Movie Review: 8*10 Tasveer

Never thought this movie will disappoint in the end! I had hopes, infact high hopes from Akshay kumar's movie. Thankfully i watched it on a DVD!

One time watch.

Slumdog Millionaire

Most of us are feeling proud that we (Indians) have won Oscars for the movie. Kudos to A.R Rehman for his great work!

Before watching the movie, I had heard abt Amitabh Bachhan’s statement about the movie and I wasn’t too pleased on his remarks. For me, it was more like…recognition to India and how does it matter if a foreigner has shot the film. I tend to generally admire the work of a person irrespective of the nationality/caste/ creed.

This movie as the name suggest is based on a kid from slum & his story on how he wins the Million Dollars in a contest which looks like a KBC contest. All I could see was the movie with lot of flaws. Two important ones:
1. A slum kid speaking English & hindi at the same time.
2. Showing that every damn Indian was bad in the movie (including Anil Kapoor)!

I hated the way the director has painted a bad image for the country. India is not just about slums, crooks, cheats etc. It has other good things as well which could have been captured. Overall I feel it’s more of hype thing then to anything else.

Bollywood has produced many better films then Slumdog in past and I am sure it will continue to do so. I am happy with the fact that couple of actors got this opportunity to work in the film and show themselves up at red carpet but at the same time, I am very disappointed with the way it has let down our image. I am wondering how the prospective tourist will react to it? How will they trust anyone here after watching this movie? We keep working hard to build that credibility and just couple of things like 26/11 & slumdog tends to take that away from us.

I have nothing against the director or the people who are associated with the movie, but I am just not feeling good about it.

Taare Zaneen Per & Jab V Met

Today i watched the movie taare zameen per...awesome movie...different storyline...No big starcast...just Aamir in a different role all together..no actress...but wonderful message...i guess this movie should be used by corporates to show how we can transform people who are not performing and turn them around...All we need to do is to have little patience and find out how we can work towards someones weakness and prove them as an asset...conclusion: wonderfully done


Another movie i liked was Jab V Met....cute is what i wud like to say...it was a light movie and u will feel like watching it again....i loved all the songs and play it every morning..

Ahista Ahista

Cast: Abhay Deol, Soha Ali Khan, Shayan Munshi, Murad Ali, Saurabh Ardeshir

The film really lives up to its name. It's very slow and moves at one pace throughout. It's a love story but not a typical boy meets girl sort. In a way it's an everyday story.

Ankush's (Abhay Deol) job is to help the people who are getting married in court. He acts as a witness. Here he meets Megha Joshi (Soha Ali Khan). She is waiting for her boyfriend, Dheeraj (Shayan Munshi). Both have eloped from Nainital and are scheduled to meet in Delhi where they plan to have a court marriage. She waits for him the whole day but he doesn't turn up. She is in tears and asks Ankush for help as she is penniless. Ankush, being the good hearted soul helps her and later even borrows money from a friend to get her a job. Ankush starts working in a bank and is making progress in life. Ankush fells for her & She too falls in love with him (or kind of love), both agree for the marriage. She has gotten over her ex-love, Dheeraj, and hates him with a passion. Unexpected circumstances happen…

Dheeraj comes to Delhi and is searching desperately for Megha. Ankush is shocked to see Dheeraj and does not want to reveal anything about Megha to him now. He's scared of loosing her to Dheeraj. Even when the kind and generous Ankush decides to keep his sweetheart's fiance's return a secret, you don't really hate him for that bit of deception. When Dheeraj explains his point of view, Soha says she's torn between the two men and finds herself at crossroads.

Complex situation: One side there is a person whom she loved and who equally loved her but due to circumstances could not make to court on the marriage date. Other side is a person who has helped her in her tough times. He had gone to extent of borrowing money to provide her a roof. Whom should she choose as her life partner? What do u think?

Abhay Deol is a complete natural. His boy-next-door looks make the character more believable, more convincing. Soha catches attention once again. She is heartbreakingly expressive and fragile. The storyline is simple, the situations seem straight out of life.

Moview Review: Chokher Bali

• Released on: October, 2004
• Watched on: 23rd Jan 2007 (just 2.5 yrs late)
• Place: Office
• Chokher Bali loosely translates to “sand in the eyes”.

Story of a lady, Binodini (Aishwarya Rai) who becomes a widow within a year of her marriage. Binodini is an educated and liberated woman - who refuses to conform to her expected widow status - something completely taboo in that era. She tries to draw 2 men towards her in a different manner. Till the end, I was trying to understand the psychology of Ash's Character.

Movie was obv not a commercial one and would not interest people who are looking for typical bollywood flicks with action/comedy/tragedy. This would interest a niche segment. I somehow wasnt pleased by Ash's work. She lacks confidence in the role, which was very much required. She looked artificial and forced herself on character. She does not completely live up to Binodini’s bold & rebellious character. Guess she needs to refine her skills for such kinda roles.

However it is Raima Sen that completely steals the show. She brings life into Ashalata’s rather dull and underdeveloped character. Has done fairly well and I would rate her better than Ash in living upto expectation.
Again a movie that depected a problem existed in our society years back. Director, Rituporna Gosh, has done a good job.

Zindagi Rocks!

I don’t think I need anything if I have few great friends who r always there and count me in their life as an imp person. I was chatting with a friend of mine and he was telling abt his weekend plans and life these days and told me about the weather of US as it was snowing while he was chatting with me. Snow, always seen in movies and never seen in actual gives a different excitement, a curiosity of how it is like. I guess my friend was quite a mind reader. He switched on his webcam just to show me how it snows and how roads, trees and things get covered by it. What a pleasant scene it was. He then showed me what a snow ball was like…Seeing a world from someone’s eye is another experience. Watching it on TV looks different and the way he presented was quite different.

Few minutes later I got another call from my dear friend Pomi, who worked with me in last org. She was quite upset and hence called up @midnight. Her first statement was “ hope u were not sleeping…” She thought of calling her mom but considering the time was too late to disturb them with her worries, she decided to call me instead. She said she was expecting me to be awake and now I m like second option after her mom…and I joked saying yeah step mother is another alternative u have now…we spoke for almost one hr before we decided to hang. I am so lucky to have these kind of friends…

I always used to feel that I wasn’t born lucky. I was loved by everyone in the family, friends and teachers but somewhere deep inside I carried the unlucky-in-love notion abt myself. I don’t know what complex I had. There was no reason for this insecurity of mine. Before possessing anything I preferred to let it go coz a feel of loosing it later, used to send shiver in my body…strange in its own way. Everybody has a different way of thinking and different way of convincing themselves. Mine is quite strange. I feel the victory in loosing coz I can conquer my own fears. Loosing something feels bad no doubt, and like any other human being I too feel bad but only thing that keeps me gng from different phases of life is the convincing power which always says “dear u haven’t lost anything, infact you are a winner, life cud have show u a worst situation later and by giving upon it now u have saved yourself” Quite a mixed view. Sometimes I used to feel that I was a pessimist, but convincing myself this way gave me a feel of being optimist, but in reality it belongs to no particular way of looking at it.

I was surfing TV channels and saw Sushmita’s latest release Zindagi Rocks! It did stir my emotions but the slow pace story was the reason for its failure. It was more like an art movie than to a commercial one. I thought the name suggested something related to fun but whole perception was washed away. A story of a mother (Sush) who is energetic, happy-go-lucky nature and her adopted son. Story takes a turn when her son is diagnosed with a hole in the heart. A transplant operation is needed to save the young child’s life, but the problem is to find a donor. In the desperation to save her child Sush decides to make the ultimate sacrifice. The final moments of the film does bring a tear to the eye. I loved the last scene, where Shiney Ahuja realizes that sush will take a drastic step and barges in her room, and finds her standing near the glass window. As he walks towards her, in the fear, that she might jump out of the window, sush takes steps backward and she collapse on the floor. Her last kiss followed by a death was quite a painful sight.

Justification: This movie disturbed me a little and hence an emotional post. :(

Yeah Zindagi Rocks!...it sucks at times but still rocks...

Cindrella Man

Today i watched a movie called cinderella man at PVR gurgaon...a well made movie..i did like it...The story line is good...everything is so perfect about this movie...the last boxing scene made me hold my hands tightly for the result...such a nice flick...recommend all to see this...in between its slow..but gradually picks up and covers it up...by the way Russel crowe was wonderful and has acted well.

Well this movie is based on a true story, the story of a boxer James Braddock: A man's extraordinary fight to save the family he loved

Born Dec. 6, 1905 in New York CIty

Died Nov. 29, 1974 in North Bergen,N.J.

In 1935, he defeated Max Baer in 15 rounds to become heavyweight champion. Braddock, who was an 11-2 underdog before the fight, was responsible for one of boxing's greatest upsets. His reign wasn't long, however; he lost the title to Joe Louis in 1937.

Summary: Dont read if u havent watched the movie

During the Great Depression, a common-man hero, James J. Braddock--a.k.a. the Cinderella Man--was to become one of the most surprising sports legends in history. By the early 1930s, the impoverished ex-prizefighter was seemingly as broken-down, beaten-up and out-of-luck as much of the rest of the American populace who had hit rock bottom.

His career appeared to be finished, he was unable to pay the bills, the only thing that mattered to him--his family--was in danger, and he was even forced to go on Public Relief. But deep inside, Jim Braddock never relinquished his determination. Driven by love, honor and an incredible dose of grit, he willed an impossible dream to come true. In a last-chance bid to help his family, Braddock returned to the ring. No one thought he had a shot. However Braddock, fueled by something beyond mere competition, kept winning. Suddenly, the ordinary working man became the mythic athlete. Carrying the hopes and dreams of the disenfranchised on his shoulders, Braddock rocketed through the ranks, until this underdog chose to do the unthinkable: take on the heavyweight champ of the world, the unstoppable Max Baer, renowned for having killed two men in the ring.

His wife (Renee Zellweger) would prefer he quit boxing, but knows how badly they need the money to get by with their three kids. His amazing comeback becomes the source of inspiration of many down-on-their-luck Americans.