Jagdish Tyagi
aka Jolly (Arshad Warsi) has graduated from Law College Meerut. As on date, he is a struggling advocate at
the local court. Not too many people
know of his existence even in the countryside.
He has been trying to live by that old adage that a lawyer has to be
patient enough to get one big case.
Showing posts with label Mohan Agashe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mohan Agashe. Show all posts
Saturday, 16 March 2013
Monday, 2 July 2012
Maximum
Over the past few weeks, we have seen several debates about movies being really slow. The confusion has always been on whether the movie is slow or intense. For my money’s worth, Shanghai and Gangs of Wasseypur were supremely intense movies and not to be confused with being slow. Maximum on the other hand is a movie that can qualify to be called “Really Slow”!!!!
For once, I have seen some stalwarts of Indian cinema act on screen bereft of any intent or commitment to the role whatsoever. That, the likes of Naseeruddin Shah still does a great job is credit to the man’s talent. However, for the first time, I have seen the likes of Vinay Pathak fall flat – really flat. As if there were no reason for him to actually act in this movie. As if they were doing a favour on director Kabeer Kaushik or whoever was the producer involved – much like the story line which involves knowing the right people at the right places and calling in the right favours at the right time.
ACP Pratap Pandit (Sonu Sood) is by his own admission a problem child. It is the year 2003 and Mumbai Police is probably at its peak thanks to the initiatives taken between Pratap Pandit and his boss. However, the team which keeps Mumbai safe is being divided between Pandit’s Boss – Subodh Singh and his counter part in Anti Terrorism – Khanna. There is a turf war building up and Subodh and Khanna have both got their pawns ready in the form of Pandit and Pandit’s ex mentor – Arun Inamdar (Naseeruddin Shah).
Maximum follows the two war horses butting heads in a battle to gain the maximum power that is possible given the circumstances – just so that one can stay a step ahead of the other at all times. A battle that rages over 8 years and results first in the rise of Pandit and then the gradual fall as he keeps losing ground. The movie however, also clearly shows as to how the department lands up being the eventual “Biggest Loser”.
Other than the main performances from the expected faces which flatter to deceive, Maximum is littered with more lackadiscal acting from Sonu Sood & Neha Dhupia. Only two people come up with really solid performances – Mohan Agashe and Rajendra Gupta. Why the rest fail to come up with committed performances will remain a mystery to me for sure.
Even the raunchy Hazel Keech – replete with love handles which could put Good Year out of business (with competition only from Vidya Balan as on date) – belting out Aa Ante Amalapuram doesn’t do much to raise the movie’s tempo. And Anjana Sukhani’s presence is all but irrelevant. Disappointing @ 4 on 10. Definitely expected more.
Watch the movie on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InO-XttE2yc
For once, I have seen some stalwarts of Indian cinema act on screen bereft of any intent or commitment to the role whatsoever. That, the likes of Naseeruddin Shah still does a great job is credit to the man’s talent. However, for the first time, I have seen the likes of Vinay Pathak fall flat – really flat. As if there were no reason for him to actually act in this movie. As if they were doing a favour on director Kabeer Kaushik or whoever was the producer involved – much like the story line which involves knowing the right people at the right places and calling in the right favours at the right time.
ACP Pratap Pandit (Sonu Sood) is by his own admission a problem child. It is the year 2003 and Mumbai Police is probably at its peak thanks to the initiatives taken between Pratap Pandit and his boss. However, the team which keeps Mumbai safe is being divided between Pandit’s Boss – Subodh Singh and his counter part in Anti Terrorism – Khanna. There is a turf war building up and Subodh and Khanna have both got their pawns ready in the form of Pandit and Pandit’s ex mentor – Arun Inamdar (Naseeruddin Shah).
Maximum follows the two war horses butting heads in a battle to gain the maximum power that is possible given the circumstances – just so that one can stay a step ahead of the other at all times. A battle that rages over 8 years and results first in the rise of Pandit and then the gradual fall as he keeps losing ground. The movie however, also clearly shows as to how the department lands up being the eventual “Biggest Loser”.
Other than the main performances from the expected faces which flatter to deceive, Maximum is littered with more lackadiscal acting from Sonu Sood & Neha Dhupia. Only two people come up with really solid performances – Mohan Agashe and Rajendra Gupta. Why the rest fail to come up with committed performances will remain a mystery to me for sure.
Even the raunchy Hazel Keech – replete with love handles which could put Good Year out of business (with competition only from Vidya Balan as on date) – belting out Aa Ante Amalapuram doesn’t do much to raise the movie’s tempo. And Anjana Sukhani’s presence is all but irrelevant. Disappointing @ 4 on 10. Definitely expected more.
Watch the movie on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InO-XttE2yc
Monday, 15 August 2011
Phhir
Starting 1920, Vikram Bhat has taken to the genre of the super natural a little too much for my comfort actually. First 1920 then Shaapit: The Cursed and then the mother of all “Oh save my life” movies called Haunted 3D (notice that I am consistent with the naming of the movies as well. This time however, he hasn’t directed it but produced yet another super natural movie which uses words like “medium” and “bhagwaan ka bheja hua banda” (someone sent by God) like there is no tomorrow. This one has to do with a psychic with definite inspiration from some Hollywood movie or the other which I am not able to recollect (so much for being someone who reviews movies). Basically it is not anything that we haven’t seen before.
The story revolves around Dr. Kabir Malhotra (Rajneesh Duggall) is a name that figures in a list of “Asians who rocked Europe”. Now how is that for a list to be in? Too cool in the Vikram Bhatt world I am sure. Anyways, he is well and truly in love and also married to Sia (Roshni Chopra). Sia is a lawyer and is applying to be a professor in a local university in Newcastle. That’s where they stay. Kabir is a doc alright but he is also one hell of a late latif. He has always made Sia wait for all their dates and on the day when they are due to have their celebration dinner for Sia getting the job, he doesn’t turn up on time for once. He lands up only a couple of hours late. Now hows that for taking your wife for granted. Not too cool Mr. Malhotra. Because this time around, Mrs. Malhotra doesn’t wait for too long and leaves. She isn’t reachable and neither is her best friend. A night goes by without any calls and eventually Dr. Malhotra files a missing person report. That’s where he bumps into (literally) Disha (Adah Sharma) who is actually a psychic and helps the local police quite often in solving several cases. She gets a vision that Kabir actually needs her help and what do you know – she is there.
Phhir is an extremely tackily made movie – add this to the ever growing list of tackily made movies from the Vikram Bhatt stable. It is strewn with exceptionally bad screenplay. The dialogues / script are atrocious at best. The only person in the cast who seems to have tried to act is Adah Sharma but even she is average at her best attempt. The rest of the cast should seriously consider alternative professions. Roshni Chopra should stick to television, Rajneesh Duggall to modeling and Dr. Mohan Agashe (notice the Dr. before his name these days) should stick to social networking advertisements which is the only way he is going to get any action. The good part of the entire experience of watching Phhir was that I got what I had expected. A 3 on 10 movie.
Watch the trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViSp08n5Dfk
The story revolves around Dr. Kabir Malhotra (Rajneesh Duggall) is a name that figures in a list of “Asians who rocked Europe”. Now how is that for a list to be in? Too cool in the Vikram Bhatt world I am sure. Anyways, he is well and truly in love and also married to Sia (Roshni Chopra). Sia is a lawyer and is applying to be a professor in a local university in Newcastle. That’s where they stay. Kabir is a doc alright but he is also one hell of a late latif. He has always made Sia wait for all their dates and on the day when they are due to have their celebration dinner for Sia getting the job, he doesn’t turn up on time for once. He lands up only a couple of hours late. Now hows that for taking your wife for granted. Not too cool Mr. Malhotra. Because this time around, Mrs. Malhotra doesn’t wait for too long and leaves. She isn’t reachable and neither is her best friend. A night goes by without any calls and eventually Dr. Malhotra files a missing person report. That’s where he bumps into (literally) Disha (Adah Sharma) who is actually a psychic and helps the local police quite often in solving several cases. She gets a vision that Kabir actually needs her help and what do you know – she is there.
Phhir is an extremely tackily made movie – add this to the ever growing list of tackily made movies from the Vikram Bhatt stable. It is strewn with exceptionally bad screenplay. The dialogues / script are atrocious at best. The only person in the cast who seems to have tried to act is Adah Sharma but even she is average at her best attempt. The rest of the cast should seriously consider alternative professions. Roshni Chopra should stick to television, Rajneesh Duggall to modeling and Dr. Mohan Agashe (notice the Dr. before his name these days) should stick to social networking advertisements which is the only way he is going to get any action. The good part of the entire experience of watching Phhir was that I got what I had expected. A 3 on 10 movie.
Watch the trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViSp08n5Dfk
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