Showing posts with label paresh rawal. 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, 18 August 2014

Coming soon - Review of Raja Natwarlal

Release date -29'th August 2014

One Word which describes the film -

Best Dialogue - 'Risk aur oopportunity ke beech main hi to chance milta hai aur jo us chance ke sath romance karta hai wohi asli raja kehlata hai.'
Genre - Crime / Comedy


Producer - Siddharth Roy Kapur

Story-Parveez Shaikh

Direction -Kunal Deshmukh


Budget- 30-35 crores

Raja Natwarlal was originally called Shaatir. Pakistani actress and model Humaima Malick makes her debut in Bollywood with this film.

Director ,Kunal Deshmukh started his career as an assistant director in Zeher (2005), Kalyug and Woh Lamhe (2006), under director Mohit Suri and Vishesh Films.He made his directional debut Jannat in 2008 followed by Tum Mile (2009) and Jannat 2 (2012).

Monday, 4 March 2013

Review of Zila Ghaziabad


Release date – 1'st March 2013

One Word which describes the film – Gory 

Best  Dialogue – 
"Angrezi main bolne se jhooth sach nahi ban jata "

Genre – Action / Thriller 
 

Story - 
Anand Kumar

Music – Amjad Nadeem

Producer -  Vinod Bachan , Showman International

Direction - Anand Kumar


Budget –  40 crores approximately

The film is based on the true story of a gang war between two powerful rival groups of  Satbir Gurjar and Mahender fauji, which finished only when a police cop Pritam Singh arrived at the scenario.

The film starts with a sequence in which a train is being successfully robbed by a gang of robbers led by  Fauji . Arshad Warsi as the cruel , heartless wanted criminal  for whom killing people is easier than breathing, is the life and soul of the film. His character with the Aviators , gamcha and kohl rimmed eye looks like a real gangster.

Vivek Oberoi as the guy who returns to his zila after completing his education is above average.Though his love angle with 2-3 songs ,slows the speed  of the film and could have been edited. 

Sanjay Dutt's   introduction is done with the dialogue ' jitne criminals ke against case nahi hai utni uske against enquiries chal rahi hai ' . He makes his appearance near interval and has some good dialogues .He is shown as a ruthless inspector who believes in planning and scheming to beat the criminals .  He listens to Madhuri Dixit's songs and dances with item girls when he is in mood . 

After witnessing Paresh Rawal's  excellent acting in OMG his character in this film disappoints.
Ravi Kishan 's character is not well developed and he is shown totally dependent on Fauji or other politicians .The film is full of actresses like Charmee Kaur , Minissha Lamba , Divya Dutta and  Zarina Wahab who have nothing much to do. Then there is Asutosh Rana with just one memorable dialogue 'Hum konsa Salman Khan hai ki commitment karke piche nai hatt sakte.'  We also get to see Chandrachur Singh in a 5 min role.

The film is actually not bad but most of it reminds us of scenes we have seen in earlier films like Gardish  ,  Omkara  , Dabangg and other 80's films where the hero seeks revenge for the injustice done to him and his family. 

In a line this Zila is shown as a land full of bloodshed and a city of injustice where half of the film's budget must have been spent on bullets and bottles of blood ,I mean tomato ketchup .

People who like Arshad Warsi and mindless action can watch it. 
Caution- Loud sounds can be injurious to ear drums ! 

Rank - 9 (Out of the 14 films I have seen in 2013)

Saturday, 5 January 2013

Review of Table No. 21


Release date - 4’th Jan 2013

One Line which describes the film – 
"Karma is a bitch"

Best  Dialogue
 – “ Admi shauk ke liye doosre ko marta hai, admi aur janvar main yahi fark ki janvar shauk nahi palte”

Genre -  Suspense / Thriller
 
Story - 
Sheershak Anand , Aditya Datt , Abhijit Deshpande , Shantanu Ray

Music – Gajendra Verma 

Producer - Vicky Rajani , Sunil Lulla

Direction -  Aditya Datt


Budget – 10- 15 crores (approximately )

The film starts with the exotic Fiji island where the couple is on a vacation. They meet Paresh Rawal there who charms them to play a game where they can win 21 crores  by answering 8 questions and performing tasks related with the questions.
The first half of the film is fast and thrilling and keeps us busy in expecting what's going to come next . In between the film gives us a glimpse of the lives of the lead actors. 
The suspense which was revealed in the end was surely not what we expected and it did made us think on how some irrational actions can destroy lives.

Rajiv Khandelwal 's role had different shades and he has given a good performance. 

Paresh Rawal is a fine actor . As the ruthless game master he scares us in some scenes and keeps us captivated.  

Debutante Tena who has done everything from wearing a bikini to smooching , manages to leave an impact on the viewers. In some parts of the film she resembles Priyanka Chopra , in  the college scenes she resembles Genelia Desouza and with the  running eye liner and mascara she can be easily mistaken for Kangana Ranaut. When her character tells  Paresh "The person who said that money can't buy happiness didn't know where to shop " we see  how superficial and shallow people are until they come to know that death is the ultimate reality .

In a line very few people can claim that they have never lied , cheated or manipulated people , so watch the film and maybe it inspires you to rectify your actions before it's too late.
Can be watched in theaters .

Rank- 4  (Films I have seen in 2013 )