Saala Khadoos

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Director: Sudha Kongara
Actors: R Madhavan, Ritika Singh

Rating: 2.5 / 5

Recently we have seen so many sports' movies. Mostly they revolve around underdog champions. This movie has nothing new, but still gives a good angle to women's boxing. Has a good standard start where the coach develops the story, but the film keeps becoming slow. It picks up on various occasions, only to fall back again. Throughout, the viewers are left wanting for more. Nevertheless, it shows the true picture of sports in India, which is very disheartening. All of us know about the sports' politics, but this phenomena always daunts us.

Madhavan gels with his character immediately. He consistently scores, but there's not much help from others. Ritika Singh entered too much into her character, more than what was required. A little underplay would have really helped her.

Sudha Kongara tries well on her directorial debut, but there's a lot more effort she needs to put. She was impressive, despite there was no masala to support.

Overall, a complete Madhavan Saga that has nothing much, other than feel good sports glory.

Airlift

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Director: Raja Menon
Actors: Akshay Kumar, Nimrat Kaur

Rating: 3 / 5

Pictorially this movie felt like last year's film Baby, but it certainly is different in all senses. Less in cinematography, it has no heroic angles at all. One of the most simplistic and genuine movie in recent times. It focusses heavily on story and sticks to it throughout its running time. It has a great scenic creation of Kuwait Iraq war sight.

Akshay Kumar blends himself as a soul of this whole storyline. He has perfectly underplayed his character without any starry effects. The way movie wanted its leading actor to be, he has set himself entirely like that. Nimrat Kaur is a decent support and has played her role effectively.

Raja Menon frankly hasn't done anything to raise movie standards. The good part is that he made sure nothing is out of place. Doing nothing bad and supporting the storyline authentically is a good experiment that he has done.

Overall,  a genuine and a simple flick that focusses only on the storyline.

Wazir

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Director: Bejoy Nambiar
Actors: Farhan Akhtar, Amitabh Bachchan, Aditi Rao Hydari

Rating: 3 / 5

Looking at the movie timeline and the thrilling theme that it portrays, it feels that it's crisply made. But often this short movie feels long. You will always want it to proceed further despite it being not irritating at any point. The plot is very interesting but not gripping. It's very little that the film justifies itself but the awesome ending says it all. All the thrill, story, cinematography steals the show because of the brilliant finish.

Farhan Akhtar not really enters completely into the role but still portrays a well focussed ACP. Amitabh Bachchan had a great acting success last year and is always a treat to watch. This time he's effective but nothing more than that. All other actors supported the cast well.

I'm a fan of Bejoy Nambiar's direction style. He successfully places his style in this one as well. He is brilliant in parts but also below average in many. Like his last ventures, again he goes above average but it's time for him to go beyond that.

Overall, an interesting plot that's not gripping, but the ending steals the show.