Review of Pyar Ka Punchnama 2 ~ Stress Buster

Release date - 16'th October 2015

One Word which describes the film- Hilarious

Best Dialogue -
Girl- ' Password Batao.'
Boyfriend-' Dubara Mat Puchna 
 . . .D..O..B..A..R..A Mat Puchna.' 

Genre - Comedy/ Romance

Music -Hitesh Sonik, Sharib-Toshi

Producer - Abhishek Pathak, Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, Panorama Studios Production

Story & Direction -Luv Ranjan

Cast -Kartik Aaryan, Nushrat Bharucha, Sunny Singh,Sonalli Sehgall, Ishita Sharma, Omkar Kapoor

Budget- 15 Crores approximately

Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 is a sequel to the 2011 sleeper hit Pyaar Ka Punchnama.

Till now you have heard that 'Happily Married' is an oxymoron but Luv Ranjan films will make you believe that there are no happy couples. In just 3-4 months the initial excitement is replaced by emotional atyachaars and drama. The relation which started with sophisticated English shifts to normal hindi and ends with shuddh desi gaalis.

  

The film is made on exactly the same story line where three best friends sharing a flat in Delhi find love and how that love turns sour. Unlike the first part this film has no heavy emotional drama and is full of comic scenes and humorous conversations.

The USP of this film is that the dialogues are not typical one liners but long sentences which we actually use in real life. Most of the dialogues are said in such fast speed that if you turn your attention towards your phone to check your whattsapp messages you will totally miss them. 

We all remeber Rajat's 7-minute famous monologue which became quite viral on the internet.

Chaudhry- Kya, problem kya hai?

Rajat- Problem ! Problem yeh hai ki wo ladki hai..

and then it went to 

'Ek to aaj ki baat pe argument aaj hoga hi nahi,aaj ki baat par jhagada hoga do mahine baad, yahaan saala yaad hi nahi rehta hai do mahine pehle hua kya tha !

Ladkiyaan bacha ke rakhti hain,yeh chota hatiyar nahi bada hatiyar haiisse badi ladai mein use karenge ' which had us all laughing our hearts out. Here too we have a similar scene and it's equally hilarious.

In the first part Luv Ranjan gave this gyaan that , 'A happy woman is a myth'. Here he tells us that ,' Bribe is an institution started by women'. I actually like the way he thinks.

In an interview he was asked that if he is anti-women. He said that, 'People always have the need to tag others. If anyone is putting a label on me and saying that I am a misogynist, I can’t do anything about it. Our metropolitan societies have become hypersensitive and we can’t take a joke.' 

Here I want to tell those who are making such remarks that he did make a sweet love story in 2013 , Akaash Vani which totally bombed at the box office. So what's wrong in making a film which the audience is willing to see. In many scenes the audience was clapping and even gave standing ovation to the actors. 

Omkar Kapoor, who has made his debut as a lead actor in the film has worked as a child artist in films like Mela, Hero No 1, Masoom, Judaai and Judwaa . His dialogue,' pehle engineers ki izzat to bacha loon' received lots of claps and whistles from the audience.  

Sunny Singh is the surprise element of the film. When you look at him the first time he looks like just another guy but the wide range of expressions he has given in the film will make you think that he is a seasoned actor. 

Other 4 actors you have already seen in the first part and they have done justice to their roles.

The film got a 30% opening and collected almost 7 crores on day 1 which is quite good considering it's low budget.

In a line as Ms Balan told us in The Dirty Picture, 'filmein sirf teen cheezo ke wajah se chalti hai ... entertainment, entertainment, entertainment' ,this film is  that entertainment.

Must watch for Generation X and Y. Will be remembered for it's dialogues.

Gabbar is Back- The Dream of creating a corruption free India

Release date - 1'st May 2015

One Word which describes the film - Over-the-top

Best Dialogue - 'Sabke Karam Saamne Aayenge, Woh Kya Hai Na Karma Rishwat Nahi Leta.'

Genre - Action/Drama

Music -Chirantan Bhatt, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Manj Musik

Producer - Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Viacom 18 Motion Pictures

Story- Remake of Tamil film Ramana written and directed by A. R. Murugadoss

Writer- Rajat Arora

Direction -Krish

Cast -Akshay Kumar, Shruti Hassan, Jaideep Ahlawat, Suman Talwar, 

• Sunil Grover
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Budget- 80 crores  approximately.

Gabbar is back is a scene by scene remake of the hit Tamil film  Ramanaa (2002), directed by A. R. Murugadoss. It's remade in Telugu as Tagore, in Kannada as Vishnu Sena and in Bengali as Tiger. All the remakes have earned money at the box office. So it was expected that Gabbar will also open to full houses. It has collected almost 46 crores in 4 days. 

The press gets information that 10 tehsildars across Maharashtra have been mysteriously kidnapped. But they are as mysteriously returned, except the most corrupt one. Other corrupt officers of various departments also become the target of Gabbar's fury who wants a corruption free India.
The film is very fast and has spicy one liners by the king of dialogues 'Rajat Arora',.
Digvijay Patil- Rishwat li to Gabbar maar dega, nahi li to main maar dunga.
Sadhuram Yadav- 'Jab mujhe expert advice chahiye hoti hai to mai khud se baat kar leta hoon.'
At times the film becomes too unreasonable and overblown which I think is a regular feature of any South Indian film.
Akshay Kumar who is known as the fitness icon looks bulky and has a very funny hairstyle. The moustache and grey beard do nothing for his look. In scenes with Shruti Hassan the age difference is very much visible.
Shruti Hassan who is a lawyer but also helps in successfully delivering a baby in the backseat of a car just based on google research is loud and most of the time looks like a fashion model.
Sunil Grover who plays the role of an intelligent hawaldar has given a good performance.
Suman Talwar comes across as a powerful antagonist.
Kareena Kapoor appears in the Teri Meri Kahani song and adds to the glamour quotient of the film. 
Chintragada Singh who was declared as the next Smita Patel when she made her debut in Hazaaron Khwaishen Aisi(2003) is now reduced to doing steamy item numbers. Aao Raja recreated by Honey Singh is his worst creation till date.
So the question is whether you should listen to all the critics and just avoid the film as it's nowhere near the magnum- opus 'Sholay' or you should leave your brains at home and just enjoy this masala entertainer.
In India the audience is already divided into classes and masses. The teenagers totally avoid Hindi films and stick to films like Fast and Furious and an equally mindless Avengers as they think it's cool to watch them.
Any film which has some patriotic message should be seen by all countrymen. So I would say go and watch it and if even one scene touches your heart and brings a minor change, the purpose is solved.  

In a line the message conveyed to the audience  is very good, I just wish the way in which it was presented was a little better. 

One time watch. Timepass