Half Girlfriend (2017) (Hindi)

So if you haven’t seen Fitoor Mishra's CommentArré on the Half Girlfriend Trailer then believe me, the 2 minute narration by this man is definitely better than the 2+ hours of Half Girlfriend – Damn I have to stop stating the obvious.  Have a dekko at the Fitoor Mishra CommentArré first https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMLg6s68HIc.  And for those who aren’t familiar, Shuturmurg = Ostrich.

ABCD2 (Hindi) (2015)

ABCD 2 begins with a stunning display of Electron (a form of dance) by a dance troupe called Illuminati - a celebration of neon green, blue, yellow and pink that gets your excitement sky high. The adrenaline rush generated by Illuminati is matched but not exceeded by a troupe called J5 (a Michael Jackson tribute dance troupe) that performs to Psycho Re from ABCD 1.

Haider

There could be many of you out there who haven’t read what is probably William Shakespeare’s most popular tragedy – Hamlet.  It was the bard’s longest play and has been the subject of many a movie. For those unaware of the story, you MUST read this section before you walk into watch Haider http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet#Plot.

Ek Villain

Ek Villain was supposed to be inspired by a Korean movie called I Saw The Devil.  I went through the story on Wikipedia and honestly the similarities are minimal.  One cannot blame Mohit Suri of plagiarizing a Korean movie just because the serial killer collects jewelry from his victims in both movies.  The concept is by far quite different other than this aspect.

Gori Tere Pyaar Mein!

Half of the Gori Tere Pyaar Mein!’s battle against me was already lost when I realized a couple of minutes into the movie that it has been set significantly in THE VILLAGE.  Now, now people, don’t get me wrong.  I have nothing against villages.  But I have a lot against one particular village.  For those who know me, this particular village is also known as – BENGALURU.  I call it the largest village in the world.

Aashiqui 2

First of all, why is it that movie makers these days resort to using the name of a movie that is over 20 years old to mislead the audience? Is it because they know that their movie is so bad that if not for these cheap efforts, no one will come to see it? Can you think of any other reason for them to do this?

Luv Ka The End

About 20 minutes into the movie, I thought (actually I was convinced) that Luv Ka The End is a rip off of the Jesse Metcalfe, Ashanti starrer from 2006 – John Tucker Must Die. However, I am as of now not too sure if it is a copy of JTMD or some other movie. But the plot seems all too familiar for me to ignore the aspect of “inspiration” from Hollywood and sadly – once again. When will our directors start thinking of something original to work on?


The first time directorial venture of Roadies super star Bumpy is probably quite ironic considering that Roadies is meant to be a very rugged, in your face phenomenon. Why the famed Bumpy decided to pick up a soppy romantic comedy as his first movie is surprising to say the least. But then again I guess all men have a soppy side to us and Bumpy is at the end of the day probably only human. As is the direction that he gets to the table. But then again who expects any direction in a chick flick right?

Rhea Dayaldas (Shraddha Kapoor) is your cutie pie or girl next door from school. She is pretty but not hot. And needless to say extremely intelligent. That she has rich parents only helps even more. She may not be anywhere close to the high school hottie Natasha (Riya Bamniyal) but is still the girl of choice for the high school boy hottie Luv Nanda (Taaha Shah). The son of an exporter (read smuggler), Luv has everything that money can buy and loves to show off his toys, the latest of which is a Jag. But the first ride is reserved for Rhea.

Now Rhea’s friends - Sonia Lovani (Sreejita De) and Jugnoo 'Jugs' Shastri (Pushtii Shakti) – don’t quite approve of this relationship and try their best to keep dissuading her from giving Luv the pleasure of taking her virginity from her. Its Rhea’s 18th birthday and she is all set to “do it” tonight. And its only the persistence of Karthikeyan Ramchandran (Rahul Pardasany) – who coincidentally is smitten by Jugs – that gets the threesome introduced to the BBC – The Billionaire Boys Club. The BBC is a club of young kids whose parents are all Billionaires and run an annual contest aligned around who has “scored” the most – be it in the form of fooling around with hot teachers or naïve young girls. Rhea is obviously shocked and decides that today it will be Luv Ka The End.

Chick flick to the core. Nothing that is terribly exciting in any form whatsoever or anything that you haven’t seen before. The same old hunky men and hot girls with a fat boy and fat girl thrown in, the high school geek, the daft best friend, the mother of the friend who is over the top, understanding parents, a senile grand mother, a pesky little sister – the list is endless – but life in a RomCom is just perfect. And this one is no different. And therefore, I give it 4 on 10. Not really worth seeing on the big screen. Disappointing debut for Bumpy. Not a great second for Shraddha Kapoor – she better start showing some more acting skills coz her dad is not getting her anywhere.

Watch the trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x5JXJviWt4