"PAA"

Movie Review “Paa”

Genre: Drama

Director: R. Balki

Producer: A. B. Corp.

Language: Hindi

Star Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Vidya Balan, Arundhati Naag, Paresh Rawal and others.

Music: Illaiyraja

“Paa” is a story of Auro played by Amitabh Bachchan. He is a 12 year progeria infected kid. These kids body grows 7 time older than their actual age. That means they do not live beyond 13-14 years. Auro is living with his mother Vidya played by Vidya Balan who is gynecologist and his grandmother played by Arundhati Naag. Auro calls her bum. Now Auro is very popular at school and fun loving kid. Once he wins an award in his school which was presented to him from a young politician, Amol Arte played by Abhishek Bachchan. Now Amol Arte happens to be Auro’s father; but both of them unaware of it. During vidya’s studding days abroad, she was in a relationship with Amol Arte. But when she got pregnant Amol suggest abortion as he did not want to spoil his political ambition. But Vidya decides to keep the child and dump Amol. Over the years Vidya kept a secret from Auro about who his father is. But when Auro reaches final stages of his life she reveals to him that Amol Arte is his father. And then rest of the movie is all about how Auro get his parents back together.

Paa is a heart touching movie. It is a family entertainment and kids going to love it. There is some excellent cinematic work involved in this film. First and foremost what should be mentioned are make-up artists who transformed Amitabh Bachchan into Auro. Then Amitabh Bachchan again comes up with amazing acting performance. Then the kid who played Auro’s best friend Vishnu was simply brilliant. All the scenes involving him are highly entertaining. Way to go for this kid. Vidya Balan, Abhishek Bachchan and Arundhati Naag gave justice to their respective roles. But I felt Paresh Rawal was wasted.

If I have to rate this movie I will give it 8 out of 10. And it is a Must Watch Movies for all Amitabh Bachchan’s Fans.

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Must Watch Movies ......... Part7

61. Masti – Hindi (2004)

Director: Indra Kumar

Writer: Milap Zaveri, Tushar Hiranandani
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Ajay Devgan, Vivek Oberoi, Aftab Shivdasani, Ritesh Deshmukh, Amrita Rao, Tara Sharma, Genelia D'Souza, Lara Dutta, Satish Shah, Archana Puran Singh, Rakhi Sawant, Divya Palat, Shahbaaz Khan, Suresh Menon.

62. Welcome – Hindi (2007)

Cast : Akshay Kumar, Firoz Khan, Paresh Rawal, Katrina Kaif, Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar, Mallika Sherawat, Vijay Raaz, Malaika Arora and others

63. The Invisible – English (2007)

Director: David S. Gover
Writers: Mick Davis, Christine Roum
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Crime
Cast:Justin Chatwin, Margarita Levieva, Marcia Gay Harden, Chris Marquette, Alex O'Loughlin, Callum Keith Rennie, Michelle Harrison

64. Viruddh – Hindi (2005)

Director: Mahesh Manjarekar
Writers: Mahesh Manjarekar, Sanjay Pawar
Genre: Drama
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, John Abrahm, Sharmila Tagore, Sanjay Dutt, Anusha Dandekar, Prem Chopra, Sharat Saxena, Shivaji Satam, Sachin Khedekar and others

65. 3 Idiots - Hindi (2009)

Director: Rajkumar Hirani
Writers:Chetan Bhagat, Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijit Joshi
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Cast: Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Sharman Joshi, R. Madhavan, Boman Irani, Omi Vaidya, Mona Singh, Javed Jaffrey, Rahul Kumar, Parikshit Sahani, Dushyant Wagh, Achyut Potdar, and others

66. Kya Kool Hai Hum - Hindi (2005)

Director: Sangeeth Sivan
Writer: Sachin Yardi, Pankaj Trivedi
Genre: Comedy, Mystry
Cast: Tushar Kapoor, Ritesh Deshmukh, Isha Koppikar, Neha Dhupia, Anupam Kher, Rajpal Yadav, Bobby Darling

67. Nishani Dawa Angatha - Marathi (2009)

Director: Purushottam Berde
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Cast: Ashok Saraf, Makarand Anaraspure, Nirmiti Sawant, Dilip Prabhawalkar, Mohan Aagashe and Others.....

68. Eight Below - English (2006)

Director: Frank Marshall
Producer: David Digillo, Toshiro Ishido
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Cast: Paul Walker, Bruce Greenwood, Moon Bloodgood, Wendy Crewson, Gerard Plunkett, Jason Biggs and Dogs

69. Pinjra – Marathi (1972)

Director: V. Shantaram
Genre: Drama
Cast: Shreeram Lagoo, Ganpat Patil, Nilu Phule, Sandhya and others

70. The Shawshank Redemption - English (1994)

Director: Frank Darabont
Writer:Stephen King, Frank Darabont

Genre: Crime, Drama
Cast:Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown....

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Wanted - Dead or Alive

Movie Review “Wanted”

Genre: Action, Crime

Director: Prabhu Deva

Producer: Boney Kapoor

Language: Hindi

Star Cast: Salman Khan, Aayesha Takia azami, Vinod Khanna, Prakash Raj, Mahesh Manharekar, Govund Namdeo, Manoj Pawa and others

Release Date: 18^th September 2009

“Wanted – Dead or Alive” the latest Salman flick is pure Bollywood meets south film. It has best of south that is violence and foul mouthed dialogues and Salman khan representing the Bollywood. ‘Wanted’ is a remake of Tamil super hit movie ‘Pokhiri’ which was also directed by Prabhu Deva.

This movie is about a contract killer named Radhe played by Salman Khan. He is a one man army type of guy and smooth killer and enjoys his job. He finds his love in a girl played by Aayesha Takia. The girl is harassed by a corrupt police officer played by Mahesh Manjarekar. Radhe shields her from time to time from Mahesh Manjarekar. The girl madly in love with Radhe wants him to change and be a good guy. This is the story but twist in the story is that Radhe is actually a undercover cop and he is hunting for international Don, Ghani played by Praksh Raj. This is the straight forward story of this movie.

While reading the story you won’t find anything new or interesting. But there are many good entertaining moments in the movies. Such as romantic scenes between Salman Khan and Aayesha Takia, cool guy attitude of salman khan, acting of Prakash Raj & Mahesh Manjarekar, and some of the action & dancing in the film. All in all it is full on masala movie. In this decade after release of ‘Dil Chahata hai’ ‘Hera Pheri’ bollywood is inclined towards experimental, realistic, or comedy movies. It seems bollywood filmmakers lost their interest in Action films. No more we see films where bad guys are beaten up by good guy. Even bollywood’s action hero like Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgan who made their mark as action hero are moved away to other genres.

But after ‘Ghajini’ and now with ‘Wanted – Dead or Alive’ actions flicks will be back. Salman Khan’s fan will be very happy and this film will be pure treat for them. After long time Salman Khan comes up with credible performance. Aayesha Takia did her part brilliantly. But for me Prakash Raj as don and Mahesh Manjarekar as corrupt cop acted brilliantly and outdone others. Vinod Khanna was totally wasted. There is much more scope of development in the character played by Manoj Pawa. It could have been even better.

All in all it is full on entertainer. ‘Wanted – Dead or Alive’ which has larger than life hero, is a movie which is made for masses. And will be loved by them. Prabhu Deva did commendable job. Technically movie is at par with any other. Action director did wonderful job. He made most of the action in the movie believable.

If I have to rate this film it will be 6 out of 10. Anyone who is fan of Salman Khan or Action flicks must watch this movie.

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Movie Review: "Love Aaj Kal"

Movie Review “Love Aaj Kal”

Genre: Romance, Love story

Director: Imtiaz Ali

Producer: Saif Ali Khan, Dinesh Vijan

Banner: Eros Entertainment, Illuminati Films

Language: Hindi

Music Director: Pritam Chakraborty

Star Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, Rishi Kapoor, Rahul Khanna, Vir Das, Raj Zutshi, and others

Release Date: 31^st July 2009

‘Love Aaj Kal’ is the latest movie directed by Imtiaz Ali who is lately my favorite director. His Last two movies ‘Socha Na Tha’ and ‘Jab We Met’ listed in my ‘Must Watch Movies before you die…’ list. So I had to watch this movie. I was really eager to watch what Imtiaz comes up with this time.

As the title of the movie suggests movie describes the love story of last generation and today’s generation. The movie starts in London. Jai played by Saif Ali Khan and Meera played by Deepika Padukone met in pub and instantly clicked with each other. They become couple when their friends pint it out to them. But their relationship had to end as they both have to move to different countries, Jai to America and Meera to India for their respective career. As they both don’t want any commitment or maintain long distance relationship. They break-up with each other as any practical couple. They even celebrate their break-up with a break-up party. So they move on with their life. But there is uncompromising love developed between them which they both didn’t realize or rather don’t want to admit because they don’t think it is practical and outdated. So how will their love story be sorted out? Will their love be buried in their hearts forever? So there comes London Restaurateur Veer Singh played by Rishi Kapoor, and by saif ali khan as young Veer Singh. Veer Singh’s love story in 60’s is shown as answer to resolve the love story of Jai and Meera.

The movie is turned out to be a good entertaining movie but this movie was carrying lot of expectation because it was “Jab We Met” fame Imtiaz Ali’s movie. It is not close to ‘Jab we Met’ in any sense but for me it also failed to create the magic of ‘Socha Na Tha’. But still as an individual movie it is a good movie to watch. Imtiaz Ali again gone with his successful formula in this film of unrealized love between Hero and Heroine, which they realized at the end of the movie through many situations. But movie is really slow and sluggish in the first half for my liking. And I felt like almost nothing happened in the first half. I mean story told in first half could have been told in 15 minutes rather than one hour it took. We don’t get to know the characters that well as we did in ‘Jab We met ’. We still remember Geet and Aaditya of ‘Jab We met’; but I doubt that will be true for Jai and Meera.

As for performances Saif Ali Khan brilliantly as expected from him, Deepika did commendable job. Technically film is outstanding, good editing, good cinematography, very good music and background music. Screenplay could have been better considering it is Imtiaz Ali’s forte. If I have to rate the movie I’ll give it 6 out of 10.

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Must Watch Movies Before You Die...........Part5

41. Saving Private Ryan – English (1998)

Director: Steven Spielberg

Writer: Robert Rodat

Genre: Action | Drama | War

Cast: Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Barry Pepper, Adam Goldberg, Vin Diesel, Matt Damon

Amazing work of Steven Spielberg, showcasing insights of World War 2….

42. Sinhasan – Marathi (1979)

Director: Jabbar Patel

Producer: DV Rao, Jabbar Patel

Genre: Drama

Cast: Nilu Phule, Arun Sarnaik, Shiram Lagoo and others

Sinhasan means "throne". This movie is the story of a political struggle for Chief Minister’s post. And this one is absolute must watch by any movie lover.

43. Gladiator – English (2000)

Director: Ridley Scott

Writers: David Franzoni

Genre: Action | Adventure | Drama | History

Cast: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Richard Harris, Derek Jacobi, Djimon Hounsou and others

Movie placed in Roman time; watch out for amazing action…

44. Chak De India – Hindi (2007)

Director: Shimit Amin

Writer: Jaideep Sahni

Genre: Drama, Family, Sports

Cast: Shahrukh Khan, Vidya Malvade, Tanya Abrol, Chitrashi Rawat, Arya Menon, Seema Azmi, Nisha Nair, Sandia Furtado, Masochon V. Zimik, Kimi Laldwala, Shilpa Shukla, Shubhi Mehta, Anitha Nair, Sagrika Ghatge, Kimberly Miranda and others……….

Very inspiring and patriotic film…..

45. Bluffmaster – Hindi (2005)

Director: Rohan Sippy

Writers: Rajat Arora, Shridhar Raghavan

Genre: Comedy, Romance, Thriller

Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Ritesh Deshmukh, Nana Patekar, Tinu Anand, Boman Irani, Supriya Pilgaonkar and others

Watch Conman being conned…..

46. National Treasure: Book of Secrets – English (2008)

Director: Jon Turteltaub

Writers: Marianne Wibberely, Cormac Wibbereley

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery, Thriller

Cast: Nicolas Cage, Justin Bartha, Diane Kruger, Jon Voight, Helen Mirren, Ed Harris, Harvey Keitel, Bruce Greenwood, and others

Second dose of treasure hunting

47. The Lost World – Jurassic Park – English (1997)

Director: Steven Spielberg

Writers: Michael Crichton, David Koepp

Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriler

Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite, Richard Attenborough, Vince Vaughn, Arliss Howard, Vanessa Lee Chester, and others

Discover the lost word of Dinosaurs with Steven Spielberg

48. Swades – Hindi (2004)

Director - Writer: Ashutosh Gowarikar

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shahrukh Khan, Gayatri Joshi, Raja Awasthi, Vishwa S. Badola, Kishori Balal, Rajesh Balwani, Makrand Deshpande, Vishnudatt Gaur, and others

Another inspiring and patriotic movie……

49. Kabul Express – Hindi (2006)

Director: Kabir Khan

Writers: Kabir Khan, Sandeep Srivastava

Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller

Cast: John Abraham, Arshad Warsi, Salman Shahid, Hanif Hum Ghum, Linda Arsenio, and others..

Journey in the heart of troubled Afghanistan…..

50. Khuda Kay Liye – Urdu (2008)

Writer/Director: Shoaib Mansoor

Genre: Crime, Drama, War

Cast: Shaan, Fawad Khan, Iman Ali, Alex Edwards, Rasheed Naz, Angela Williams, Lary Newman and others

The film is about difficulties Muslims facing since 9/11, makes you think for sure.

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