Monday, April 29, 2013

Goynar Baksho - A Good DVD Watch with English Subtitles of course :)

I was waiting for this one specially coming from Aparna Sen but must say this was definitely not her best movie. Glad they had subtitles as it was difficult to understand the East Bengal dialect that was spoken during most part of the movie ,almost all the words used in this movie were unheard of till today so the English subtitles was very very helpful. The best part of the movie was undoubtedly Moushumi Chatterjee and Konkona Sen Sharma's flawless performances and of course not to forget Shashwata Chatterjee too remember Bob the shooter from Kahaani :) This movie is based on Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay's story 'Rashmonir Sonadana' , Sonadana means jewellery in Bengali. I think sometimes when there are too many plots running parallely its good to read them in a book rather than the celluloid form. The most touching bit was the awful way widows were treated in our society rather they still are in many parts of India and yes the Bengal partition was quite touchy too. The length of the movie surely could have been trimmed by twenty minutes. Overall not a bad movie nonetheless not Aparna Sen's best 'Mr.and Mrs.Iyer' and '36 Chowrunghee Lane' surely are the best ones we have seen from her till date :) A Good DVD Watch with English Subtitles of course :)

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Iron Man 3 - Yes its bigger and Better :)

Iron Man 3 - Yes this one is bigger,better with the right dose of humour and just makes the trip to the dark and dim theater so so worth it :) I am not letting out the story even one bit its for you to watch it figure it out and form your opinion I personally had a great time and loved every bit of it. And seeing the Oracle Exadata and Oracle Sun Machine even for those few seconds added only more joy to it :) Robert Downey Junior - Wow whatever the age maybe he is a rockstar can't think of anyone who could be a better Tony Stark yes can't wait to see him in The Avengers 2 and maybe Iron Man 4 :) Ben Kingsley - Must say a great performance he quite keeps the fun quotient alive Guy Pearce - He was quite good as the mean guy Rest of the cast comprising of Don Cheadle,Jon Favreu,Gwyneth Paltrow,Rebecca Hall did a good job as well in their respective roles. The special effects were just mind blowing and watching it in IMAX format made the experience all the more enjoyable :) A must watch by all means you don't have to get logical all the time just enjoy the experience of movie watching life is too short remember :)

Saturday, April 13, 2013

Nautanki Saala - Nice contemporary new age cinema

Nice witty contemporary new age cinema with loads of fun and some great performances I specially loved the first half. If I have to give one reason to watch this movie it would be solely for Ayushman Khurana this guys is just super totally worth the wait post his last year release 'Vicky Donor' and yes he has sung a very nice song in this movie too. Kunal Roy Kapoor post Delhi Belly is good but a bit boring in parts. Pooja Salvi playing the role of Nandini Patel was not good at all in terms of acting. Gaelyn Mendonca as Chitra was really good very confident and smart and carried herself really well never gives the feeling of being a newcomer. Evelyn Sharma was sweet wish her role was given more scope Loved the character of Chandra played by Sanjeev Bhatt the play producer must say he is a great actor. Good direction by Rohan Sippy loved the fact that at least he had the decency to give the due credit to the 2003 release French film APRES VOUS of which this movie is a remake thats all it takes to say a little thank you.. The music is quite pleasant too. This one is not your usual bollywood masala movie but a nice pleasant one ..recommended for sure :)

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Chashme Baddoor (2013) - A pleasant DVD watch :)

I was actually planning to give this one a miss but this one actually turned out to be a pleasant surprise. Of course the 1981 classic 'Chashme Baddoor' is class apart that one we can still watch many times and have a good laugh can't guarantee the same for this one. So in terms of remake this has been made with the madness kept intact like that of an usual David Dhawan movie. I must admit I am happy I did not to the theater for this one,this is the kind of movie to be watched at home so yes it helps in multitasking as well :) All the three guys - Ali Zafar,Siddharth and Dibyendu Kapoor were quite good,again did they deliver as good as good as Farooq Shaiqh,Ravi Vasvani and Rakesh Bedi undoubtedly the answer is no and they did go over the top many times. Taapsee Pannu thought was quite cute Anupam Kher was over the top for sure Rishi Kapoor and Lillete Dubey were good. A pleasant DVD watch is all I would say :)