TUM MILO TOH SAHI MOVIE REVIEW

Starring: Nana Patekar, Dimple Kapadia, Rehan Khan, Sunil Shetty, Vidya Malvade.
Direction: Kabir Sadanand.
Music: Sandesh Shandilya
Production: Fourth Wall Productions.

Tum Milo Toh Sahi- a Kabir Sadanand directorial looked very interesting. The innovative and good looking creatives added to its curiosity and to top it all Nana Patekar and Dimple Kapadia in the lead role. But some movies cannot be saved by actors alone.

Three parallel stories, converging in a coffee place might sound somewhat similar to the 2 week old Love Sex aur Dhoka but this is no masterpiece. Three parallel stories of love get entangled in the survival of an old coffee shop. Of the six main characters, one betrays trust of friends and family to get rich, one loses all hope and the rest of the four tries to fight for the shop. But buried secrets have to be dug out to save the 75 year old shop. Can the coffee house survive?

Kabir Sadanand does show improvement from his previous attempt wielding the gramophone but yet the movie is far from what it could have been. The first half is slow and the second half is even slower. Nana Patekar's and Dimple's story is easily the lifeline of the movie and the other two stories are boring and uninteresting especially the young love story. Scenes where Dimple is given an offer by Sunil is real powerful and Dimple's histrionics in the scene is praiseworthy. Songs crops up without reasoning and the item song by Tanisha is not needed. The climax is a big let down as it lets out the twist so easily.

The movie boasts of an utterly simple cinematography, a medium musical score and a below average editing. The movie has an atrociously silly background score which worsen the movie going experience to a large extent.

Nana Patekar and Dimple Kapadia easily carry the movie on their able shoulder with some inspiring performances. But neither Nana Patekar, who acts as a Tamil Brahmin mouths Tamil fluently nor does Dimple able to naturally mouth the Goan Hindi. Vidya Malvade looks ravishing and does a pretty good job but Sunil Shetty falls flat with a mediocre performance. Rehan is natural and is instantly likable. Anjana impresses with her attitude more than her acting. Mohnish Behl overacts. Others in the cast have little to do but nothing terrific or harming to specify.

A movie which boasts of several amazing talents fails to impress because of its hackneyed screenplay. If you are a hardcore Nana Patekar or Dimple's Fan you would not be disappointed but that being so less a population the movie can be welcomed with empty theatres leading to a fast entry in the DVD counters.

Verdict: Superlative Nana and Dimple try in vain to bank a sinking ship

Sadiyaan Movie Review

Starring: Luv Sinha, Ferena Wazeir, Rekha.
Direction: Raj Kanwar
Music: Adnan Sami
Production: Inderjit Film Combines
There are people who want to change the phase of the film industry with experiments and creativeness. And there are some who still believe in the innovations and experiments of the yesteryears which have long become part of our history books as a way of story telling. Raj Kanwar is one such filmmaker who still believes old is gold, and with hits like Vivah we can be pretty sure that they do have its audiences.

Films based on the partition have had some mixed reactions among the audience and this time it is not lost friends who wants to play cricket or long lost lovers trying to reunite or husband infiltrating the borders to get his wife back, but this time Raj Kanwar has decided to take the plight of two mothers. One losing her son due to partition and the other finding this boy and bringing up as her own. So starts an emotional battle between two mothers and the son trapped in-between.

Raj Kanwar's Sadiyaan suffers from bad screenplay especially in the first half, cliched dialogues, outdated editing techniques (especially the transition). After a rather painstakingly slow first half (With half of the 20 odd people in the theatre leaving the movie half way through) the second half moves a little faster but the climax gets predictable. But the movie stands firm in the acting department especially the veteran actors, Rishi Kapoor, Rekha and Hema Malini. The scenes where Hema and Rekha share the screen is completely charged up.

Technically the movie is below average. The cinematography is tried and tested, editing lacked vision and the (transition laugh-worthy), the art direction gets browny points for the first few minutes the rest of the work in the movie isn't bad either but not great. Music is below average with no songs able to capture your hearts (audio/video) but the bg is decent enough to lure the audience.

In the acting Department the lesser said about Luv Sinha the better, he looks too thin, he needs to work-out, he can’t act, he needs to go to an acting class and he lacks the presence of his star father Shatrughan Sinha and needs to get some tips from him. Ferena reminds one of Negar Khan in a few instances, she is confident but lacks screen presence but she does have a bright future ahead of her. But the movie belongs to the veterans Rekha, Rishi and Hema who are just too good. Rishi continues his amazing form and Rekha after a long time gets a role where she can showcase her histrionics and she does that and more with flourish. Hema also after a hiatus on-screen is a treat to watch. Javed Sheikh is as usual dependable.

Overall a movie which is just 30 years too late. The multiplex will rub this off their vision but the rural areas might spring a surprise.

Houseful Movie Review

Starring: Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone, Lara Dutta, Jiah Khan.
Direction: Sajid Khan
Music: Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani , Loy Mendonca
Production: Eros Entertainment

A biggie, which has done just about everything in the marketing front to make it the first choice in the theaters for any film lover this weekend. But was it worth it? The very first thought that comes to mind is the amount of money put in for the movie, or any other Akshay Kumar movie for that matter, in the past five-odd years. If you add 'Kambakth Ishq', 'Blue', 'CCTC' or so, you might end up with a figure which is not just mind numbing but as a good citizen you might also talk about money and/or resource wastage, forgetting the fact that as a good fan you have also seen all the previous movies in the first weekend. And all his movies never stopped outdoing the previous in the first weekend grosses but almost, most of the times, never see a profit. And 'Houseful' falls under the same cadre. A movie which will surely boast of an earth-shattering opening but can it sustain? Well let’s not predict the impossible and let’s get on to analyzing the obvious - 'Houseful' is below average.



Well, the movie is about a unlucky loser Aarush (Akshay Kumar) for whom nothing seems to go right. He hates his job, he loses his girl, and he goes to London to meet his childhood friend Bob (Ritesh), where some more misadventures follow only to get married to the wrong woman. But in the process, meets Miss. Right, Sandy (Deepika Padukone). Surprise! Sandy is the sister of Aarush's first girl friend Pooja (Malaika Arora) and also happens to be the sister of a strict secret agent Major Krishna Rao (Arjun Rampal). What happens next? If you have seen the Tamil hit, Kamal Hassan–Prabhu Deva starrer 'Kadhala Kadhala' and the Hollywood Blockbuster 'Meet the Parents' you wont have any problems answering that one, except for the utterly over-the-top and melodramatic Climax in the Buckingham Palace.

Houseful is a gag-fest, it doesn't rely on situational humor but more on physical and slapstick humor which might have few takers, but universal appeal is out of question. There are few really funny moments but we thought it was a two and half hours laugh-a-thon, right? Sajid Khan relies extremely on over-the-top physical humor but you need people who could carry that out to get the desired results, Ritesh was exceptional and carried out all the stupidity with extreme sincerity but the rest are a tad below mark, Boman Irani was good but somehow the movie would have got more elevation if the role was carried out by Paresh Rawal. Akshay Kumar was fine as usual but nothing spectacular to write about, Lara again overdoes her role but is still lovable, Deepika hams but looks gorgeous, Jiah Khan is wasted and she looks uninterested. It was good to see Randhir Kapoor after a long time and he does a good job. Arjun Rampal looks good and does a good job portraying the strict police officer. Chunky Pandey overacts as usual. Lilette Dubey is wasted but yet she does a brilliant job in the few scenes where she does make an appearance.

Technically, the movie was good, with the cinematography by Vikas Shivraman, being good but not great, though the much-talked about bikini's of the threesome was indeed taken brilliantly (for the front benchers and the people who are not ready to accept publicly their front bench mindset). Music was decent but we indeed expected greatness from Shankar-Ehsaan and Loy, so we are left a little disappointed. Editing by Rameshwar S Bhagat was fine though there were many continuation problems.

Overall, a movie which again had the potential but too much melodrama just spoils the soup. The second half does makes you sit up only to get dumped due to the utterly nonsensical climax.

Verdict: Error of comedy

Pooja's gift to her Mother

Pooja’s presence at the Vummidi Bangaru Jewellers in Chennai turned out to be for the Mother’s Day celebration. The actress was in this popular jewelry showroom to pick out a gift for her mom. She picked up an exquisite platinum bracelet as the Mother’s Day gift for her mother Mrs. Umashankar.

On her gift, she said, “To a daughter, a mother is not just a mother but a friend and a guide for life. The relationship evolves and grows stronger over time. On this mother’s day, with this special platinum bracelet, I want to tell my mom that she is most precious to me.”

Pooja’s mother also gifted her daughter a platinum necklace

Myskin Happy that Kamal Project is Dropped.

What happened to much-hyped Mysskin’s project with Kamal Haasan? The answer to this question emerged in a popular magazine recently. And it was Myskkin who gave the clarification.

The director, when questioned about the Kamal project, merely replied that he is happy that it has been dropped. Mysskin added that it is peaceful to work in small films rather than concentrating on big budget movies with top heroes. He, however, failed to elaborate on what transpired between the two and why the project was called off.

Yutham Sei is the name of the film that the director is currently working on.

Film About Kasab to Release on may 28th

Pakistani gunman Ajmal Kasab, who was sent to gallows by a Mumbai court on Thursday, also faces death in 'reel' life--and is hanged.

The Mumbai terror attack forms the backdrop of the film Ashok Chakra which will be released on May 28. The promos of the film will be out this Sunday.

Rajan Verma, a newcomer, who bears a striking resemblance to the lone surviving terrorist in the Mumbai carnage, plays the role of 22-year-old Kasab, a Lashkar -e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist.

The film will feature Rajan in a near nude scene accepting his guilt in the terror attack in a monologue before being hanged.

"The promos will release on May 9 and the hanging of Kasab in the film mirrors the public sentiment. Months before the (Mumbai) trial ended, we had decided that Kasab will be hanged to death in the film," said Verma.

A fast track court yesterday awarded death penalty to Kasab, holding him guilty of massacre of 166 people and waging war against the nation in the Mumbai terror attacks case.

The film which was earlier titled Total Ten has been directed by S P Munishwar and produced by Hari Om Sharma under the banner of Sapna Films Production.

The Rs 2.5 crore film based on media reports of the carnage and accounts of police officials and survivors pieces together the 60-hour ordeal the city went through.

Other actors in the movie include Homi Wadia (Hemant Karkare), Ashok Kulkarni (Ashok Kamte) and Ashish Vidyarthi (Tukaram Ombale). The film also has a host of small-time actors playing Kasab's Pakistani handlers.

Apparently trying to cash in on the November 26, 2008 terror attacks filmmakers had registered titles like Operation 5-Star Mumbai, Bird's Point of View: Taj Terror, 26/11-Mumbai Under Terror, Dahshat Ka Halla and Shootout at Oberoi, but only a few projects have taken off.

Bhojpuri star Kamal Rashid Khan's upcoming sequel to Deshdrohi also centres on the "sacrifices made by ATS officers" during the terror attacks.

Sura Film Review

Sura is the first vijay movie which released without any hype/expectations. But still, inspite of huge promotion done by sun pictures, the movie lags very much. Just imagine, what would have happened if the producer himself release the movie directly without help of sun pictures??? The answer is very simple, it might be out of theaters in less than a week.

Story Analysis:

In the recent years, none of the vijay movies will have a story, the same holds true in the case of sura too. Sura(vijay) a fisherman who lives with 100's of people in yaazh nagar located near sea shore. All the people see him as their leader and take any decision by consulting him. Villan Dev gill plans to build a theme park in the place where sura & co live, so he tries to shift all the people from that sea shore area to some other area. But sura interferes and advice the people to stay back in the same yaazh nagar. There the problem starts between hero and villain. As usual the remaining story is about how hero tackles all problem and kill the villain. I mean the same cat & mouse game which we have seen in 'n' number of movies in tamil cinema.

Cast & Crew Analysis:

Vijay played the lead role, his character is similar to his previous movies, so i don't need to explain it. But special mention should be made regarding his dance in naan nadandhal song, his dance was awesome. Tamannah played the role of lady love, as usual she appears for songs, little bit over make-up and over acting. Costume selection for tamannah was not that good, but she danced well along with vijay.

There are 'n' number of villains and i can't name all of them, but dev gill's character was not portrayed properly, looked like over acting. Vadivelu, the real Saviour of the movie, his combo with vijay was ok but not as good as pokiri but its 1000 times better than villu comedy track.

Cinematographer Eghabaram didn't do well, lot of irritating close up shots and screen color tone was very dull, he could have done better. Music by mani sharma was ok, bommaiyee and naan nadandhal song was good, regarding background score it was similar to telegu billa's bgm. I don't know who is the editor of this movie, he should have trimmed lot of scenes in many places and made the movie racy.

Captain of the ship, S.P Rajkumar should have concentrated on the story rather than thinking about where to place fight, songs, how to show vijay in the opening scene etc... he failed miserably and he also missed a chance of delivering a block buster movie by having gr8 combo like vijay and tamannah.

General Analysis:

First half was very slow,but it was like seeing sun tv news. i would rather say, vadivelu saved the movie in first half. But in second half, I didn't understand what was happening, it was very very worst along with sluggish screenplay. Other than vadivelu and vijay's dance, nothing is worth mentioning in this movie. And towards the end, especially the last 15 mins, really tested the patience of all the audience. The climax was very weak and looked so silly.

Major Highlights Of the Movie:

Intro of vijay was chance less,the full theater laughed instead of shouting and whistling. Only vijay can come out of water and fly in air for few seconds.

As usual many long jumps high jumps, for a change vijay have tried diving too, I think vijay is one of the potential candidate to participate in Indian Olympics.

Tamannah is fair, and its universal truth, in order to show vijay as a fair guy when standing near tamannah, they applied so much of powder on vijay's face,but i think they forgot to put make up for vijay's hands,, so face was in one color and rest of the body parts in one color.

In all the recent movies, vijay used to try a new get up, in pokiri it was imsai arasan 23 am pulikesi then in villu he tried out bharathiar get up etc..etc.. In sura he tried out avatar singh get up.. i mean the scene in which he comes as customs officer. That getup was very funny.

Only Vijay can attack the enemies using sivakasi rocket. Even by seeing it, enemies get scared and run away.

Just because of vijay buying 5 rupees pen from a blind person, tamannah falls in love at that moment. The love chemistry between tamannah and vijay is zero.

On the whole, it's a movie which can be avoided if you hate to watch masala movie. But a visual treat for all vijay fans, so don't miss it. Anti vijay fans do see it and laugh to the core for 3 hours.

Expected No Of Days Of Successful Run: 20 Days

My Verdict: Flop

Bottom Line: Ayya Vijay please change your track or else quit from tamil cinema.

My Ratings:1/5