite bad reviews it managed to earn above 50 crores over the weekend. After the poor performances of Brothers, All is Well and Phantom this film has come as a breath of relief for the distributors thus proving that in India there is a good market for brainless comedies. 

In a line if you don't pay much attention to the story the Uday Shetty and Majnu duo will surely keep you entertained.

Time-pass. Can be seen in theaters. 


Monday, 5 August 2013

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

   
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.