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

Review of Commando

Release date – 12th April  2013

One Line which describes the film –  One Man Show

Best  Dialogue –  “Kabhi aadmi lekar nikalta hai to kabhi kutte leke, akele nikla kar, mard hone ka ehsaas ho jayega.” 

Genre – Action

Music – Prasad Sasthe

Producer  - Vipul Shah

Story- Ritesh Shah

Direction - Dilip Ghosh

Cast - Vidyut Jamwal ,Pooja Chopra , Jaideep Ahlawat

Budget – 20 crores (approximately) 

The film released two weeks back along with Nautanki Saala and blaim it on the Vicky Donor effect most of us chose to watch the latter which turned out to be such a fiasco. Last week, after I read negative reviews of Ek Thi Dayan we went to watch it hoping that at least we won't be bored .

The film really took me by surprise . Vidyut Jamwal who outshone John Abraham  in Force was  in his element in this film.

The opening shot shows Captain Karan Vir Dogra of the 9 Para Commandos of the Indian Army in a Chinese army prison. He has been captured on suspicion of being on an espionage mission.
Though the story follows the same old pattern of how the hero manages to save the heroine from the clutches of the villain , he even says a much used line ' Jungle ka kanoon hai, maaro ya mar jao ',
Vidyut Jamwal's confidence and body language while doing the action sequences is what sets the film apart . 

Jaideep Ahlawat as the villian with no pupils does manage to give some competition to the hero but when his character reads Santa Banta jokes to the victims before killing them , it's more funny than menacing. I think it's high time that directors should get jokes specially written for their films as how many times can we laugh on the already heard jokes ?

Pooja Chopra who became Miss India in 2009 just manages to give an average performance. Her dressing style is totally out of place for a small town . Her face doesn't express much anguish even in the most tragic situations.
The item song by Nathalia Kaur is totally wasted.

In a line, the film has some great action scenes which are sure to give you an adrenaline rush.

Must watch for action lovers / Good one time watch .

Review of Vishwaroopam

Release date - 1'st Feb  2013

One Line which describes the film-
(a line from the film's song) – "Shehron main hinsa ko dekh jangal bhi hairan hai " 


Best  Dialogue –

"Hum Allah ke liye khoon bahate hain aur yeh petrol ke liye."

Genre - Action /Thriller 


Story - Kamal Haasan , Atul Tiwari

Music – Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy

Producer -  Chandra Haasan , Kamal Haasan

Direction - Kamal Haasan 

Cast - Kamal Haasan , Pooja Kumar , Andrea Jeremiah , Rahul Bose , Jaideep Ahlawat

Budget – 100 crores

Kamal Hassan , a spy disguises himself as a jihadi fighting the NATO forces in a Afghanistan and later as a Kathak dance teacher . He has to stop Afghani Al-Qaeda jihadi Omar (Rahul Bose) and Salim (Jaideep Ahlawat , earlier appeared as Shahid Khan in Gangs of Wasseypur ) who plan to attack New York  with a “Cesium-bomb”. 

The film starts at a slow speed. After 40 minutes comes a fast action sequence which makes us sit upright in our seats .

There are some points which make the film an intelligent work of art and a must watch

1. We are shown how rigid the jihadis are in their beliefs ,they don't mind punishing their young boys if they find them listening to music , how they want their women to be covered from head to toe .

2.  The Afghanistan set made in Chennai  with the mud houses , caves ,dusty streets was just perfect .  

 Even the minutest details seemed real ,be it the houses or the costumes or the mannerisms of women or even the weapons and the way they were used .

3. The scenes portraying the cruelty that the Taliban were doing in the name of Islam (like killing and hanging people), the scene where a young boy is enjoying on a swing just before he becomes a suicide bomber touch your heart.

4. We are shown how every family member of the jihadi are dragged into terrorism even if they want to choose a different life style . Omar's innocent 5 year old son says that he wants to become a doctor but in  the next scene we find Omar blind folding him and questioning him about different guns and bullets.

Rahul Bose says in a scene " Bhai london main engineer ban na chahta hai aur engineer jihadi ban rahe hai Afghanistan main" 

5. There are scenes where we find Kamal Hassan helpless and in pain as  he knows that he can't protect the innocent people making his character very real ,unlike THE other super human spys in Agent Vinod and Ek Tha Tiger .

In a line despite it's slow speed and a non happening climax Vishwaroopam has some  spell binding moments . 

Good One time watch .

Rank-  2  (Out of the 10 films I have seen in 2013 )