Movie Review - Dolly Ki Doli

Yes it’s different. Once ditched in love, distrusts men as a whole, refuses to accept marriage as an institution, meets the man who ditched earlier and who wants to make things work again, should end in a happy married life, right? The Director, Abhishek Dogra thinks otherwise.

It’s not always necessary to complete the story saying the prince and princess lived together ever happily. The princess prefers to go back to doing what she is good at and rejects the institution of marriage altogether. In a country where marriage is a national obsession, any attempt to reject it is nothing less than rebellion. Abhishek doesn’t reject the institution of marriage altogether but he simply tries to say that while many people would tread a set path but there could be few who would have the balls to follow their conscience and do whatever they are good at. This makes the movie an interesting watch.

This light hearted comedy hits you at the right place. The movie takes a deep dive into marriages in North India, the razzmatazz around it with focus on a Haryanvi family and a Punjabi family. Raj Kumar Rao, the Haryanvi lad is more than better in his character, has picked up the Haryanvi accent extremely well and gives a perfect start to the movie.

Varun Sharma the next bakra has done an extremely fantastic job. This Mama’s boy who is also in love with Dolly gives the movie those regular comedy shots. Archana Puran Singh who plays his mom adds quite a lot of flavor in her capacity as a mom and as a Saas. Pulkit Samrat, a clone of Chulbul Pandey is a weak link though.

The looteri dulhan aka Sonam Kapoor has come a long way indeed. The pretty diva plays the looteri dulhan well, though at times you feel that she is too good to be a looteri. No wonder even in the movie the bakras who seem to have been duped by her, still seem to be madly in love with her. This makes Dolly a more than perfect character in the movie. Arbaaz Khan seems to have given her a free hand for her wardrobe in the movie. No wonder the wardrobe that she flaunts is another good reason to watch this movie

A good script, an even better climax and the extraordinary performances by almost everyone make this movie a perfect watch. An item song by Malaika Arora is Arbaaz Khan’s signature in all movies from his production house, Needless to say Malaika is awesome. Dadi’s monologue “Ladki de di sab kuch de diya” and Varun Sharma’s one liner “Agar ek baar Dolly de deti to dil me kuch malaal na reh jata” will make you roll on the floor laughing indeed.

Full credit goes to to Abshikek Dogra and the team for this fantastic movie. Sonam needs to improve on her dialogue delivery and voice modulation for sure. She comes out with the same submissive, feminine pitch irrespective of the character or the sequence. Overall this hundred minute comedy is worth your time and money.

Movie Review - Alone

If you have the appetite for erotic thriller genre, don’t give this movie a miss. The movie has everything in it. Probably it’s the first time in India where someone got the guts to make a movie on conjoined twins, the director Bhushan Patel of Ragini MMS fame has done an extremely decent job.

The movie is a remake of the 2007 Thai horror film with the same name.

Good cinematography, camera angles and excellent special effects, sound effects all fall in perfect place to give you goose bumps throughout the movie. Sanjana and Anjana both played by Bipaasha Basu are conjoined twins and are living a quite happy life until Kabir (Karan Sign Grover) comes into their lives. 

Sanjana and Anjana both fall in love with this Kabir, but Kabir reciprocates this to only one of them. Jealousy and feeling of rejection build up in the other to an extent that she goes ahead kills the other and get separated to enjoy the marital bliss. Years later when the couple comes back to their village the revengeful spirit comes back into their lives and the thrill begins.

The sequences have been articulated carefully to keep the artistic element in this fear genre. Bipasha has done a great job playing a double role as the conjoined twins. She also doubles up as the revengeful spirit that wanted to avenge her own killing.

Practically the whole movie is shot in the picturesque Kerala. The boats, the backwater, coconut grooves and the rainforest of Kerala have been beautifully captured and keep you mesmerized throughout the movie. The well toned curves of Bipasha and the eight packs of Grover is also a treat to watch.

So go ahead, enjoy the evil spirits in the backwater of Kerala with a bucket of popcorn. You will not regret the time and energy spent on it.

Movie Review - Tevar

 

If you are a fan of Manoj Bajpayee, you simply can’t afford to miss this movie. This lovelorn villain is an absolute treat to watch. The muscleman and brother of a local leader, Gajendar (Manoj Bajpayee) falls madly in love with Radhika (Sonakshi Sinha). The whole sequence revolves around this one sided love - Gajinder trying all his means to win Radhika and she trying to save herself from this goon. Arjun Kapoor (Pintu) accidentally comes into the scene who tries to protect Radhika from Gajinder and in due course of time falls in love with her. Short and simple story but powerful performance by all the three makes this movie an absolute delight to watch.

Despite being his debut film the director Amit Ravindernath Sharma has done an extremely superb job. The dance numbers are awesome and so are the fight sequences. The film has been picturized in the backdrop of Agra and Agra has been beautifully captured in the whole movie.

  

Again if you are lover of Taj Mahal, you should definitely not give this movie a miss. Go and watch this movie now. Taj Mahal seems to be an integral character of the movie and has been at the backdrop in more than half of the movie. Taj has been so beautifully captured in this movie, different angles and in different backgrounds that it keeps you glued to the movie. Arun Kapoor has already proved his worth in Gunday and Aurangzeb and does it yet again. Sonakshi as a small town girl caught between the lust of Gazinder and love of Pintu has done complete justice to her role.

Overall, this movie should be watched for two extremely strong reasons; cinematography with Taj Mahal in the background and the extraordinary performance of Manoj Bajpayee.