The Conjuring 2 (2016)

The Conjuring in 2013 a retro styled horror movie with the sumptuous story and terrific horror bumped everyone who had lost faith in the genre. After 3 years the ace director James Wan preludes this installment in Enfield, North London 1977.This one as well is excellently crafted and relentlessly boasts about the healthy horror that gives you the perfect bumps.

Ed & Lorraine Warrens investigating the infamous Amityville haunting, where Lorraine is terrified by a Nurse & envisioning her husband's death. She decides to quit her profession and continue with attending the lectures. Meanwhile in Enfield, a family of 4 is experiencing some malevolent activities at their home. The mother being the only guardian is unable to settle with the problem growing wilder every passing day. After the doctors and cops giving up upon the demonically disturbed family, the matter was reported to the priest who finds his shelter at Warrens who then are asked to attend the case, which being termed as "London's Amityville"

The girl who is infested by the demonic entity in the house is accused to be doing it all for attention. The family stands tough with the absoluteness about the satanic activities at their home, as everybody but the accuser has experienced the terrifying activities in the home. Wan manages it very perfectly to keep you at the edge of your seats as he doesn't let any moment to downhill the strength of the plot. The cinematography has been done pluperfect, it gives you the much wanted bumps aptly. The dedication with which Wan imbibes the need of the plot, is very justified by his direction, the brilliant acting to the brilliant music is all a part of the bead that forms the rewarding 2nd Installment.

Mr Wan with his other offerings like Saw & Dead Silence, Fast & Furious, has this one in his hall of fame as well. And to his brilliance there is an absolute resort that I will mention at the conclusion of my review. Now summing up the movie into one frame, we find the perfect horror with fresh sequences that really kills you. The performance by the characters is commendable and the must mention Janet (the infested girl) steals the show with her excellent performance. The movie is a dead silence without the background score, which is again filled so perfectly with the on goings to only pull you onto the edge. With all this said, it becomes a must watch and a perfect weekend plan.

Tribute to the Director: After the movie, I was walking out towards the exit and I happened to see the selfie ceremony had already begun. And there were 3 girls who were posing for a selfie, the girl in charge of clicking the selfie held the camera perfectly to frame in all 3 of them, and suddenly turns back and makes that one grotesque face with an eerie sound and laughs out loud. Mr James you made that happen. #Hats Off to Wan.

MY FEAR RATING:

FAN (2016)

The much awaited movie with quiet a few trailers and the revelations released today and dozens of people with clouded perceptions walked in but left with mixed reactions, which is oblivious, but all in all the movie takes you on very different journey, that triumphs doing the uniform justice to the storyline.

An obsessive thriller movie, that highlights the fandom of a stardom is a story of a simpleton guy from the city Delhi who is a super fan of the super star Aryan Khanna (SRK). He sets on a journey to meet Aryan just like any other ordinary fan, but, and I say the but in capital letters, this is just not any other ordinary fan. The obsession struck fan who sets out to meet his dream, and when the things don't exactly turn white according to him, he decides to turn black. An obsession would have been okay, but when the obsession meets black, they together brings a mess, a big mess. As I said you the story is not the one you might be prepared for, perhaps its the one that prepares the distinguished image of a FAN. 

If one had to write this very concept in words that could vividly explain the layers of the obsession of a fandom, then this is a flawless writing rooting the concept. With an ace acting to the apt dialogues, the movie perfectly shapes the word tension and drills it in you. The tensed you walks with an end that is not so welcoming, but it had to end. Now talking about the character performance part, its SRK who is playing the obsessive fan of the superstar SRK himself again. Laying this on a canvas you will see that, SRK in real has to play the part of the fan and the superstar as well. So its 3 characters involved, the real him has to play his real stardom life with an opulent family and lifestyle, and again the real him has to play the obsessive fan. So, when you watch it on screen, it pretty comfortable to see him sliding in and out of the 2 characters, but only when you understand the variations in the personality and behavior only then can you understand the level of focus that an actor needs to induce. 

                                     


With the rough chase between a Fan & the Star, its the Star who wins the race, but this winning is not a good memory to the actor, as the count of his Fan goes down by winning over him. A movie worth watching, but again let me remind you, this is not one of those feel good movie that you might expect with the SRK & YRF jodi. This one is the different and is totally worth a watch. The story length is 2 hours 22 minutes with zero songs to dress up the movie, its barely naked with only the story that will amaze you.

 
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NEERJA (2016)

The name Neerja means, the Lotus. Symbolically Lotus is associated with rebirth in Egypt. This is a consequence of it supposedly retracting into the water at the night, and emerging a fresh in the Sun the next day. Her character in the real life ensembles to reflect the same. We all by now have known Neerja Bhanot & her bravery, but this bravery needed a perfect homage in the hearts of this generation. Ram Madhvani succeeds in this attempt and celebrates Neerja's bravery over the silver screen with a million viewers walking out of the hall carrying a heavy heart. The facts about the Pan Am flight hijack and Neerja's courage, which saved 359 passengers off 379 is given and written all over, but the question was, will Sonam Kapoor be able to define Neerja?? The answer to this has come out to be a BIG YES with flying colors.

''Babumushai, Zindagi badi honi chahiye, lambi nahi'', a dialogue from the movie Anand, happens to be her favorite movie starring Rajesh Khanna. There are very few but strong enough points in her life that became the reasons for which we know her today. No soul can stand until it falls once. The director skilfully takes us to those wrenched parts of her life, which made her feel very low, and during these low times, how her family had been the moral as well as mental support to her. The timeline where the director has placed these scenes strikes the perfect chord and makes the character and her actions more believable. Else, this would seem un-natural and though the bravery demands the respect, it would have killed the motive. The movie picks up 2 hours prior to her last flight Pan Am. Like just another ordinary day Neerja getting ready to board the flight and departs from her home, demanding a Yellow Salwaar on her 23rd Birthday which she would be not able to celebrate with her family, as she would be on the flight starting from Delhi to Karachi to Frankfurt to Newyork. The hijackers invade the flight once it reaches Karachi, and the havoc begins. The turmoil conditions have been cautiously created, and more cautious is Neerja to deal with it. The petty things which proved to be a brilliant decision all fell in the right place and right time, ungratefully things went wrong with Neerja.

Till the last breath she held on to be brave, and her example of bravery is still inspiring the newbies. The terror when you put yourself into the situation, is fearsome. In such a havoc only thing that comes to our mind remotely is Help me, but for Neerja this was the post thinking, she put the lives of everyone aboard before her, and did the justice to the lives of 359 passengers. She could do little for her family but a lot to her country. Shabana Azmi playing Neerja's mother, portrays the affection and the sorrow in a defying manner and speaks the unspoken bravery of her child. How she never envisioned that she had a brave child, whom she never tutted to be one. Instead she always insisted her to be a self-centered, but to her utter surprise, Neerja had out done her daughter.

Last word:
This weekend pays the tribute to her bravery. A must watch, and a heartbreaking positive movie. The powerful storyline & Sonam's performance gives a perfect homage to Neerja. #Respect

My rating:

AIRLIFT : A FLIGHT WORTH BOARDING..

The director had the script to a real life incident and countable characters to play the role of the genesis of the riots in Kuwait, he could either fill the movie loads of patriotism and drama, or keep it realistic. He chooses to mock us by opting the realistic part, that too in Bollywood where the neighbor screen is playing the omphy movie Kya Kool Hain Hum 3, and guess what, he nails it perfectly. The plot is based on the true events, back in Aug 1990, Kuwait was invaded by Saddam Hussein, and the count of Indians that were stuck in Kuwait was 1.7 Lakh. Now when i write stuck, it has to be reckoned that what does it really feel like to be stuck in a situation. 

Menon here strips the true definition of stuck in a state of terror, he walks you through those tough situations where the only word your brain can think of is SAVE ME. Stuck in such a state where you are in a foreign land with your passports submitted to the regional government, whose employees have vanished into thin air, the only ray of hope is Ranjit, the business tycoon who detests to be addressed as an Indian.The peril environment has been very meticulously designed, a special care has been taken that some nuisance creeps in periodically such that the thin line of realization between the fellow hostages be highlighted. When the US force and the regional force decided to do nothing, the only shoulder that seemed reliable was the INDIAN GOVERNMENT. Ranjit holding the last inch of hope makes a call to the Indian government officials, and next part of the movie is how, the Indian Govt. made you feel proud by carrying out one of the most successful & brilliant execution ever by saving the lives of the stranded Indians in Kuwait. 

Now with all the brighter part been said, remains the darker side that certainly could have been easily striked out. The songs & Arabic dance paraphernalia could be ruled out, but maybe the pace of the movie was the point of worry for Menon, which forced him to add in the unwanted. With little turbulence the movie streamlines itself for its core part, the last scene, where the Indian Government finally arranges AIR INDIA flights to AIRLIFT the stranded Indians and pull out the most heroic stunt ever in the history. This very part of the movie had to be filled with patriotism and drama, and Menon leaves no blanks unfilled. Also with Akshay Kumar as the character, Menon had to be very confident that, Akshay does not play the role of the Hero, but a tycoon who nails the master plan, without screwing the realistic details of the script. That's where Akshay Kumar delivers a flawless performance and Airlifts the movie. 

                                                       
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An engaging movie with ground line being based on true events and presented with true manners. Surely worth an experience watch, and with 26th January heading up, it will certainly cloud your mind with faith in the Indian Government, in-case you have lost the faith. 

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DILWALE

I intentionally decided to watch this movie on Sunday evening, the reason being , people had this big retaliation to sway off after watching the movie. The intensity is so malevolent that i decided to keep myself away from the hall where all such people had gathered and cluttered the auditorium with their responsive vibes about the movie. I did not want these vibes to cuddle up my thoughts before watching the movie. So, the aftermath of this movie provokes me to say few lines for the people who are busy commenting about the movie. It felt more like these people were all ready with the mouth full of words just to vomit it out and proudly smirk saying, 'That's my Vomit, Yeah!!' Offence is not meant to be delivered here, but what annoyed me was, the audience this Friday had an option for watching Dilwale or Bajirao Mastani; but the option was not to compare both the movies.Yes you may have different opinions about the movies but why connect a totally insignificant line that states nothing except being nonsense.

Dilwale, a multi genre movie or say a multi genre junk which is a bloated saga of cliches with series of Shetty's lame monologues of ridicule. No doubt it falls flat. The reason to only survive on the screens until next weekend is the chemistry between SRK & Kajol, though cliched, I couldn't resist to get more of it coming. The hold they have over the screen is the only speculating part that even Shetty might have counted on to. If you minus SRK & Kajol, the only thing you will be left with is an absolute oblivion. The story that forcefully tries to pull in between the romance or the vice versa, both fails to glue up and the fractured story finally collapses after 2 hours 38 minutes. Now the only thing that walks with you off the auditorium is the romance and the exchange of looks between SRK & Kajol. They are so easy and eye pleasing even today that your eyes will simply refuse to roll off.

Now coming to the oblivion part, that includes everyone except Mishra's comic timing. We also can add Varun & Kriti Sanon's performance to be average on the list, they don't disturb you thankfully like the King, who thankfully gets beaten up for his good at the end. Next part that can be summed up is Rohit Shetty's typical movie Gorgeous cars, those cars flying and rolling, the multi contrast houses in Goa and his silly monologues. So, i could not say this is a bad film, rather this is an average movie which i guess never promised anything above average either.

Final Word: For me it was worth one time watch, for the rest i would not comment anything, just a piece of advice for those audience who are in a retaliation mood to vomit and yeah the smirk thing and cannot watch an English movie until its Hindi dubbed version doesn't release, and grunting about a story line in Rohit Shetty's movie, please grow up!! (*Yes this advice was intentional)

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TAMASHA (2015)

''Tu koi aur hai, jaanta hai tu, saamne is jahan ke, ek naqab hai'' If this was the only statement you had to present in a form of a reel length feature film, what could be the best possible portrayal of it, is the film Tamaasha. Ali chooses his own way of expressing the theme, and he pulls you into the world that you already are living in, the frustrated you with your mundane life, strikes the chord with the character and his every note of performance goes in accordance of your mundane life and you now distinctly see the connection built between you and the director's idea behind the film. Next he strips layer by layer of the smeared frustration, and we envision the solemn problem.

I also learnt from the fellow moviegoers that the story line is a cliche, and i wonder what did they want to prove by the term cliche used here. Yes, the story line is nothing new, because in real life nothing new really happens everyday. The mirage that we create and fail to fathom, is the achievement that we bag and boast about it daily. Dramatically how we divide the life into two sections, childhood and adulthood and make sure the actions also in each stage should contradict the teachings that we have learnt. All those goody and fairy tales that you're preached in your childhood suddenly turn hostile when you enter Adulthood, and you find the complete new ABSURD generation sugarcoated with the layer of another ABSURDNESS and lead the life complaining. If the most absurd person is considered as Successful person, then we really need to stop the false preaching in the childhood. This is the total story that is enveloped in a beautiful package of fabulous scenic locations, and mind soothing songs. Rehman plays the perfect score to create the exact vibe that sets you in the appropriate mood.

Ranbir & Deepika together play the mundane tale in an extraordinary way that fulfills the character in total and are easy to connect with. The tit bits of the movie reminds us of Ali's previous films, which don't look clumsy. Also the love story part does not dominate the story, instead it acts the light that leads to the brightness, and has been meticulously placed into the movie. In a nutshell, Ali tailor cuts the total mundane frustrated routine and its intact outcomes of a mediocre person, who hides his true identity and is bundled up in a life full of pestering activities and the life where he certainly does not belong. Get lost in the abeyance, envision Ali's story & figure out the complexity in yourself.

Final Word

Ali once again masters the film, every bit of the film reminds you that its Imtiaz's movie and he precedents the society's most celebrated problem. When you watch it, don't judge it, instead judge yourself and let the magic he brings on the screen, turn your thoughts.

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SHAANDAR A magnificent tale of boredom.

SHAANDAR (2015)

Imagine the movie QUEEN with tons of glitches and sloppy scenes and sadly pathetic direction and a non-charismatic story writing. That would be difficult in imagining stuffs like that with the title being QUEEN, now the same people who brought us QUEEN coalesce for SHAANDAR, and delivers all those un-imaginable stuffs with a magnificent set and locations. All that could possibly go wrong with this movie, went wrong. This movie created a big discrepancy considering a film like Queen.

Let me pithy you the story. On paper, Shaandaar is the story of two sisters. One is the adopted child, the pretty one who struggles to find acceptance and is an insomniac. The other is good at heart, tubby and being used by her mother and grandmother to secure a deal with a business partner because the Aroras are almost bankrupt, why do 2 bankrupts try to mingle ,leads to a big oblivion. The story looses its grip on direction and soon the survival hopes are relinquished in songs which fail to hold it either.

So, the screen opens up with the anime character of Pankaj Kapoor (Bipin) and baby Alia who is adopted by Bipin. No one having a clue about why has she been adopted by Bipin, welcomes  her to the family with a dreadful mother who squashes the doll bought by Alia by riding her electrically operated chair over it, if that expresses the intensity of the harshness, shouldn't you be swallowing a lump under your throat. The next character is her mother who is deary to her daughter and care-free towards Alia. Now Alia has this strange insomnia thing, and she keeps herself up by googling stuffs about insomnia. The only dream of Bipin is to find her a person who could put her to sleep. With this the characters turn into flesh, with Shahid kapoor riding a bike and lighting his cigar bumps into Bipin's car who is with his family heading to marry his daughter. Thus everyone are introduced there. From post this scene where the movie should have actually taken a leap from the unusual crap, instead it lands into more deeper crap and gives you crumbs to the absolute stupidity of the characters. The sinking story crams towards the interval and relays the story to the weaker 2nd half.

The weaker second half has odd timed songs as its biggest asset. And the mention able bikini scene of Alia Bhatt (absolutely why do boys have all the fun) and her end to insomnia is something so great that it weighs bigger than the wedding. The lurking scenes with loose editing and story loosens its ultimate grip when the scenes start to arise questions like Why did that happen? You see Alia bhatt served with panties in the breakfast, to which anybody including the director himself have no clue about. So such lame scenes deprive you from taking the movie any further.

The only positive part that really can't be considered in the favor of the movie is Dharma Productions set design and Karan Johar's cameo. If its KJO's production, then it has to be picturesque, and character who has a limp wrist (yes you guessed it right, a gay!!), so he does show up in the movie to bid a farewell to his magnificent set, in which what happened no one has single clue, but still it was named SHAANDAR.

Words of Wisdom: Even if you have watched the morning show which costs the least, you know it all went waste. NOT WORTHY AT ALL!! Watch the trailer and feel proud for you saved your bucks. In a nutshell ( -Queen x infinity non-sense) = SHAANDAR.


Rating: 2/10