Bang Bang - Avoidable

2010 was the year where I saw the maximum movies in my lifetime yet, Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz starer 'Knight And Day' was among the 553 movies that I watched that year and no it wasn't memorable for sure.. So our Bollywood director who has track record of copying Hollywood movies chooses to copy this one, sorry inspired is the word let me remain politically corrected , Just FYI the movies Siddharth Anand has done so far are follows: 1) 2010 release Anjana Anjana - source of inspiration - 2007 release The Bucket List 2) 2008 release Bachna Ae Haseeno - source of inspiration - 2004 release Alfie 3)2007 release Ta Ra Rum Pum - source of inspiration - 1990 release Days of Thunder 4)2005 release Salam Namaste - source of inspiration - 1995 release Nine Months. No nothing wrong in taking inspiration but keeping it entertaining is a must specially when we do not expect any path breaking cinema from your end. Hrithik Roshan - I remember watching many of his earlier films more than once and always thought he had an electrifying screen presence not to forget his good looks and a great body and must admit he is a good actor he definitely has it in him what takes to reach the top,his 2004 release 'Lakshya' till date remains one of my favorite Hindi movie. But due apologies to every Hrithik Roshan fan I really thought this was definitely not one of his best movie,ya he does look wow in few shots but most part of the movie he looks tired and disinterested..disappointing Katrina Kaif - Supremely blessed I tell you 11 years and she is rocking Bollywood , Looks 10/10 Acting Skills 0/10 and Girl you got to learn Hindi the way it is actually spoken not like a Firangi Desi all the time Danny Denzongpa,Pawan Malhotra, Javed Jaffrey ,Jimmy Sheirgill and Deepti Nawal - All these supremely talented actors remain completely wasted...sad The one line that I really thought was awful was as follows, I am not even counting the dialogues the heroin had to deliver they just didn't matter : 'Kohinoor Churaya Hai Kuch To Izzat Karo'..now seriously There is this one song where I thought Hrithik danced effortlessly as he always does...rest of the movie really does not matter. And yes to be fair the movie is shot very nicely. BTW Mr.Director why do you assume your fellow Indians geographical knowledge would be in pits..the last it snowed in Dehradun was in 1952 and then in Jan 2012 but very very small portion not the way you have shown..looked like Dehradun was somewhere in Switzerland I am sure the movie will do very well commercially but honestly I would not recommend this to anyone rest is upto you All these superstars should try and do meaningful movies too and not keep dishing out trash but why blame them, they all know we the audience will lap it up There are enough awesome images available in the internet of Hrithik Roshan, think again if you are planning to watch this movie for eye candy sake Avoidable...but then its a free country the choice is yours

Haider - Brilliant movie

The early 1990s and every time an armed forces personnel getting posted to the most beautiful valley of this country rest assured the family members would be dead scared of his safety but someone's got to do the dirty job I guess and do it right Having said the above no movie ever has or will ever capture the trauma of Kashmir ..the answers will always remain unanswered..ask the child who has lost his dad ,the mother who has lost his son, the wife who has lost his husband, the sister who has lost his brother, the friend who has lost his/her BFF forever... The trauma of the many Kashmiri families where many of their family members have disappeared never to be found again...thats something we will see as onlookers will feel bad but can never really understand. After his earlier films MAQBOOL and OMKARA, Vishal Bhardwaj brings to us yet another Shakespearean treat in the form of of this movie, which is an Indian adaptation of Shakespeare's HAMLET. Hamlet, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare .Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, the play dramatizes the revenge Prince Hamlet is instructed to enact on his uncle Claudius. Claudius had murdered his own brother, Hamlet's father King Hamlet, and subsequently seized the throne, marrying his deceased brother's widow, Hamlet's mother Gertrude. Hamlet is Shakespeare's longest play and among the most powerful and influential tragedies in English literature so the movie is a 2 hr 41 mts movie..chopping it off would be at the risk of playing with the essence of the subject. This movie stars some of the superlative talents of the country in the form of Shahid Kapoor, Tabu, Kay Kay Menon, Irrfan Khan, Shraddha Kapoor so the reasons for having high expectations from this movie is but obvious and it does not disappoint on that front not a bit, brilliant performances by all the actors I loved the first half of the movie, its totally engrossing and gives one goosebumps , the second half is also great but just for few minutes it had lost its fizz a bit and just a bit otherwise engrossing... it doesn't let you leave the world of Haider. Haider belongs to Shahid Kapur he is simply superb..just shows with the right director the acting skills does get honed up. Loved Shahid's explanation of the term 'chutzpah' to everyone Shraddha Kapoor is loveable in her part as the innocent girl who is madly in love with Haider. Narendra Jha, who plays Shahid's father, doesn't have many scenes in the film,but the few scenes that he has will haunt you till the end of the movie. Kay Kay Menon, as the evil mind uncle is nothing less than brilliant and he always is I think Tabu, as Ghazala was mind blowing really sad Bollywood does not give the right opportunities to this awesome actress..sheer pleasure watching her...another reason I have been waiting to watch this movie. The rest of the actors (Kulbhushan Kharbanda after a long time on screen, Aashish Vidyarthi, Aamir Bashir and others are quite good as well. My facebook friend costume designer and brilliant actress herself Dolly Ahluwalia Tewari has given some awesome costumes which captures the Kashmiri sense of dressing so beautifully..full marks to her for that. The movie is beautifully shot as expected This may not be an entertaining movie but a movie which will make you ponder and maybe you will thank again about the current situation of your life. I loved the movie and surely recommend and yes not meant for kids May the good movies always win over the bad ones and thats only possible when we the audience chose well :)