IDUKKI GOLD (MALAYALAM 2013 ) MOVIE REVIEW

NOTHING GOLD ABOUT IT !!

DIRECTION : AASHIQ ABU

MUSIC : BIJIBAL

PRODUCER : M RANJITH

Aashiq abu known to be the new generation director among new comers and his preivoius flicks proved that he wants to take up new subjects and new treatment which is not very common in Malayalam film industry. Unfortunately this time he dint had any story or script. A small story can be told in 30 min has been dragged to more than 2 hours. 

Film crew claimed it is comedy film with nostalgic feel. But it failed miser4ebly in both aspects. Ther not much to laugh and u wont feel any nostalgia. There is only some smoking drinking stuff all over movie which family audience may not like. Even thriller aspect also dint work perfectly. 

The star cast is not up to the ,mark. The energy and chemistry missing among them. The only positive in the performance comes from the young boys. They did their part well. 

Technical department were apt and managed well despite of the weak story.

BGM and Music was good from BIjibal. The flashback retro feel was awesome. He is the musician to look forward. Camera was good. Stunt sequence was not up to the mark.

                                                         IDUKKI GOLD TRAILOR

Verdict : avoid this one and wait for DVD/TV premier.

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

SHUTTER (2013) MALAYALAM MOVIE REVIEW

A High Concept Low Budget Entertainer !!!

Producer : Saritha Ann Thomas

Director: joy mathew

Actors: Lal, Shreenivasan, Vinay Fort Etc…

Shutter is a Malayalam movie which already got very positive critical accalaim in movie festivals, tasted success there. Its high concept low budget movie.first of all this is not a horror or a typical thriller movie.

It has got very thin story, infact there only one situation where whole movie revovlves around. Charecters are straight from the lives of common people, which is very rare in movie nowadays.

The story idea and screen play is the highlight of the movie. The movie can be termed as thriller, but it doesn’t have the speed in the narration. Movie starts very slowly and maintain the slow pace throughout. But still it manages to entertain you. 

The story is about the human relationships and human behavior in various situations and how it affects them.

The movie did not had any songs. 

Cinematography was good, BGM and music were apt. script, screenplay was the highlight. Other technical dept were good.

The main positive is the performance of lead characters, but some of the newcomers did not performed well.

Since there is no promotion and publicity, and other new releases movie may not get a big opening. 

Word of mouth is the key for the box office success for this movie.

The Malayalam movie industry continues its trend which started 2 years back. Talented script writers and directors are emerging and they are coming up with new concepts.

Verdict : Go and Watch …

                                                      SHUTTER MOVIE TRAILER HD

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) 

comments are welcome :)
 

Best 10 Songs Of Three Days Grace (Hard Rock Band)

Three days grace is Canadian Hard rock band formed in Ontario, in 1992.

The band members are,

Lead singer and guitarist : Adam Gontier

Drummer : Neil sanderson

Bassist : Brad walst

Lead Guitarist : Barry Stock

The band released their first self titled album Three Days Grace in 2003 which was certified platinum in US. Followed by albums One X in 2006, Life Starts Now in 2009 and Transit Of Venus in 2012.

Though this band is only 4 album old, they have grabbed limelight of the hard rock arena of current generation, first 3 albums had pure hard rock/ alt rock songs .

What makes them special is the soul in every song which is not so common in most of hard rockers.

Selecting best songs from their 4 albums are difficult coz, they already made many woth listening soulful songs.

Following countdown is a personal view, and it may differ person to person. 

10. Chalk Outline : song from latest album transit of venus though it is not the typical three days grace song, they have experimented and succeed to a extent.

9. Over and Over : fine lyrics and solid guitar riffs makes this song awesome. 

8. Just like you : song from their debut album, three days grace stamp all over it.

7. Animal I have Become :  from the album One X 

6. Bitter Taste : from the album Life Starts Now

5. I Hate Everything About You : from the album Three Days Grace

4. Life Starts Now : from the album Life Starts Now

3. World So Cold : from the album Life Starts Now

2. Pain : from the album One X

1. Never Too Late : from the album One X, its not a hard rock but beatiful lyrics and melody takes this song to the best of three days grace. listen to it and i bet you will agree with me for sure.

This list not included the all the good songs from the band. And release of the future albums may change the positions of the top 10.

P.S : If never heard Three Days Grace then start with Life Starts Now and One X album, each and every song is a gem.

                                Video of Never Too Late 

                                        Video of 'Pain'

                        Video of I Hate Everything about You