RAJA RANI (2013) TAMIL MOVIE REVIEW

NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO BE A TIMEPASS !!!

Direction : Atlee Kumar
Producer : A R Murugadoss

Star Cast : arya, jai, santhaanam, nayantara, nazriya nazim, satyaraj etc

Music: G.V. Prakash

Rom-com movies are trend in tamil film industry and most of the movie makers are churning out lot of movies with very thin storyline with some repetitive comedy situations. Many movies like boss engira bhaskaran, siva manasukula sakti etc did a fair job at box office. The combination of hero with star comedian Santhaanam worked well in many instances. 

Raja rani takes the same root in first half. Being type casted as the same formula repeated. But the only bearable portion of the movie being the first half. Some of the comedy sequence of santhaanam with aarya, nayantaara with jai worked well. Nazriya did her part well. But it’s all we have seen many times over in other movies.

Movie drags in second half and becomes unbearable nearing climax.

Technically movie is well shot. BGM was ok-ok. Songs are not catchy and you will forget once you leave the movie hall. Since it is the debut of the director we expect better movie in the future.

                                                                           

             RAJA RANI TRAILOR (HD)

Verdict: Don’t waste your money on this, watch in TV instead.

MUMBAI POLICE (2013) MALAYALAM MOVIE REVIEW

"BOLD AND DIFFERENT"

Roshan Andrews is one of promising director among the new age Malayalam cinema, already proved his mettle by making some diverse outstanding movies (Note book, Udayananu tharam, Ividom swargamanu). When he joined hands with script writer duo bobby and sanjay expectations were sky high. This time this team chosen a thriller theme told in a different narration pattern which is not so common in Malayalam cinema, but world cinema lovers may be well versed with this kind of story telling. The story also takes inspiration from various movies. Still the movie impresses the audience for its perfect movie making style. This time they adopted Hollywood style of story telling without much description in the scenes leaving the audience to interpret the scene.

The star cast delivers solid performances be it the lead cast Pritviraj or the supporting actors like Jayasurya and Rahman. Pritvi delivers his vcarrer best performance in style, after many mistakes in choosing the right script in his career. All other actors did their part well. The newcomers were average.

The camera and art dept. did their job perfectly, the BGM by gopi sunder were apt and haunting. The absence of songs were biggest plus point since movie has a slow and steady kinda pace. Duration of movie was just above 2 hrs. 

The biggest shocker was the climax,we can say it was very bold decision taken by director , script writers and lead actors,  it may not be well accepted among family audiences. The movies box office fate is depends on the climax part. It may not be suitable to watch it with family and children. But movie defenatly will impress the general audience. The movie deserve a one time watch for sure.

                                                        MUMBAI POLICE TRAILOR

Verdict : Decent one time watch

SPECIAL 26 (2013) HINDI MOVIE REVIEW

‘Asli Power toh Script Main Hoti Hai’ ;)

Special 26 had huge expectation because of the director neeraj pandey, his directorial debut a Wednesday won critical acclaim and box office battle. He did not disappoint this time either. In fact he has generated huge expectation for his future ventures. 

Special 26 is crime heist comedy movie. And devoid of any bollywood masala.

The film starts with a relatively slow pace. The introduction of manoj bajpai shifts the gear and movie pick up the pace from here. The lead actors akshay and anupam kher played their character very naturally and both were in superb form. Manoj bajpai  delivers solid performance as usual. Other actors did their part well.

The movies story set in late 80’s. the art department and camera men worked realy hard, that can be seen in each and every scene. BGM and music was apt but nothing extra ordinary. And importantly kudo’s to the casting. They did spot on casting. Each and every actor appearing for smallest role did their part neatly, which is very rare in the Indian movies.

Story and screenplay was sharp and racy in the 2^nd half. The romance track and song sequences of akshay and kajal aggarwal was unneccassary. Which slowed down the racy screenplay a bit.

Dialogues were funny and the suspence element was predictable still movie entertains you till last minute. Second half of movie was far better when compared to the little slower first half. The climax was brilliant.

Instead of so called masala movies and their sequels and remakes, we deserve a sequel to this nicely made movie.

Verdict : a decent entertainer, don’t miss it. 

                                 Special 26 - Trailor (HD) 

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