Wish you a Happy new year

Dear Friends, family, colleagues, Fellow Bloggers and all my readers,
Wish you all a Happy new year in advance and as we are standing just at dawn of 2008, I promise you all 2008 will see whole new Blog in fact blogs with separate all reviews movies old and new, books old and new editorials and loads or more. Each topic segregated in separate blog and introducing more ideas in one blog, just abstract essays on day to day life and events. I just need to buy some more time as my career may be at verge of major turning point, not just career even life. All I need is 3-4 months and your wishes and blessings. Time is tough on me at moment plsss bless,pray and wish for easing my luck now
Thanks Promise to be back soon with bang

Apologies

Dear readers, family and friends and my most impp all my feloow super Bloggers,
I am writing this post to apologise all of you for disappointing you all. Well, I am caught up in career storm, well wanna soon be full time blogger and writer, so have to have bucks to settle for that. Hence, am just caught up in some exams to be given for furthering my educations, For which I require your support and wishes. I ll be back next Year in Jan, with loads of movie reviews with all movies seen on first day of release and review by next day plus loads of old movie reviews, books, editorial views and loads. Just kindly bless me and wish me that I get through some of major hindrances soon and find time for enlightening you withh Bollywood, Hollywood and Literati.

Review of new film Life in a ...METRO

Life not so Good in this…. METRO


With genre of multi starrer films dawning on issues of disarranged couples, broken marriages, premarital sex, and compromises after marriages, gay rights and many more, one more comes out from Bollywood right through UTV’s pocket, Life in a Metro. Set in every busy and buzz city Mumbai, film is about three protagonist living an extremely dull life making aura dull. The lives of Shilpa Shetty, Konkana Sen and Sharman Joshi intermingle in huge 468 sq.km area. Somehow and also share a common fate of being dejected in love fields. Yaawn…Hmmmm… No new spice when the marriage between Shilpa Shetty and Kay Menon is falling apart from just boredom and stress of living in city. Konkona Sen, younger sister of Shilpa Shetty is trying hard to lose heart and even her virginity to same person (can you imagine that) and Sharman Joshi in fever of becoming rich is stuck up with a gal Kanagana Ranaut, whom he flirts with but doesn’t have guts enough to propose.
On deep thoughts and proper vision, director has chosen sex and music as chief protagonist. The link between characters and their stories is physical attraction and 3 unshaven men appearing at screen at any given time and place (Much to annoyance of audience gathered from grunts and growls in theatre) start shrieking in loud melodious voice and tuning guitar along with their vocals. Added surprise element is an old couple trying to retrieve their romance after death of their married halves. Nafisa Ali, an ex dance teacher of Shilpa Shetty is staying in an old age home, where our married woman meets Shiney Ahuja a divorcee, is awaiting her old flame who turns out to be much to audience surprise and waahs Indian superman Dharmendra. Unhappy Shipa somehow or by some reason is attracted and drawn to Shiney to an extent of desire to sleep with him, but shortly before a jolted alarm wakes her up from crime and sends her running out of red light drudgery lanes of Mumbai. Konkona Sen trying hard to find right man to go on bed with encounters Irrfan Khan, a strange bizarrely weird personality. She gets attracted to her colleague and starts dating him, only to walk in when he is busy making out with her manager, a man. Its second time in Bollywood poor Konkona has to open door to see her boyfriend in poses of Brokeback Mountain. C’mon guys give her beauty credit and let straight guys date her for once. Dejected, Depressed she quits job and enters new firm to find Irrfan Khan as her new colleague. Helping the irritatingly lovable Irrfan for shopping for his arranged marriage, she falls for him. Sharman Joshi our modern Bhilaite call centre guy uses his flat as brothel for his seniors to get gals to screw. Only he doesn’t realize that his big boss Kay Kay Menon gets his love interest Kangana for corrupting her. The pay raise lures and promotion greed makes him agree to play Key to this sex scandal, but till a day, he sees his girl lying in his bathroom drunk with phenyl. And Boom the extra marital affairs get exposed, love is lost, people are hurt, senior couple face difficulties in meeting and Emotions are played. And again 3 men in their guitar mumbling their melodious number at some crossroad of city and making climax more baffled with plethora of all characters of film dispersed bizarrely for their true love and life.
The stale screenplay is even made duller by poor and flawed direction. Anurag Basu has failed to freshen up his talents and the movie. The string between stories is also too weak and lacks intensity. The camera angles capture right emotions and movie along with scene, but movement of scenes is only wrong. The pace of screenplay in this 2 hours movie is lost at many times and dull throughout movie. Multistory with serious captivity can be bred and treated differently. The lifesaver and drawing power of this movie is performances. Each and every character of movie has done par justice to their roles and special mention to Irrfan Khan, who has tremendously exceeded in his portrayal. Dharmendra deserves a standing ovation for his superfluous comeback after n number of years. The music though melodious fails to jive up screen and just its untimely presentation serves an irritating irk to audience. Pritam and his band mates have done their job but too many songs in this hardly scripted movie don go well. The kiss and tell controversy may save Shilpa’s fate and of film besides the performances

Rating**1/2

Rating Chart

* Bhool Hi jaaon
** Theek Hai Chalalenge
*** Accha Hain Achha Hain
**** Kya Baat HainJhakkaas
***** Dimaag aur Dil Hila De
Technorati Tags :Movies,Life in a Metro, News Releases, 2007 Movies, Shilpa Shetty,Kay Kay Menon,Irrfan Khan,Konkona Sen,
Shiney Ahuja, Sharman Joshi,Kangana Ranaut

Review of film Chachi 420

Cross-dressing has been subject of extremes; well one can laugh at it or look at disgust. From gays to entertainers all have different outlook of dressing in opposite gender’s wardrobe. Though carried out from ages, stage artist to idiot box cast to big screen stars, all have transformed into opposite sex, though for few moments. The makeover has caused hilarious moments though some with spice of vulgarity and outlandish humor. So, let’s look at one such movie where cross-dressing was used in main script to generate momentum of the movie. Inspired from Hollywood flick Mrs Doubtfire wherein Robin Williams wore frocks and fake breast. Kamal Hasan directed himself in this laugh riot. Divorce of Tabu and Kamal Hasan renders the choreographer lonely and misses his dear daughter, getting to meet fortnightly.
With help of Johnny Walker, the make up artist at studio, Kamal dresses as old lady to apply for caretaker job at his in laws to be near his daughter. Entangled in funny script and eyes of landlord Paresh Rawal when a lady and dance assistant Ayesha Jhulka. Both cannot stop falling all over him and when he is her. The humor though sarcastic and loose provide good tummy turner laughs and one cannot stop rolling when the mean, villainous father in law Amrish Puri starts vying for the lady. Amrish Puri, who has broken marriage of daughter for marrying a poor choreographer starts planning his marriage with the same son in law who has undergone makeup to be governess. Om Puri who plays scheming, cheating employee of Amrish Puri can’t help but worrying and suspecting the old governess.
The screenplay is funny and outright humorous with total double meaning jokes and dialogues. The superfluous direction of Kamal Hasan has been noted with equally good character swapping of both roles as him and her. Tabu also has done noted job with Paresh Rawal cant stop being funny. Amrish Puri also has left one more memento in his memorabilia performances. The hall f fame of actors has a huge room for Om Puri who masters all characters he has played. The trashy and witty dialogues with mirthful screenplay has kept the movie alive and one of the memorable film of Comedy genre


Rating: ***
Rating Chart

* Bhool Hi jaaon
** Theek Hai Chalalenge
*** Accha Hain Achha Hain
**** Kya Baat HainJhakkaas
***** Dimaag aur Dil Hila De
Technorati Tags:Movies,1990s,Kamal Hassan,Tabu

Review of Book "Interpreter of maladies"

The stories of immigrants are what Jhumpa Lahiri has presented to us in her compilation of short stories, “Interpreter of Maladies”. Originating from India and its subcontinent and lasting in continents of west is highlight of her writing. The conflicting cultures, lost relations, effluent in home away from away and other challenges faced are what we see in this book. Being an immigrant herself, the pains and gains of their life are not alien to her, thus well presented by the author.
The ups and downs of housewives, the generation gap, the fatal attractions and much better interpreted.
The nine story book is sewn together with story of an American born Indian couple offering condolences to each other every night and dealing with loss of their unborn child. Another story set in 1960s when East Pakistan was at unrest to form a new state as Bangladesh, a resident on work in USA experiences and dilemmas of its family in region of tension and war. Narrated by a small girl, one can experience the insecurity of Mr Pirazada, while eating his meals each day he faces for his welfare of daughters in their homeland. Then comes a story of American born Indian family on holiday in India for first time. The tour guide is stunned by revelation by the lady of house, an astonishing secret which cannot be let out. An old Bengali woman safeguards a building while speaking of her past fortune she left on other side of border. The complicated and controversial affair between a Bengali married man and American is what we read in another chapter. Also, Story of a newly wed Bengali woman coping up with her loneliness in America by child sitting job is what we read. An Indian bred husband trying to adjust with norms of his American bred wife and a Bibi Haldar longing to marry, but her illness came in way. The last story traverses three continents through life of an Indian who travels from India to London to Boston.
The stories may not be page ripping or page turner, but they give sense of elation on read. The couplets may feel as read and heard, but the author has given fresh look to the stories. The grammatical exploration f relationships make this book pleasant read. The deeper hidden meaning to stories is what Jhumpa Lahiri famous for. The book with its flow is definitely must read for all book lovers. The page by page, life and relationships are unveiled by Jhumpa in this one. So just by one copy and give it read.
Rating***1/2


Rating Chart
*- Don’t even look at Cover
** Read it only if you desire, otherwise don spend on it
*** Good Buy and better read
**** Splendid for your collection
*****- Must read and buy Dare you miss it