Reviews

Vishal Bhardwaj is brave, and lucky too. Brave - because he always takes the road less traveled. He never makes run-of-a-mill Bollywood stuff. Lucky - because most of his recent movies have done well at the box office too, thus raising expectation from him by the classes and the masses alike.

But bravado doesn't make you impeccable. Similar thing happened with Sanjay L. Bhansali with Saawariya. With 7KM Vishal flounders, though not as bad as SLB. 7KM has an interesting beginning with nice build up through the first couple of murders. But then, the plot looses its sheen. The characters and the murders go unexplained leaving the story limping with not much excitement to look forward too. The pace is too slow to keep you gripped.

Positives - the performances (in that order) by PC, Annu Kapoor, Neil Nitin, Irrfan, John. Naseer goes underutilized. Special praise for Vivaan on his nice debut. Dialogs, music, and art direction are some more positives of 7KM.

Negatives - lots of them. Pace, screenplay, unexplained entry and exit of characters in the plot, and most of all, the disastrous lack-lusture climax. A Good ending could have otherwise saved the movie.

Watch it if you are a fan of 'different genre' in Bollywood or PC. Avoid if you are looking for wholesome entertainment.

Rajat Kapoor camp has given us some memorable offbeat flicks in the past (remember mithya and mixed double!!). So I had pretty high expectations from RGBG which I feel sorry to say did not meet them fully. The movie is not too disappointing, it has its funny moments and a good ending; but it seriously lacks in the script and screenplay. Though the end is surprising, the first half does not generate much curiosity about "What the hell really happened last night between Rahul and Sophiya?". A few more twists in the tail and a tighter screenplay could have done the job.

The movie scores well in most of the other aspects. The actors are at their best, especially Vinay Pathak, Navneet Nishan and Ranvir Shourey (he creates magic even with such few scenes). Neha was amazing as a 'totta' and I am glad she is emerging as a fine actor with movies like Dasvidaniya, Ek Chaalis, Maharathi and RGBG. Iravati is a refreshing entry in Rajat's camp and I hope she stays. The background music is good, could have been better.

Overall, it is a nice watch for multiplex crowd, but not the kind of stuff you expect form the ensemble.

First thing first, Chintuji is not another run-of-the-mill entertainer nor is it a great artistic exuberance. Most of the things would just look average to a casual cine goer. But if you understand cinema a bit closely, the film makers vision truly comes alive. Though the social satire in Chintuji is not easily palpable, but given the long association of Ranjit as a dialogue writer of films on social and political milieu (Jaane bhi.., Lajja, Bandit queen, Halla bol etc.) his vision to bring some of those issues in such simplistic manner is appreciable.

Chintuji has an excellent script, and had it been by a directed better versed with such movies it could have been a masterpiece. But Ranjit failed on this front. The movie seems more like a theatre drama, and the unbelievable honesty of 'Hadbahedi wale' making it all the more cheezy. Probably to make it a commercially viable movie, Ranjit has put some undesirable stuffs including a couple of songs which in fact did not go down well with the viewers. (Though I personally liked the Akira Kurosawa song which named a lot of big directors from all over the globe. Whosoever wrote that lyrics, did a good job.) Also, some of the scenes should really have been done in a much better way (like the one where Kulraj chases away the inspector).

Acting is a major saving grace of Chintuji. Rishi Kapor, Priyanshu, Kulraj... all are in top form. I wonder when will some one re-exploit Priyanshu's full potential like Anubhav did in Tum Bin. Kseniya's special appearance after 40 long years is a big surprise.

Over all, a good movie to watch for its honest storytelling.

First thing first... Wanted is strictly for 2 king of audience: Hardcore action lovers and Hardcore Salman fan. If you are none of these, there is nothing else for you in this flick. No great acting, no good songs, no emotions, no romance. The movie relies heavily on Salman's star power and Vijayan's mindless action sequences.

I have read most of the earlier reviews on IMDb, and most of them seem to be biased just because they are Salman fans. I agree that Salman is one of the greatest action heroes of Bollywood and Prabhu has exploited his muscle power to full extent. But thats it; the movie has nothing else to offer. Had the writers put a little more efforts on the story and screenplay, Wanted could have been the Ghajini of 2009. But alas, Wanted is just 50% as good as Ghajini.

None of the other actors seem commendable. Mahesh Majarekar's character of a crooked cop seems more like a comedian while the Prakash Raj, in spite of his good acting, doesn't look like a furious don. Ayesha Takia's lover girl role too is unconvincing and plastic. Vinod Khanna is wasted as an actor. Everybody has left the job of pulling the movie on Salman. Even the few good dialogs belong to him.

I watched the movie on pirated DVD, taking three breaks in between. Just got bored after every 45 mins. Watch it at you own risk, preferably on DVD only. No need to spend to watch it in theater.

Once again, Wanted is only wanted for action and Salman lovers.

This movie is a strong no-no for any movie lover, even for die hard fans of Akshay or Kareena. Reasons... read below.

Story: This movie is about a dog and a bitch, who cannot say filthy words on-screen because of censorship. So they go out hurling abuse on the opposite sex without any justification. The audience is dumbstruck on their own foolishness to spend 150 bucks and more so 140 minutes on the 'datum of the datums' movie.

Direction: Now they know, every asst director cannot and should not become a director. Even a stunt man could have done a better job on KI.

Guest Appearances: Neither Nadiadwala nor Sabbir has a degree in management. Else they would know that you cannot offer a product whose functionality is unknown to the customer. Stallone is OK, but how many Indians know Routh or Dennise Richards, probably less than 0.5%. Why waste so much money on big Hollywood starts who cannot translate it into revenues??

Acting: Akshay is the least exploited actor in last few years. He has such great acting potential last seen in Hera Pheri and Namaste London. But since then, he has done some of the worst movies of his career. KI is just an addition to the list. Kareena is the biggest letdown of the decade. No point hailing her as a superstar, we all know how her acting has deteriorated over the years. Her acting in Refugee, Asoka and Chameli showed such great promise. But its all gone now. In KI, she not only acts poorly but also looks ugly. Sorry to say, she looks like a transsexual in her zero figure. Instead of Kareena, they should have gone for any voluptuous babe with sexy figure like Bipasha, Shilpa or even Deepika. Aaftab and Amrita has gone down from supporting actors to side kicks to now kicked in the corner. And what the hell are Boman Irani and Javed Jaffery doing in here?? This movie is not meant for them.

Music: This could have been the saving grace for this dumb movie, just like Singh is king. But alas, music is more pathetic than the movie itself. I don't remember even one nice song to hum.

Once again, a complete disaster.