Karthik Calling Karthik

This unique movie name, started many funny PJs :P one of them being (Im assuming I have been granted permission for posting your patented jokes :P) 'karthik calling karthik, toh engage tone lagega' :P

Anyway, the promos made me want to watch the movie. The story seemed to be good and different, and so off we went for the movie.Reviews that we heard before the movie were 50% people found it boring, 50% found it out of the box. So with mixed expectations we were all set to experience KCK.

The movie is about a weird call from the same person to the same person. Unbelievable but a nice thought. The movie starts with Farhan being a simpleton, not being able to refuse anything he is asked to do. And then this weird call changes his life. He gets the love of his life and everything is going on smoothly until the day he tells his Shona about this mysterious caller. ANyway, I won't pen down the entire story here, just in case you still haven't watched it.

As for the story, it is a nice fresh concept. It is done well but not very practical. The psychiatrist for example is doesn't help the patient in anyway. A psychiatrist usually listens to his/her patient and very nicely and calmly talks the patient out of his/her problems. But here our doctor says 'Move on.' 'Let me come to your place at 5am to confirm if these calls exist'. Utterly not plausible. Some of the dialogues are nice and witty. The love story is nice but nothing very new. Farhan's acting is no doubt superb. And as for Deepika as usual a little overdone.

The movie gets a little boring in between and it feels a bit stretched towards the end. But overall its a fresh concept which could have been made a little better. A one time watch I'd say.

The Namesake

This movie by Mira Nair, I was supposed to have watched much earlier as early as 4 years ago!
Anyway, make sure you don't miss it, if you haven't seen it already.

I won't say its a masterpiece of direction, infact I found some parts and scenes rather patchy and out of place. But the story and the narration are too good. The way marriages took place earlier, one meeting and its decided. And the funny part, the female is asked to sing or recite something (wonder if they are looking for a bride or a trained singer!)
The way the relationship between husband and wife develops is not emphasised as much, but the loyalty and trust and compatibility they develop after years of marriage is very well portrayed. The children, born and brought up in the USofA, can hardly be expected to learn and cherish and follow Indian values, and this in turn results in a weak family bond. The children stay away from home and are least bothered about their parents.
What changes things, is Irfan Khan's death. The way the part Irfan's death is narrated is touching! His son's reaction and the change afterwards is nicely described. And the story that proceeds from here is touching and practical. Ashima's (Tabu) daighter settles down and her son, after a broken up marriage starts life anew.

I'd say a nice movie to watch once, for the performances and the story telling!

Ringa Ringa

What do you call a movie with a strong script, good performances, good background score, good dialogue delivery, good direction, good dialogues, good screenplay? You got it right, Ringa ringa :)

The movie starts nicely and then keeps moving at a pace that keeps everyone engaged and guessing the plot till the end. It is a story about Siddharth (Bharat Jadhav) who is the bodyguard of a corrup politician Rang Rao. He decides to let the world know his master's evil doings and thereby save Goa, the state the movie is shot in. This eventually ends up the bad way and then the movie proceeds and Mansi (Sonali Kulkarni) and her lovely sarees and her awesome performance is all you can see. The way her expressions and eyes help the dialogues to be effective is a must watch.
The story is very well twisted so much so that you can keep guessing till the end but can be never sure. It is a bit dramatic towards the end, but then thats Indian cinema for you :)
Enjoy it and I'm sure you will have nothing but words of praise for this beauty!

P.S. Don't watch it at CPK, their sound system is so bad that it'll give you the impression that Sonali has over acted!

Click

Its a bollywood horror movie which atleast does not make you laugh. The promotional videos of the movie looked inviting (let me clarify again its a horror), the lead aatma looked scary even without makeup :P It is a cut + copy + paste from different movies and it seems to be inspired a lot from grudge.

But, seriously I liked the movie because it didn't make you laugh. It did give you some shrills and scary moments and then went on to bore you. The story was okish and the direction could have been much better. When the 'scary' mood was just setting in, the direction took it to a love story with senti dialogues and mushy hugs and songs which did not let you get into the romantic mood.

As for the acting, the lead actors Shreyas and the newbie (imdb has no record for this movie ;)) are average. The movie maybe does not demand more than skin show and screeches.

It is much better than other bollywood horror movies, but it could have been much much better.
I'd say one time watch else..don't bother!

Couples Retreat

Don't ask me why I saw this movie..I cannot think of any good reason..

There is absolutely no story. Performances meagre. Story telling..absent. There is nothing for sore eyes too ;)

Rann

Doesn't it sound like 'run'..run away..save yourselves..;)
It is a very usual..well known story. The only thing the movie does is "throw the truth in your face".
Nothing about the movie is extraordinary. Even the starcast doeas not help as the performances are below average. What I don't understand is - why does an actor like Gul Panag even sign a role where she has no more than three or four meagre minute scenes, none of which show her great acting calibre? Amitabh Bachchan has given some great performances in movies like Black and Paa ; he is no more a beginner to be signing roles like these; is he listening?
The only consolation is that the background music is nice.

Please don't bother!

Ishqiya

Bore.
(A couple of jokes are good btw).