One word review: Avoidable

A love story based on the pre-Independence British era in 1945 where the young Roop (Alia Bhatt) is torn between respect for husband Dev (Aditya Roy Kapur) and her newfound love for Zafar (Varun Dhawan). Their back stories unfolds and haunt their present and decide their future during the India’s Partition era.

What's Good: There are quite a few good stuff that includes - Alia Bhatt & Varun Dhawan with their screen presence & chemistry. Alia looks beautiful and delicate from start till the end, all thanks to her amazing costumes. Kunal Khemu shines in his small role with grey shade. The sets and the design looks great & humongous.

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What's Bad: Too many things to be honest starting with the chemistry. There is absolutely no chemistry between the actors be it Madhuri & Sanjay to Aditya & Sonakshi. Their expressions looks forced and the love isn't visible in any scenes they portray. The length 2 hours and 48 minutes is too long for people to sit and watch the movie. After the first 30 mins, the movie becomes predictable and it feels a decade inside the theater. The direction and the screenplay is too bad that the dialogues seems boring in the course of the movie. Many scenes are left incomplete in the movie and the characters are not well written. The "Bull Fight" scene looks kiddish and has bad VFX which makes it hilarious rather than intense.

Overall, a movie which totally justifies the title and can be avoided easily. With a low rating of 2.5/10 in IMDB, its good to avoid this movie and watch 'Devdas" instead ;)

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Directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia and Vishal Furia, this is an Indian adaptation of a BBC series of the same name. The series revolves around Aditya (Vikrant Massey) who gets accussed of murder after having one night stand with a girl under the influence of drugs. The plot revolves around him on how the justice is done.

Criminal Justice Review

Coming to the performances, the central character Vikrant Massey, what an actor he is. Each and every character which he has enacted is just fabulous from being hero's friend in Lootera, Death in the Gunj to Mirzapur, Broken..but beautiful, Made in Heaven and now Criminal Justice. One can say he is a rare talent who can take any role and perform outstandingly well. His expressions, dialogue delivery is just apt to the role from being a fearful boy at the start to fearless person. Eagerly waiting for next release Chhapak. Pankaj Tripathi, one of the most lovable and well known actors in recent times is just simply outstanding in his role as Adv. Madhav Mishra. He aces his character with dry humour, making you smirk at his witty lines. Do watch for his conversation with the psychologist he consults. Jackie Shroff makes his debut in a digital series and aces it "bole to jahkkas bhidu". Pankaj Saraswat is monotone and stereotyped in his role of an honest police officer. Anupriya Goenka is good in her part and supports Tripathi well.

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On the whole, a worth watching series & will keep you glued to the series despite a lengthy 10 episode series. Do watch it on Hotstar if you are a fan of crime based series & the fabulous actors trio.

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Photograph - Ritesh Batra (director of LunchBox) brings yet another innocent love story between a street photographer played by Nawazzudin Siddiqui & an aspiring CA student played by Sanya Malhotra. Nawazuddin & Sanya, unique couple in itself gives the perfect blend of romance.

Photograph - Movie Review

This movie is about the budding romantic relationship between characters of two completely different backgrounds and the director is successful in capturing the nervousness, the newness and the hesitance of a growing relationship. The film has little dialogue, similar to real life situations like these, and focuses on capturing gestures. Nawaz plays his role to perfection, his sheer brilliance in delivering minimal dialogues and playing with emotions stands out. Sanya, is absolutely amazing in her calm, composed and measured performance of Miloni (meaning: achiever). Farrukh Jaffer as Dadi really binds the whole movie, and gives us the light-hearted laughs that any romantic story should have. Ritesh Batra, who delivers a convincing comeback, is an artist that the industry must be proud of.

Movie Review on Photograph

They say the camera never lies but the camera is a tool of glorification as much as it is an instrument of accuracy. Photograph is such a movie that thrives on silences, and it is beautiful to acknowledge how, at times, they overcompensate for the absence of words.


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One Word Review - PATHBREAKER

Once in a while there comes a movie which is dedicated to a particular group of people. ELKDTAL is such a movie which focuses on same-sex couple and throws light on positivity, acceptance and most importantly LOVE.

Movie Review - Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga (ELKDTAL)

The story starts with Sweety (Sonam K Ahuja) a girl from Moga, Punjab being subjected to matchmaking by her family members especially her brother Bablu (Abhishek Duhan) & dad (Anil Kapoor). Sweety meets Sahil Mirza (Rajkummar Rao), a struggling writer in Delhi and Sahil fells in love with her at first sight and goes down to Punjab along with Chatroji (Juhi Chawla), her "so called" friend and struggling actress as a suitor without knowing that Sweety likes him or not. It is then that Sahil gets to know that Sweety is not in LOVE with him but a girl named Kuhu (Regina Cassandra). How things pan out and what happens when the family knows about it marks the further story of the movie.

The movie starts with a very breezy feeling giving you the opportunity to build up the story ahead. Juhi Chawla & Anil Kapoor reunites on silver screen after 18 years but still their chemistry and comic timing is perfect and upto the mark. They make you smile in the moments they share screenspace. Juhi Chawla in particular gives a "mind-shattering" performance and a scene-stealer. Rajkummar Rao is impressive in his looks and he lives the character. Sonam K Ahuja who has maximum screenspace unfortunately fails to deliver a good performance as her dialogues doesn't seem to be comprehensive enough. On the other hand, South actress Regina does a great performance in the limited screen time, she acts quite convincingly. Duhan as Sweety's brother is another performancer to look out for. He has portrayed his character with sheer brilliance.

Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga (ELKDTAL) movie review

Kudos should go to Director Shelly Chopra Dhar along with writer Gazal Dhaliwal for such a  attempt. To portray LOVE on screen is easy but a kind of LOVE which is difficult to accept in this modern society is comendable. The movie focused on the point which says LOVE is LOVE and is not based on any gender, race, caste or any other factors. It starts from the heart and ends to the heart and should be accepted whatever gender, race, caste it may be. A lovely movie made with a pure heart deserves a watch. A movie which will prove to be a turning point in Indian cinema & also society by such topics and acceptance all over the world.

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Never ever thought a movie will be made on a subject as small as Cycle. Cycle, a Marathi movie based on Post Independence Era. An era where people used to believe in goodwill .

Marathi movie - Cycle

A story about Keshav's intense love for his cycle which gets stolen by two thieves Gajya and Mangya. A movie which is very sweet and never loses its sweetness throughout its 90 minutes of the run time. A very simple yet engaging story where even you will fall in love with the negative characters. All the characters are very lovable and the scenic beauty of Konkan adds to the visual treat. Cinematography by Amalendu Chaudhary is wonderful. It really brings out the beauty of Maharashtrian villages in a superb manner. Hrishikesh Joshi, Bhau Kadam & Priyadarshan Jadhav has done justice to their roles and have done wonderful job. Bhau Kadam well known for his comic timing delivers all his dialogues well and leaves you in splits.

Loved this movie and looking forward to more of such movies. Content-driven Marathi cinema has truly evolved a lot. It also gives the message that Goodwill can remove any negativity even if roof falls on one's heads as it does here on one and it should be retained no matter what :)

IMDB Rating of 8.9/10. This Cycle is worth riding and loving for. Worth a watch for sure.

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Badhaai Ho (2018)

When you come out of the theatre watching Badhaai Ho, you will truely love your family more. A movie which is pure at heart, simple yet very lovable. As the title specifies, this movie is about celebration of a beautiful family and its members who stand by it whatever circumstances be. 2018 is a year which has given a list of content driven movies and have succeeded in it, Badhaai Ho adds to the list.

Badhai ho movie review

Nakul's (Ayushmaan Kuranna) family resembles a perfect happy Punjabi family until the "tragedy" happens when Nakul's mother (Neena Gupta) get pregnant on her late 50s. For sure Nakul, his brother and his grandma everyone starts blaming her and his husband (Gajraj Rao) for being careless. And this story spread like flame and they all started feeling embarresed on the society. What happens next forms the rest of the movie.

The whole movie is very well told with situational humour which keeps you entertained and also some emotional scenes which also brings tears to your eyes. Director Amit Sharma who comes from the forgettable "Tevar" does a good job in conveying the message to the audience. Ayushmaan Khurana, an actor par excellence who always experiments in different roles delivers yet another fantastic performance mainly with his expressions. Sanya Malhotra also gives an effortless performance after "Pataakha". The true charmers of the movie are the masterful Gajraj Rao, the queen of nuances Neena Gupta & the very "young" grandmother Surekha Sikri. Gajraj Rao has given a stellar performance and has played with the expressions so well. With his finely tuned performance, aced with funny mannerisms and slight shifts in expressions he robs everyone else of their equally erudite performances. Neena Gupta also delivers a superb performance and plays her part to perfection. Next in line is veteran actress Surekha Sikhri who eats into the role and delivers an organic performance of a unyielding but liberal grandmother.The writers also take the credit for the dialogues and are very impressive.

Movie Review - Badhai Ho

While watching Badhaai Ho, you will truely remember the line from the animated movie "Coco" that "Family is above everything". It is a movie which will make you laugh and cry at the same time and will make you feel the importance of family. The delicate issue of pregnancy in the late 50's and societal stigma that comes with it has been brilliantly handled and portrayed. Overall Badhaai Ho is a must watch for all movie lovers.

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One Word: ASTONISHING

What is Life? It is based on the LIVER. Surely, the quote said above will not impact you much until you finish watching the movie.

Sriram Raghavan, a man with the Midas Touch in dishing out twisty neo-noir (french word for creating crime movies of the 1940's with twisted dark wit) from Ek Hasina Thi (2004), Johnny Gaddar (2007) and now the recently released Andhadhun. A movie which will keep you guessing about what is coming up next and will keep you glued to the seat till last minute. Inspired by a French short film L'Accordeur or The Piano Tuner (2010) by Olivier Treiner, AndhaDhun is a nerve-racking tale of fear, deceit and crime, that keeps you on the edge of your seat as it teases your mind.

Andhadhun - Movie Review

The storyline of the movie is simple, where a blind pianist Akash (Ayushmaan Khurana) is living his normal life of completing a tune which is not getting completed meets Sophie (Radhika Apte). In a turn of events he meets a famous and old Bollywood actor Pramod Sinha (Anil Dhawan) and offers Akash a private concert for him and his wife Simi(Tabu) for their wedding anniversary. When Akash reaches their home, Pramod Sinha is already murdered and he witnesses some activity related to murder. His conscience urges him to report the crime he has technically not ‘witnessed’, but is there more to him than meets the eye?

Andhadhun

The story and its execution is the true highlight of the movie. The twists and turns happen in such a eventful manner that one cannot miss it with a blink of the eye. Ayushmaan Khurana is definately one of the great and underrated actors of the generation. He delivers one of his best performance till date and lives to the character. His choices of movies and the genre of his movies he chooses makes him a great actor from Vicky Donor to Andhadhun. Tabu, an actress par brilliance. Her acting skills are aptly utilised and she delivers a fantastic performance. Anil Dhawan whom one can see after a long time has acted his part well along with Zakir Hussain as Dr. Swami, Ashwini Kalsekar as Rasika, Manav Vij as Inspector Manohar, Chaya Kadam as Maushi. Radhika Apte has limited screen space and she has also played it to her forte.  Applause should be given to the director Sriram Raghvan who has thought of such a movie and created a masterpiece in itself. This cinematic experience will not let you stay back in your seat relaxed. Crisp editing grips you.Cinematography is something that boasts the storytelling.Tribute to Chayahar & Chitrageet is something that needs applaud. Piano scenes are superbly crafted and choreographed , underlined by Amit Trivedi's music and Daniel B George's background score Befitting the title - Andhadhun.

So grab the ticket and be a part of this eventful journey. Andhadhun shouldnt be missed. With IMDB rating of 9.2/10, Andhadhun is truely one of the best movies of 2018.

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A movie which has the feel good factor in itself and will provide you with the warmth amidst the recent movies. A story of Mauji & Mamta from a small town who aspire to start their own small scale textile business. It has been well executed by the Director Sharad Katariya who had earlier given us the lovely movie "Dum Laga Ke Haisha". Once again he comes with a sweet and simple story of everyday life and endears us.

Sui Dhaaga review

Coming to the story, Mauji (Varun Dhawan) works as a helper in a shop that sells sewing machines also doing odd jobs for his bosses which includes enacting like a dog to entertain people at his self respect's behest. He is married to Mamta (Anushka Sharma) but they don't find time for each other due to life's struggles and in laws. Mauji has a sweet mother Amma (Yamini Das) and a nagging father Bauji (Raghubir Yadav). Mauji also has a brother who is married and doesn't stay with them. Life takes turns when at the boss's son's marriage Mauji goes to such an extent that he starts acting like a dog to earn some extra bucks. Saddened by the disrespect Mamta hints Mauji to start something of his own as he is a good tailor. That's where the story of struggle and pain begins.

The story starts of with a simple introduction of the family and with Mauji's philosophy "Sab Badhiya hai". The first half has its moments but fails to create impact. The main struggle and the story picks up in the second half which depicts the hardships Mauji & Mamta goes through in achieving their goals.

Mauji and Mamta - Sui Dhaaga

Varun Dhawan who had shown that he is a good actor in the recently released movie October and Badlapur excels once again with his expressions and dialogue delivery. The effort taken by him to enact Mauji truely shows in the movie. Anushka Sharma plays the quiet Mamta who directs Mauji and guides him towards the path and Mauji takes care of the rest. She has also excelled with the dialogue delivery and her expressions mostly in the second half. Watch out for her dialogue where she explains Mauji's struggle and pain to earn a sewing machine. Raghubir Yadav as usual excels in his role as a nagging father.

Sui Dhaaga movie review

The story is  very fast paced and sometimes doesn't feel realistic but is very well displayed by the director. Songs also doesn't slow the movie and helps the pace adding soothness.

On the whole "Sui Dhaaga - Made in India" is worth a watch and as Mauji says "Sab Badhiya hai" 😍

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