Director: Ejaz Gulab
Actors: Nana Patekar, Gul Panag, Ashutosh Rana
Rating: 1 / 5
Already down on expectations, this movie was predicted to be a standard police story. Unfortunately that was the case which led it to be an extremely bore flick. There's nothing new or exciting. Almost throughout the story, I kept wondering why the movie was even made. Towards the end, it seemed that there was a little silly theme because of which movie was formulated. There was no sincere effort put at all in development of the story. It's runtime is less but still it manages to irritate you throughout. Time is wasted by constantly showing people trying to kill Nana Patekar. A stupid suspense is shown at the end in a way that it's very good. For these types of useless cop movies, Salman should be preferred instead of wasting Nana Patekar.
There was no scope of character acting or even some consequential acting in this movie. Nana Patekar was repetitive but still gives a good performance. Gul Panag looked good but again there was no chance for her to perform well. Ashutosh Rana was completely wasted and I will not blame him for that.
Debutant director Ejaz Gulab had no idea what he was doing. There was no sincere effort put to pick this movie up. Direction and editing was scattered all over the place.
Overall it's an extreme bore flick not even for Nana Patekar fans.
Director: Sriram Raghavan
Actors: Varun Dhawan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Huma Qureshi, Yami Gautam
Rating: 3.5 / 5
The storyline of this movie was straightforward right from the start. There was no attempt of confusing and creating suspense whatsoever. The main focus was Revenge and that dedicated focus led to a brilliant cinematography along with awesome presentation of the script. Movie flows brilliantly right from the word go and all the chords are hit correctly. Few inconsequential things were there but they were important to feel the overall essence of the movie in a complete way.
Full marks to Sriram Raghavan as the credit for brilliance goes to the director. Perfectly crafted throughout, Raghavan always knew what he wanted to show and how the scenes have to be presented. With magnificent Johny Gaddar and Ek Hasina Thi under his belt, he improved amazingly as per expectations after a lull Agent Vinod. A dazzling effort which is more than worth appreciating.
Most important of all, the movie was an Acting treat. Varun Dhawan entered his name in the list of flawless actings in bollywood. His transition in various characters according his timeline was breathtaking. He showed perfect amount of aggression all through which was completely in sync with the scene. Nawazuddin Siddiqui is a person you can watch for 10 hours non-stop. Single handedly he picked the movie in the starting with his sheer brilliance. His expressions and body language just come out perfectly every time. Combined with few magnificent short roles by various characters, it was a deluge of brilliant performances.
Background score often connected well and the music was good as an independent entity.
Overall, acting treat to the viewers along with a great thrilling direction.
Director: Vikramjit Singh
Actors: Arjun Rampal, Ranbir Kapoor, Jacqueline Fernandes
Rating: 2.5 / 5
This is one movie that has the potential to make you think in vain for a very long time. I really don't know if I'll be appreciating the movie or cursing it because continuously it kept me in that state of mind without letting my mind divert till the end. Certainly lot of effort was being put in the script writing and it had all the ingredients to become one overwhelming watch. First half portrayed two stories running in parallel in a perfect sync. It showed something awesome is around the cards that may keep you spellbound. There were few very good dialogues that made sense in some way and kept the essence of the movie flowing. It's hard not to mention : Zindagi bhar hum sawaal mei hi rehte hain, bas jawab badalte jate hain. Second half was no different and didn't come out as expected. Little disappointing and may be irritating also for many.
Acting was pretty good by both the male leads. With whatever chance they had, they performed brilliantly. Jacqueline on the other hand is still struggling with her acting skills. But this movie had nothing to do with acting. Full time I was lost in understanding what director wants to show. Not breathtaking but certainly a decent direction effort that was amazingly supported with the editing. I would definitely say that Anurag Kashyap would have nailed the script and direction if Vikramjit would have fed him with this. Although I'll give full marks to Vikramjit for the thought and effort he has put into this.
Music was good but was never well connected with the movie albeit the background score was appreciative in parts.
Overall, a nice illusion created to make you think but nothing really delivered. Even if it makes you frustrate, it's worth a watch.
Director: R Balki
Actors: Amitabh Bachhan, Dhanush, Akshara Hassan
Rating: 2.5 / 5
Shamitabh is a well thought script especially for movie making. It has some unnecessary technological hype but that is easily pardonable. The best part is the way it has been executed especially in the first half. Just when you think that movie has something more to offer, it enters a bleak mode. Movie flow along with the script is ruined towards the end. Loads of drama and stretch towards the end extract the unique script essence from the movie and make it ordinary.
Rising above everything was Amitabh Bachhan. As soon as he enters, he heavily augments the movie standards. One description that will literally make sense for him is Classic Artist. Everything about him was pitch perfect. Definitely one of his best flairs in recent times. Dhanush was pretty good albeit he was playing a mute guy. Akshara Hassan gave a very poor performance. Whenever she was onscreen, it was putting questions on every aspect of movie making. But soon it was understood that no other good aspect could make a scene better if she's there.
R Balki has a good track record of his previous two movies. Although Cheeni Kum and Paa were very well directed, this one was an average effort. At many places, direction weaknesses were easily seen. Definitely a better attempt was expected from him.
Music chords were often connected well with the movie flow. Neither music director Illayaraja did anything extraordinary nor it was asked or expected from him.
Overall, potentially good script ruined by the drama in the end.
Director: Vibhu Puri
Actors: Ayushman Khurrana, Mithun Chakraborty, Pallavi Sharda
Rating: 1.5 / 5
The movie appears to be very kiddish in the starting. It was tried to make serious at the same time that fueled the sluggishness constantly. A boy thrown from his house in a weird manner is caught by a peculiar scientist who identifies his talent and then they both start to build a hawaijahaaz. It exhausts you both towards the end of first half and second half. Movie sets looked very specious and added to the viewers' trouble. It has a good vedic reference that slightly enforces few philosophers thought that vedas are more scientific than religious.
Ayushman looked good in various scenes and gave a decent average performance. Mithun's character was very distinct and somewhat funny at the same time. Like in all his roles, he has developed a skill to never disappoint, at least at this point of his career. Other actors were just average despite not getting good dialogues to enhance their performance.
Dubutant Vibhu Puri gave a failed attempt taking set decoration too seriously and missing on other important aspects. He has assisted Sanjay leela bhansali before and that relation was visible in the movie. He might have to think out of his comfort zone to get the things right next time.
Music and background score always looked disconnected.
Overall, a confused and a failed attempt that probably could have been better.
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