Saturday, February 25, 2006

Movie Review: Taxi No 9211

Excellent movie....similar on the lines of Bluffmaster....the story was quite gripping and the editing was superb...

the performances were mind-blowing especially from Nana and Sonali Kulkarni....this is among Nana's best performance (even better than Bluffmaster and Apharan)...he has really put his heart into this movie.... Sonali was also amazing...John for a change was likeable..Sameera didnt have much role but was okay....

I really liked the dialogue which Nana says to his son Rishabh
It goes something like this
Nana: Aye Rishabh, kya kar raha hai?
Rishabh: Fielding
Nana: Bat kiski hai...
Rishabh: Meri
Nana: Bat kiska? Tera....phir fielding kyun kar raha hai? Batting kar...Sachin ban Kaif nahi

The dialogues were superb.....and it has to be...all Nana movies ought to have good dialogues..(Khamoshi was the exception...u know why)

Songs too are hummable especially Mumbai Nagariya (waiting to write this song on my CD), Ek nazar and Meter Down......

Movie should gel with Mumbaites and multiplex junta......

Sunday, February 05, 2006

Rang de Basanti: Review

Direction
After a long time I saw a different movie (though havent watched Bluffmaster yet).....The direction was totally different....i really liked the way in which the movie went from past to present.....the dialogues were nice but had heard them before I went to see the movie....hence the didnt njoy them much......

In short ...a great movie....

Screenplay, Editing:
the screenplay was perfect......i guess the editing was a bit shoddy..at places i thought that the scenes were abruptly cut...when someone was beginning to say something the scenes shifted...

Acting:
Aamir and Siddharth were amazing....Aamir punjabi diction was perfect.....Aamir is back at his best....his eye expressions were great.....Sukhi was lovable....Kunal looked smart....Soha was truly a revelation.....Alice emoted well

Music:
Best of AR Rahman...though Dil Se was better.....I can rate it at par with Taal and Yuva......songs looked good on screen and did not mar the story....it flowed with them...Pathshala and Roobaroo were the pick of the lot.....

Main message:
But after watching this movie I still feel whether this movie will inspire anyone....i have read articles in many forums that people are willing to change the world....but by discussing on the forum is not enuf........u have to fight for it.....i know people will forget all this in 2-3 months...and nothing will be done...thats why i feel that it was an unrealistic movie.....yeh i liked it...only thing was that the ending might not convey the exact message.....people will discuss it and forget.......

Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Indian Idol 2: Amey Date almost voted out

My favourite Amey Date was almost voted out of Indian Idol 2.....Dunno on what criteria people are judging.....
Karunya, Meenal, Amey are the singers that I would like to see in the top 3....

In this 3rd gala round, Amey sang the song 'Tum Jo mil' from Hanste Zakhm. I heard this song for the first time and surprisingly got hooked to it. I found the song in my Rafi MP3 collection and am listening to it since then...Amey sang this difficult song really well.....

Similarly Karunya sang 'Kawa Kawa' from Monsoon Wedding superbly....The judges even went on to praise this Andhraite who managed to sing a bhangra number....

In the next round, I guess Sandeep aur Ravi will be voted out....

Nice to see Anuj back in the Indian idols after Jolly was disqualified with prolonged chicken pox illness.....

Superb article on yesterday's gala round