Guzaarish - A Must See

There is definitely something in the film which features Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai together in the same frame once again after Jodhaa Akbar and Dhoom 2. Directed by the prolific Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Guzaarish is a tale of sadness and helplessness which coats the entire film. The story is of a man who has lost the power to walk and has decided to give up and die voluntarily after fourteen years of being helplessly tied to a wheelchair.


Enter the beautiful nurse, who does not look like any other nurse you have ever seen on films. This is a sexy, passionate and vibrant woman who teaches him to live and love. The story might sound extremely familiar, but there is something to be said about the way Bhansali directs the film. The sets are gloomy and set with a primal sense of sorrow and pain, but in there lie Bhansali?s ability to create a surreal, separate world, that remains just elusive of reality and is set in a parallel dimension where you are transported to the vision of the director. Guzaarish is sensitive and beautiful, and passionate to the core and Hrithik takes it there with Ash's help. If you are going to see Hrithik work his magic in all senses, go see this movie.

Aakrosh Review - Priyadarshan at his Best

Aakrosh Review - Priyadarshan at his Best


The film might not have got that amount of hype or publicity, but Priyadarshan has made a skillful movie which is completely away from his regular slapstick fare like Khatta Meetha and Hera Pheri. This is Priyadarshan at his strongest and best with the right amount of anger and arrogance mixed with a hint of compassion.


The story is simple, with tiny shades of Mississippi Burning in it, but the director has a way of telling the story that is unique and different from the rest. And through this the two protagonists, Akshaye Khanna and Ajay Devgn, makes the most of their characters. Akshaye as the young idealist is perfect, while Ajay is in his cynical and simplified best. A man who does not like complications and cares not for the rich society, he steals the show. But the one man who should be mentioned for being at his consistent best is Paresh Rawal. Bipasha Basu is sort of superfluous, but looks good. The editing and technicality is well-chalked out too and keeps a steady pace throughout.


Watch this film for a good hint of gripping drama. Of course, there are moments of slight disparity but they soon wash out in front of brilliant filmmaking.

Rating***

Knock out

What is it with our filmmakers making frame-by-frame remakes of Hollywood films? It isn't as though we lack ideas or even talent. Knock Out is basically a copy of Phone Booth and there is no two way about it. Not really sure what Mani Shankar, director to the film was thinking, but he has basically made a film that didn't do too well in the west but is totally inapplicable to 2010; a day and age where modern technology runs the world and PCO's are a thing of the past. Anyhow, somehow he managed to bag Sanjay Dutt, Irrfan Khan and Kangna Ranaut to be a part of the film and before you knew it, Knock Out was out and about ready to create mayhem.

An unknown man (Irrfan Khan) finds himself in complete shambles when he is asked to enter a phone booth but not pick up any phones. For some odd reason he agrees. The phone then rings and he finds himself picking up the phone and has basically been taken hostage by a banker (Sanjay Dutt). The media and police get involved in this whirlwind and then begins the film. Or something along those lines at least.

Knock Out is so half-baked, that it is virtually impossible to understand or even write the plot. As a director Mani Shankar has totally lost the plot. Granted it is a copy but in all honesty, it needed to have more than Phone Booth had in order for it to have any impact. And because of this, it falls flat. The characters in the film themselves look confused and lost. It seems like they themselves are unsure as to why a film is being based on a PCO phone when everyone has mobile phones in this day and age. A film that is deemed a thriller all of a sudden becomes patriotic and filled with national pride which is even more confusing. Not only are you left wondering what on earth is happening but feel the need to walk out.

Sanjay Dutt is the only reason to watch Knock Out. His performance is worth it because he is the only actor that doesn't ham or fake his role. In fact, he depicts the most real character in a film. Irrfan Khan disappoints in Knock Out. He hams, screams, shouts, hollers and over acts like no other. Kangna Ranaut is a waste of time in this film. Her role is hardly understood within the film let alone applicable to Knock Out. And lastly, we see Apoorva Lakhia debuts in a film and makes no mark.

Yes, you are knocked out with Knock Out; knocked out of your sense and logic. It screams useless and basically, KO can go down as one of 2010's dumbest films.

Rating: *

ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAI FILM REVIEW

ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAI FILM REVIEW


STAR CAST:Ajay Devgan, Emraan Hashmi, Kangana Ranaut, Randeep Hooda, Prachi Desai...
Director: Milan Luthria
Producer: Sobha Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor..
Music Director: Pritham Chakrabty...
Lyricist: Ishrad kamil
Movie Synopsis:
Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai movie cover the entire growth of the Mumbai underworld, from crime and smuggling in its early stages through its connection with international terrorism in recent times. It is based on actual happenings.
STORY: The movie is based on Late Haji mastan story...............
Ajay Devgan as Sultan his rise and fall in underworld in 70's is protrayed well by the "TAXI NO. 9 2 11" fame Director "Milan Luthria"...
He has totally taken care of the settings so that they look normal as the 70's...............
The main story is how Sultan Mirza(Ajay Devgan) rise and fall n mumbai because of the Shoaib Khan(Emraan Hashmi) how he joins and protrays him to take over his empire..........
POSTIVES: Ajay is the best as Sultan Mirza every dialogue of him touches our hearts slowly....
Kangana as Rehana gives some classic scenes with ajay devgan....... she luks gorgeous and her chemistry with devgan is very fine and she brings some glamour to the story......
Emraan Hashmi(Shoaib khan) has the desire to create fear in people and by his cunning nature how he grabs the place of sultan is well protrayed...
Prachi Desai is gud luking she creates some pleasant approach to the audience with her deglamourised look and some emotional scenes..........
Randeep Hooda as finally made his mark into the audience with this film by playing a gud role in the film......
NEGATIVES: The second half has last some bit of pace otherwise it woulde have been an five starrer movie
CONCLUSION: ONCE UPON A TYM IN MUMBAI is very gud picture in recent times dont miss this flick a very gud attempt made on 70's and well made and gud screen play
RATING: ****

PERFUME the story of a murderer..

PERFUME the story of a murderer..


Ive watched this movie last friday evening lang..grabeh! ang GANDA! :))

Strange.Weird.Mysterious..yet Spectacular.Breath taking.UNIQUE. :)) kakaiba xa lahat ng movie na napanuod ko. parang ndi mu iisipin na may mabubuo pa lang story out of that. Ang dameng twist and turns.

My mom says last year ln daw nung pinalabas ung movie na un..and it was reviewed by Nestor Torre a well-known columnist of Philippine Daily Inquirer. Kilala niu? ako, i know him but I often read his articles..hehe..
and based on what I read and heard he reviewed movies that are truly great..so that proves na mganda tlga ung movie na 'perfume'.

well,about naman dun xa movie. iwewento ko na ha? hehehe..
SPOILER ALERT! I've warned u. but if you really want to..then,go on. :))

It's all about an odd man (he came from an orphanage) who wants to learn the art of perfume making..so he ambitioned to be a perfume maker. I dunno why. (xa ending ko nLn nalaman ung reason)
His name is Jean-Baptiste Grenoullie. Nung una nga ndi ko maitindihan ung name..French or British movie kxe kea ndi ko maxado maintindihan ung mga salitaan at usapan..ndi rin sikat ung protagonists and the same time antagonists na gumanap.hehe..
ayos nga eh, bidang kontrabida.. :)) kakaiba tlga. Ang sikat ln dun ay xi Allan Rickman ung gumanap na Severus Snape xa Harry Potter.

So aun nga,he met this man, an old professional perfume maker..who, after he showed his talents on perfume making without even measuring every chemicals, ingredients or essence, became his master, his teacher. (Inampon na sha nung master nia). Ung master nia ay kilala bilang isa sa pinakamagagaling gumawa ng perfume xa buong mundo. (ooh not in the whole world I think) :p hehe

His master showed him his every secret and detail on perfume making..which na hindi na naman nhirapan xi Gernoullie kxe he’s blessed with outstanding olfactory senses. He has an uncanny ability for discerning individual smell of everything around him. He was taught on how to get the essence of a rose and many more. It’s the process that undergoes evaporation and then condensation. [yah ryt, that's distillation]

So why "a story of a murderer"?

Once taught, Gernoullie desires to make the ultimate perfume. Naging obessesed na kxi sha xa paggawa ng pabango..minsan na nga niang naitanong xa master nia "if he could possibly smell every scent in the whole world".. so he tried everything na nsa paligid nia..even ung mga bakal na napupulot nia tnry nia kuhaan ng essence coz he wants to know the scent of copper and rust..(can u imagine that? pati b nmn un??!) Unfortunately, his experiment was not a success..kase he cant smell anything. Pati nga ung alagang pusa nung master nia nilagay din dun xa essence maker.. grabe! (nabaliw na ata.haha)

Dumating ung time pumunta sha ibang lugar. There he would teach the world that he exist..that he is exemptional.
Nagsaliksik..nagobserve..gusto nia kxe malaman ung amoy nia after nia madumihan at malinisan but what he discovered was, he only smelled like his home (xa isang cave kxe sha nanirahan..ang dumi dumi nia)..that he has no scent of his OWN. He has no personal smell at all. And so he was devastated.

He saw a beautiful maiden..named Lorra (I think she’s around 16 or 17 yrs old)..so so pretty..malayo pa ln ung girl alam na nia na paparating ito dahil ang lakas ng smelling power nia..nasundan nga nia ung girl xa bahay nila..eh nakasakay xa karwahe un. Gosh.

I think he likes the girl. Dito na sha nagstart magkaron ng idea. After, seeking alternative ingredients to his perfumes and in doing so, leaves a grisly trail. He wants to collect the scent of every WOMAN in the world! OMG! He turned really really bad!


But how??

He killed every woman with different personalities to produce different varieties of essence and scents to create an ultimate perfume. whew! (nagetz niu b?) Nakakadiri ung way of killing nia..ndi madugo pero kakaiba. He uses wax. Galing niang killer infairness ha. Ndi sha nahuli huli. Haha! Muka kxe shang inosente..but still, a professional killer.

When he finally completed the 13 essence of a woman (ewan.13 ata un ee)to produce a perfect perfume..nahuli nman sha at nakulong. Pero nakatakas din..ang galling nga ee! kxe parang mei power ung perfume na nacreate nia. May power itong sambahin ka ng lahat ng taong makakaamoy sayo. His skillfully crafted perfumes have the ability to provoke unexpected reactions in both the wearer and the recipient. ASTIG. As in. kasi nung tym na ieexecute na sha ginamit nia ung perfume..all people kneel down from there knees. Nagluhuran xila. (Ang tapang nung scent nung perfume!! Imagine ang dme2 ng tao dun..isang patak ln gnamet nia) Sbe pa nung crowd “He’s an Angel!”..imagine his a murderer but then nabago nia pa rin ung paniniwala ng mga tao in just a drop of his powerful perfume. WOW! You have the power to control! (I want that perfume too! Hwaa! Haha!)

May isa nga lng hindi magawa ung perfume..
"He could not love and be loved".. haii.how sad.

taz aun..he just vanished from the face of the earth. he was eaten (oo.kinaen..xa sobrang ka-adikan xa kanya) by his "kababayans" dun xa lugar kung xan sha lumaki.

They believe that they have done something purely out of love.

EWW.

Dameng twist. Ndi ko ln makuwento dito. Basta ito lang ung nalaman ko.. kea pala nia ginawa ung mga pagpatay cause he once loved a woman..bulag nga ln. Nagtataka sha kung bakit ndi man lamang maramdaman nung girl ung presence nia kpg nanjan na sha..kht xa amoy man lang. Parang wla shang sariling amoy upang ma-identify ng babaeng kanyang pinakamamahal. Ito na ln kxe ung way pra makilala sha nung girl. So aun, gmawa sha ng praan..dito na nga nagsimula ung kwento. :)

Ewan ko ln kung tama un.hehe..magulo eh.un ln pagkakaintindi ko. :]
well, sa tingin ko, happy ending naman para dun xa bida..haha! ndi ko nga malaman kung happy ending un o nde eh..mixed emotions.

"Eclipse" review by Rubaid Ashfaq

Twilight’s contentious “Edward vs. Jacob” debate was finally settled at the close of 2009‘s New Moon, the second episode of Stephenie Meyers’ supernatural teen harlequin saga, when plaintive emo hottie Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) definitively rejected the advances of Taylor Lautner’s musclebound man-wolf in favor of Robert Pattinson’s brooding vampire.

Or so we thought. Twilight’s fateful love triangle is revived in earnest by Eclipse, part three of the series, and this time the implications are serious -- relatively speaking, of course. Taking over the helm from New Moon director Chris Weitz is David Slade (30 Days of Night, Hard Candy), who adds a hefty dose of action to Twilight’s trademark mix of soaring romance and manic melodrama, making Eclipse the first film in the saga in which -- get this -- something actually happens.

Indeed, action is a primary theme of Eclipse. Like most high school seniors, Bella wants some; her pasty paramour Edward Cullen, however, remains stubbornly chaste, and not just because the briefest exposure to his unbridled vampire lust would almost certainly kill his all-too-human sweetheart. You see, chivalrous Edward hails “from a different era,” one in which the institution of marriage meant everything and a man took care to mount a proper courtship before marrying a girl nearly a century his junior. (He’s 109 years old.) He asks her to marry him; she agrees, but only if he’ll turn her into a vampire first; he hesitates, pondering the unalterable consequences; the matter is tabled and heavy petting resumes. (This exchange is repeated, ad nauseam, throughout the remainder of the film.)

The constant fawning and unwavering devotion from impossibly beautiful Edward aren’t enough to sate Bella’s thirst -- she needs validation like a vampire needs blood -- and so she uses the flimsiest of pretexts to re-insert herself into the life of Jacob Black, the sensitive werewolf she previously shunned, who dutifully plies her with his own declarations of undying love. (Jacob, to his credit, has developed enough game since we last saw him to qualify as a serious contender for Bella’s affections, and is no longer the devoted doormat we saw in New Moon. He’s still a tool, though.) Game on.

But Edward and Jacob aren’t the only ones with designs on Bella. (Seriously, are there no other hot emo chicks in the greater Pacific Northwest?) A ginger-haired menace (Bryce Dallas Howard) has emerged, one that will require Edward’s vampire clan and Jacob’s wolfpack tribe, longtime enemies forever on the verge of a climactic battle (in which Bella will serve as the jeans-and-hoodie-clad Helen of Troy, no doubt) to put aside their differences and unite against a common enemy. In order to ensure Bella’s safety, Edward and Jacob must form an uneasy tag-team (no, not that kind of tag team, much as it would likely better serve to resolve matters) to keep Bella safe from harm.

With its amped-up action, sharpened wit, and darker, horror flick-inspired atmospherics, Eclipse boasts the broadest appeal of all the Twilight films thus far. But that doesn’t mean it’s good. Director Slade’s grasp of plot development borders on amateurish in this film; Eclipse often feels less like a movie than a weighty discourse on the pros and cons of vampiredom, laid out in lengthy, exhaustingly repetitive chunks of exposition and awkward, campy flashbacks, as just about every character in the film, including Edward, attempts to dissuade Bella from joining the ranks of the bloodsuckers.

But alas, no force, no matter how utterly rational its arguments, will keep Bella from her destiny. Which, obviously, is Edward. Or is it? Eclipse goes to great pains to invent ways to perpetuate the film’s romantic rivalry, inserting scenes like the one in which Bella, on the verge of freezing to death in a tent high up in the mountains, is saved when Jacob arrives to heroically spoon her body temperature back to its proper level. (Eclipse is being hyped as the first “guy-friendly” Twilight flick, but no film which includes a climactic spooning scene can rightly claim such a distinction.) Edward, meanwhile, with his poor vampire circulation, is powerless to help.

Who will win in the end? Will it be abs over eyes? Obviously, it will take two more movies (at least!) to solve this kind of wrenching dilemma.

"Eclipse" review

Twilight’s contentious “Edward vs. Jacob” debate was finally settled at the close of 2009‘s New Moon, the second episode of Stephenie Meyers’ supernatural teen harlequin saga, when plaintive emo hottie Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) definitively rejected the advances of Taylor Lautner’s musclebound man-wolf in favor of Robert Pattinson’s brooding vampire.

Or so we thought. Twilight’s fateful love triangle is revived in earnest by Eclipse, part three of the series, and this time the implications are serious -- relatively speaking, of course. Taking over the helm from New Moon director Chris Weitz is David Slade (30 Days of Night, Hard Candy), who adds a hefty dose of action to Twilight’s trademark mix of soaring romance and manic melodrama, making Eclipse the first film in the saga in which -- get this -- something actually happens.

Indeed, action is a primary theme of Eclipse. Like most high school seniors, Bella wants some; her pasty paramour Edward Cullen, however, remains stubbornly chaste, and not just because the briefest exposure to his unbridled vampire lust would almost certainly kill his all-too-human sweetheart. You see, chivalrous Edward hails “from a different era,” one in which the institution of marriage meant everything and a man took care to mount a proper courtship before marrying a girl nearly a century his junior. (He’s 109 years old.) He asks her to marry him; she agrees, but only if he’ll turn her into a vampire first; he hesitates, pondering the unalterable consequences; the matter is tabled and heavy petting resumes. (This exchange is repeated, ad nauseam, throughout the remainder of the film.)

The constant fawning and unwavering devotion from impossibly beautiful Edward aren’t enough to sate Bella’s thirst -- she needs validation like a vampire needs blood -- and so she uses the flimsiest of pretexts to re-insert herself into the life of Jacob Black, the sensitive werewolf she previously shunned, who dutifully plies her with his own declarations of undying love. (Jacob, to his credit, has developed enough game since we last saw him to qualify as a serious contender for Bella’s affections, and is no longer the devoted doormat we saw in New Moon. He’s still a tool, though.) Game on.

But Edward and Jacob aren’t the only ones with designs on Bella. (Seriously, are there no other hot emo chicks in the greater Pacific Northwest?) A ginger-haired menace (Bryce Dallas Howard) has emerged, one that will require Edward’s vampire clan and Jacob’s wolfpack tribe, longtime enemies forever on the verge of a climactic battle (in which Bella will serve as the jeans-and-hoodie-clad Helen of Troy, no doubt) to put aside their differences and unite against a common enemy. In order to ensure Bella’s safety, Edward and Jacob must form an uneasy tag-team (no, not that kind of tag team, much as it would likely better serve to resolve matters) to keep Bella safe from harm.

With its amped-up action, sharpened wit, and darker, horror flick-inspired atmospherics, Eclipse boasts the broadest appeal of all the Twilight films thus far. But that doesn’t mean it’s good. Director Slade’s grasp of plot development borders on amateurish in this film; Eclipse often feels less like a movie than a weighty discourse on the pros and cons of vampiredom, laid out in lengthy, exhaustingly repetitive chunks of exposition and awkward, campy flashbacks, as just about every character in the film, including Edward, attempts to dissuade Bella from joining the ranks of the bloodsuckers.

But alas, no force, no matter how utterly rational its arguments, will keep Bella from her destiny. Which, obviously, is Edward. Or is it? Eclipse goes to great pains to invent ways to perpetuate the film’s romantic rivalry, inserting scenes like the one in which Bella, on the verge of freezing to death in a tent high up in the mountains, is saved when Jacob arrives to heroically spoon her body temperature back to its proper level. (Eclipse is being hyped as the first “guy-friendly” Twilight flick, but no film which includes a climactic spooning scene can rightly claim such a distinction.) Edward, meanwhile, with his poor vampire circulation, is powerless to help.

Who will win in the end? Will it be abs over eyes? Obviously, it will take two more movies (at least!) to solve this kind of wrenching dilemma.

wow movement (a man is flying a plane while he is sleeping) by Sir Rubaid Ashfaq

Flying Blind?


Ever find yourself flying blind?

Ever find yourself believing you can do something in your heart though you've never actually had the opportunity to do it?

Ever been given a "challenge" at work and diving headlong into it, figuring it out along the way?

We have all been there. Sometimes we have "crashed and burned" and sometimes we have soared with eagles. Ever sat back and thought about the difference?

Typically the difference is your "instruments." The fellow above had an altitude indicator, an attitude indicator, and airspeed indicator, and a compass.

The most important of those instrument is the compass. In our day to day lives, our compass is what truly sets us up for success. It's not so much the clock, or how fast or efficient we are. It's the compass, our sense of direction and knowing that we are on the right heading that allows us to achieve great things.

Stay true to your compass. Let it be your guide. Trust it.

And believe you can.

review of khatta meetha by SIR Rubaid Ashfaq

Cast – Akshay Kumar, Trisha, Rajpal Yadav, Urvashi Sharma, Manoj Joshi, Milind Gunaji and Makrand Deshpande. Director – Priyadarshan.

Here is my review of the movie Khatta Meetha. The movie is about a contractor Sachin Tichkule played by Akshay Kumar who is based in his home-town of Satara district where his family is staying in a royal ancestor house. Sachin has three sisters of whom two have got married his brother in laws Manoj Joshi and Milind Gunaji, who are working in Municipality as approving Engineer and Contractor respectively . Third sister is Anjali played by Urvashi Sharma, a college going girl. The movie starts with Sachin Tichkule struggling to get a decent contract. He is overburdened with debt. He is a not so good son. He is a not so good contractor. But still he believes he can be a good contractor one day………

One night the bridge constructed by two in-laws of Sachin breaks down and around 65 people are dead. For which they try hard getting out with help of politician, trapping Tinu Anand as guilty and thereby closing the case. Here Sachin is trying hard to get his due of work-done for constructing the roads and files a case on Municipal Corporation for the claim. Enter Gehna Ganphule played by Trisha. She is a new Municipal Corporation and she values the integrity, Gandhiness, honesty and etc. A sudden flashback and we come to know that she was girlfriend of Akshay during his college days. They have a tussle and both moves on with life. Meanwhile Anjali – Sachin’s younger sister is being forced to marry to one of a corrupt politician’s brother, who is related to Anjali’s in-law brothers contracts. One night (again) she is found dead. After which Sachin decides to uncover all the villains of this movie with the help of, of course Gehna and Makrand Deshpande who had lost his dear ones in that accident.


Further, not discussing anything about the story I would like to set the record straight here about the movie itself. We have seen this Akki + Priyadarshan + Rajpal Yadav combination’s so called comedy for N number of times and add one more to it !!! It is not about common man as have been publicized. It is again a try hard comedy. It tries very hard but unfortunately not succeeding. The usual Akshay Kumar dialogs with usual Rajpal Yadav trying be a freak and in process being beaten by Akshay here and there, time and again. Johny Lever has a small cameo where he successfully manages to bring out some laughter. There is one incident of a road-roller and that one incident has been stretched to 45 minutes!!!!

The biggest disappointment comes from the Director itself. Priyadarshan has been serving the same food over and over and over again. The story writing is confused. Screenplay is shoddy. The dialogs are below par. Music disappoints with Preetam giving only one good song in “Aila re aila”. Not much to add in music department.

If we talk about performance, Akshay again tries his best to cover up the deficits of his director with his spontaneous performance. He does his usual bit with good effect. Urvashi Sharma has played her part very well. Manoj Joshi continuous his loud acting, where he left from De Dana Dan. Rajpal Yadav has done decent job. Milind Gunaji, Tinu Anand and Makrand Deshpand are wasted. Want to add something about Trisha in her debut Bollywood movie. She tries her best to spoil further the flow of movie with her under-trained acting skills, yap you read it right. Her role is thankfully not much which at best can be called as “extended guest appearance”.

Had only if the director would have thought that audience are nowadays not keeping their mind at home when going to a cinema hall. Had only if the director thought that the audiences are not dumb as his movie. Had only director thought an actor cannot all the time save his movies. Had only director gave a thought ………

Verdict – 2 stars out of 5 for Akshay Kumar carrying on the load and Twinkle Khannas concept, with very poor execution