Ungli

Director: Renzil D'Silva
Actors: Randeep Hooda, Emraan Hashmi, Kangana Ranaut

Rating: 2.5 / 5

Movie starts with a very strong theme accompanied by a good vibe that was created by the director right from the word go. Only thing one can hope was that it continues. Every time the scenes play with you by attracting your attention but eventually they keep fading away. Ideas are really nice and deserve appreciation. In fact the ideas and the way they have been implemented are the only highlight of the movie. Rest everything is not cinematographed in a good way that went against it becoming a very good product. At interval you are not very excited and the dramatic turn towards the second half makes it worse. I'm waiting when these type of movies will get over unnecessary emotional add-ons.

Acting is not the highlight but certainly an important part to bear all the negativities. Randeep Hooda stood best amongst all above average acting contributions. The way he has handled and executed his role is remarkable. Kangana Ranaut showed good body language and was impressive. Lot was expected from Emraan Hashmi but it was just another average performance by him.

Film certainly has good content and few scenes shot very nicely but still there's something missing that's unfortunately harsh on director. Renzil's overall direction was not up to the mark but certainly it looked well in parts. I feel lot more hardwork might take him potentially to next level.

It's taken care that songs don't hamper the flow of the movie but one risk with Dance Basanti didn't go well at all. Music in background is decent although didn't connect well with the screenplay.

Overall, a movie with good content but below average execution.

Happy Ending

Directors: Krishna DK, Raj Nidimoru
Actors: Saif Ali Khan, Ranvir Shorey, Govinda, Kalki Koechlin, Ileana

Rating: 2 / 5

Portrayed as a Romedy (Romantic comedy), there were at least some expectations that directors and writers will work on making it something special or unique for the viewers. But the answer is no. This is somehow made watchable due to consistent laugh ingredients that flow throughout the first half. Story has nothing to offer and rides on the same formula that has been used hundreds of times. Moviemakers have hence not kept any potential expectations from the second half. Moreover, second half is stretched and haunts you to ponder for its ending, no matter Happy or sad. When the movie actually ends, it will certainly make you happy, but not because of it's content but the relief that you'll get.

Ranvir Shorey and Kalki have done excellent acting and mostly are responsible to make this movie bearable. Their small roles were directed well into the movie at proper intervals. Govinda had his fair share of dialogues that he delivered in a charming way. Saif was average but repetitive and Ileana didn't had much to do.

I'm a decent fan of director duo Krishna Raj because of their sense of doing something different in their previous flicks such as 99 and Go Goa Gone. They had brought an impressive unique flavor every time they came together to write and direct. But it's really disappointing that aforementioned effort was not sensed at all this time.

Sachin and Jigar were unable to make any impact this time with their music. Songs interrupted the movie badly although I had found my ways to engage into something else to liberate myself from meaningless possessions.

Overall, a pointless effort that was probably put just to satisfy producer's fantasies.

Kill Dil

Director: Shaad Ali
Actors: Ranveer Singh, Ali Zafar, Parineeti Chopra, Govinda

Rating: 2 / 5

Portrayed as yet another Yash Raj movie with grey shades, this movie had nothing new and even old formulas didn't work well. Good background laughter was tried throughout the first half and they succeeded more than few times in that. Unfortunately no attempt was made to build a plot whatsoever. Rather whatever was being shown had no directions at all. Only at the end for a minute moment, something made sense but the movie was over by then.

It gave a feel that director had no interest to make this flick meaningful and he is happy with whatever substandard commercial material is being made. Shaad Ali is still struggling for more than a decade now after Saathiya, to direct something concrete.

Govinda came into a character role this time and showed some promise. Unfortunately for him, his full potential was not extracted as he could have been used more and in a much better way. Ranveer Singh and Ali Zafar had nothing unique to show and their acting was substandard. For the first time in so many movies, I'd not praise Parineeti Chopra although I'll blame director for that.

Songs were not up to the mark and stopped the movie flow consistently. Albeit the Kill Dil title track was good and background score was the only thing that kept the movie alive.

Overall, a disappointment in all major fronts which was just made watchable somehow.

Rang Rasiya

Director: Ketan Mehta
Actors: Randeep Hooda, Nandana Sen

Rating: 2.5 / 5

Movie was poised in a way such that the first impression of the viewers is about nude painting of gods. Although this is true to an extent but the main motive of the writer was to present how and why an artist thinks to create these art pieces. Movie is a vision from artist perspective that what exactly passes through their mind when they take this step. Apart from the reason behind these types of art makings, this movie is a journey of a painter. It details how a true artist just cares about art and nothing else. It also shows how common people are affected by experiencing gods when they see their stories in paintings. A good war of creativeness vs business is shown.

As per entertainment is concerned, it has a very slow start and rarely picks up in between. It has few good moments but never rises up to the expectations. Second half has some meaning but the best part of the movie is it's ending. The makers deserve some amount of appreciation for the work done towards framing a wonderful ending. It justifies the most part of the movie and passes the message in a very elegant way that nudity is not offensive.

Acting and direction were below average and music was lost somewhere. For this movie, I don't think these things are even relevant to talk about.

Overall, a test of your patience that flourishes a wonderful end.