ZERO Movie Review

A Big ZERO for the Script and A 100 for SRK!

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"Logic plus logic equals the illogical. Do you know what I mean? " -- Jason Schwartzman

Many of you might be wondering like me what Jason Schwartzman actually want to make us understand and it is the same feeling we have when we watch Aanand L Rai's much-hyped SRK's Christmas release 'Zero". From the outset, Aanand L Rai's ZERO is an all-out entertainer but slowly and steadily slips into becoming a total drag and clichéd film.

Like the main protagonist Bauua Singh (Shahrukh Khan) doesn't know how he landed up in Mars from the streets of Meerut, we too as audience wonder why and how we too have been taken for a ride every festival by these big budget movies, superstars and production houses. In Zero, SRK's lucky mascots like Katrina Kaif, Abhay Deol, R Madhavan, Salman Khan, the late Sridevi, Kajol, Deepika Padukone, Alia Bhatt, Juhi Chawla, Rani Mukherjee and many more make a beeline to impress you and make your Christmas merrier but unfortunately ends up dampening your spirit.

 

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Shahrukh Khan as a dwarf wins your heart. Bauua is naughty, mischievous, confused, daring, passionate, romantic and an obstinate son. He is a spendthrift according to his on-screen father Tigmanshu Dhulia. They are always at loggerheads because the former feels his son is irresponsible and lives on his money and the latter feels his father's inadequate sperm counts to be the reason for he being vertically challenged. Their interactions are hilarious and definitely tickle your funny bone.

 

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Anushka Sharma as Aafiya Yusufzai Bhinder a NASA scientist with cerebral palsy crosses path with Bauua Singh on an unusual ground and that changes the trajectory of their life. Anushka as Aafiya ­­­­tries her best to impress you by her cerebral palsy act but cannot match the performance Kalki gave us in Shonali Bose' film 'Margarita With A Straw'. Aafiya fails to touch your hearts and inspire you on what she achieved as a scientist; this might be because of its script that is so dwarfed that even these talented actors failed to revive the spirit of the film it had shown in the beginning.

Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub as Bauua's friend and sidekick is good but unfortunately, a talented actor like him has nothing special to do and except changing the colour of his hair and carry a big torch always with him because he is one-eyed and the other one is 'Made in China'.

Katrina Kaif as the Bollywood siren Babita Kumari is beautiful and too good in her dance moves but equally disappointing as a heartbroken damsel. Abey Deol as her estranged boyfriend is cool. But as mentioned earlier why the crowd of star casts here in this film is really puzzling.

 

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This much-awaited King Khan's Christmas release definitely may draw the audience to the theatre to see the dwarfed Shahrukh Khan as Bauua Singh but Aanand L Rai, unfortunately, missed an opportunity to make 'Zero' a memorable movie. The filmmaker in its enthusiasm to present a small sized Shahrukh Khan knowingly or unknowingly dwarfed it's audience expectations too this Christmas.

The VFX is good, the song Mera Naam Tu is melodious and hummable.  

In short, it's high time that the big stars either reinvent them with some sensible content-driven films or take a really long break and allow other talented filmmakers and actors to get production houses supporting and funding their creative pieces of work. Go and watch Zero if you want to see a 'Baunna SRK' or give it a skip and go to a nearby church to listen to some awesome Christmas carols and eat a lot of cake with your favourite wine.

PEN Movie Review Rating: 2/5

Cast: Shahrukh Khan (Bauua Singh), Anushka Sharma (Aafia Yusufzai), Katrina Kaif (Babita Kumari), Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub ( Guddu), Tigmanshu Dhulia (Ashok), Sheeba Chaddha (Beena), Brijendra Kala (Pandey), Abhay Deol (Aditya Kapoor), R Madhavan (Sree, Fiancé of Aafia)

Genre: Romantic Drama

Director: Aanand L Rai

Producer: Gauri Khan

Written by: Himanshu Sharma

Screenplay: Himanshu Sharma

Story: Shankar

Music and Background Score: Ajay-Atul (Guest Composer: Tanisk Bagchi)

Cinematography: Manu Anand

Edited by: Hemal Kothari

Production Companies: Red Chillies Entertainment, Colour Yellow Productions

Distributor: Yash Raj Films

Release Date: 21 December, 2018

Duration: 164 Minutes

Language: Hindi 

2.0 Movie Review

2.0: A Ho-Hum Film Packaged With Striking Visuals!

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"I'm not a big fan of CGI. I'm not a fan at all unless they use it in a way that doesn't call attention to itself " -- Billy Cambell

Shankar's latest offer to his audience has raised the bar of CGI and visual effects many notches up for Indian cinema. It is quite evident from the start to end of the film 2.0 that Shankar had a single agenda to wow the audience with technology and to make it visually overpowering. The visuals were brilliant and exploding right in front of your faces, and you just had to ensure that you cleared out of the way.

You can do anything with CGI, and Shankar like any other enthusiastic kid who has learnt how to use a new gizmo goes blazing and blasting the world with his new antics on screen. And in the melee, he loses that sort of human dimension, and he gets all the stuff breaking the rules of physics. 

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Eight years back 'Enthiran' had a heart, fell in love, was possessive, got heartbroken and a story to tell but his 2.0 version is plastic, too comical and funny. There are millions of Chitti lookalikes spread all over on the screen forming different shapes and forms and keeps on and on till you get tired of its forms and formlessness yet its creator Shankar doesn't budge to stop.

Steven Spielberg once said - "People have forgotten how to tell a story. Stories don't have a middle, or an end any more. They usually have a beginning that never stops beginning." To be frank, I am a bit frightened; if this is what 2.0 is then what will be 3.0 in store for us? Shankar please, you have many accolades to beat your chest and undoubtedly you have offered good movies to us but then remember we love you for your stories and ability to take risk to experiment but then we have a humble request too to you, please do take care of the storyline and ensure that we take some feelings back home.

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2.0 is made on a colossal budget with Rajni 'The Super Star' and the 'Khilladiyon Ka Khilladi' Akshay Kumar. The fee that Akshay took, the time he spent for his makeup for his demonic look as Pakshi Rajan, Rajni's humility and his halo around him are all there on the internet with juicy inputs and pictures. Having said this, what we need to know is Akshay as Pakshi Rajan is compelling and Rajni as Dr Vassegran and his innumerable robots are brilliant but fail to hold interest for long in their performance. The character of Pakshiraja is not built properly, the bird-loving Professor is a lone fighter and is pathetic in his struggle against the system. Amy Jackson is beautiful and is there as a robot for serving her master. Funnily the gender bias of a patriarchal society is depicted by feeding in her serials, etc to show that women are women and men will never change the way they think of woman even if she adorns the same role what men play. The main motto of the film 'save birds from radiation' has raised a pertinent question but not on strong grounds to vouch for the claim and therefore fail to call for action at least in the minds of the viewers.

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In short, if you are a fan of Rajni and like video games go ahead and watch. And if anyone of you wants to cheer for Akki for his southern movie debut as the menacing Pakshi Rajan please go ahead. If you do not fall under the above mentioned two categories please stay at home and don't spend your hard earned money on these 'Thugs' of Hindustan who mince money by their advertisement and promotional campaigns and offer peanuts in terms of real takeaways as entertainment. No offence to any of the huge fan following who love their superheroes.

PEN Movie Review Rating: 2.5/5

Cast: Rajnikant (Vaseegaran, Chitti, 2.0 and 3.0 version), Akshay Kumar (Pakshi Rajan), Amy Jackson (Nila), Sudhanshu Pandey (Dhinendra, Adil Hussain ( Home Minister), K Ganesh (Jeyanth Kumar), Anant Mahadevan (Head of Meeting), Kalabhavan Shajohn (Minister of Telecommunications)

Genre: Science Fiction Action Film

Director: Shankar

Producers: A Subaskaran

Written by: Shankar, B Jeyamohan (Dialogues) (Hindi Dialogues Abbas Tyrewala)

Screenplay: Shankar

Story: Shankar

Music by: Songs: A R Rahman

Background Score: A R Rahman, Qutub-E-Kripa

Cinematography: Nirav Shah

Edited by: Anthony

Production Company: Lyca Productions

Distributor: Lyca Productions, Dharma Productions, AA Films

Release Date: 29 November, 2018

Duration: 147 Minutes

Language: Tamil (Dubbed in Hindi and Telugu)

Badhaai Ho (Movie Review)

'Badhaai Ho': An Unpretentious Family Entertainer!

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"Whether your pregnancy was meticulously planned, medically coaxed, or happened by surprise, one thing is certain - your life will never be the same" -- Catherine Jones

Amit Ravindernath Sharma's film 'Badhaai Ho' needs a huge 'Badhaai Ho' greetings for its highly relatable and entertaining middle-class family drama. It is not only a full-on entertainer but also a very touching movie that taps on your head to stop being hypocrite and conservative.

Bollywood is dishing out superb content-driven films off late, and I must say that 'Badhaai Ho' is one among the best that got released in recent times. The writers of the film - Shanatanu Srivastava, Akshat Ghildial (he is also the screenplay writer) and Jyoti Kapoor- have etched out each and every character and their dialogues so realistically well that within a few minutes of the movie as an audience you are glued within the family and it's hard to move out even when the end credit lines start rolling on screen.

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'Badhaai Ho' is about an Indian Northern Railway Traveling Ticket Examiner (TTE) Jeetender Kaushik and his family. The middle-aged Jitender Kaushik (Gajraj Rao) and his wife Priyamvada played by Neena Gupta didn't even imagine in their wildest dream that reading out a romantic poem written by Mr Kaushik, which got published in a local magazine, on a rainy night with their bedroom door tightly and safely latched would lead to a equally pleasant and shocking situation after fifteen weeks of their life. A tricky situation that had the potential to rock their otherwise smooth sailing family boat comprising of Kaushik's old mother (Sureka Sikri), a young son Nakul (Ayushmann Khurrana) who works in an IT firm and a school going teenager Gullar (Shardul Rana) who is enjoying the outside world and is curious to know about life and its pleasures.

What follows is hilarious, emotional and eventful that give much ammo to the storytelling of "Badhaai Ho'. The embarrassment of a middle-aged couple who are, perplexed and in dilemma about announcing about the unexpected pregnancy to two young sons and an ageing granny of their children in a closely-knit middle-class colony is well portrayed.

The real stars of the movie are Gajraj Rao and Neena Gupta both bankable actors in their own capacities. Neena Gupta as a wife, daughter-in-law who is constantly bickered by her mother-in-law and as a mother is excellent. She is at her best and is commendably natural. Ayushmann Khurrana as Nakul and Sanya Malhotra as Renee Sharma are paired well. They complement each other well in their roles. Sheeba Chaddha as Renne's mother portrays an upper-middle-class single mother apparently progressive who gives the liberty to her daughter to discuss anything under the sun. Her character as Sangeeta Sharma unmasks the conservative and judgmental personality we hide within our self-projected progressive beings when it comes to dealing with situations that rock the so-called equilibrium of a society and its untold norms.

What irks us as an audience about the film is the mixed accent of the characters used inconsistently like Punjabi, Haryanvi, Hindi and the colloquial expressions. Nevertheless, this can be overlooked and doesn't bother much after some time because of the actors and the storyline.

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Music by Tanishk Bagchi, Rochak Kohli and Jam8 is full of life and is celebratory. The singers Ayushmann, Guru Randhawa, Dev Negi, Jordan, Brijesh Shandilya, Romy and Neha Kakkar are bang on. Ayushmann Khurrana's song 'Nain Na Jodeen' is soulful and hummable. Sanu Varghese, the cinematographer has done a wonderful job. Dev Rao Jaddhav deserves a special mention for his wonderful editing which keeps the movie crisp and leaves the audience at the end wanting for more.

In short, Life isn't full of surprises as people often say, I feel the contrary, it is we who surprises life with our reactions, responses and actions. Life had been always the same freely flowing undeterred naturally brushing the banks of reality and fantasy, it is we human that get colored by our lenses and fail to understand and savour the beauty of life and its twists and turns. So, go and watch 'Badhaai Ho' and greet yourself and everyone else in your life "Badhaai Ho' for all those things that surprise you and others pleasantly and even unpleasantly.

Life Connoisseur Movie Rating: 4/5

Cast: Gajraj Rao (Jeetender Kaushik), Neena Gupta (Priyamvada Kaushik), Ayushmann Khurrana (Nakul), Shardul Rana (Gullar), Sanya Malhotra (Renee), Dadi (Sureka Sikri), Sheeba Chaddha (Sangeeta Sharma), Rahul Tewari (Junaa)

Genre: Comedy Drama

Director: Amit Ravindernath Sharma

Producers: Vineet Jain, Aleya Sen, Hemant Bhandari, Amit Ravindernath Sharma, Sushil Choudhury, Priti Sahani

Written by: Shanatanu Srivastava, Akshat Gildial, Jyoti Kapoor

Screenplay: Akshat Gildial

Music by: Tanishk Bagchi, Rochal Kohli, Jam8

Background Score: Abhishek Arora

Cinematography: Sanu Varghese

Edited by: Dev Rao Jadhav

Production Company: Junglee Pictures, Chrome Pictures

Distributor: AA Films

Release Date: 18 October 2018

Duration: 123 Minutes

Language: Hindi

Mulk (Movie Review)

Mulk: The Story of a Case of Prejudice!

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Abhinav Sinha’s film ‘Mulk’ questions the very prejudice of having two entity in our mind as Indians about the people of our country i.e., ‘Us’ and ‘Them’. Mulk challenges and questions the often heard statement that we allowed and welcomed Muslims to stay in India. The film makes us think and feel that there is no question of ‘allowing or not allowing’ anyone; what is important to understand is that the ‘Mulk (Country)’ is one and the people of this ‘Mulk’ are one, irrespective of what religion, belief, values and rituals they follow. The film states that if you find anyone in doubt the above statement, handover the initial few pages of our constitution to the ignorant.  

 What is noteworthy about the film Mulk is that it depicts the ‘The Truth’ threadbare. The truth that we are as a country a ‘Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic’. It needs tremendous courage and belief in making such a film when people are hunted down for speaking their mind. Mulk is a wakeup call to check the current trajectory of our country steered by a few by fueling religious sentiments by strategically fanning religious insecurities among the easily vulnerable people by using technology, social media, power and to a great extent sometimes the state machinery too.

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The film hovers around a Muslim family in Benaras and its Patriarch Murad Ali Mohammed who is caught unaware about his nephew’s terrorist connection when the tranquillity of Allahabad city is ripped apart by a series of bomb blasts.  Murad Ali a retired advocate who now prescribes homoeopathic medicines to his neighbourhood friends and neither he nor his Hindu friends hesitate to utter salutations like Ram Ram and Assalamu Alaikum to each other, all of a sudden find himself and his family ostracized as an enemy of the ‘Mulk’. His house wall one fine morning is defaced with “Go Back To Pak”

The film is an effort to look at terrorism objectively and to convey that no religion has anything to do with terrorism. In one such instance the advocate Ms. Aarti Mohammed (Taapsee Pannu) for Murad Ali Mohammed who is also his daughter-in-law tells in the courtroom that ‘Terrorism is a criminal act and not a communal act’ and therefore to be cautious about the intentions of religious fanatics who manipulate and diverts any discussion on terrorism towards a particular community and religion.

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Prateik Babbar as the misguided youth Shahid has less screen space but leaves his impact for the whole film to set its tone. Manoj Pahwa as Bilal, father of Shahid plays well as a helpless grief-stricken father whose only mistake is that he never checked his son’s activities and newfound friendship with unwanted elements. Manoj Pahwa known for his comic timings and appearances has nailed his character so well that you emote along with him and feel his trauma and shock.

Rishi Kapoor as Murad Ali Mohammed the patriarch of the hapless family wins your heart as a man of ethics and love for his nation. There is no such moment where you doubt his integrity as an Indian citizen.  He is dead against dividing the nation into religious terms, he believes in communal harmony and advocates that problem lies in people’s mindset towards each other’s religion and customs. Murad Ali reminds us that there many like him in our country who are misunderstood, targeted and doubted for their integrity just because they are Muslims. Taapsee Pannu has added another feather on her cap by playing the role of Aarti Mohammed in Mulk. She is bang on, restrained and daring to question her own parents at one point of time ask her to leave her in-laws to mend they are own troubles and issues. Her courtroom arguments against the Public Prosecutor Santhosh Anand played by the versatile actor Ashutosh Rana is something to watch for. 

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Ashutosh Rana as the Public Prosecutor voices the majoritarian bias towards linking a particular religion and community to terrorism. He as an actor is extremely successful in evoking anger, hatred and doubt against the community he is targeting. Though the theatrics in the courtroom is a dampener and becomes a bit dragging and clichéd but can be overlooked. Also, the background of certain characters are not built properly like all of a sudden we find the Hindu daughter in law of Murad Ali declare that she is the lawyer of Bilal and surprisingly we find suddenly Murad Ali entering the court as an advocate. We are left a bit perplexed that why did otherwise a strong character like Murad Ali decides to leave fighting his case as an advocate giving the responsibility to Aarti Mohammed midway. Whereas, Murad Ali Mohammed’s monologue in the court as an accused to prove his love for his Mulk is outstanding but he is seen broken and shattered in continuing as his own advocate.

Neena Gupta, Rajat Kapoor, Prachee Shah Paandya, Ashrut Jain, Indraneil Sengupta, Abdul Quadir Amin and Vartika Singh as supporting cast has done a remarkable act. The film has a stellar cast which is outstanding and convincing.

Songs like ‘Thenge Se’, ‘Khudara’ and ‘Piya Samaye’ goes with the plot. Evan Mulligan’s cinematography captures the chaos, the anger, the simmering distrust and longing for peace and harmony in a volatile communal situation very well.

In short, Mulk is not just a film, it is the soul of our Mulk that has opened its heart to us. Go and watch along with all those friends who without thinking twice gets carried away by forwarded messages on Whatsapp, and who don’t hesitate to write on the facebook wall and comments in bold ‘Go to Pakistan’. Like Danish Javed, the encounter specialist says let us rightly frame terrorism as the use of violent acts to frighten and harm the people in an area. So any act of violence against women, tribals, workers, and children the list is long be considered as an act of terrorism. The timing of Mulk is right when our Mulk is edging closer for national elections.

.Life Connoisseur Movie Rating: 3.75/5

Cast: Rishi Kapoor (Murad Ali Mohammed), Taapsee Pannu (Aarti Mohammed),Prateik Babbar (Sahid Mohammed), Manoj Pahwa (Bilal Mohammed), Rajat Kapoor (Danish Javed), Nena Gupta (Tabassum), Prachee Shah Pandya, Vartika Singh, Ashrut Jain (Rashid), Indraneil Sengupta, Abdul Quadir Amin

Genre: Drama

Director: Anubhav Sinha

Producers: Deepak Mukut, Anubhav Sinha

Written by: Anubhav Sinha

Music by: Prasad Shaste, Anurag Saikia (Score), Mangesh Dakde

Edited by: Ballu Saluja

Cinematography: Ewan Mulligan

Production Company:  Banaras MediaWorks, Soham Rockstar Entertainment

Release Date: 3 August, 2018

Language: Hindi

Duration: 141 Minutes

Sanju (Movie Review)

Sanju and His Galti Se Mistakes

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Rajkumar Hirani’s film 'Sanju’ appears to be the outcome of a well thought, brainstormed and conveniently selected pieces of Sanjay Dutt's life’s incidents. After watching Sanju, one can sum up the film in one line - “Subah Ka Bhula Agar Shaam Ko Ghar Lout Aaye Tho Usse Bhula Nahi Kehte”.

While watching the film, I remembered what Alexander Pope wrote in his ‘Essay on Criticism’ - “To Err is Human; to Forgive, Divine”. But what makes me wonder is that, is it an error by the filmmaker and the man in question to completely ignore the existence of his Ex-wives Richa Sharma and Rhea Pillai? It was Rhea Pillai who stood with Sanjay Dutt when he was languishing in a prison cell during the Mumbai blasts trial. What followed next is his marriage with her in 1998 and in one of his interview he said - “Love is what Rhea did when I was in jail”.

 

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Hirani makes Sanju mouth about his 308 girlfriends and rounds up the figure to 350 and he also shows Manyata's sacrifices, understanding and maturity as a wife. The film also repeatedly focuses on the innocent faces of his two children from Manyata. All these are really touching but why his first daughter Trishala from Richa Sharma is missing from the frames?; his sisters Priya and Namrata are mute spectators in the whole film while the father-son duo is engaged in an ocean of emotions that displays the ups and downs the family has gone through? The question is what was the compulsion that made the Sanju team remain silent on many aspects of his life that is on public domain but didn't dare to bring on screen?

In the film, there is an instance when his father Sunil Dutt, played well by Paresh Rawal, visits a newspaper office and strikes a conversation with the editor on the authenticity of the news on Sanju. The editor in response to him plays an audio tape in which Sanju is heard talking to some underworld don. Sunil Dutt without battering his eyelids asks the editor why then there is a 'question’ mark at the end of the sensational headline and not a ‘period’ when he is so sure about the veracity of the tape. Here, I would like to ask the filmmaker and his team why they didn’t address in the film so many questions the audience have in their mind.

The film Sanju is good but as a biopic, it is really disappointing and biased. It is unfortunate to say that Rajkumar Hirani fails to be independent, unbiased and objective in making this film as a filmmaker. I am sure whenever Sanjay Dutt would meet Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra and the team he would happily hum the yesteryears popular song (which is also used in the film) ‘Yaara Teri Yaari Ko Main Tho Khuda Mana, Yaad Karengi Duniya Tera Mera Afsana’.

 

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Ranbir Kapoor as Sanjay Dutt is noteworthy and excellent. He is undoubtedly an actor with an enormous amount of talent. Paresh Rawal as Sunil Dutt brings in the required amount of agony, sadness, concern and care as a father in the film. The father-son scenes are moving and inspiring too.

Vicky Kaushal as Kamlesh aka 'Kamli’ Kanhaiya Lal Kapasi steals the show. His role as a friend in Sanju wins many hearts and minds. Vicky Kaushal after Raazi has Sanju in his profile which he can for sure be proud of.  Jim Sarbh as a drug peddler and friend plays his part well.

Dia Mirza as Manyata, Manisha Koirala as Nargis, Sonam Kapoor as Ruby and Anushka Sharma as Winnie Diaz, Karishma Tanna as Pinky and Aditi Gautam as Priya Dutt have nothing significant to say and emote. It is so unjustified and cruel to mute these women who have played significant roles in Sanjay Dutt's life.

 

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I recently heard a known trade analyst in an interview trying to justify the film Sanju by saying that the Rajkumar Hirani was only focusing on two aspects of Sanjay Dutt's life - (a) Drugs and (b) The Mumbai blast trial. If that is the case don't you think that these women (his mother, ex-wives, daughter Trishala and the rest) were part of these two aspects too?

The music by AR Rahman, Rohan-Rohan and Vikram Montrose are good. Of all the songs in the film the song 'Kar Har Maidaan Fateh’ sung by Sukhwinder Singh and Shreya Ghoshal stays in your mind for long.

In short, Sanju can be watched but it is biased and not a biopic as it is claimed to be. Go and watch Sanju this week and ‘Forgive’ Sanju, Rajkumar Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s Galti Se Mistakes and stay ‘Divine’ as an audience.

Life Connoisseur Movie Rating: 3/5

Cast: Ranbir Kapoor (Sanju), Vicky Kaushal (Kamlesh ‘Kamli’ Kanhaiyalal Kapasi), Paresh Rawal (Sunil Dutt), Manisha Koirala (Nargis Dutt), Anushka Sharma (Winnie Diaz), Sonam Kapoor (Ruby), Karishma Tanna (Pinky), Boman Irani (Ruby’s Father), Dia Mirza (Manyata Dutt), Sayaji Shinde (Bandu Dada), Jim Sarbh (Zubin Mistry), Sanjay Dutt as himself (Cameo in the end credit song), Aditi Gautam (Priya Dutt)

Genre: Biopic

Director: Rajkumar Hirani

Producers: Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Rajkumar Hirani

Written by: Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi

Music by: Sanjay Wandrekar, Atul Raninga

Cinematography: Ravi Varman

Edited by: Rajkumar Hirani

Production Company: Rajkumar Hirani Films, Vinod Chopra Films

Distributor: Fox Star Studios, 20^th Century Fox

Release Date: 29 June 2018

Duration: 161 Minutes

Language: Hindi