Bewakoofiyan is a feel good movie

- Romantic story interspersed with comedy and the realities of corporate world. Movie is very realistic, memorable and has a feel good factor

- Movie brings out the fear of the worst - being laid off after you have just been promoted - the consequences you have to face when your credit cards are rejected and you need to repay your loans and at the same time, deal with frustrations and taunts by your friends and girlfriend

- Good acting by Ayusshman Khurana, Sonam Kapoor and Rishi Kapoor.

- Music is good, especially the tracks Gulcharray and Bewakoofiyan

- Movie drags towards the end, however, that said aside, it's worth a watch

Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania is timepass

- Average storyline, nothing new. The movie drags in the second half. A totally timepass movie

- Varun and Alia do a fair job, but there is nothing in the story of the movie that can help them deliver outstanding performances.

- Also unconvincing is the fact that how Varun manages to convince Alia's father that he is better than the man that the latter had chosen for Alia - a doctor from US, who was perfect in almost every respect. Just because Varun beat up a few goons doesn't make him better than the fiance.

- Music is cut-copy-paste from Punjabi music industry. Saturday Saturday and Main Tennu Samjhawan both seem force fitted in the movie

Hate Story 2 is three times poor than Hate Story

- New actors Surveen Chawla and Jay Bhanushali in the movie. Jay barely has much role to play in the movie. Makes a late entry and an early exit. Surveen does a fair job. Sushant is effective as a villain

- How the two suddenly fall in love is very questionable and is not articulated properly

- Can a politician be so very possessive about a fling and can he mobilize all state forces to go after a girl is unconvincing and unbelievable

- Revenge quotient is claimed to be three times that in Hate Story. But, truly speaking, the story of revenge in Hate Story was far better than the one shown in this movie

- Sound track with Kabhi Aayine Pe, Pink Lips and Aaj Phir Tum Pe is above average. Aaj Phir gets repeated again and again throughout the movie

- Overall the movie is average. Nothing great in the movie to talk about. Script of Hate Story was far better.

Bobby Jasoos is poorly scripted

It starts amidst high expectations with  Bobby (Vidya Balan) disguised as a Muslim clergy taking pictures of a couple and then mingling in the crowd, where she changes her disguise. The next few minutes show how a private detective agency refuses to hire her as she is not qualified to be a detective and how her own family members shun her for opting to be a detective.

All this only adds to Bobby's zeal to be a successful professional and she sets up shop as a detective along with two assistants. One fine morning, opportunity comes knocking at her doorsteps as a wealthy man in a car lands up at her shop and gives her a project.

- Film raises questions over ethics involved in detective work - should a detective take up a project without knowing the how the findings will be used or for what purpose is the project being carried out?

- Film also raises points on acceptance of unconventional career options such as jasoosi by a Muslim female in a conservative society like

- Movie does well to hold the suspense till the end
- However, the climax is weak and unconvincing
- Also, Vidya proves that she can act very well
- Poor soundtrack of the movie doesn't add much to entertainment quotient

Punjab 1984 - worth a watch

Punjab 1984 is the tale of the days of the Hindu-Sikh war in Punjab from the eyes of a family. Diljeet is the protagonist, while Kirron Kher plays his mother.

- Shows how youth in Punjab were misled by politically motivated radical Sikh forces
- Shows the animosity that they tried to create between Hindus and Sikhs
- Pays attention to detail (lifestyle of 1984 - transistors, spectacles
- Diljeet proves that he can be a quality actor
- Kirron Kher does a superb job in the film
- An eye opener to the generation, which was not born in 1984, to what happened in Punjab
- Although movie not politically motivated, it takes a stance.
- Mention of Rajiv's "tree falls and earth shakes" comment
- Music is good - sung by Diljeet himself
- Pavan Malhotra plays the effective bad cop

The Xpose is a comical thriller - first of its kind

The Xpose revolves around the murder of a Bollywood actress of the 60s and delves into her souring relationship with director, music director, competing directors, ex-boyfriends, co-actors and people with whom she has had one-night affairs.

The movie has many positives to it - a strong storyline inspired by real life incidents, a well built and paced suspense which retains audience interest till the end, good background score that goes well with the suspense and the attention to detail as the film depicts the Bollywood of the late 60s.

There are many negatives - amateur actors (including Honey Singh), an awful looking Himesh Reshammiya having a royal attitude, who makes you laugh more than he commands admiration. Perhaps the intention of the director was to put Honey Singh and Himesh in such roles that the movie ends up being a comedy thriller - a first of its kind. Also, the soundtrack is good, but the placement in the movie is very arbitrary.

Himesh makes you laugh - with his habit holding an unlit cigarette, with his over the top dialogues, with his high flying attitude of demeaning others in the movie. Him being portrayed as a policeman turned cold blooded murderer turned jailed convict turned superhero doesn't look convincing.

That said, the movie is also partly confusing - the reason behind introducing Himesh's step brother (played by Adil Hussain) and his role in the movie remains unclear. Was the character was introduced just to make a point that one can't remain without being illegal (hiding one's mistakes) when one is in love? If yes, then this is  not going to register with the audience at the end of the movie unless they decide to watch the movie for a second time. Also, who is Karnik and how does he influence the verdict of the murder case is unclear.


All in all, the movie makes for good entertainment, has a powerful storyline with a well built in suspense that is maintained till the end. Worth your buck.

Ek Villain is a watchable romantic thriller

Ek Villain is a romantic thriller that keeps you glued to your seats for most of the duration. The story is about a young boy, (played by Siddharth Malhotra) who has been hardened into a criminal by the blows that life and society have inflicted upon. Also in this movie is a psychopath (Riteish), who has turned into a serial murderer.His murder weapon - a screwdriver.
 
Excellent acting by both Siddharth Malhotra and Riteish Deshmukh. Siddharth does a great job as the revengeful young man whereas Riteish as usual is at his best in uncanny roles. Shraddha, playing the cheerful girl and Siddharth's girlfriend does a fair job.

The movie begins with two three different sequences all of which connect and start making sense later on in the middle of the movie. First - Shraddha driving a jeep missing a pothole and scolding the person responsible for it. This would seem to be non-consequential, but has immense consequences for all the chain of events in the movie. Second - a hooded man attacks Shraddha with a  screwdriver. However, when she pleads mercy stating that she is pregnant and the survival of child is important, the man throws her out of the balcony. Third - Siddharth finishing an interview, hiding his tattoos, coming out to attend a phone call from Shraddha. The relevance of all three sequences is revealed later on in the movie.

The music is soothing with popular familiar tracks like Galliyan and Banjaraa.

Where the audience starts losing interest is when Siddharth gets to know the identity of Shraddha's  murderer at the turn of the interval and the suspense over the identity of the murderer is lost. What follows is predictable to some extent and slightly boring.