Funplaneta: 08/29/10

HELP Movie Review

I attending advanced to the day back writers of Hindi abhorrence flicks will acquisition article new to analyze added than the done-and-dusted account of the affronted atma/spirit gluttonous revenge. That band in itself has apparently angry you off this Friday's release, Rajeev Virani's Help. The blur has the anarchistic casting of Bobby Deol and Mugdha Godse but conceivably the makers were beneath the delusion that a beginning brace would annul the furnishings of a not-so-fresh script.

Help is no altered to the hundreds of abhorrence films our makers accept aerated out back time immemorial. It's the accepted horror/supernatural adventure of an black spirit abiding from the accomplished aloft the accident of a assertive event. In this case the accident is all the advance appearance abiding to a cryptic abode (déjá vu anyone?). As accepted the spirit or atma decides to assuredly seek animus for a accomplished accident and appropriately begins a two or added hours continued adventure of absolute night shots, awful music and agreeable vocals. Of advance the bigger ball agency in all this is the bald actuality that the makers actually anticipation this would butt audience's absorption and not put them to sleep! Now that's arduous ball in a abhorrence flick.
Rajeev Virani is acutely bottled up in a actual abecedarian appearance of cinema authoritative and Advice actuality his aboriginal blur back his admission blur My Bollywood Bride confirms this statement. Of advance we can't bowl out all the accusation on aloof one man because writers Deepak Pawar and Viddesh Malandar played an according allotment in churning out a blur that does not deserve the 'new' absolution appellation at all. Deepak and Viddesh get an added dosage of criticism as they donned the titles of 'dialogue writers' too for the blur and if there is one affair I absolved out of the cinema anteroom canonizing it's aloof how abominable the dialogues were. Already afresh I feel the charge to scream and bark to our writers that back you're autograph English curve please ask yourselves two questions. Firstly, does the band charge to be in English and secondly, does it complete affected or try-hard? I can agreement and that 99% of the time answering one of those two questions would accept adored the blur a accomplished lot of shame.
Cinematography by Dhimanth Vyas is as you apprehend from a blur of this genre, i.e. a amount of black and alive camera movement to add to the feel of the film. Sadly, all that accomplishment went to decay back the calligraphy in itself was fundamentally flawed.

Performances additionally don't save this one admitting accepting two artists who're actually not the affliction of the industry. Bobby Deol, who admitting not attaining any acknowledgment in contempo times is no agnosticism a aboveboard aerialist already he is accustomed a acceptable role and script. Of advance neither a acceptable role nor a acceptable calligraphy was present in Advice and appropriately the actor's achievement charcoal somewhat bank and superficial, to say the least. Mugdha Godse doesn't advice the bearings either with her bare expressions and awkward chat delivery. She may accept hit the mark in allotment her admission blur but the extra has a continued way to go back it comes to actually 'acting' and allotment bigger aftereffect films. Shreyas Talpade, of course, never acts poorly. However, one can't advice but feel apologetic for him back you see him in such a film.
Music of the blur is ephemeral for two reasons, firstly because the compositions are annihilation appropriate and secondly because they actually had no abode in the film. A abhorrence blur should be songless, period!
If there was one affair the makers got right, it was the appellation of the blur which actually ill-fitted my affect 30 account into a blur and will no agnosticism clothing castigation as able-bodied if you're adventurous abundant to airing into a cinema anteroom to watch this one. So what's the assignment of the day this Friday? Steer bright of this abhorrence abstruseness because it actually doesn't accept any thrills. However, it will leave in you abhorrence afterwards witnessing what some bodies accept the audacity to absolution these days!

Aisha Movie Review

I bethink watching Alicia Silverstone in 1995's Clueless afresh and again. Her revolving apparel was in my ambition account for years. Confusions about, life, rules, do's and don'ts, 18-carat admiration to advice the unprivileged, aboriginal love, the absolute activity - Alicia's appearance was abundantly relatable at that age and time. 15 years later, Bollywood already afresh tries its duke at a ambush it has been bamboozlement for decades - authoritative a remake. 'Join the confusion!' reads the affiche at the theatre as I fabricated my way to bolt the screening of Anil Kapoor's assembly house's aboriginal rom-com 'Aisha. I should accept known. Classily wrapped, re-christened Aisha, capturing the badinage of 20-somethings as they zip accomplished activity and all the things that go with it.
Welcome to the Kapoor household. Set in the cool affluent area of upper-market Delhi, Daddy Kapoor (M K Raina) preaches on adulation and life, pays acclaim agenda bills with according avidity while befitting a angry careful eye on babe Aisha (Sonam Kapoor), aristocratic and domesticated. When not arcade or accessory parties, exhibitions and polo matches, she works her manicured easily hitting arrows in the aphotic à la cupid stupid! One acknowledged conjugal accord later, she accouterment her focus on her abutting agreement - bond baby boondocks babe Shefali (Amrita Puri) with Randhir (Cyrus Sahukar). But aboriginal the village-belle Shefali charge afford the animal duckling angel and transform herself into the affable diva. Accompanied by best acquaintance Pinky (Ira Dubey), Aisha sets out to comedy agent to the hilt. Enter adolescence associate Arjun (Abhay Deol) who tries adamantine to exhausted faculty into Aisha's baby acclimation agency whilst dining, bonding with Arti (Lisa Hayden). Aisha has her own affection on Dhruv (Arunoday). Then there's the added alone guy, who brand Shefali - Saurabh (Anand Tiwari). That is the complete assemblage of girls and a bandage of boys. While the admirers is acute to able the riddles of who will end up with who, Boy A wants to be with Babe B, brace of reels afterwards Babe B decides she brand Boy C... ohh! Confusion! Confusion!
Yet, afore you bark Aaaa-Eeeee-sshhhh, pairs about-face places at the acceleration of ascent inflation. Is this a new-age booty on agreeable chairs?, you wonder. No! It is aloof an attack to abash the admirers who has already predicted area the cine is heading. Which would accept still formed had the makers not kept the feel of the blur awfully light. The cine actuality all about falling in love, relationships, acclimation and breaking, lacks the appropriate acuteness and passion. Between Sonam and Abhay there is too abundant buddy-friendship, nil allure and they attending as if they are actuality abominably put together, as one of the films characters says 'mis-match ki matching'.
Sonam Kapoor admirers (or Sonaholics as they alarm themselves) can rejoice. Sonam avalanche into the appearance with absolute ease. Doing complete amends to every affection Aisha embodies, she breezes accomplished anniversary accord in aerial heel confidence. Although she isn't accidentally abutting to the alliance of today's actresses in the chase to the top-slot, there is a audible advance from area she started. Kapoor's and Khan's can accomplish way; a assertive Deol is activity to set hearts racing. Abhay Deol is awfully auspicious aback in a appearance agnate to his aboriginal flick Socha Naa Tha, secure, smart, arresting white-collared exec who is fun, complete and droolicious in according doses. Sadly, the cine does not do him any good; he looks as absent as the films' script. We admired the makers would accept accustomed him a added abundant and able allotment to bout his capabilities.
The highlight of the blur is assuredly the abundant ensemble of acknowledging casting which in some agency accept a bigger appulse and stronger appearance sketches than the leads. Lisa Hayden and Arunoday as the NRI adulations of the leads are underused, but awful admirable. Also acutely able are Cyrus Sahukar, gal-pal Ira Dubey, and adoring ancestor Raina. Yet, the blur in best genitalia belongs to Amrita Puri whose OTT whines and rants are cut-to-perfect, alluring and atom on. Quite a amazing acquisition and a rather able act for the first-timer.
"I would abundant rather accept been amusing than wise" is a band from Jane Austen's Emma which absolutely fits here. Instead of tweaking the calligraphy to fit the appropriate EQ, the characters are fabricated to attending attractive rather than rational. Writer Devika Bhagat sets a aqueous tone, attempts to cull off the age-old account but fails in not giving the characters water-tight definitions due to which they appear beyond as bank and superficial. Wherever Devika manages to add broil and punch, Director Rajshree Ojha does a bloody job at active them. Shruti Gupte gets abounding marks for absorbing art designs. Costume designers Pernia Qureshi and Kunal Rawal accept already cashed in all accolades for the attending and styling. Ditto for Amit Trivedi's music, which breathes' activity into the contrarily brackish plot.
Running aerial on animosity (after all isn't that what relationships are about?), the blur in a acceptable way doesn't end up actuality a tearjerker, but the calamus ablaze sentiments aren't accessible to affix either. So admitting the traumas and hasty confrontations, every appearance actuality best and dumped moves on with hardly a trace of affliction and not a trace of bedraggled mascara. Area the blur makes up for in visuals, it lacks in abyss and intellect. With so abundant accent accustomed to the packaging rather than the content, the cine ends up attractive like an ad-reel for the associated brands. What starts as a fun-ride, gets aflutter and some dull dialogues and copycat scenes smothers the activity out of the film. It is fabricated and answer for a ambition admirers and you can watch it or skip it for the aforementioned affidavit as you would for SATC. If you don't apperceive what SATC means, you should accede not activity for this movie. Men, be aware, you are apparently activity to be accompanying your ladies on actual big-ticket arcade sprees soon. On additional thoughts, I am still to appear beyond a distinct guy (who is not a Sonam fan) who absolutely enjoyed or rather accustomed this movie. Booty your aces at your own risk.

Peepli [LIVE] Movie Review

I was kicked back I saw the trailers of Peepli [LIVE] a few months ago. And afterwards I had the abysmal befalling to account the ambassador of the film, Aamir Khan, I begin myself alike added analytical about the film. With immense passion, Khan batten at breadth about how accurate to absolute activity Anusha Rizvi's Peepli [LIVE] is and how abundantly honest the calligraphy is. Peepli doesn't abode any big names or stars; you apparently will not admit any of the actors with the barring of Raghuveer Yadav. However, this shouldn't do annihilation but altercate you to watch the blur alike more. In the contempo past, it is films that do not brilliant big names that accept gone on to accretion analytical and box appointment acclamation ala Udaan and Tere Bin Laden. Peepli [LIVE] is a booty on rural activity which is around alien and to best burghal dwellers. So be able to laugh, cry, anticipate and alike feel anger, yes your affections will be tested, as you watch Peepli [LIVE] or so we accept been told by the makers. With a name like Aamir Khan abetment up the film, you can about be abiding the blur is headed places.

Peepli, a baby village, is addled by abjection which puts Budhia (Raghuveer Yadav) and his brother Natha (Omkar Das Manikpuri), in a dilemma. Afterwards accident their acreage to the coffer afterwards they couldn't pay their EMI (easy account installment), the brothers appear beyond a government plan which gives farmers a admission if a ancestors affiliate commits suicide. Afterwards above tu-tu-main-main, Budhia convinces Natha to be the dupe and cede his activity for the greater of the family. But it isn't as simple as it looks. The media become acquainted of this adventure and overnight, the adventure becomes absolute amazing account which attracts journalists from all over the world. Natha becomes a brilliant as his airing to afterlife is watched by the absolute country as a absoluteness show. Politicians get complex and amidst the absolute shosha, Natha finds himself ashore and afterpiece to publicized death.
As a aboriginal time director, Anusha Rizvi is top-notch. She not alone brings to ablaze issues, that hits home in the best abusive of means and after actuality preachy. Her calligraphy isn't abashed to point fingers and advance the benightedness of society, the media, the government and politicians in the country who attending for bargain means to coffer on such issues. Anusha's

beheading of her calligraphy is honest, simple and straight-forward. She hasn't acclimated any adorned camera tricks; best of the blur is apparent through the media's camera. Peepli exposes artful politicians and TRP aberration journalists - book and television. Her sequences which characterize the blank association who do appearance rural India as apprenticed and abundantly bush are hard-hitting. About immediately, you apprehend how abundantly apprenticed we are as a nation address of the media of course, who accord disproportionate accent to issues that are unimportant. Complete ability to this ex-NDTV announcer who acutely accustomed the charge to accompany such a accountable to the beginning and what bigger way than through a film. As a writer-director she array abounding marks for authoritative babble on account of rural India.
As for performances, it is a absolution that Peepli [LIVE] doesn't account any big stars; they would accept absolutely taken away from the artlessness that the around alien casting of Peepli bought to the film. For the appealing acclaimed Raghuveer Yadav, Budhia seemed like the ideal role. The amateur is incredible. He has an ambience that has never been apparent afore and brings a faculty of bluntness and accuracy that is perfect. We charge to see added of him. Omkar Das Manikpuri, who plays Natha has a artlessness and adolescence in his eyes which has been exploited but absolutely works for the film. He speaks through his mannerisms rather through lines. Vishal O Sharma plays the abrupt

TRP appetite announcer and works it to the T. His delineation of a cardinal of acclaimed television personalities is atom on. Malaika Shenoy, the American announcer attractive to awning the big account is alarming - as the Americans would say. But the women who booty prizes in Peepli are Shalini Vatsa, Natha's wife and Farrukh Jaffer, Natha's mother. You beam your arch off as you watch them altercate ceaseless over atomic calm issues and so on. Peepli doesn't charge a big name to accompany in the crowds and this is a guarantee.
Musically, Indian Ocean deserve a appropriate acknowledgment for their admixture and of course, Menghai Daiyan is 'the' song of the film. Whether it's the compilation, the lyrics or Raghuveer Yadav's singing, you cannot avoid this rustic number.

Peepli [LIVE] is an aberrant watch. For bounded Indians, the blur is capital to watch because it gives you added acumen to vote and accept actual politicians while additionally compassionate that the media is not as honest it as it seems. For Indians abroad, Peepli cautiously informs you of issues that are apparently alien to you sitting at home all way on the added ancillary of the world. And it does all this after preaching. Afterwards watching films with big names and no substance, Peepli [LIVE] comes as beginning of breath-air.

Lafangey Parindey Movie Review

Brand Yash Raj is badly attempting to airing hand-in-hand with demands of the Indian audiences in the 21st century. One of the best arresting accomplish taken by the assembly abode is to embrace the new angle in cinema that the new bearing has is by giving a breach to new blur makers. However, these new names don't consistently deliver. While Siddharth Anand delivered with Salaam Namaste, his chase up Tara Rum Pum was a disaster. Similarly, while Shaadi Ali outdid himself with Bunty Aur Babli, he bootless miserably with Jhoom Barbaar Jhoom. This Friday's release, Lafangey Parindey appearance a agnate maker who is accepting his 2nd adventitious with the celebrated assembly house, but a third adventitious back it comes to his all-embracing filmography. His admission blur Parineeta took the industry by a storm as did his additional airing Laaga Chunari Mein Daag, although in an adverse and absolutely abrogating way. Now he allotment with Lafangey Parindey able to bear with this anarchistic title, casting and subject. Does he absolutely deliver? Read on to acquisition out.
There is no agnosticism that thirty account into Lafangey Parindey you accomplish up your apperception that Sarkar has stepped up with this one and although not absolute it will be a above advance to the rather adverse Laga Chunari Mein Daag. For starters, he's called a adventure that is rather able-bodied structured and different although it has its allotment of de ja vu moments. Admitting those moments the blur charcoal to authority arena acknowledgment to avant-garde script. Perhaps Aditya Chopra affliction to duke over the pen to new names added generally because the acclaim of Lafangey Parindey's calligraphy goes to Gopi Puthran while the abashment of the calligraphy that Pradeep Sarkar accustomed for Laga Chunari Mein Daag was accustomed to no one but Aditya Chopra himself.
Puthan has accounting a adventure based in aamchi Mumbai area bodies are disturbing on a circadian base to accomplish ends accommodated and ambitious to accomplish those ends accommodated through about actual and accurately accustomed means is aloof not a priority, at atomic its not for the Nandu's (Neil Nitin Mukesh) of the colony. A accomplished boxer, Nandu fights blindfolded and brings in the big bucks for his boss. Enter Pari, the rollerblading, dancing, and angry Pari. It about a adulation adventure amid these two characters anguish up creatively with twists and turns that their activity appearance contains.
Having said that the blur has an avant-garde calligraphy it cannot be denied that it doesn't accept some of the accepted clichés that you apprehend from a blur that admitting all the accoutrement is about a adulation story. The blur has a acceptable area of it committed to a talent-show antagonism so artlessly you apprehend a anticipated climax, big performances by the advance brace and affecting dialogues in the final performance. As able-bodied as that it has the aforementioned old adventurous dialogues captivated up in the Mumbaiyaa language. However, admitting all these clichés it doesn't bore you and keeps you interested.
Puthan keeps you absorbed with a adventure that flows at a accelerating clip and doesn't annoyance at portions area you apprehend it to i.e. basic achievement scenes of Neil and Deepika are run through absolutely bound because artlessly we alone affliction about the final performance.
N Natarajan Subranmaniam additionally array credibility for the aces cinematography of the blur that accomplish abroad from the appearance of Yash Raj films and yet doesn't become too dark, which could accept been an accessible change for a blur set in the absolute Mumbai.
Performances, of course, is the allotment you're all best absorbed in analyzing. Neil Nitin Mukesh shows advance already afresh but still charcoal a bit abroad from the 'flawless' mark. While his chat commitment has bigger he charcoal to backpack alone one announcement throughout the film. Of advance rollerblading and dancing all at already is absolutely not article we acclaim he try again! Ever! Nonetheless he's a able adolescent brilliant in the industry who's absolutely addition to attending out for. Added than Neil, about Deepika Padukone angry out to bag the 'look out for me' tag in this film. The extra steals scenes actual alluringly and shines awfully in assorted portions. Her dancing catches your absorption with her airy and assured persona on the roller blades. Added chiefly it's her chat delivery, which you absolutely sit up and booty apprehension of. The extra has absolutely emerged from her aboriginal cine area she wasn't alike accustomed the adventitious to dub for herself. One hopes to see her abound alike added in advancing years.
Thus it has angry out that Yash Raj did the appropriate affair by giving Pradeep Sarkar a additional adventitious afterwards Laaga Chunari Mein Daag. However, the absolute brilliant of the blur is Gopi Puthran who's autograph is a above acumen why the blur impresses admitting its abounding accessible flaws. At the atomic the blur gets you your money's account with the accepted adequacy of a Yash Raj film, that is that it is about a adulation story, about with a new covering.

Aashayein Movie Review

Nagesh Kukunoor aghast best with his aftermost alms Tasveer 8x10. And to best Kukunoor admirers like myself, we absolutely hoped he would animate himself abutting time about abnormally back he is administrator to fab films including Dor and Iqbal. A cardinal of actors would band up to assignment with the acclaimed administrator and John Abraham happens to be one of those many. Aashayein became the blur that bought the duo together. The blur took a bit of added time to assuredly absolution but that didn't stop the casting from activity out and announcement the blur in all its grandeur. Back you anticipate Kukunoor, you automatically brainstorm thoughts of reality, bluntness and of course, a adventure that will accomplish you think. Aashayein promised to accomplish you adulation activity and John Abraham alike added than you already did.
Rahul Singh (John Abraham) has alone one affection in life: gambling. Beyond agreement ample wagers, the man has no added acceptation or acumen for his life; so he believes. After a huge acceptable one day and proposing to his adherent Nafisa (Sonal Chauhan), Rahul faints and is diagnosed with lung cancer. He again realizes that he wants to do abroad with his activity of gambling, easily over his accomplishment to his adherent and leaves for a beachside auberge area he wishes to absorb his aftermost few days. It is alone at his time in the auberge that he meets an arrangement of bodies who are all antagonism adjoin afterlife but administer to advise him admired activity lessons.
Is Aashayein Nagesh Kukunoor's best work? No, it isn't. Aashayein shouldn't be compared to Dor or Iqbal because it is a lot added sensitive. However, that said, Kukunoor's different appearance and beheading is evident. Such a bad-tempered accountable needs to be handled with accurate attention and it takes an abundantly accomplished administrator to be able to appear through. Aashayein makes you anticipate about activity and responsibilities in a added honest light. Kukunoor acutely understands that Indian audiences are awfully affecting back it comes to activity and death. With Aashayein, Kukunoor attacks the Indian affect and connects about instantly. Whether it's the calligraphy or the sentiments he is aggravating to emote, he manages to do that with acute attention and feeling.
The botheration with Aashayein is alone that genitalia of the calligraphy hams and is over the top. The dialogues are cheesy, banal and the tears aloof breeze from every angle. Affect in a blur should be subtle. In Aashayein, it is all about which eventually becomes affect overload. At credibility the blur borders and hovers over actuality far too fabulous authoritative it about unrealistic. It is this over the top caliber which brings bottomward the script. And again of course, the clip of the blur is far too slow. It moves from apathetic to slower as the afterlife of John's comes closer.
Aashayein is John Abraham's animated glory. The amateur becomes Rahul Singh with such adherence and perfectionism, it is unfathomable. John Abraham assuredly comes out with a achievement which absolutely exposes him as an actor. He makes you cry and feel the affliction he feels with immense emotion. And as abundant as the blur owns abundant melodrama, Abraham manages to advice the eyewitness discount the tear-factor. Finally, he has arrived. Sonal Chauhan shows promise. Anaitha Nair is one to watch out for. Farida Jalal is a disappointment however, as she hams a lot. The adolescent Ashwin Chitale is alarming as the active adolescent boy who manages to change the ascetic Rahul Singh.
In its totality, Aashayein is able and abounding with emotion. The botheration with the blur is simple: it is emotionally adopted and too slow. There are a cardinal of sequences which accomplish you cry and become afflicted with emotion. Aashayein should be watched at atomic once; abnormally back John Abraham has appear himself as actor...finally!

Hello Darling Movie Review

Useless. This is absolute adjective to call Hello Darling. I absolved out of the cinema afterwards watching this Manoj Tiwari directed, Subhash Ghai accurate flick allurement myself, "What was that about?" And it hurts alike added because afterwards a continued agitation about Bollywood Chick Flicks, the cast, namely Celina Jaitly, Gul Panag and Eesha Koppikhar all got on top barrio claiming their Hello Darling was aloof that. In all honesty, Hello Darling is bad cinema at its worst. If you like base Bollywood films that allege aboveboard about sex (read: Tom, Dick and Harry and Kya Kool Hai Hum), again Hello Darling is entertaining. However, for the majority of us who adopt not to allow in the sleaze-genre, would absolutely attention Hello Darling a dud.
Mansi (Gul Panag), Candy (Celina Jaitly) and Satvati (Eesha Koppikar) are not alone accompany but co-workers. To accomplish their accumulated affairs a tad bit added exciting, the girls are abutting by their base bang-up (Javed Jaffery) who is apathetic with his airedale wife (Divya Dutta). Naturally, he looks for every befalling and acumen to hit on his changeable employees. However, the ladies apprehend that abundant is abundant and adjudge to advise their leachy bang-up a adamantine lesson. Amidst the anarchy is allegedly a adventure which is declared to accomplish you laugh; article about an erroneous identity, a murder, an alien anatomy and appealing abundant some nonsense which accomplish up this alleged comedy.
So basically, Hello Darling is annihilation abbreviate of a blur that makes you demand to puke. You demand to barf at the calligraphy and adventure because you cannot accept that Manoj Tiwari, a acclaimed amateur in the Bhojpuri blur industry, would alike anticipate that such a blur would work. Ball doesn't cut it in Bollywood and while Hello Darling is absolutely slapstick, it additionally sits on the fence of actuality brainless and ambiguous foolish. My claimed compassionate of the accountable is that the administrator was absolutely aggravating to put a fun circuit on a affair that occurs on a circadian basis: abandoned bosses. However, it aloof doesn't work. The curve are OTT and corny. Hello Darling is impaired all over. And if I try to alike attending for scenes that accomplish me laugh, yeah, impossible.
Performance wise, anniversary of the actresses deserve awards; awards for assuming that is. It is absurd to say which one outdid the abutting artlessly because they anniversary were above terrible. Gul Panag tries too hard; Celina Jaitly as accepted exposes and does annihilation else; Eesha is hardly the Haryana babe in a big burghal type. Yeap, afield casted. Javed Jaffrey overacts while Divya Dutta looks lost. Chunky Pandey hangs about and lastly, Sunny Deol is a misfit.
Hello Darling tries too hard. And fails