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Movie Review : Showbiz

Filed Under: suspence movie
Jan.05, 2008

 

Though the tagline of SHOWBIZ reads “the dark side of fame’, it has actually nothing to do with fame, but everything to do with television channels hungry for a scoop. Choreographer Raju Khan makes his debut behind the camera tackling an issue which requires the sensitivity of a veteran, but what he cooks up is amateurish stuff at its best.

True, there may be channels fabricating stories to push the TRP’s to get viewer eyeballs. True, there may be some news on television we see where the tapes may have been edited before airing them. It may also be true that television is going berserk trying to keep pace with the number of channels burgeoning and wanting to stay on top of the heap, come what may. But is what SHOWBIZ sensationalizing true??? That’s a multi-million dollar question.

News is one such television station where its owner, Gulshan Grover hires some journo, who can be classified as goons. And they do just that… what goons will do… twist a story to suit their require. And they make it a point to proudly say that they are “Journalists”. But what Raju Khan fails to show is the balance between the media and the glamour earth How the media is being used by those wanting their fame and moment under the sun. It’s a two-way street but what is shown is a one-sided view. How far it’s true, I don’t know. There may be instances of fabricated stories being aired to increase TRPs but that does not denote all television stories are fabricated!!

Tushar Jalota makes his debut as Rohan Arya, a much sought after singer. The media henchmen, if I may call them so, headed by Sushant Singh (brilliant job) goes after fabricating one story after another using him (Tushar) as the prop. They even go to the extent of almost getting him killed in a car accident (sic) and to sensationalize it further, pour alcohol in his mouth while another pulls down the zipper of the blouse of the woman involved in the mishap. If this is what television journos do to earn their living, then this has to be a scoop by producer Mukesh Bhatt!!!

Mrinalini Sharma is pleasing. She has the spark. Tushar Jalota too, makes a decent first appearance.

 

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Movie Preview Of Ek kashmash

Filed Under: suspence movie
Jan.05, 2008

Film business seems ready to join hands against piracy menace. Film MANTHAN – EK KASHMASH is the exemplary instance, which has raised its voice to combat this difficulty. Producer and Director Kumar Raj solely undertook the subject and subtly dealt by means of it. A sincere attempt has been made by Kumar Raj to use the medium of the movie to cause an awareness of the negative side of the film industry due to piracy and has been supported by the entire film fraternity in India. All India film Associations and amalgamation, Motion Pictures Association of America (MPAA) and Dadasaheb Phalke School. MANTHAN – EK KASHMASH is a result of extensive research and hard work place by him and his entire team to place a very grave piracy problem of the entire film commerce in the format of Hindi feature film which is also very entertaining Crime suspenseful story. Kumar Raj has received for the year 2007 an award from the entire film union through Nami reporter ‘Award for Contribution to the Film Industry’ for manufacture the first film on piracy. Synopsis: The film is a drama and a thriller, which transactions with the underworld gang wars. The protagonist, Mr. Dev (Sanjay Kumar) is a whiz kid nuclear scientist who has been chosen by the defense ministry to undergo additional training in IIT Powai. He gets entangled in the underworld wars during 1985/1995 period, as he involved in a project to stop film piracy which was literally murder the film industry. Later the hero loses his parents in the gang war and how he finally takes his revenge. Dev meets his childhood friend Dr. Pooja (K Radhikka), who has studied medicine in Vicenza, Italy. She works at the IIT hospital, where the hero falls in love with her. Dr. Pooja, for the sake of feel love for does everything possible for Dev in his struggle to recover from the events which happen due to his involvement in the anti film piracy project. This film is a very entertaining way to educate the masses, government and all concerned regarding the involvement of international and local mafias in film piracy and will hopefully contribute in curbing film piracy.

Characters: Sanjay Kumar as Dev Shastri – Dev Shastri, a protagonist is a scientist from small town Kakinada in India. He has completed doctorate in nuclear physics, he is a patriot who gets selected for a special course in IIT Mumbai to be conducted by ministry of protection for later joining the Research and Analysis Wing of the armed forces. During his special course in Mumbai he gets entangled with underworld, due to which his life changes completely.

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Ram Sujan Singh as The Don Dawoodia Pathan -

Dawoodia Pathan is one of the biggest Don of underworld. He is very powerful and influential. His underworld business is in Gold and Silver smuggling during 1985 period, his main passion was film industry in which he had invested millions of rupees. He quietly supports the protagonist Dev Shastri who is involved into an anti film piracy project. His Lieutenant Chota Khatri leaves him and dares to establish his own gang and also goes into film piracy business, which leads to a big gang war in which the protagonist gets involved and loses his entire family.

Ali Khan as Commander Rathod -

Commander Rathod remains a mystery as he covertly steps into the life of the protagonist Dev and takes him secretly to Western Naval Headquarters department where he wants Dev to aid him in decoding a Morse code message being sent on scrambled frequency, as Dev was genius. Commander Rathod’s presence is real or imaginary is revealed in the film towards the end.

Kradhikka as Dr. Pooja Sahani -

Dr. Pooja Sahani is a childhood friend of the protagonist Dev Shastri as has spent her childhood in the same small town Kakinada. She goes to Vicenza, Italy to pursue her dream to turn out to be a doctor, coincidently subsequent to completing her studies, she picks up a job as a Neuro surgeon inside the same institute i.e. IIT Mumbai where the hero Dev is doing a special course in defense. Her friendship turns into love and because of her love she does every possible thing for Dev, she helps him in coming out of the various problem.

Ranjeet as Dr. Ranjeet Batra -

Dr. Ranjeet Batra is the topmost clinical psychiatrist in India. The protagonist Dev Shastri goes into a severe depression after losing his parents in gang war due to film piracy project he had started. Dr. Batra who is psychiatrist plays a very significant role, he uses his hypnosis method to study and help Dev come out of deep depression and Schizophrenic symptoms.

Bharat Kapoor as Mukhiya of the town, Kakinada -

Mukhiyaji is very close family friend of protagonist Dev Shastri’s family. He is a observer to the killing of Dev’s family in Kakinada. He is very religious person and an honest man.

Alok Nath as Dr. Khan -

Dr. Khan is a senior Doctor employed At IIT Powai Hospital where the protagonist Dev is confesses due to head injury. Dr. Khan is a good friend of Dr. Ranjeet Batra, who helps Dr. Khan in analyzing and treating Dev Shastri. He is also the boss of Dr. Pooja Sahani, treats her as his offspring and helps her out emotionally and professionally.

Raza Murad as Virendra Babu Shastri -

He is the elder brother of protagonist Dev Shastri. Shastri Bothers lost their father during Indo-Pak war since of being in the defense force; hence Virendra (elder brother) takes care of Dev as his Son. Virendra Babu being well educated commands lot of respect in the small town Kakinada. He later gets killed due to his brother Dev Shastri, who gets caught up with underworld due to film piracy scheme

 

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Dhol Funny With suspense Movie In 2007 – Review

Filed Under: Funny movie, suspence movie
Dec.12, 2007

Since almost a decade, Priyadarshan has been specializing in comic capers. Priyan has tickled the funny bone of viewers time and again and in Dhol, the comic scenes override the thrill quotient. The comedy, like always, is targeted next to those who appreciate the Priyan brand of humor — irrational, but funny. The chemistry between the four pivotal characters is tremendous, especially Rajpal Yadav, who’s bound to walk away by means of ceetees and taalis.

Let’s look next to the other side of the coin! The gangster portions remind one of the 1980s cinema, which has been beaten to death in film after film. These portions are an aberration and the accomplished director be supposed to orderly them by at least 20 minutes so that the impact created by the comedy track remains intact, not getting diluted in the process.

Dhol revolves in the region of the lives of four friends — Sam [Tusshar Kapoor], Pakkya [Sharman Joshi], Maru [Rajpal Yadav] and Goti [Kunal Khemu]. The guys are good for nothing with no motivation. But they’re bound together by their child-like notoriety and aimlessness.

They all want to make it big in life with the least efforts possible. The four wish to live life on their own terms, leading everyone on the way to nowhere. As a result, each one tries their hand at finding a short cut to success but ends up being in even deeper trouble instead. Things get worse as the four decide to take some desperate measures to ethemisery once and for all. According to them, the only way to get rich without working hard is to get married to a rich girl. astonishingly, to unlock their fates arrives the rich girl Kanchan [Tanushree Dutta] in their neighborhood. All four set out with their individual plans to marry Kanchan, but end up discovering a chilling truth.

Inspired by PARDA HAI PARDA, which in turn was a remake of the Malayalam film HARIHAR NAGAR, Dhol has the by-now-famous Priyan stamp on the comic portions. Come to think of it, you expect laughter in generous doses and Dhol doesn’t disappoint on that front.

Dhol has several funny moments, but most importantly, they make you laugh as well. The loan sequence at the create [when the four avail of a loan from Tiku Talsania in exchange of gold jewelry], followed by the four pushing Om Puri’s car till it falls off a cliff, plus the four spraying water with hose pipes to douse the fire [really, a havan is taking place inside the mansion] and Murli Sharma enquiring about the Dhol from the four are sequences that bring the house down.

On the flip side, the flashback is a big yawn. Plus, Murli Sharma cornering Tanushree and Payal Rohatgi in the house is monotonous and only adds to the length. Looks like the editor forgot to use the scissors in those scenes.

Pritam’s music is functional. ‘Dhol Bajake’ is a decent number, while the remaining songs are ordinary. Piyush Shah’s film making is of standard. Dialogues are funny at times.

The four actors compliment each other very well. But the one who steals the show is Rajpal Yadav, who, with his dumbness, endears himself to the masses completely. He’s brilliant! However, that doesn’t mean the others are less impressive. Sharman Joshi has always had a great timing for comedy and he proves it yet again in Dhol.

Tusshar looks fresh and gets into the skin of the character skillfully. Kunal Khemu’s role is in sharp dissimilarity to his first two films [KALYUG, TRAFFIC SIGNAL] and he proves his versatility by attempting comedy now. Tanushree Dutta’s role doesn’t have the meat since Dhol is an all-boys show. Nonetheless, she’s satisfactory. Payal Rohatgi has a brief role; she’s passable.

Om Puri is efficient. Tiku Talsania and Asrani have their moments. Rasika Joshi is in form yet again. She’s too good! Farida Dadi [grandmother] does a fine job. Arbaaz Khan is fair. Murli Sharma is good.

On the whole, Dhol is a decent entertainer that has some really funny comic moments. At the box-office, the Priyadarshan brand should ensure impressive footfalls at cineplexes despite the dull period and coupled with its moderate pricing, Dhol should find a place in the director’s successful films.

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Suspence Movie -Raaz

Filed Under: suspence movie
Oct.03, 2007

Film: Raaz
Starring: Bipasha Basu, Dino Moreo, Malini Sharma and Ashutosh Rana
Director: Bhatt Brothers
Music: Nadeem-Shravan
Rating: 3/5 (Good)

It has been a long time since we had a good Horror flick made in Bollywood. Taking inspiration from movies like I Know What You Did Last Summer, What Lies Beneath and Hitchcock movie, this movie turns out to be one of the better-made movies of 2002.

Mahesh Bhatt who is credited with the unique distinction of working with the maximum number of new comers whether actors, music-directors, songwriters gets the best out of Dino and Bipasha.

Not at all confusing as the movie revolves with few characters, the continuity of the movie is brilliant to keep you gripping throughout the movie.

The story is about a young troubled couple Sanjana Dhanraj (Bipasha Basu) and Aditya Dhanraj (Dino Morea). The couple is almost on the verge of a divorce when they decide to take time out and spend more time with each other in their Ooty bungalow. Ooty, however turns to be a nightmare for Sanajana as she can feel a spirit calling her and later she even sees the spirit’s face. Aditya does not believe her, but her friend based in Ooty does, who introduces her to Prof. Agni Swaroop who is a Professor of supernatural sciences, who also unconditionally believes in spirits. He is passionate towards exploring truth beyond science.

The rest is to be seen in the film. The ambience for creating horror has been aptly created to make the movie interesting. Some of the scenes are shot amazingly while there are few ones which have the audience in splits.

Bipasha rocks in this movie, brilliant acting – she manages her role very well. Dino too is good while Ashutosh once again gives a splendid performance.

Malini Sharma the girl from the “Kya Soorat Hai” video too is impressive. She will be interesting to watch for in the future.

The music score done by Raju Rao of this movie is intelligent. Some songs are great while other songs in this movie are average, nothing that you will hum after you are out of the movie hall except for two or three tracks.

Overall a nice flick and enjoyable viewing.

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