Barfi!

Genre: Comedy | Drama | Mystery

Director: Anurag Basu

Plot

Barfi! is about Barfi who falls in love with an already engaged woman and how life changes after their first encounter and they learn that love can neither be defined nor contained by society's norms of normal and abnormal

Review

The movie barfi had a big hype among the people that included me too. I personally am not a big fan of Anurag Basu movies as he has delivered some blunders as well. But I am a big fan of Ranbir films and to add to it, it was a Priyanka and Ranbir movie. One more reason was that the barfi songs are already so popular due to the melodious music that reminds you of the old times.

The beginning of the movie might make your jaw drop and you will understand that the movie is not just a comedy flick. Don’t worry I am not spreading barfi movie spoilers here. That is just what the foremost thing is. Then from the beginning itself, the movie will make you feel so light hearted and will create a pleasant environment which is so nice that you will immediately fall in love with the movie. I am not going to jump directly to the technical things coz furthermore before that I just want to tell that this is so much of a different things which audience might have craved to look for in a Bollywood movie. Barfi is exactly what the viewers needed from long. It is beautiful and lovely completely.

Now talking about the acts, Ranbir is superb as usual. It’s something in his blood that makes him enact so authentically. He fits in so well with the character of Barfi that you will feel that no one can do it better than him. Then Priyanka Chopra is simply phenomenal too and the same though will arise for her character Jhilmil as well. Surprisingly for me (as I haven’t seen Ileana anytime earlier) Ileana D’Cruz looks so beautiful. Her role was important as well and she has played it absolutely with justice. The direction of the movie is very good and Anurag Basu has written it in a lovely manner. In each of the technical things, the movie is very good if not exceptional. The cinematography is eye pleasing. The background score is absolutely great. The songs as already said are great and so much refreshing than the usual Bollywood beats. 

There are various instances which are copied from some of the very famous movies like ‘Notebook’, Charlie Chaplin and even from Mr. Bean T.V. series. Certain BGM sounded inspired from “Atonement’. But frankly they were not annoying as the story of the movie was refreshing. The movie is really not what you might expect. It’s a light hearted comedy drama which goes deeper adding the elements of mystery as well. There are so many sweet things added in between the movie which does awe the viewers completely as if bounded by a magical spell.

Overall, it is something what the Bollywood needed from a long time. I would not say that it is perfect. But it is a complete entertainer and completely refreshing. Hats off for the whole crew for delivering such a treat to the viewers.

Just go and fall in love with the movie

8 on 10

Kya Super Kool Hain Hum

Genre : Comedy

Director : Sachin Yardi

Plot

The story revolves around two friends Adi and Sid and how their life changes after an astrologer predicts future for Adi.

Review

I didn't say much in the plot coz there isn't much to it. Most of you might have seen kya kool hain hum already long back so you must know why you're going to watch it. The film explores all kinds of below the belt jokes explicitly and even offensively at many places. So the foremost thing to keep in mind is that you should not go with family. It might sound a bit stupid for me to tell but I was astonished to see some families in theater even after the nature of the movie is pre announced.

There is really not much to talk about. The movie follows a basic storyline with nothing to offer to the scripting part. Everything is put as lame as it may sound in a vulgar manner. Not much left for the direction as well and you might think at many times that it's just a standup comedy show filled with double meaning humor. Tushar and Ritesh are good as they were in the prequel. The female leads have nothing much to offer but Neha Sharma is damn cute. Anupam Kher played his part nicely. Now all this movie is about some filthy liners, offensive humor and below the belt jokes. They have practically left no scope to add more. But the fact is that they make you laugh at most of the places. Probably they are trying to push in the genre of sex comedy in Bollywood. Some of the jokes are stale and repulsive while others will make you laugh out loud. The songs are good without the need though. But they certainly are enjoyable. There is nothing new to anything but its still entertaining and will make you laugh. By you I am pointing at the youth as I said earlier that the movie is not for families. So the youth especially guys may find it good as it is aimed towards them only but the prequel was better even in that sense.

Funny One Time Watch

5 on 10

(500) Days of Summer

Genre : Comedy | Drama | Romance

Runtime : 95 min

Director : Marc Webb

Plot

As the title suggests, a romantic comedy centered around a girl who don't believe in love and a guy who falls for her.

Review

I really wasn't able to make out anything out of the title. Summer is actually the name of the character played by Zooey Deschanel. It is actually 500 days of her relationship with Tom played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Before I can pen down on the movie critically I would like to say for the quick readers that the movie is exceptional to the genre of Rom-Com.

I really wanna say that this is not an old formula romance tale in which a couple meet, they fight and fall in love. This is something quite different and that's why I found it exceptionally good. The script of the movie is quite refreshing. Thumbs up really to the script writers. But that could have been poor without a proper direction. That's where Marc Webb has done awesome with his debut movie. I quite liked the non linear direction which is not confusing but interesting for a romantic comedy. Screenplay is nice not perfect. The movie deserved even better acts but Levitt and Deschanel did nice. One thing that I must say is that this is not a story which might find everyone adoring it. As I said its quite different and that's why not all can digest it. Watch it if you want top watch something different. I completely loved it. Also the climax is just brilliant and one of a kind.

Exceptionally Lovable

9 on 10

Rowdy Rathore

Genre : Action | Comedy

Runtime : 143 Min
Director : Prabhu Deva

Plot

Shiva is a small time thief in love with Priya. Everything changes as he finds a six year old girl Neha who believes him to be her dad!

Review

I was never much interested in this flick as Bollywood has now taken such kind of movies as a blessing. They provide entertainment without any concept of materialistic script and people are liking them in a row. I was bored and just watched it. Now maybe I am too lucky these days as I am finding myself amused after watching movies.

The movie actually is entertaining. I believe the script is better than most of such kind of films recently but still not quite materialistic. The entertainment factor solely is Akshay Kumar obviously. He's kind of good after so many disasters or maybe its the direction of Prabhu Deva who could bring out better of him. Songs in the movie are useless and often irritating as they happen to crawl in randomly without any need. But a Bollywood movie without extra songs can be a difficult leap for producers. Talking about songs, Pritam Pyaare was special for me as Shakti Mohan (I love her) was one of the item girls in the song. It was lovely to watch her dancing after such a big gap. Sonakshi Sinha is useless and is just forced down in the script. The first half is entertaining though there is hardly any story development in the first 45 minutes. Second half was a little boring for me. There are some useless sequences which just fills in the lengthy runtime of the movie. Overall action is what you usually see but can be considered nice.Pretty much dialogues are loud and overly done. There are a lot of flaws that can be counted. Still overall its a nice piece of entertainment. Maybe Prabhu Deva should not think of a sequel to it.

Nice Entertainer

6 on 10