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Dilwale– A Family Entertainer

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Director:   Rohit Shetty Producer: Gauri Khan Cast: Kajol, Shahrukh Khan, Kirti Sanon & Varun Dhawan. Duration : 154 Minutes Shahrukh Khan (Kaali a.k.a Raj) dwindles between his past and present, taking care of his younger brother Veer (Varun Dhawan). His life changes again when his past love re-enters into his life in the form of Meera (Kajol) whose sister Ishita (Kirti) is in a relationship with Veer. The entire movie revolves around how Raj/Kaali is trying to get over his past fixing his brothers love which in turn leads to finding his love. The best part of Dilwale story is it is very basic, predictable and designed in a way to entertain audience. It has all the elements of formula Rohit Shetty movie i.e romance, witty humor and some mind blowing stunts. The romance part has taken a new leaf in this particular movie and all credit to the most romantic pair in the Bollywood Shahrukh-Kajol and their chemistry which is still so refreshing. Spea...

Burnt– A Chef’s fight for lost glory

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Director:   John Wells Producer: Stacey Sher, Michael Shamberg, Erwin Stoff Cast: Bradley Cooper,  Sienna Miller, Daniel Brühl. Duration : 135 Minutes Adam Jones (Bradley Cooper) a two-star Michelin rock star at France, who at a very young achieved great heights, but soon looses all of it for his drugs, alcohol and women problems. The story starts with how Adam wants to start back all over again leaving his past demons. The plot revolves around his struggle to get back the lost respect and his hunt for that three-star Michelin which he terms as sign of immortality. Adam makes his comeback at Langham as head chef forming his own team. Withco-ordination constraints, being attacked by rivals and past drug peddlers hunting him down can Adam achieve his immortality is something to watch out for. Commenting on the plot the director was more subtle in showing the struggle, that’s why as audience one never feels the angst of Adams strugg...

Jazbaa– It’s a Mixed Bag !

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Director: Sanjay Gupta Producer: Sanjay Gupta, Aishwarya Rai, Anuradha Gupta, Nittin Keni, Akash Chawla, Sachin R. Joshi &Raina Sachin R. Joshi Cast: Aishwarya Rai, Irfan Khan, Shabna Azmee &Jackie Shroff. Duration : 152 Minutes Touted as the comeback movie of Aishwarya Rai, Jazbaa is a Indianized version of Korean movie Seven Days directed by Sanjay Gupta. Coming to the plot Anuradha Varma (Aishwarya Rai) is renowned advocate in Mumbai, who has never lost a case yet. On personal side she is a single parent to her daughter Sanaya. Plot thickens when Sanaya gets kidnapped and in return the kidnapper demands Anuradha to defend the case of rape and murder convict who is to be hanged in 4 days in return for her daughter’s life. How Anuradha defends this case with help of his school friend and now police officer Yohan (Irfan Khan) is to watch out for. The problem with Jazbaa is, in spite of having a fantastic story the movies do not emotionally grip the audi...

The Martian– A gripping space hit!

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   Director: Ridley Scott Producer: Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer, Aditya Sood, Mark Huffam. Cast: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Jeff Daniels, Michael Pena. Duration : 141 Minutes Mark Watney ( Matt Damon) an astronaut in Aries III, manned mission to Mars is declared dead, when the mission was hit by a storm and all his fellow team members abort the mission and fly back to earth. Contrary to every ones beliefs Mark survives, the lone survivor on the red planet who is making everything possible to survive.   NASA intercepts some moments though satellites and is under belief that Mark survived the accident and is trying to establish a contact to bring him back.   Mark, doesn’t give up hope, being a geeky Botanist he experiments growing potatoes on mars for creating food supplies that will last him for next 4 years till Aries IV lands. After many setbacks NASA contacts Mark, assuring the food supplies tho...

Baahubali – The Beginning

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Pic Courtesy : Arka Media Director: S.S.Rajamouli Producer: Shobu Yarlagadda, Prasad Devineni. Cast: Prabhas, Rana, Tamanna, Ramya Krishna, Anushka, Nasser & Sathyaraj. Duration : 147 Minutes A baby saved from the wrath of destiny is found by tribals in a river, who raise him and grows to become Shivudu (Prabhas). The journey of Shivudu begins in search of a mystery mask which takes him to Avantika (Tamanna) his love of life. Shivudu takes up the cause of Avantika to fight for, and this makes him tryst with secrets behind his birth which also involves his real mother Devasena (Anushka) who is waiting for the last 25 years to get released from the clutches of the cruel king Bhallala Deva (Rana). People look up to Shivudu as demi-god & also their savior from the clutches of Bhallala Deva. What follows next is something to watch out for in the movie. Coming to the taking of the movie, Baahubali is touted as one of the biggest movies made so far in In...

Hamari Adhuri kahani

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                                     Pic Courtesy : Vishesh Films Director: Mohit Suri Producer: Vishesh Films Cast: Vidya Balan, Emran Hashmi & Rajkumar Rao Duration : 129 Minutes Two broken lives coming together to complete each other. Just when they thought its time, destiny takes a turn to make their Aduri Kahani…….an eternal love story. Mohit Suri again chose a very complex story and narrated in his typical style. More than the taking of the movie what makes this movie compelling is the story line, penned by Mr.Mahesh Bhatt. Mr.Bhatt who is known for his unconventional writing has penned down some serious characters through this movie. The peculiar aspect of Mr.Bhatt’s storyline and his characters are, they always dwell on this thin line of listening to the inner voice even though it’s socially un-acceptable. This kind of scripts only goes to prove that, the...

Mad Max: Fury Road

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                                                        Pic courtesy : Wikimedia Director: George Miller Producer: Dough Mitchell, George Miller & P.J.Voeton Cast: Charlize Theron & Tom Hardy Duration : 120 Minutes The story of Mad Max: Fury Road is set in future where in the civilization has collapsed and whatever is remaining is plunged into anarchy, controlled by  King Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne) with his mad army. Story begins with Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron) double crossing king Joe, escapes with his Oil Rig & his 5 wife’s, whom he uses for his immortality.  Kings sends in his army, lead by his son who suffers with a peculiar disease for which a constant blood transfusion is a must from a universal donor played by Max (Tom Hardy). This tussle results in the convergence of two leads Tom ...

Bombay Velvet

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                                                    Pic Courtesy : Phantom Pictures Director: Anurag Kashyap Producer: Vikas Bahl, Vikramadithya Motwane. Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma & Karan Johar. Duration : 213 Minutes An outcast of partition Balraj (Ranbir) enters Bombay, who wants to become big after seeing Priscilla Lane calling, the dying James Cagney a “big shot” from the 1939 classic The Roaring Twenties. Balraj raises from dust, doing everything possible Street Fights, Robbery, Smuggling, Kidnapping until he lands up with Kaizad Khambatta (Karan Johar), the real estate kingpin of growing Bombay. Parallely, runs the story of Rosie Noronha (Anushka Sharma) the victim of child abuse, escapes from Goa and lands in Bombay trying to make it big with her singing. Balraj under Khambatta transforms into the stylish Jho...

Uttama Villain

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                                      Pic  Courtesy : Uttama Villain Facebook Page Director: Ramesh Aravind Producer: Linguswamy, Kamal Haasan, Chandrahasan, Subhash Chandrabose. Cast: Kamal Haasan, K.Viswanath, K.Balachander, Andrea, Urvashi. Duration : 173 Minutes Uttama Villain is about Manoranjan (Kamal Hassan) a movie super star who is on the verge of death due to his brain tumor. The story is all about the actor Manoranjan trying to pull up all his strings together be it personal or professional for his last act. Professionally the actor wants to put his last act with his Guru Marghadarsi (K.Balachander) whom he has deserted after he attained the stardom. Personally its about making his relations right with all the three women in his life who are part of his journey. The greatness of the movie is, it travels between two phases the actors real & reel scr...

Gabbar Is Back

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                                       Pic Courtesy - Viacom 18 picture & Google Director: Krish Producer: Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Shabina Khan. Cast: Akshay Kumar, Shruti Hasan, Kareena Kapoor, Suman, Sunil Grover, Jaideep. Duration : 131 Minutes Inspired from a Telugu movie story line Tagore, the Gabbar ……Is Back.  This time for a change, Gabbar is an angry rebellious man, who is on the wrong side of system to just make it good. Adithya (Akshay Kumar) a professor of a college in Bombay, accidentally meets Shruti (Shruti Hasan) an aspiring lawyer over a situation. Adithya helps Shruti get out of this situation, eventually leading to their bond getting stronger. Cut to parallely, every week, one most corrupt officer from one government department in Bombay is killed publicly. Before every murder, the killer in the name of Gabbar sends a CD to the police in...

Avengers: Age of Ultron

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                                                  Pic Courtesy : Marvel Studios/Google Director: Joss Whedon Producer: Kevin Feige Cast: Robert Downey Jr. ,Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo , Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Cobie Smulders, Anthony Mackie, Hayley Atwell, Idris Elba, Stellan Skarsgård, James Spader, Samuel L. Jackson. Duration : 141 Minutes For all those Marvel comic fans finally the wait is over, here we have the next sequel of Avengers, only this time it is set in the age of Ultron. To start off the movie starts with an amazing fight sequence where in the avengers debunk a Hydra out post where in the experiments were carried on humans. Stark (Robert Downey) discovers an artificial intelligence belonging to Loki (just to recapitulate Loki is the one...