Shivaay’s Viewings (Updated)

Ranneeti :
A thrilling and taut, well researched series on the events of Balakot & beyond. Finally a show that does not make the enemy seem like a bunch of buffoons and recognises them for the treacherous leech that they are. The CGI used for the air combat dogfights is passable but its the cat & mouse game of media narratives that keeps the viewer hooked on to each episode, assisted by an amicable cast of Jimmy Shergill, Ashish Vidyarthi, Ashutosh Rana, Lara Dutta and co. A few sequences of incoherence do slow the pace down however.

Krish’s Viewings

After Premalu, Manjummel Boys is another Malayalam Movie where superb writing towers over a simple story. This one is a survival thriller as much as it is a movie about friends and friendship. Based on a real life incident which happened in Guna caves in 2006, the movie uses the backdrop of Guna caves and the surrounding Kodaikanal and creates some beautiful imagery with some superb cinematography.

tonymontana’s viewings (Updated)

Manjummel Boys:

terrific survival thriller with stunning cinematography and great background music: creepy and tense. Have always found survival thrillers to be a tricky genre which can easily fall into the trap of predictability and repetitiveness.

Z’s Viewings (Updated)

Watched Chamkila last night.

Hard to express in words but what a wonderful film.

Imtiyaz direction and flow of the film is fantastic from first frame to the last.

Akshay Kumar – shooting mess!

Akshay Kumar – shooting mess! by Master

Firstly, Akshay, and to a lesser extent Salman, were the only stars you could have signed a movie with just for the paycheck allure. All the other stars eventually started looking for scripts and the folks they make movies with. As everyone became selective and hard to get, Akshay utilized that completely and was available for any businessman turned producer waiting to make a movie. They could only get Akshay, as no other top star would ever do a movie just for the money. Akshay does so many movies, he has no qualms about script, director, or even leading lady. He doesn’t mind if the director is incapable or the leading lady is some art house heroine like Nimrat Kaur (Airlift) or Huma Qureshi (Jolly LLB2) or Radhika Apte (Padman) or even Mouni Roy (Gold). Akshay is worried about his role and paycheck. Yes, he will hear the script, but it’s more about projects, and he’s fine to do the movie as it’s less risky if doing multiple movies and if they are working according to his schedules.

tonymontana on Amar Singh Chamkila

An in-form Imtiaz Ali shuts up his detractors by making an artist’s delight. Amar Singh Chamkila is a musical biopic propelled by songs lewd, titillating, provocative, political, and all-round brilliant.

The film simply cannot be reviewed without bringing its music into discussion. There are no two ways about it—the talent Imtiaz Ali has for song picturisation and using the screen to evoke the intended emotion is rare among today’s filmmakers.
Every Rahman original in the film hits the bulls eye, and its incredible how this director-music director collaboration continues to dazzle listeners with every subsequent film (Rockstar and Tamasha being earlier musical wonders).

Master on Bollywood box office rut and stardoms

Folks easily missing the point with Akshay Kumar. Yes, most of them struggling but there’s a huge difference. Salman Khan has 2 releases and even with lazy 10 yr remake and hideous promotions and with a horrible director, Kisi ka Bhai, Kisi ji Jaan did over 26+ cr on Eid and Tiger 3 did over 42 crs on Diwali. That’s what the stars can do and if the content is bad, it’ll flop and that’s fine as long as you have pull.

Happy Holi 2024! (Updated)

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Marcus’s Viewings (Updated)

marcus review on twitter :

Edited Review of #Article370 after 2 theatrical viewings…@AdityaDharFilms @AdityaSJambhale @yamigautam pic.twitter.com/f3Mmq2RXHy

— Marc (@Marc96919631) March 23, 2024

Rahul’s Viewings

Dunki
Watched it last night. I can affirm that Hirani is past it, really. Can’t see him coming back from such a poor film. This reminds me if Subhash Ghai at the times of Yaadein or Kisna. A film maker who had lost the plot.

Bob Cristo on Fighter

Finally Watched Fighter.

First thing first. Anil Kapoor and not Hrithik is THE star for me in Fighter. Anil Kapoor has The most defined role and meaningful dialogues. For Example, “Jo Team Man nahi hota wo Team Ka dushman hota hai” and “Jung mein koi MoM nahi hota. waha sirf haar ya jeet hoti hai”

Master on Fighter

Fighter takes viewers on a journey of blending aerial action with familiar Bollywood melodramatic cliches. While it delivers gripping moments, the film falls short in certain aspects, leaving a mixed impression.

The movie begins slowly, introducing characters in familiar ways, including a scene reminiscent of Hrithik’s entrance from War. Despite some sarcastic banter between Hrithik and Deepika, the initial setup lacks impact. However, the narrative gains momentum with the portrayal of the Pulwama attack and India’s response, injecting intensity into the storyline and setting the stage for 2nd half.

Ronald on Fighter

It was such an immersive and engaging piece of cinematic experience. Powered with emotions, conflicts, real life narrative with equally wonderful visuals, and brilliant performances, the movie delivers and how. Fighter is a rare movie that succeeds on almost every level, where each character, scene, visuals, aerial and land based action, camaraderie, romance, and geo political tensions are displayed with such perfection.

Krish’s note on Dunki

Saw Dunki finally. Dunki is a good family watch..it’s very old fashioned old school type of movie the kind Yash Chopra would have made. the biggest issue of the movie is there is no relatability..i couldn’t relate to anything going on the screen as that whole topic of immigration and going illegally is hard to understand for a person not facing such dire needs..the emotional scenes were good specially the last 20 mins and that Sonu Nigam song is lovely..the comedy I didn’t like much..emotional scenes were better i thought..overall good family watch and specially if you like old school romances and old style film making this is a good one for you…