A 20 something
eligibly girl is a physiotherapist (PT) for the Kolkata Knight Riders
(defending champions of the IPL). Apparently
in the IPL, people are allowed to swarm onto the dressing room. Once you have gotten over that minor aspect
of security, you see this 20 something girl pretending to do something that is
supposed to correct the injury of a star batsman Kapoor (no first names were
given).
Showing posts with label Aditi Rao Hydari. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Aditi Rao Hydari. Show all posts
Saturday, 20 September 2014
Thursday, 17 October 2013
BOSS
Anthony D’Souza
kaun hai (Who is Anthony D'Souza?)? Remember a Bollywood movie with Kylie Minogue (all the others in the
cast were imminently forgettable) called Blue? The one in which she croons – I wanna
Chiggy Wiggy With You. Shri D’Souza was
the director. If he keeps up this way,
the question will change to “Anthony D’Souza kaun thha” (Who was Anthony D'Souza?)?
Friday, 15 February 2013
Murder 3
Vishesh Bhatt
has to date restricted himself to producing under his banner of Vishesh
Films. But it was only a matter of time
before he jumped into the directorial band wagon. Well Murder 3 was that opportunity for
Vishesh Bhatt to literally Murder the audience with his brand of direction.
Thursday, 22 March 2012
London Paris New York
Do any of you guys remember Locket Lover? From Quick Gun Murugan? The one in the red dress that Quick Gun is in louv with? Well even if you don’t, it would seem that the same girl – Anu Menon – has decided to get into direction. And I guess her unfulfilled louv from Quick Gun is spilling all over this supposed Romantic Comeday that spans three cities and crosses one big ass ocean.
Firstly, I was quite stunned and I did tweet about this when I saw the trailers for the first time. The producers are Fox Star Studios??? Why would Fox Star be that bad in picking up a movie? Maybe I was too hasty in judging the book by its cover… ooops… a movie by its trailer. And therefore gave LPNY a decent sincere watch. I mean Fox Star cannot be that wrong no? Actually this time around they almost made it – in terms of being wrong that is.
Nikhil Chopra (Ali Zafar) is probably as good at what he does as a cricketer of the same name who really did not trouble the statisticians. His rich producer father has given up on him but a silly tantrum sees him en route to London to see the world and learn to make movies in the bargain. Maybe he could come back and make a movie or two with his rich producer father’s money eh?
However, when Nikhil does manage to deplane @ London he bumps into the extremely attractive but definitely not TamBram looking Lalitha Krishnan who is a self proclaimed feminist. She has missed her flight to New York where she is en route to study political science. No points for guessing that her flight is the next morning and the chivalrous Nikhil has to avoid his traditional Punjabi Mama’s (Mother’s brother) house and spend the rest of the day with someone he calls Lalithapedia. Guess what? Complete louv happens in the short time that they spend with each other. A promise of meeting on the 15th of December 2005 is made.
What follows is a movie that seems to be inspired in parts by the Ashton Kutcher – Amanda Peet starrer, A lot like love and in other parts by One Day (Anne Hathaway). The result is a hotch potch of romance and really uninspiring screenplay. Ali Zafar is good in parts. But then how much can you expect a man to deliver? Music, Singing, Acting, Lyrics all by Ali Zafar?!?!?! Is the rest of the cast and crew expected to do something at all? I guess not. In a movie that has only 2 actors (everyone else has 30 seconds of screen time), Aditi Rao Hydari is anything but good. Net net, a very average RomCom flick. Watch on TV – Cable TV. 4 on 10.
Watch the trailer at http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3356074265/
Firstly, I was quite stunned and I did tweet about this when I saw the trailers for the first time. The producers are Fox Star Studios??? Why would Fox Star be that bad in picking up a movie? Maybe I was too hasty in judging the book by its cover… ooops… a movie by its trailer. And therefore gave LPNY a decent sincere watch. I mean Fox Star cannot be that wrong no? Actually this time around they almost made it – in terms of being wrong that is.
Nikhil Chopra (Ali Zafar) is probably as good at what he does as a cricketer of the same name who really did not trouble the statisticians. His rich producer father has given up on him but a silly tantrum sees him en route to London to see the world and learn to make movies in the bargain. Maybe he could come back and make a movie or two with his rich producer father’s money eh?
However, when Nikhil does manage to deplane @ London he bumps into the extremely attractive but definitely not TamBram looking Lalitha Krishnan who is a self proclaimed feminist. She has missed her flight to New York where she is en route to study political science. No points for guessing that her flight is the next morning and the chivalrous Nikhil has to avoid his traditional Punjabi Mama’s (Mother’s brother) house and spend the rest of the day with someone he calls Lalithapedia. Guess what? Complete louv happens in the short time that they spend with each other. A promise of meeting on the 15th of December 2005 is made.
What follows is a movie that seems to be inspired in parts by the Ashton Kutcher – Amanda Peet starrer, A lot like love and in other parts by One Day (Anne Hathaway). The result is a hotch potch of romance and really uninspiring screenplay. Ali Zafar is good in parts. But then how much can you expect a man to deliver? Music, Singing, Acting, Lyrics all by Ali Zafar?!?!?! Is the rest of the cast and crew expected to do something at all? I guess not. In a movie that has only 2 actors (everyone else has 30 seconds of screen time), Aditi Rao Hydari is anything but good. Net net, a very average RomCom flick. Watch on TV – Cable TV. 4 on 10.
Watch the trailer at http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3356074265/
Friday, 11 November 2011
RockStar
Away…. Beyond all the concepts of wrong doing and right doing
There is a field….. I will meet you there – Rumi
The movie ends with this couplet. And probably sums up the entire story quite aptly. The story of Janardhan Jhankhad (Ranchhod Das Chanchad has started a trend with Bollywood which will be here for a long time to come) – JJ for short is a sadak chhap Dilli ka Chhokra (a roadside romeo) from Pitam Pura. He has known only the guitar from the time that he was born probably. But as the lyrics state is, “Jo Bhi Mein, Kehna Chahoon, Barbaad kare, Alfaaz Mere” (Whatever I would like to say are ruined by the words I use). There is no X factor. And as his mentor, Khatana (Kumud Mishra) tells him – he can never be a star because he has never seen tough times. Never been hurt in love. Never fallen seriously ill. Still has his parents and family. So JJ decides to make an attempt to fall in love with Heer Koul (Nargis Fakhri) from St. Stephens. Violent rejection followed by a slight softening of the stand followed by a friendship which never seems to turn into love for a long time. But after Heer gets married, JJ or Jordan as he is known now finds his groove and turns into a Rockstar.
Something missing in the story? Maybe I have summarized it in a matter of fact way. But that’s not it. There is that little something that has me a bit muddled in my head. Because I left the hall feeling a little let down and yet reasonably satisfied with my experience. Rockstar is definitely not giving Shaitan a race for the best movie of the year in my books. But it is not that feeling that has me confused. I will definitely pen it down in the future.
The editing is slick from Aarti Bajaj. Just the right cuts at the right times and piecing it together to give a collage that just comes together very well. Rahman’s music along with Irshad Kamil’s lyric is superb. One of his better pieces of work. Most importantly, fits very well with the movie and comes out as a blend of a soundtrack and typical Bollywood singing. The costumes are real and very appropriate. Jordan’s costumes will definitely start a fresh trend in dressing and facial hair. Some consistency errors but only if you have a good eye. The camera work is solid again which ensures that Ranbir’s fingers on the guitar are not visible (mostly) when he may not be playing the right notes.
Imtiaz Ali keeps getting better with his direction in each movie. Rock Star is his 4th movie and he experiments this time by varying the pace from the exceptionally fast moments to the snail paced sequences. And just as you are about to give up, he ups the ante and gets you back into the movie. Ranbir Kapoor continues to be intense and committed on screen (so what if he isn’t with his women). And the support cast has performed really well with Kumud and Piyush Mishra bordering on outstanding.
The only thing I could genuinely find fault with is the acting of the speculated next Kapoor Khandaan Ki Bahu (Daughter-in-law of the first family of Bollywood). It was Nargis Fakhri who probably single handedly took away the intensity of the movie and probably the only reason I will give Rock Star less than the 7 it could have got. Nargis dear – New York calling back I guess. We will miss you at least for your gorgeous looks. But don’t worry – Ranbir will be with you where ever you decide to go – the chemistry between the 2 of you is so thick, you will need an axe to chop through.
All in all, RockStar is a well made movie and worth a dekko if not 2. I give it 6.5 on 10. Shaitan’s place as the best movie of the year from Bollywood is firmly secure. Don’t see anything else coming up in the next few weeks to displace it.
Watch the trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn1jx_JUpi0
There is a field….. I will meet you there – Rumi
The movie ends with this couplet. And probably sums up the entire story quite aptly. The story of Janardhan Jhankhad (Ranchhod Das Chanchad has started a trend with Bollywood which will be here for a long time to come) – JJ for short is a sadak chhap Dilli ka Chhokra (a roadside romeo) from Pitam Pura. He has known only the guitar from the time that he was born probably. But as the lyrics state is, “Jo Bhi Mein, Kehna Chahoon, Barbaad kare, Alfaaz Mere” (Whatever I would like to say are ruined by the words I use). There is no X factor. And as his mentor, Khatana (Kumud Mishra) tells him – he can never be a star because he has never seen tough times. Never been hurt in love. Never fallen seriously ill. Still has his parents and family. So JJ decides to make an attempt to fall in love with Heer Koul (Nargis Fakhri) from St. Stephens. Violent rejection followed by a slight softening of the stand followed by a friendship which never seems to turn into love for a long time. But after Heer gets married, JJ or Jordan as he is known now finds his groove and turns into a Rockstar.
Something missing in the story? Maybe I have summarized it in a matter of fact way. But that’s not it. There is that little something that has me a bit muddled in my head. Because I left the hall feeling a little let down and yet reasonably satisfied with my experience. Rockstar is definitely not giving Shaitan a race for the best movie of the year in my books. But it is not that feeling that has me confused. I will definitely pen it down in the future.
The editing is slick from Aarti Bajaj. Just the right cuts at the right times and piecing it together to give a collage that just comes together very well. Rahman’s music along with Irshad Kamil’s lyric is superb. One of his better pieces of work. Most importantly, fits very well with the movie and comes out as a blend of a soundtrack and typical Bollywood singing. The costumes are real and very appropriate. Jordan’s costumes will definitely start a fresh trend in dressing and facial hair. Some consistency errors but only if you have a good eye. The camera work is solid again which ensures that Ranbir’s fingers on the guitar are not visible (mostly) when he may not be playing the right notes.
Imtiaz Ali keeps getting better with his direction in each movie. Rock Star is his 4th movie and he experiments this time by varying the pace from the exceptionally fast moments to the snail paced sequences. And just as you are about to give up, he ups the ante and gets you back into the movie. Ranbir Kapoor continues to be intense and committed on screen (so what if he isn’t with his women). And the support cast has performed really well with Kumud and Piyush Mishra bordering on outstanding.
The only thing I could genuinely find fault with is the acting of the speculated next Kapoor Khandaan Ki Bahu (Daughter-in-law of the first family of Bollywood). It was Nargis Fakhri who probably single handedly took away the intensity of the movie and probably the only reason I will give Rock Star less than the 7 it could have got. Nargis dear – New York calling back I guess. We will miss you at least for your gorgeous looks. But don’t worry – Ranbir will be with you where ever you decide to go – the chemistry between the 2 of you is so thick, you will need an axe to chop through.
All in all, RockStar is a well made movie and worth a dekko if not 2. I give it 6.5 on 10. Shaitan’s place as the best movie of the year from Bollywood is firmly secure. Don’t see anything else coming up in the next few weeks to displace it.
Watch the trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn1jx_JUpi0
Thursday, 10 February 2011
Yeh Saali Zindagi
It beats me. It beats me completely. Does the use of profanity through a movie make it spunky enough? The likes of a Good Fellas – which coincidentally holds some kind of a world record for the maximum number of explitives in a movie – doesn’t become a great movie because of the profanities. It has a lot to do with the other aspects of the movie such as direction and acting to begin with. And it would be fair to assume that someone like Sudhir Mishra who has given us the likes of Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin and Hazaaron Khwaishen Aisi would know better than that right. Surely an amateur critic like this one doesn’t need to point out these basics to the immensely talented director. But this amateur critic continues to see enough and more articles in the tabloids (cannot call them newspapers) that scream out from the front pages that likes of Yeh Saali Zindagi and No One Killed Jessica are creating waves with the audiences coz they are spunky movies. Does anyone pay any attention to consistency these days? Sudhir Mishra would definitely be embarrassed to see the end result of his latest so called potboiler. To point out something very basic, Priti (Chitrangadha Singh) calls Arun (Irrfan Khan) from a Bombay Vodafone number and not a Delhi number. Considering they have been in Delhi for a while and that Mobile Number Portability is not equal to circle portability as of now or when the movie was made, surely someone should have given some thought to that.
Arun is a CA par excellence who is required to keep Mehta’s (Saurabh Shukla) books in order. When Mehta cheats him of his share of the adjustments he stops working for him much to Mehta’s disgust. Mehta almost kills him but Arun refuses to join back. In the heat of the moment, Arun also decides to ask Priti to marry him. Arun had met Priti a while back when he was recovering money for Mehta from a borrower. He was instantly taken in by her but for some reason has never voiced what he feels for her to date. He now finds himself in a situation where he walks into a restaurant to see Priti coochy cooing with Shyam Singhania (Vipul Gupta) although Shyam is about to get married to Anjali who is the daughter of the Home Minster Verma. Now Verma is responsible for getting the local don, Bade (Yashpal Sharma) into jail. Bade is taken care of @ Tihar Jail by the local inspector Satbeer (Sushant Singh). He also has a soft corner for Kuldeep (Arunoday Singh) who wants to get out of the illegal business and go straight. He hasn’t been spending quality time with his wife Shanti (Aditi Rao Hydari) who is anything but peaceful about it. Completing this Egg Bhurji is Chhote (Prashant Narayanan) who is Bade’s transvestite younger brother and wants to eliminate Bade at the earliest and get his hands on all the money lying in various international bank accounts.
As mentioned earlier, Sudhir Mishra has tried to sprinkle this melee with several profanities and slang words which can be associated with Delhi but falls significantly short on the basic attributes of direction and acting. Chitrangadha Singh hasn’t acted in her life since Hazaaron Khwaishen Aisi (Maybe even there she had very little screen time to probably notice). No idea what the big deal is about Arunoday Singh and Aditi Rao Hydari. They are decent but nothing as great as the tabloids seem to be calling out. YSZ saves a lot of face thanks to the immense talent of Irrfan Khan, Saurabh Shukla, Yashpal Sharma, Sushant Singh (very under rated) and Prashant Narayanan who come up with sterling performances in their respective roles. Average music and bad editing round up this mish mashed movie which could have been made so much better. 5 on 10 at best.
Watch the trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXuLeso_jbg
Arun is a CA par excellence who is required to keep Mehta’s (Saurabh Shukla) books in order. When Mehta cheats him of his share of the adjustments he stops working for him much to Mehta’s disgust. Mehta almost kills him but Arun refuses to join back. In the heat of the moment, Arun also decides to ask Priti to marry him. Arun had met Priti a while back when he was recovering money for Mehta from a borrower. He was instantly taken in by her but for some reason has never voiced what he feels for her to date. He now finds himself in a situation where he walks into a restaurant to see Priti coochy cooing with Shyam Singhania (Vipul Gupta) although Shyam is about to get married to Anjali who is the daughter of the Home Minster Verma. Now Verma is responsible for getting the local don, Bade (Yashpal Sharma) into jail. Bade is taken care of @ Tihar Jail by the local inspector Satbeer (Sushant Singh). He also has a soft corner for Kuldeep (Arunoday Singh) who wants to get out of the illegal business and go straight. He hasn’t been spending quality time with his wife Shanti (Aditi Rao Hydari) who is anything but peaceful about it. Completing this Egg Bhurji is Chhote (Prashant Narayanan) who is Bade’s transvestite younger brother and wants to eliminate Bade at the earliest and get his hands on all the money lying in various international bank accounts.
As mentioned earlier, Sudhir Mishra has tried to sprinkle this melee with several profanities and slang words which can be associated with Delhi but falls significantly short on the basic attributes of direction and acting. Chitrangadha Singh hasn’t acted in her life since Hazaaron Khwaishen Aisi (Maybe even there she had very little screen time to probably notice). No idea what the big deal is about Arunoday Singh and Aditi Rao Hydari. They are decent but nothing as great as the tabloids seem to be calling out. YSZ saves a lot of face thanks to the immense talent of Irrfan Khan, Saurabh Shukla, Yashpal Sharma, Sushant Singh (very under rated) and Prashant Narayanan who come up with sterling performances in their respective roles. Average music and bad editing round up this mish mashed movie which could have been made so much better. 5 on 10 at best.
Watch the trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXuLeso_jbg
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