When you have
Ranvir Shorey and Vinay Pathak in a movie, you can be reasonably sure that the
acting department has been taken care of.
You would be right this time around as well. This duo has been entertaining us for over a
decade and with Bajatey Raho they continue their good work. To make things better we have some other
great actors as well who make the journey even more easy.
Showing posts with label Dolly Ahluwalia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dolly Ahluwalia. Show all posts
Wednesday, 21 August 2013
Friday, 2 November 2012
Love Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana
What is it about Punjabis and Punjab in general that makes them an ideal target for movies of any kind. Is it their loud nature that gives them a character that is quite unique as compared to any other sect, caste, creed or society? Or is it the fact that they are super colourful. Or maybe it the fact that they drink like there is not tomorrow. Or is it that they are just very large hearted characters - especially the Sardars.
Or is it just their Chicken and their capability to gorge on tons of the 2 legged creature that has become an integral part our lives as well? Considering that the earlier points were already beaten to death, Sameer Sharma - himself a Punjabi probably - must have definitely said to himself that it was time to get the humble creature into tinsel town. Not too many movies have been made which have a chicken as its central character right? Talk about identifying and opportunity.
For those who are getting other ideas, the central plot of the movie revolves around a chicken dish eponymously named by the inventor's wife. The inventory - Shri Khurana aka Darji or Grandfather (Vinod Nagpal) who figures out by chance, a recipe that sets the village of Lalton in Punjab on fire. But the recipe remains a secret. One that only Darji knows and now that he is senile with one foot in the grave, it would, in all probability go with him to the grave.
And so, when Omi Khurana (Kunal Kapoor) comes back in the hope that someone back home will help him solve the gangster problem of £50000 that he has got himself into, he is in for a not so pleasant surprise. Now, he doesn't have the money. The family doesn't have the money. Darji doesn't remember him or the recipe. And the deadly gangster (hilariously deadly) Shanty is after Omi's life. To help Shanty,a we have his absurd younger brother - Manty.
So, as you can see for yourself, there is very little that upon have to look forward to with LSTCK in terms of a story. The screenplay and dialogues are also nothing out of this world. They suit the purpose of the movie and give it a major Punjabi flair for certain. Maybe there were some nuances that the Punjabis would get but I wasn't too excited to be honest. Amit Trivedi's music is also not his best performance to date by a mile.
Kunal Kapoor has always been and will continue to be a director's actor. As Sameer Sharma is definitely not the kind of director who could inspire much confidence in any of the cast. Huma Qureshi takes off from where she left in Gangs of Wasseypur. Here is a girl who is here to stay. A pity that she will never move into commercial cinema coz she is just to large for the screen.
The rest of the cast are people who come from theatre and give the movie the fillip that it needed to stay afloat. But for them, Luv Shuv could have been a disaster. 5 on 10. Worth a demo but u could wait for the DVD or see it on TV.
Watch the trailer on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB9oO8bd7qM
Or is it just their Chicken and their capability to gorge on tons of the 2 legged creature that has become an integral part our lives as well? Considering that the earlier points were already beaten to death, Sameer Sharma - himself a Punjabi probably - must have definitely said to himself that it was time to get the humble creature into tinsel town. Not too many movies have been made which have a chicken as its central character right? Talk about identifying and opportunity.
For those who are getting other ideas, the central plot of the movie revolves around a chicken dish eponymously named by the inventor's wife. The inventory - Shri Khurana aka Darji or Grandfather (Vinod Nagpal) who figures out by chance, a recipe that sets the village of Lalton in Punjab on fire. But the recipe remains a secret. One that only Darji knows and now that he is senile with one foot in the grave, it would, in all probability go with him to the grave.
And so, when Omi Khurana (Kunal Kapoor) comes back in the hope that someone back home will help him solve the gangster problem of £50000 that he has got himself into, he is in for a not so pleasant surprise. Now, he doesn't have the money. The family doesn't have the money. Darji doesn't remember him or the recipe. And the deadly gangster (hilariously deadly) Shanty is after Omi's life. To help Shanty,a we have his absurd younger brother - Manty.
So, as you can see for yourself, there is very little that upon have to look forward to with LSTCK in terms of a story. The screenplay and dialogues are also nothing out of this world. They suit the purpose of the movie and give it a major Punjabi flair for certain. Maybe there were some nuances that the Punjabis would get but I wasn't too excited to be honest. Amit Trivedi's music is also not his best performance to date by a mile.
Kunal Kapoor has always been and will continue to be a director's actor. As Sameer Sharma is definitely not the kind of director who could inspire much confidence in any of the cast. Huma Qureshi takes off from where she left in Gangs of Wasseypur. Here is a girl who is here to stay. A pity that she will never move into commercial cinema coz she is just to large for the screen.
The rest of the cast are people who come from theatre and give the movie the fillip that it needed to stay afloat. But for them, Luv Shuv could have been a disaster. 5 on 10. Worth a demo but u could wait for the DVD or see it on TV.
Watch the trailer on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB9oO8bd7qM
Sunday, 22 April 2012
Vicky Donor
There was an aura of “cheap slapstick” in the promos of Vicky Donor. It didn’t quite indicate anything about the content except that it had to do with donating sperm. Well it was about a guy who takes to donating sperm but there is much more in Vicky Donor. A cue that a lot of trailer makers can take to ensure that one needs to communicate more about the movie in a trailer. I agree with the mini skirt analogy for a trailer as well but with Vicky Donor it was more like a maxi.
John Abraham’s first home production is about Vicky Arora (Ayushmann Khurana) who is a twenty five year old young Punjabi boy from Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi. He lives with his mother Dolly (Dolly Ahluwalia) and his grandmother (Kamlesh Gill) in a barsati in an atypical house of Lajpat Nagar. Dolly runs a beauty parlour downstairs and does well enough to keep the three of them alive. But she worries about her son who is doing nothing as of now. Vicky doesn’t want to join Dolly’s brother clothing business and is struggling to find the right thing to do.
Cut to Dr. Baldev Chopra (Annu Kapoor) who runs a fertility clinic which is not doing too well because of good quality sperm. That is where he has a chance encounter with Vicky who picks up a small argument with someone close to Chopra’s place. Gut tells Chopra that Vicky will make the best sperm donor that he could have found. Therefore the first part of the movie concentrates on getting Vicky convinced to donate. All of this is peppered with a love story that builds between Vicky and Ashima Roy (Yaami Gautam) who is an executive at a local bank.
The highlight of Vicky Donor has to be the lovely use of Delhi or should I say Dilli humour. The average Dilli wala is enough of a character and speaks in a manner that is unique enough to build memorable characters. Vicky Donor utilizes this characteristic to maximum effect. Right from the lead character who gives his best to get the Lajpat Nagar effect all the way to the Bengali father-in-law played by Jayanta Das, the peculiarities of the typical Delhiite have been captured beautifully.
Kudos as well to the script by Juhi Chaturvedi a first timer in the movie business. The humour is very good and flirts with the slapstick. It however retains a clean nature. One cannot help but laugh through most of the movie. Even in its serious parts. Even more importantly, it is clean and can be seen by most of the family. Just be prepared for some innocent questions about sperm if you have kids around. Shoojit Sircar comes back to the screen after what was a critically acclaimed movie called Yahaan from over 7 years back. Maybe he was waiting for something as good as Vicky Donor to come by his way. This is a must see for those who haven’t seen it yet. 7 on 10 in my books for certain
Trailer on http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2872812313/
John Abraham’s first home production is about Vicky Arora (Ayushmann Khurana) who is a twenty five year old young Punjabi boy from Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi. He lives with his mother Dolly (Dolly Ahluwalia) and his grandmother (Kamlesh Gill) in a barsati in an atypical house of Lajpat Nagar. Dolly runs a beauty parlour downstairs and does well enough to keep the three of them alive. But she worries about her son who is doing nothing as of now. Vicky doesn’t want to join Dolly’s brother clothing business and is struggling to find the right thing to do.
Cut to Dr. Baldev Chopra (Annu Kapoor) who runs a fertility clinic which is not doing too well because of good quality sperm. That is where he has a chance encounter with Vicky who picks up a small argument with someone close to Chopra’s place. Gut tells Chopra that Vicky will make the best sperm donor that he could have found. Therefore the first part of the movie concentrates on getting Vicky convinced to donate. All of this is peppered with a love story that builds between Vicky and Ashima Roy (Yaami Gautam) who is an executive at a local bank.
The highlight of Vicky Donor has to be the lovely use of Delhi or should I say Dilli humour. The average Dilli wala is enough of a character and speaks in a manner that is unique enough to build memorable characters. Vicky Donor utilizes this characteristic to maximum effect. Right from the lead character who gives his best to get the Lajpat Nagar effect all the way to the Bengali father-in-law played by Jayanta Das, the peculiarities of the typical Delhiite have been captured beautifully.
Kudos as well to the script by Juhi Chaturvedi a first timer in the movie business. The humour is very good and flirts with the slapstick. It however retains a clean nature. One cannot help but laugh through most of the movie. Even in its serious parts. Even more importantly, it is clean and can be seen by most of the family. Just be prepared for some innocent questions about sperm if you have kids around. Shoojit Sircar comes back to the screen after what was a critically acclaimed movie called Yahaan from over 7 years back. Maybe he was waiting for something as good as Vicky Donor to come by his way. This is a must see for those who haven’t seen it yet. 7 on 10 in my books for certain
Trailer on http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2872812313/
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)