review : Jaane tu.. ya jaane na

Quite an unconventional start, with a glimpse of normal love story in between and the typical bollywood-stylish end is what i will say about the movie.
Watching genelia in 'bomerillu'(telugu flick) and knowing the fact that Aamir Khan is the producer of this movie were enough reasons for me to watch this movie. And infact when you hear someone saying that this movie is worth watching 2-3 times then you seriously feel like giving it a try.
The movie starts quite well, with some good humour (remember? 'pappu can't dance') and goes on well until aditi(genelia) and jai(imran) realise that they don't love each other, and are just best friends. And then starts their search for soulmates, obvious twist in the tale. And infact they do find themselves new partners, but you can guess, how this has to end.
Regarding guest appearance of Arbaaz and sohail khan, guys please! for gods sake don't spoil a good-going movie. In some scenes they are okay but by the end, they go crazy and you'll seriously feel irritated. Riding those horses on the roads of mumbai, hats off!
Basically, the story is all the same, that of a usual indian romantic movie. But the way of presentation is quite a bit different, except specially the end, where those 'teen shartein' are fulfilled by the protagonist, however silly they maybe.
The good part is that the actors and his friends are not those only-found-in-indian-movie types, they are simple characters which we come across in everyday lives.
Imran khan seems to have learnt a lot from his uncle aamir, and for sure is a promising actor, the only one after neil nitin mukesh(from Johnny gaddar) I guess.. (of course regardless of who gets the best debutant award at the IIFA awards!). Genelia is one of those few actress who can do those bubbly roles(just like she did in 'bomerillu') with ease, just like preity zinta :).
Overall, the movie is okay. And I'll give it a 3.5 star. Go watch it if you are looking for a little change and yea, its a feel-good movie, so you'll come out in a good mood, which is not generally the case nowadays with hindi movies.
Cast : Imran Khan, Genelia D'Souza, Naseerudin Shah, Ratna Pathak Shah
Director : Abbas Tyrewala
Producer: Aamir Khan, Mansoor Khan
Music: A R Rahman

hanuman returns

Thanks to those responsible for power-cut at our hostel last night (which ofcourse is not a new thing for us Indians), which compelled us to watch this movie for having nothing else better to do (for those using scratching their heads on how we watched it when the power was not there, we watched it on the laptop!).

Surprisingly, the movie turned out to be really good. It not only reminds you of your childhood, but also makes you aware of the difference in the kid’s understanding at your time and now.

What makes it appealing is its relevance with the today’s world. This is what in my opinion gives it an edge over other such movies. Rather than just portraying those mythological stories on screen, the creators have made the movie fully based on the present scenario. From the I-phone’s touch ‘zoom in’ option which hanuman uses, to brahma’s laptop carrying assistant, the movie has everything that you can relate to the normal life. The best thing is the usage of language, unlike the normal ‘shudh hindi’ types used in such mythological movies which rather go above the heads of kids, they did not mind using the frequently used hinglish words.

Featuring the voices of SRK to gabbar to big B to mogambo, the movie doesn’t just makes you feel relaxed, but also has some important teachings for kids.

The sholay spoofs and other general bollywood spoofs prove that its not only aimed at kids, as they won’t understand them.

Although the animation quality can never match up to those in Hollywood but it is acceptable. And also, last part of the movie is a bit dull. But overall , the movie is a good watch, even if you are not a kid, as apart from entertaining it also imparts some good messages through the best way possible, relating it to god. And for those parents out there, I think this is possibly what you were waiting for to show your kids, once they get some time off, rhyming on the tunes of today’s sex and masala video songs/ movies.

Movie deserves a decent 3.5 out of 5.

dhoom - 2

Only the end is good... i will say..
humm.... although the music had already said that this flick is not gonna be something as a sequel like of munnabhai...
the songs seeming no how creative wid songs like my name is ali , seeming like , wrapping "dilbara" in a different pack...
but still, movies like this attract youngsters like anything... especially whn u've got such a cool starcast and one of the very best production houses in industry...
The movie starts simply reminding you of everything you saw in dhoom - 1 ... and then for the first half story runs simply like for no significance...
except that intelligence in hritik's role... but man... i think we need something more creative...
if something is sold (dhoom) then y r they tryin to make more profit on that name again .....
The first half is basically made of songs n dances... this is the biggest advantage they've taken by replacing john by hritik .... if u talk of dancing .... no ones better than hritik in this industry... i feel... and movie seems to say that only..
i still cudnt understand the need for bips in double role!!
whr both seem to be jus simply like gap filllers... in a so called story...
first role is even okay... but second one.... mindless effort to put sexy things in the movie... and is still somewht annoying...
they could have looked for much better way to do so...
and our uday chopra... the guy giving PJs throughout the movie... goodness... i dont wanna open my mouth...
he is a clear example of how can you survive as an actor... without actually doing it... on the basis of ur family background...
But most remarkable thing about the movie was Ash's role... she seems no less than a hollywood actress now...
she has proved that she is no less than others...
but her role seems alll around to remind u of tomb raider...
But yea... The Very important fact that i think most of the ppl in theatre missed was that...
the very second dialouges that ash speaks is that " ohh.. F**k " .... !!!
bullshit... seems like a daring gal humm... ;)
And yup... abhishek bachchan.. well nothing positive or negative bout this guy.... he has done justice to his role....
And not but the most important character .... Aryan (hritik) .... kudos to him... its only him... who has survived the reputation of yash chopra... He simply Rocks...
i will give the movie a 2.5 star on a scale of 5... Bollywood needs to learn to make better sequels like munnabhai.... (this one is not up that mark)... I expected far better stuff from yash chopra production house...
anyways... if you havent watched the movie and still going to watch it then do not miss the end title song... ( another good dance)....
i was surprised to see ppl leaving theatre without watching the "main ingredient" of the movie...