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RGV’s ‘Contract’ - Movie reviews across the web

July 21st, 2008 · Add your comment

RGV's 'Contract' - Movie reviews across the web

…CONTRACT is weak in merits and the fact that this genre [underworld/gangster films] has limited reach will further curtail its prospects. At the box-office, a poor show!
Taran Adarsh [ Bollywoodhungama ]

…The movie is full of all the trappings of a usual RGV gangster drama. It has shabby-looking, trigger-happy criminals and inside informants engaged in a war between rival gangs…
Aparajita Ghosh [ ApunKaChoice.Com ]

… One wishes that RGV did not have a fetish for holding the camera an inch away from the actors. The extreme close-ups, which have been seen in most of his recent movies, takes away from the film….
Nithya Ramani [ Rediff Movies ]
… That precisely summarizes Ram Gopal Varma’s third installment on the underworld trilogy. Rather than a story detailing the intricacies of the underworld operations like the earlier two episodes boasted of….
Gaurav Malani [ Indiatimes Movies ]
…Watch Contract for what Ramu does best even if it is far from being his best. As well as for an unexpected, shattering climax in which the debutant lead pair get to do their stuff with guns and bullets. ….
Shubra Gupta [ Indian Express ]
… Overall, Contract fails to impress you. The story is too sketchy and you won’t feel it they way you feel for the protagonists in Satya and Company. Come on Ramu, you can certainly do better. And this one is not a part of any …
Noyon Jyoti Parasara [ AOL Bollywood ]

RGV's 'Contract' - Movie reviews across the web


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Preview: Maan Gaye Mughal-E-Azam

July 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment

This August you can laugh along with the Pyar Ke Side Effects jodi again, with Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam. And this time Paresh Rawal and K.K Menon join Rahul Bose and Mallika Sherawat to add to the drollery.

Maan Gaye Mughal-E-Azam

Bose sure looks inspired by Kamal Hassan’s Dasavatharam, since he portrays 6 avtaars in this film - a daredevil officer of the intelligence agency, Mughal prince Jehangir, an underworld gangster, a Hyderabadi Nawab, a dumb deputy of an underworld don and also a don’s bodyguard!

Maan Gaye Mughal-E-Azam

Unlike the title, the story is extremely fresh, young and contemporary. Its about a theatre group - Kalakar Natak Company which wants to bring about a change in society through its plays. Unfortunately its though-provoking and socially relevant plays are not well received by the audience. But they don’t lose hope and dream about a day they’d manage to get their message across and everyone would say “Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam”.

Sanjay Chel, the director of the film had this to say:

MAAN GAYE MUGHAL-E-AZAM stresses on humor. It’s a dhamaal film, but not a mindless entertainer. There’s a purpose for everything that’s depicted on screen. It’s on the lines of JAANE BHI DO YAARO…

The film is scheduled to release on August 25. Lets hope “Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam” is well received by our audience.

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Preview: This season prepare for the royality… now the Singh is Kingg!

July 19th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Preview: This season prepare for the royality… now the Singh is Kingg!

How do you make any film a sure hit?
Take Akshay Kumar as the hero, Katrina as the leading lady, Anees Bazmi as the director, Vipul Shah to produce it, aur ek Punjabi tadka laga do. Assi Picture to hit ho jayegi.

Here comes Anees Bazmi’s another, and this time its not just a tadka, but total Punjabi masala.

Preview: This season prepare for the royality… now the Singh is Kingg!

SINGH IS KINGG!

Never before has one made a serious attempt at having a turban-clad Sardar as the protagonist (of course it is safe to overlook, Jo Bole So Nihaal starring Sunny Deol). And the Singhs, we don’t have just one, but plenty of them. Right from the handsome Akshay Kumar, there is Sonu Sood, Javed Jaffrey, Sudhanshu Pandey and OM Puri too - All as Sardars. Wow, this one is going to rock to the Punjabi beat.

Preview: This season prepare for the royality… now the Singh is Kingg!

Akshay Kumar returns back to what he does the best - Comedy and Action. He plays the role of the Happy Sardar and I mean, by Name too - Happy Singh. Coming from a small village in Punjab, he is the Mr. Nice guy who tries to help everyone out there, but every time he does that it seems to backfire and land him in trouble. Tired of his antics, the villagers hatch a plot to get rid of him by sending him to get another notorious son of the soil, Lakhanpal Singh aka Lucky Singh (Sonu Sood) who is the king of the underworld in Australia. With his gang of Sardars he rules the underworld in Aussie land.

Preview: This season prepare for the royality… now the Singh is Kingg!

Happy Singh ever ready to help, thinks the villagers mean him good and sets out on the quest to bring back Lucky Singh. Fate takes him to Egypt where he falls in Love with Sonia (the lovely Katrina Kaif), a law student who loves to have fun. She loses her cool only when she comes across criminals.

How Lucky’s life is saved by the naive Happy Singh from an attack on his life, how the turn of events makes Lucky Singh paralyzed and Happy Singh the King of Underworld forms the story. The story takes a hilarious turn when Happy converts the dangerous skills of the gang men to utilize them as domestic help in order to impress his girl. Needless to say this movie will leave us laughing.

Preview: This season prepare for the royality… now the Singh is Kingg!

The music is already out in the stores and creating a buzz on the music charts. Even though the songs are a little slow to get on with, once you have heard it a couple of times even you can’t stop murmuring ….

Dil Agar Saccha ho, Rab sab karde setting…Singh is Kingg!

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Movie Review: Kismat Konnection

July 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Movie Review: Kismat Konnection

This time we caught one angel and one devil straight out of the f.d.f.s (first day first show) of Kismat Konnection. Must say for all the extensive publicity, Tips films did make the multiplex seem like the coliseum. With the biggest screen going houseful, people were enjoying it like a 20-20 match. From Shahid’s entry to Vidya’s charm, all was equally cheered. We could see a hundred students flocking the plex, with their indecorous liveliness, only later reflected in the college attendance sheets.

Is the movie ‘pretty good’, or is it ‘bad types’? We have two opinions again.. presenting the Angel Critic and the Devil Critic.

The BookEazy Angel Critic

BookEazy Blog Devil

The angel critic today is a girl who looks forward to more movies like these. She has a very satisfactory experience and felt like dancing with Shahid.


So.. what d’you think?

It is a very sweet movie, I do like such movies. Simple touches of fun, laughter, romance and sorrow. Some scenes were really impressive, the one where Shahid is in a dilemma of how to go about with his life, then the one where Vidya gets hurt. I like the message the movies passes on, about faith. Also the climax where Shahid makes an important point on how today’s businessmen can have a different approach towards life than just being greedy.

But this seems like just any other story, isn’t it?

Many of us have a clichéd life. The idea is how a movie charm you with some nice moments.

But you agree the story is the same old one?

Why should I disagree? I’m a girl who likes to involve myself for those few hours into the story and imagine myself there. I’ll recommend this to anyone who respects emotions. Unlike those MCPs.

Lets not get abusive here, what do you think of the overall cast?

Humph. Shahid Kapoor and Vidya Balan make an excellent jodi. Om puri also has a great role and as always acted wonderfully. Himani Shivpuri as Om Puri’s wife is too funny and a great actor. Juhi Chawla has been given an important role and she does a fine job with so many years of experience. Boman Irani also has a role, a short but sweet one.

Great, what do you think about Shahid?

He’s a darling, I like him a lot. Doesn’t carry his so-called chocolate boy image anymore… he’s a dude in this film. Some scenes have been done well by Shahid. Imagine, his dialogue in the pool table scene, he explains something to Om Puri which approximately had some 30 odd lines! He’s too good, every girl’s favorite, I could take him all over Pune on my scooty even if he wishes to spend a single day with me. And I hate Kareena for what she did to him.

And Vidya?

Vidya is an exceptional actor. She has done proper justice to her role. Even though she reminds me of the Munnabhai wali Vidya Balan, in this film she has an important part. She is Shahid’s lucky charm.

Next question before you spoil the whole movie, what do you have to say about the humor?

I was laughing like crazy till I came for this interview. The whole theatre was laughing. Some may call this humor as silly, but I don’t care. Alls well until you are laughing. Laugh and make others laugh, don’t make them cry as you are doing to me.

But I’m just asking you about the movie. What about the music?

Each song is worth it. I was jhooming with every beat. All the students in the theatre were doing the same. The music made them feel that bunking lectures can sometimes be worth it. I had already bought the CD so I knew each song. Amazing music.

Thank you so much. It was pleasure talking to you, any last words for people who are considering Kismat Konnection?

You are welcome (and I’m saying this just as a formality). I would like to tell all the girls out there, if you like Shahid, don’t miss this one. If you like Vidya, same thing. If you liked Jab We Met, if you like romance, laughter, simple touching moments then see this one today.

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The devil, the rebel, the boy who woke up early and reached the theatre at 9 in the morning! His mom was surprised to the fact that beta aaj jaldi kyu utha? The beta didn’t even have his breakfast and ran for the first show of Kismat Konnection.


Kaise lagi movie dude?

Bakwaas is the word, all its synonyms and associated adjectives.

I think you bunked your English lecture. What was so devastating?

Arre typical stuff man. I don’t understand why they make a movie which is an exact copy of so many from the past. They should have changed something from the plot, something at-least?

Why, I’m sure the locations and the art direction must’ve been good?

Full Canada ghoomaya. The story is not worth any art direction, its so typical that I got confused if it’s actually the first show of a new movie. And even if the story is stale, I didn’t find anything else special in the movie. Wait for the DVD release or wait for the cable release, haha.

Why rush for the first show then? Were you not expecting something like that? Shouldn’t you have waited for the reviews?

Man.. you sure are one interrogator. Just a movie man, chill, my 60 bucks and another 70 on the pop-corn are already wasted, and you are making me regret it. I saw Jaane Tu and felt that now film makers are exploring classical themes with a different approach. So my greed to see another Jaane Tu pulled me here. But no, all I find is overused, stereotypic entertainment galore. Sob… :(

My sympathies are with you, please be fine. Lets change the topic, any comments on Shahid?

Shahid is full of wonders. He could patao Kareena was the first wonder, he could play that dumb guy in Chupke Chupke was the second. His over-hyped persona in Jab We Met, his chocolate-boy image and this role on Kismat Konnection are all wonders.

And Vidya Balan?

She has always been liked by people. But I doubt her dietitian’s abilities these days, both have have to realize that the kilos being shed is a myth. I remember the Vidya from Parineeta, really so gorgeous.

But do you think the kilos or the movie come in the way of her performance?

Of course, who will buckle down to her acting skills when the movie is so boring. And the bulge can shift your focus from her role to the fact whats happened to her.

How can you be so mean?

Me, mean? What do you think you are being? Taking interviews of people like me. :P

I think you are right. Anyway, what do you think about the film’s music?

I had never heard all the songs. But the movie shattered my expectations so I left during one of the songs and got some ‘very expensive’ samosas for myself. By the time I got back, it was the interval. I realized not even a single song is actually needed. But then how can I justify that, its a masala flick from Bollywood. Some of the songs are nice, but would fit in better in a pop album.

…and the humor?

Was there any humor in the movie? There were some self-proclaimed jokes, which I understood had some natural human tendency towards forced laughter. And if this is actually called humor, then I need to get some psychoanalysis since brain is unable to interpret this stuff.

Oh ok, thanks for you time. Whats your verdict on Kismar Konnection?

Please take care people. Don’t do this to yourself.

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The Dark Knight across the web

July 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments

The Dark Knight across the web

Here are some Reviews and Previews of The Dark Knight across the web. The movie is not worth missing.

… Ledger’s mesmerizingly damaged agent provocateur is the film’s dark heart, a presence so malevolently unpredictable that it remains palpable even when he’s not on screen…
Maitland McDonagh [ TV Guide’s Movie Guide ]
The Dark Knight across the web
… A thought-provoking morality tale about the descent into darkness of a vigilante superhero, an anarchistic and sadistic villain, and an ardent idealist whose dreams are shattered. …
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat [ Spirituality and Practice ]
The Dark Knight across the web
Nihilistic, imaginative and emotionally gratifying, The Dark Knight is in many ways a groundbreaking triumph, and perhaps the best superhero film to date….
Dustin Putman [ TheMovieBoy.com ]
The Dark Knight across the web
…It’s jam-packed with flawlessly designed set-pieces and skullduggery, sure, but it’s also shrouded in grim portent, overlaid with a filigree of despair, and, for good measure, covered in a patina of dire consequence….
Marc Savlov [ Austin Chronicle ]
The Dark Knight across the web
… Walking out to your own city’s streets afterward, you’ll likely have a “Hey, this isn’t Gotham!” moment. It’s a level of transportation that no cackling, Kool Aid-colored villain could achieve, but it’s what every comic book fan truly wants…
Tricia Olszewski [ Washington City Paper ]
The Dark Knight across the web


So don’t wait anymore.

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