Starring
Irrfan Khan …. 
Rahul Bose …. 
Konkona Sen Sharma …. 
Soha Ali Khan …. 
Payal Rohatgi …. 

‘Dil Kabaddi’ Hindi Movie Review:

In the present age of instant attractions and repulsions, seven years is a painfully long time for the post-marital itch to set in. Husbands with roving eyes and reluctant wives often get a kick of hormones to indulge in some extra-marital sexual adventures. Bold though it may sound, this is the theme of Dil Kabaddi , a sex comedy revolving around the tangled lives of two married couples.

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amit ( Irrfan Khan ) and Mita ( Soha Ali Khan ) are married but not made for each other.

He loves to experiment in bed and wants a sexually aggressive wife, but Mita is an intellectual who cherishes delicate moments of love and wants to go slow with her sexually impatient husband.

Expectedly, Irrfan falls for his curvy aerobics instructor ( Payal Rohatgi ) who is a sex bomb with a defused intellect.

The wedge in Samit and Mita’s marriage forces their friends Rishi ( Rahul Bose ) and Simi ( Konkona Sen Sharma ) to ponder over their dull married life. Deep within, Rishi, a professor, is tormented (pleasantly though) by sexual fantasies about his student Raga (Saba), while Simi, an agony aunt for a magazine, finds herself getting attracted to Veer ( Rahul Khanna ), an art director nursing a heart break. But, willy-nilly, Simi ends up playing a matchmaker between Veer and Mita (Soha).

How this tangle of adulterous flings plays out for each character is what ‘Dil Kabaddi’ is about.

Director Anil Senior takes inspiration from Wood Allen’s ‘Husbands and Wives’ and gives it a desi spin by tilting the story more towards sex than relational complexities. ‘Dil Kabaddi’ starts off pretty well but gets repetitive in the second half when you find the same ribaldry being played out over again in different situations. The story keeps spiraling in circles till the fag end when the director probably realizes that the freaking plot is heading nowhere and tries to give it a definitive direction.

What keeps your interest from waning is the performances by Irrfan Khan, Konkona Sen and Soha. Irrfan appears as if he’s just had a shot of the world’s most potent aphrodisiac, while Soha is effectively restrained and uptight. Konkona is highly expressive and Rahul Bose manages to impress despite his accented dialogue delivery. Rahul Khanna seems laidback and disinterested in his role. Payal Rohatgi fits the role of a bimbo who stimulates passion in the opposite sex.

‘Dil Kabaddi’ does have a few funny sequences, but overall the film fails to deliver what it promised. It neither gives you ample laughs, nor does it sex you up. And that’s a pity.

Rating: **

Starring
Paresh Rawal …. 
Naseeruddin Shah …. 
Neha Dhupia …. 
Boman Irani …. 
Tara Sharma …. 
Om Puri …. 

‘Maharathi’ Hindi Movie Review:

Good performances alone do not a film make. You need equally deft direction to transform a good script into a cinematic experience worth spending time and money on. ‘Maharathi’, alas, turns out to be yet another case of missed opportunity. The film, based on a long-running Gujarati play, is a situational thriller with many a twist in its winding trajectory.

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It has a plot which is essentially suited to the theatre format, and to adapt it to celluloid was always going to be a daunting task for the screenplay writer and director.  

The movie tells the story of a petty crook Subhash ( Paresh Rawal ) who saves the life of a rich man Adenwala ( Naseeruddin Shah ) and gets the job as his driver. An ex filmmaker who’s drinking himself to death, Adenwala is married to a young pretty but fiery wife Mallika ( Neha Dhupia ) who’s favorite pastime seem to be squandering her alcoholic husband’s wealth.

Tired of his messed up life, Adenwala commits suicide and leaves behind a whopping insurance sum which the surviving players — his wife, driver, lawyer ( Boman Irani ) and caretaker ( Tara Sharma ) – want to get their hands on. But there’s one problem. They would have to turn the suicide into murder. And somebody has to be the fall guy.

Also in the fray is a sharp-witted cop ( Om Puri ).

On paper – and even on stage – the story sounds quite riveting. But on the big screen, the film turns out to be a ho-hum affair. Even though the performances are brilliant, the build-up in the plot is disjointed and, to some extent, erratic. The trouble lies in director Shivam Nair’s telling. Since the story is adapted from a play, long single shots might have been used better to lend intensity and gravity to the unfolding drama.

The actors don’t disappoint. Paresh Rawal is the pivotal player flanked by an improved Neha Dhupia (only when she’s not yelling her lungs out) and a convincing Tara Sharma. Naseer, expectedly, towers over all, while Om Puri has a briefer role.

Despite such a talented ensemble, director Shivam Nair botches up ‘Maharathi’ with his shoddy direction, giving you only a few edge-of-the-seat moments in this thanda thriller.

Nothing great about this ‘Maharathi’.

Rating: **

Starring
Mandira Bedi …. 
Anupam Kher …. 
Mahesh Manjrekar …. 

Meerabai Not Out Hindi Movie Review:

‘Meerabai Not Out’ -Full of Silly Points
Too many silly points mar this overblown tale of a woman who is crazy about cricket. ‘Meerabai Not Out’ is a film that causes embarrassment to the people watching it. More than that, it tests your patience with the slow pace of its utterly predictable plot. You know beforehand how the story’s going to wind up. Yet, you sit yawning and watching the proceeding on the screen with the same boredom as you see a five-day match drag to a lackluster draw.

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The film’s central character Meerabai ( Mandira Bedi ) is a maths teacher whose life revolves around the game of cricket and its icon Anil Kumble.

So much so that she prefers fantasies of Kumble to real men in flesh and blood. Obviously it’s a cause for concern for Meera’s close-knit family that has an elder brother ( Mahesh Manjrekar ), a disillusioned ex-cricketer who has come to hate the game.

Romance enters Meera’s life with the coming of a doctor (Eijaz Khan) but soon she finds herself on the crossroad where she has to choose between cricket and love. It eventually boils down to a match between Meera’s brooding brother and her fiancé.

The trouble with ‘Meerabai Not Out’ is that in spite of its persistent attempts to be different, it remains an ordinary, run-of-the-mill film with marginal and underdeveloped characters. The humour ends up looking silly and many situations (like Meera coming late for her engagement because she had to catch a match) appear outright ridiculous to even laugh at, forget believing them.

Mandira Bedi, sans her noodle-strap blouses, brings about the needed exuberance to her cricket-buff character without ever showing a truly histrionic moment in her performance. The supporting cast too offers nothing laudable, including the usually superb Anupam Kher as Meera’s prospective father-in-law. Anil Kumble’s cameo fails to enliven the dull script. He needs a ‘doosra’ attempt to make his mark.

Directed by Chandrakant Kulkarni, ‘Meerabai Not Out’ begins on a promising note but plods as it approaches the interval point. Things gain momentum before the climactic match in which Meera’s fate is to be decided. But by then you are so tired that you want to raise your (index) finger and declare Meerabai – OUT!!!

Take a protective gear if you indeed decide to watch this one.

Rating: *

Starring
Vinay Pathak …. 
Saurabh Shukla …. 
Divya Dutta …. 

Oh, My God!! Hindi Movie Review:

‘Oh, My God!!’ -God help!
Bollywood filmmakers seem hell-bent on bringing the almighty down to earth. In film after film we are made to believe that God – probably unemployed in the recession-hit heaven – has all the time in the world to mend the lives of mortal earthlings.

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After Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic , the tortuous God Tussi Great Ho and the hellish Hello , Oh, My God!! is yet another tale of divine intervention in the life of a protagonist who prays to God but doesn’t want His help at the cost of his morals.

Vinay Pathak plays Rajendra Dubey, a salesman with big dreams of becoming another Ambani someday. He has many money-making schemes that no one seems interested in. His wife ( Divya Dutta ) prays to the almighty for help. And lo and behold, God ( Sourabh Shukla ), dressed in all white, comes down himself to hand over bags of money to Dubey and also munch on some fast food and confectionary during His earthly sojourn.

Despite God’s repeated attempts to help him, Dubey, the simpleton with firm values, fails to see the cues. Finally, when wads of money are thrust upon Dubey, the man feels pangs of conscience.

With its honest, holier-than-thou protagonist, ‘Oh My God’ tries to drive home a good moral message that gets diluted in the morass of its plot-holes. The sequences in which God keeps reappearing before Dubey in different avatars get repetitive after some time. Though Pathak plays his part with conviction, you notice that the actor stands a serious risk of getting typecast in guy-next-door kind of roles. Sourabh Shukla provides some comic relief as the God that pampers his taste buds. Divya Dutta is brilliant as Dubey’s supportive wife.

All in all, a ho-hum film that could be avoided even if the ticket is God-sent.

Rating: *1/2

Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi 2008 - Hindi Movie

Starring
Shahrukh Khan …. 
Anushka Sharma …. 
Vinay Pathak …. 
Kajol …. Special Appearance

Director : Aditya Chopra
Music Album : Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

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Starring
Katrina Kaif …. 
Salman Khan …. 
Anil Kapoor …. 

Music Album : Yuvvraaj

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Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi 2008 - Hindi Movie 

Starring
Sonu Sood …. 
Eesha Koppikhar …. 
Alok Nath …. 

Producer : Sooraj R. Barjatya
Lyricist : Ravindra Jain
Musician : Ravindra Jain

‘Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi’ Review: -Old world charm

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Away from the by-now-mandatory bikinis and brawns of Bollywood, Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi takes you into a different world, where love happens in mere passing of glances, and where values like sacrifice for one’s family forms the premise of an entire story.

Some things remain untouched by the passage of time. One such is the genre of family flicks by Rajshree Films, with its helmsman Sooraj Barjatya having himself churned out a good number of love stories set against the backdrop of families. Now, debutant director Kaushik Ghatak adapts himself well to the Rajshree genre and comes out with a simple and evocative story, rich in emotions that perhaps some, if not many, of us can barely identify with.

‘Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi’ is a film with an old-world charm. It’s a charm we haven’t yet become alien to. That’s perhaps why it appeals. It’s a love story where romance brews despite any physical closeness between the lovers. In fact, the film is about separation, about not being able to be together despite wanting to. The villain in the story is not any character, but circumstances. Circumstances that test the story’s characters. It may sound cheesy, but ‘Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi’ does get your handkerchiefs out in the second half.

The movie tells the unique love story of Chandni ( Eesha Koppikhar ) and Prem ( Sonu Sood ). The two meet and fall in love at a singing performance. She comes from a poor family with an old father and two younger siblings. He hails from a rich family.

Chandni is set to get engaged to Prem. But she postpones her marriage plans after her father passes away and she has to assume the responsibility of her younger siblings. Prem waits for Chandni. But the wait lasts nine long years. And after that when it looks Chandni and Prem would unite forever, another twist gives a new direction to their love tale.

‘Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi’ conforms to the quintessential Barjatya tradition of songs set against the backdrop of weddings. That’s what pinches you in the first half, when you are served a good number of songs in quick succession. The story takes a serious turn in the second half. At one point, it appears that Prem and Chandni’s love story is doomed to die. But then, it’s a Rajshree film. The ending always has to be on a positive note.

Eesha Koppikhar excels in a role that focuses not on glamour or skin-show, but solely on performance. And she does act well for the most part. Sonu Sood looks a tad mature for his role, but the actor delivers a fine performance. On the sidelines, Alok Nath and Vishal Malhotra (as Chandni’s brother) are good.

The music of ‘Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi’ doesn’t exactly win your heart. The cinematographic style too is pretty traditional, with smiling characters moving into the frames and the camera panning across to establish the setting of a scene. Kaushik Ghatak ’s style of direction is simple. He lets the story come to the fore without letting the style take over. Now, that’s another thing that the story is such that it appeals to us solely for nostalgic reasons. That’s the film’s shortcoming and yet also its uniqueness.

Rating: **1/2

EMI 2008 - Hindi Movie

Starring
Sanjay Dutt …. Sattarbhai
Arjun Rampal …. 
Malaika Arora …. 
Ashish Choudhary …. 
Neha Oberoi …. 
Urmila Matondkar …. 

‘EMI’ Review:

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Bhai log. Better save your sweat money for this month’s actual EMI, than to waste it on this boring film.

EMI is loosely inspired from the films of Munnabhai series. The only difference is that here the protagonist Sattarbhai ( Sanjay Dutt ) is not the focus of the story. The story rather revolves around five different characters.

There’s a disc jockey named Ryan ( Arjun Rampal ) who thrives on credit money and credit cards. He falls for a sexy gold-digger ( Malaika Arora who leaves him with huge debts running into lakhs.

There’s a young couple ( Ashish Choudhary and Neha Oberoi ) who take loans to start their married life but end up divorcing and, consequently, defaulting on their easy monthly installments.

There’s a young widow ( Urmila Matondkar ) trying to prove her husband’s suicide as a murder to get the whopping insurance money.

And there’s a dad ( Kulbhushan Kharbanda ) struggling in his old days to repay the loans he took for the education of his son.

Enters Sattarbhai (Sanjay Dutt) – a loan recovery agent with political ambitions. Sattarbhai is a reformed man. Instead of using his muscle power, he helps all the defaulters in repaying their loans. In the process, he mends their broken lives and also falls in love.

The premise of ‘EMI’ is pretty sound. The trouble lies in its telling. Director Saurabh Kabra tries to put together a film from half-baked plots. For instance, you never get to know what caused the newly married couple to divorce. Nor are you shown the DJ’s girlfriend (Malaika) squandering the credit card money. Neither is believable the overnight transformation of Sattarbhai from a muscle-flexing recovery agent to a kind-hearted man out to reform others’ lives. It’s all told in a superficial way and at a fleeting pace. And that’s precisely why the movie unspools reel after reel on the big screen without gripping you for more than a few scattered moments. The worst part is the way the story sums up in the end. It’s as if the director wanted to wrap things up hurriedly.

Having said that, credit must be given where it’s due. Sanjay Dutt – though he repeats his Munnabhai act – is pretty much the soul of EMI. The sad thing is his role is smaller than you expect. Aashish Chowdhary is very likeable playing a gutless husband who watches porn even though he has a snooty wife at home. Urmila Matondkar looks visibly uninterested in playing her role (perhaps being unhappy over being given the part of a widow with a five-year-old daughter). Arjun Rampal is pretty much forgettable in a brief role. Neha Oberoi shows a few fine flashes of acting.

Producer Sunil Shetty really needs to review his production policies. After Mission Istanbul , this movie too turns out to be an utter disappointment.

The most shocking thing about ‘EMI’ is its end. It comes so abruptly and unexpectedly that I overheard a couple next to me exclaiming with surprise: “Oye! Khatam Ho Gayi!”

Dostana 2008 - Hindi Movie

Starring
Abhishek Bachchan …. 
John Abraham …. 
Priyanka Chopra …. 
Bobby Deol …. 
Shilpa Shetty …. 

Director : Tarun Mansukhani
Music Album : Dostana

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Golmaal Returns 2008 - Hindi Movie

Starring
Ajay Devgan ….
Kareena Kapoor ….
Arshad Warsi ….
Anjana Sukhani ….
Tusshar Kapoor ….
Celina Jaitley ….
Shreyas Talpade ….
Amrita Arora ….

Director : Rohit Shetty

‘Golmaal Returns’ Hindi Movie Review :

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Three guys lying on top of each other in a position that would make you think that they are about to ‘ding dong’. Or imagine this. A guy falling through the air lands on his crotch on a pointed rock. Ouch!! That’s the kind of humour Golmaal Returns offers.

That this comedy film by Rohit Shetty is a no-brainer goes without saying. It’s a film that suspends reason and wit for juvenile humour. It has plenty of gags stitched one after the other in its threadbare script, but many of these gags are utterly lame. Like, what would be Lara Dutta’s name if she marries Brian Lara? Lara Lara. Hey! You’re supposed to laugh here. Ain’t that so funny?

The film hardly has a story to write about. Gopal ( Ajay Devgan ) has an over-suspicious wife Ekta ( Kareena Kapoor ) who’s hooked to the Balaji teleserials. One night when Gopal is unable to reach home after saving a girl ( Celina Jaitley ) from a bunch of goons, Ekta demands an explanation. Knowing his wife’s suspicious nature, Gopal tells her a lie that he was with his friend named Anthony Gonsalves. But Ekta is adamant. She writes to Anthony and asks to meet him to cross-check if Gopal is telling the truth.

To hide his lie, Gopal makes his junior Laxman ( Shreyas Talpade ) pretend as Anthony. Gopal also takes Ekta’s mute brother Lucky ( Tusshar Kapoor ) into confidence. Together the trio of Gopal, Lucky and Laxman fool Ekta into believing in Gopal’s lie. But their bluff is called when the real Anthony Gonsalves shows up.

To make things worse, enters inspector Madhav ( Arshad Warsi ) who is investigating a murder that happened on the night Gopal stayed out of his home. Now, Madhav is a cop who loves Gopal’s sister Esha ( Amrita Arora ), but he can’t stand the sight of Gopal.

As Gopal invents one lie after another, the story goes through a series of crazy and silly situations before culminating in an over-the-top climax.

Rohit Shetty’s main motto is to make the audiences laugh at any cost, and he does try sincerely. The only trouble is that some of the jokes are so slapstick and crass that you don’t find them funny at all. Like the scene in which Vrajesh Hirjee (the karate man with a cobra tattooed on his belly) is tortured by electric shock in a pool of water and is tossed scores of feet in the air whenever his tormentor dips the electrocuted wire in the water. The movie also takes repeated digs at Sanjay Leela Bhansali and his films Black and Sawariya . But none of it is really hilarious.

The funny moments in the film come from Tusshar Kapoor, Arshad Warsi and Shreyas Talpade. Ajay Devgan chips in a bit of his own style of humour but he is certainly outshone by others. Kareena is charming in a light-hearted role. Celina Jaitley doesn’t do what she is best at but still catches your eye. Amrita Arora and Anjana Sukhani hardly have a role.

To sum it up, ‘Golmaal Returns’ is a kind of film you would enjoy if you have a taste for silly humour. But if you don’t, then this movie is a waste of your precious bucks. Yuck! Back Luck! What the f…!

Rating: **