Dil Dosti etc - Promo

A movie produced by Prakash Jha!!! Movie is called Dil Dosti etc and has Shreyas "Iqbal" Talpade and a new comer Imad Shah in lead roles. Movie looks like little bit based on college politics and a bit on an eternal dilemma about love. I absolutely loved the promo and cant wait to get my hands on this one. Looks to be a real promise to us guys who like to watch a little hat ke movies. The dialogues seem to be really in your face kinda thing. Watch out for this one guys. Looks like a must watch!!!

Chak De India - The Return of the King

KING KHAN is Back with a Bang. Silencing all his critics who say that he cant act, he replies back with a superb performance as Kabir Khan in Chak De India.

Chak De has the basic plot line which is used by almost all of the movies of this genre. A Coach trying to prove something, a team of underdogs who dont know how to play as a team and finally their emergance as the World Champions. What's different here is the screenplay and treatment by the director Shimit Amin whose past record includes a mighty Ab Tak Chhappan.



Chak De worked for me because it was really entertaining. The girls in the team are picked with a lot of thought. There is a hotty from Chandigarh, Preeti Sabharwal. A Haryanvi Komal Chautala(my favourite) who also got the best lines in the movie. Team Captain Vidya Sharma who is also a housewife. Senior egoistic player Bindiya who has some frictions with the Coach. Mighty Balbinder Kaur from Punjab who is also short tempered. Girls from Jharkhand who says ho ho(one of the best scenes). Kudis from Northeast. Another hottie Aaliya who wears a nose ring like Sania. And all this makes the movie really interesting.

I dont follow hockey nor do I am much of a fan of the sport. But is shown very nicely in the movie. The cinematography is like the soul of the movie. Background music is nice.



Finally it is King Khan who makes all the difference. And we come to know here why he is the KING. Just see him in the cool Raybans and you will come to know. He has not overacted anywhere in the movie and indeed provides a very natural performance. Love you SRK. You ROCK man!!!

Chinmay's scale - ***1/2

Eternal Movies - Ghayal

I thought of starting this new segment called Eternal Movies wherein I can write about those movies that I have seen I-dont-know-how-many-times but which i can see again and again. Yesterday I cought up with Ghayal for the umpteenth time. I remember the whole movie frame by frame, dialogue by dialogue but still no harm in seeing once more huh.

Ghayal gave Sunny Deol his first National Award. It gave us one of my all time favourite director Rajkumar Santoshi. Gave us a villain we can never forget - Balwant Rai. And i can never ever forget the background music of the movie. I am not aware if it is an original creation of Bappida or "Inspired" from some where. I dont care as it gives me the adrenaline rush everytime it is played.

Now if you think about it, Ghayal has a story which is done to death not only in Bollywood but everywhere in the world. A normal guy taking revenge on the bad guy because he killed his brother/sister/wife/bhabhi/father/mother etc etc. Then what makes Ghayal an eternal movie. What makes it different from the countless movies with the same story before it and after it. My take is it is the treatment of the movie by Raj Santoshi and a sparkling and awe-inspiring performance from Sunny paaji. Sunny debuted with a romantic movie Betaab(tell me about it) but his skills were recognized in Arjun and established because of Ghayal. Many directors tried repeating the success of Ghayal by roping in Sunny in a movie with the same kind of story line but never succeeded. What makes Ghayal different from all these movies then.

First there was a kind of void created in the filmi world for an action hero after the senior guys Dharamji and Amitji started getting old. Agreed that Amitji was the first angry young man of indian cinema but Sunny was an Angry+++ guy. Second the dialogues of the movie and the way they were delivered by Sunny are etched in our memories even today. Not many actors can try shouting their dialogues and get away without hamming. Sunny did that every time. Balwant Rai ke kutte is still famous among the junta. It showed us Sunny ka gussa which no movie had explored before.

All in all Ghayal will always remain an eternal movie for many years to come. Atleast to me!!!

Some of the movies I saw recently

Thanks to my good friend Desitorrents, I am never in the scarcity of movies, old or new.


One of the movies I got hold of was Rajnigandha, having Amol Palekar and Vidya Sinha in the lead and directed by Basu Chatterjee. You keep wondering that, this movie was so ahead of its time. Its a sweet story about 3 characters. Amol and Vidya are currently in a relationship which is going to end in a marriage. Now Amol bhai, appropriately is shown little gareeb. He never comes on time. Comes always in bus or auto. Talks always about his promotion. But still there is something in him that Vidya is attracted to. Even she has difficulty comprehending what that thing is. Then there is a third character, Dinesh Thakur aka hubby of baa, who is the ex-boyfriend of Vidya, whom she meets in Mumbai 5 years after their breakup. And she is impressed with what she sees. She still thinks him as her pehla sachcha pyaar and wishes secretly in her mind that he still loves her and will propose to her. This is shown in a very subtle manner. I am not going to tell who gets the girl. Go and see the movie for that. For the fans of Amol and Basuda, this one is strongly recommended.



Then there was Chain Kulli ki Main Kulli starring Rahul Bose and Zain Khan(kid in the movie) Now this is no Lagaan or Iqbal but still is a very sweet movie about a kid making it big in the Indian Cricket team, who scores only 4s and 6s and never takes singles. LOL. A timepass flick which you can definitely see if you have some free time on your hand(Like Me!!!) Watch out for that short kid with the hiccups. He is cho chweet.



And finally, saw The Bourne Ultimatum. I dont have words to describe how much I liked the movie and according to me this one is One of the Best Action thrillers of all time. Already saw twice and ready for the third time if someone is interested.

Movie Review - Bommarillu

First of all I would like to thank my friend Anupam to suggest this movie to me. Thanks a ton dude. This is my first telugu movie and I was completely bowled over by it. Usually I was little sceptical with the regional language movies, tamil and telugu, thinking they wont be having much substance to them. But after seeing movies for both the languages, I have been proven wrong.

Bommarillu is a usual desi rom com movie, where guy meets the girl, family has some problems, they try something to resolve that problem and then there is happily ever after. Then what's different here. Difference is made by the performances of the lead pair. Siddhartha is improving with every movie he is doing. And nothing can stop me from saying this that this girl Genelia has the capacity to become Next Kajol. She is superb, amazing, sweet and i am running out of adjectives now. She truely deserves an award for this performance, which I believe she has already won. She is the soul of the movie. After you are done watching it one thing etched in your memory is name Hasini and her antics. One other thing which I noticed was the voice used for Genelia. Now I dont know whether it was she who dubbed her own dialogues or it was someone else. But whoever it may be, it was one of the sweetest voices I have heard in the movies in a long long time. She is coming in a hindi movie now and I just cant wait to see that one.

All in all its a feel good movie, in which after completing the movie you will surely have a nice smile on your face. So go for it.

Chinmay's scale - ***1/2

Boys - Movie Review

First things first. None of the tamil girls I know like this movie. And all the tamil guys I know love this movie.

Boys start with the introduction of the 5 boys of the movie. And their common goal. Girls!!! And all of them are having some weird tarika of ladki patao. We have Munna(Siddharth), Babu Kalyan aka Bob Galy, Kumar, JuJu and Krishna. Movie begins with their adventures, some very weird of trying to be cool and getting a GF(they even sing abt it). Then enters Harini(Genelia), becomes friends with them, making Munna to fall in love with her. And Munna does the most outrageous thing I have ever seen in Indian films. See it to believe it. Then there are parents. Who as normal filmi maa baap, try to seperate the pair. Also in my 2 years in Chennai, how come I didnt see the girls shown in this movie. May be I lived in the wrong area. Ok back to the movie. What follows is the most unpredictable, fast paced screenplay I have ever seen. I bet you will never be able to second guess the movie. You wont know what will hit you. Ok. Story Sounds like that of a normal Desi movie. Then what the hell is so different about this one. Yes Boss It's Different.

The Music of the movie really really reallyyyyyyyy ROCKS. Hail A.R.Rehman for these wonderful songs. You wont need to understand tamil to like the songs. Almost all the songs are awesome though my favourite is the final song"Secret of Success". Music is the major factor that will make you like this movie.

Now we come to the captain of the sheep, Shankar. No one will deny that he has immense talent hidden in him. Well he made the biggest blockbuster of 2007 with Thalaivar didnt he. The story, I wont say is Amazing. But it has lot of twists and turns. Unpredictable I would say. That goes for Screenplay too. You can't imagine in your wildest dreams, what is going to come next. Also the climax is very smart. Movie, sometimes becomes silly but that's fine. Chalta hai.

In the acting department my fav was Genelia. She is cho chweet. So charming. So innocent. Look out for the scene where Munna goes to talk to her for the first time. See how she changes her expressions. Simply Mindblowing. Out of the 5 boys, Siddharth stands out. He has the meaty role. And we all know what he is capable of. Special Mention to Mangalam Sir(Vivek). He is one of those actors who makes me laugh just with his sheer presence. I dont have to understand a damn word he is saying. I wish he does some hindi movies. He is simply awesome in the movie.


Another fav character of mine in the movie is the Priest who sends Kumar to bring food from different temples. Really funny character. Information is Wealth ain't it.

This movie made me little nostalgic by showing Spencer plaza, Sathyam theater, Besant nagar beach, party with friends, ufffffff....Those golden days!!!

All in all I guess everyone should like the movie. Atleast the Music. Did I say Rehman sir Rocks....


Chinmay' scale - ***1/2