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5 Things I Did Like About Ra.One [Review]

by Sujoy on November 3, 2011

in Bolly,Reviews

Ra.One review

Like the many reviews out there, my thoughts on Ra.One are also divided. On one hand, I have extremely strong complaints against the movie’s script and its many inconsistencies [ Check out my previous post - My 5 Complaints against Ra.One]. But on the other hand, there is no denying, that there is some amount of absolutely engaging good stuff here. This probably is a good thing for the movie’s future on BluRay or DVD, as we can straight away skip the shitty bits and watch the good ones. So in true Hollywood style, I present to you this sequel to my review – The Ying to the Yang ..the White to the Black..the..you get it.

If I were to be a crafty editor, this is what I’d suggest Ra.One to be – a coherent script which slickly travels through ..

**The 5 Things I Did Like About Ra.One**

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Movie Review: Dhobi Ghat (2011)

by Sujoy on February 7, 2011

in Bolly,Reviews

Dhobi Ghat

I haven’t written a movie review in quite some time. Although I have seen quite a lot of films in between, I haven’t felt inspired or moved enough to break my realm of laziness and hit those keys. This all came to an end with Dhobi Ghat – the directorial debut of Kiran Rao. It took me a second viewing and hours of pondering upon as I rightfully wanted to justify this piece of art with the correct amount of praising adjectives it deserves. It doesn’t really take the eyes of the oracle to recognise a labour of love, and this my friend, is one helluva masterpiece. Told with a pace that embraces the chaos and hyper-speed of the city of Mumbai, and still managing to calm down our senses , that in itself is no mean feat. And whilst you enjoy the visuals of mad Mumbai, drenched in rain Mumbai and the hustle and bustle of Mumbai, Dhobi Ghat doesn’t get reduced to a mere travelogue. Instead, it is a heartfelt epilogue told through the lives of four people intertwined with each other in a way as strange and surprising as life itself.

You might have guessed from the promos by now that there’s Aamir Khan. Yes, there is Aamir Khan – no, not the superstar. Instead, here Aamir Khan is just a fraction of the whole pie. He is a character – Arun, a loner painter who makes a handsome living out of his art, and has a name to boast off in the social circle, but is intrinsically troubled by his own past and his own eccentricities. And he finds release in his paintings through which he expresses best. He stares at Mumbai with an eye of an outsider, even when he has been living here for quite sometime. He is insecure and almost seems like lacking an organ of communication. The character of Arun has been underplayed (thank God for that), and it could have been absolutely easy to give in to the stardom of Aamir Khan – the superstar. And I applaud Kiran Rao to have shown that she’s got the balls  to have not done that.
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Action Replayy Review: Atyant Ghinaastic

by Sujoy on November 9, 2010

in movies,Reviews

Action Replayy poster

I am not going to do any sort of gimmicky GIF magic to state how awful this movie is. Neither am I going to create smart lined Facebook memes for this one. This review of Action Replayy is going to be a full on verbal bashing in the very old school way of ‘gaaligaloch’. So for the overtly sensitive and the easily offended – stay the fuck out of this. For the rest who are still reading, thank you and I hope that you can relate to my utter frustration and disappointment at Vipul Amrutlal Shah’s abomination aka ‘Action Replayy’. Point to be noted – funny spellings of movie titles which are numerologically manipulated by the likes of Sunita Melon and Bejaan Pantiwallah do not always ensure success. Actually, they never do. And I hope these numerologists change their names to the ones I just suggested.

To begin with – the Director.
Vipul Amrutlal Shah’s filmography boasts of a smart thriller (Aankhen), a dumbed down comedy which works (Waqt), and an NRI movie which I found was above average (Namastey London). And then London Dreams happened. This was where 40 something uncles put on facelift cream, wore earrings, and sang Hindi pop songs and Hanuman Chalisa touring Europe to packed stadiums. There was a lady who believed in her cheerleading career, and well – if you want to know what I felt about the movie, you can read this.

When I got hold of the first publicity pictures of Action Replayy, it got me super excited for reasons more than one. Firstly, it was set in a retro era of Bollywood which I love the most. I had consciously kept myself distant from the music trailers and any of the movie’s plot details.But I couldn’t escape people discussing about how this was adapted from a Gujrati play, which is a shameless rip off from Back To The Future. All of these factors left me bamboozled, and I really did not know what to expect. The dude in the director’s chair is no stranger to the whole Bolywood blockbuster routine. How wrong was I? Only if the movie was half as good as the posters.

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Tweeting the Movie: Aisha (2010)

by Sujoy on August 9, 2010

in Humor,movies,Reviews

Disclaimer: The intention of this post is not to mar any person’s dignity or self esteem, dead or alive. Its just a piss take and please take it in the best of the spirits. Please don’t sue me. I am not a rich dude. KTHXBAI!

Ok, I am the occasional chick-flick visitor. I have watched the likes of Notting Hill (who hasn’t), Bridget Jones Diary etc etc. On quite a few occasions, I have managed to even like them. Not because of the underlying romance, but because the characterisation was very well dealt with. Be it the failing travel book store owner or the dumped writer who falls for the Portuguese girl or even the dancing Prime Minister (I know you know all those references). Which now brings me to Aisha, an adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma (as the publicity press releases say) and unofficially copied from Clueless. I have neither read the book, nor seen the Alicia Silverstone movie. So what I write here, is just judging the movie by its own strengths and flaws.

Well you remember the first of the series – Tweeting the Movie – Veer( Part 1 and Part 2) . So here I am, with Chapter 2 – Aisha. Its always fun to take the piss out of movies which make you realise about the two hours of your life that you’ll never get back. And so here I am, spending more than 2 hours to get this post done.
P.S. The language on this post can get a bit too colourful for your taste, if you know what I mean ;)

Aisha - Sonam Kapoor Hiya @everyone. I am like totally awesome chick.

I like, spend my rich Dad’s hard-earned cash for a living and have nicknamed it ‘Event Management’. How cool! #winwin

And like, I totally dig true love. Its so cute to see MILFs getting hitched with DILFs innit. #AishaIsAwesome Pls RT. kthxbye ;)

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Aisha - Sonam KapoorP.S. I like animals, I pretend to like Polo coz its totally upmarket.

Quick, time for an Elle makeover twitpic.

I’m having a hangover from that party I had last night. Hence the glasses.

Also, I can’t remember which movie I am in right now. Is this ‘I Hate Luv Stories’? #hangover

Also, I so love sobbing whilst I watch that Kajol-SRK dancing in the rain scene from K2H2. That movie is my Bible.

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