Aug
08
Filed Under (Movie Review) by renison

Music Director: Pritam
Playback Singer: Suzie. Q, Hard Kaur, Neeraj Shridhar, Mika Singh, Ashiesh Pandit, Daler Mehndi, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Shreya Ghosal, Style Bhai, Labh Janjua, Akshay Kumar, Snoop Dogg
Lyricist: Mayur Puri
Music Company: Junglee Music

Singh Is Kinng revolves around a gang of crooks transformed by a good man and his selfless love for a pretty girl…

Lakhan Singh aka Lucky (Sonu Sood) is the “king’ of the Australian underworld accompanied by his associates (played by Javed Jaffrey, Neha Dhupia, Manoj Pahwa, Yashpal Sharma, Kamal Chopra and Sudhanshu Pande.) Far away, in a small village in Punjab, where Lucky was born, there exists someone more notorious than him – Happy Singh (Akshay Kumar). The village is fed up of his magnanimity, which has resulted in a number of hilariously disastrous situations. Out of desperation, they decide to send him on a long trip (that will keep him out of the village for a while!) to bring Lucky back to Punjab, as his despicable deeds were maligning their image in Australia.

The happy-go-lucky bumpkin, taking his mission a bit too seriously, embarks on his journey accompanied by his friend, Tony Singh (Om Puri), who hates Happy for dragging him into it.

The high point of his journey is his chance meeting with Sonia (Katrina Kaif) with whom he falls in love, but upon reaching his destination, things take a precarious turn as he runs into a series of comic misadventures, leaving him penniless. He is fortunate to find warmth and affection in an elderly lady (Kirron Kher) who helps him meet Lucky.

In a strange turn of events, an attempt on Lucky’s life is foiled by a well-intentioned Happy who fights off the attackers by risking his own life. Following the hilarious altercation, Lucky lands up in hospital paralyzed, and Happy, unexpectedly, finds the tables turned on him when he is expected to assume the role of the new “kinng’!

The series of chaos, shocks and comic misunderstandings that ensue eventually result in redemption and an accidental wedding!

Jul
31
Filed Under (Movie Review) by renison

A nephew wins over a son. This is the crux of the two movies released this Friday. The nephew of star Aamir Khan, Imraan Khan, mesmerizes his audience with his debut ‘Jaane Tu Jaane Naa’ with his sexy looks and histrionic skills and thus wins over Harman son of famous director Harry Baweja in the latter’s debut ‘Love Story 2050′. However, the female stars — Genelia D’Souza and Priyanka Chopra - opposite the two new heroes in their two movies haven’t been new faces and perform excellently well.

In fact, Priyanka Chopra in the Herman’s movie carries the movie on her shoulders alone. Both the stories happen to be love stories though quite different from each other. It appears that Imraan Khan has followed in the footsteps of his father Mansoor Khan who launched Aamir Khan in his ‘Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak’ (QSQT) though Imraan’s movie falls far short in respect of script, music and the treatment.

Still, Genelia D’Souza looks good as long as she doesn’t speak a dialogue. No sooner she delivers a dialogue than she is exposed. Though it has some comic sequences, but suffers from inconsistency. This flaw in the movie’s story is somewhat taken care of by the deftness of debutante director Abbas Tyrewala.

Let’s analyze the story that revolves around the central character of Jai Singh Rathod played by Imraan Khan. While Jai aka ‘Rats’ is by far the most non-violent Rajput (unusual though) hates to pick up fights, bubbly Aditi Mahan aka ‘Meow’ is quite a violent person. She screams, shouts and brings the whole house down. However, Jai is capable of calming her. Though belonging to two opposite directions, they attract each other.

In spite of their chemistry being the same, they are too good friends to think on such lines. But, soon they realize that this chemistry is nothing but love. In the story, Jai (Karan known as Rotlu) is accompanied by a bunch of three friends — Alishka (as Bombs), Nirav (as Jiggy) and Sughanda (as Shaleen). All of them play their roles well but disappear later leaving no trace.

While Ratna Pathak Shah and her husband (in real life) Naseerudin Shah are at their best, Jayant Kripalani and Anuradha Patel (as Genelia’s parents) are sweet and Ayaz Khan (as Genelia’s fiance) leaves an impression. Paresh Rawal is fantastic (his usual) in a comic role. Alas, Arbaaz Khan and Sohail Khan hardly have a role to play and therefore disappoint the audience. Hence, everyone in the cast has justified his or her role. The director though a newcomer has fared very well.

The film is good for the young ones who would like to relive their past breezy college times. Besides, its two songs - “Kabhi Kabhi” and “Pappu Can’t Dance” are worth remembering. We wish the director had made the second part of the movie as interesting as the first one. Thus, the movie would have ended with a proper climax unlike the one we find here. Anyway, the movie will not be a loser as it is likely to meet its low cost as compared to that of Herman costing a fortune.