BIGG BOSS 7 (2013) HINDI REALITY SHOW REVIEW

TORTURE IN THE NAME OF ENTERTAINMENT!!!

HOST: SALMAN KHAN

HOUSE MATES: TANISHA, ARMAAN, GAUHAR, ANDY, SANGRAM, PRATHYUSHA, KAMYA, KUSHAL

CHANNEL: COLORS TV

TIME: 9 PM TO 10 PM

There used to be only one channel i.e Doordarshan earlier, and we had news without masala, some programs which given knowledge along with entertainment, some genuinely made serials and live cricket. People were more than happy with one channel, no fighting for remote, and had good programs.

As technology improved and satellite channels introduced we had the previlige of hundreds of channels. Now we have separate channels for news, movies, serials etc… family members now fight over remote control to watch their favourite programs.

The TV producers have the tough job of continuosly producing 24 hous of entertainment to the viewers to stay in the business. Daily soaps loosing its viewership and trend of reality show begins. Singning and dance competions also loosing some shine and the shows like BIGG BOSS took center stage.

Bigg Boss is the reality show where contestans have to live in a house and the lone survivor at the end of the show wins. 

To survive they have to play different tasks and have to compete with other contetstans even after the tasks, for this matter they play politics and of course politics sometimes uglier than the real politics. To gain TRP’s show makers show the things which should not be shown on television, where participant shouts and give all the bad words in a dictionary to felloew contestant, sometimes it goes up to the physical fight.

Those who watch the show sure to get some BP rise and feel pity for the contestants who generally failed actors or some other professionals did not big in their career. 

In the name of entertainment we get only loads of bad words and some unwanted attitudes from players, which is evidently scripted.the only good thing about this program is the Host Himself, Salman khan. You take out of this and this show would be a disaster. 

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Verdict: Don’t waste your time on this!!!

RED 2 (2013) ENGLISH MOVIE REVIEW

It’s red hot!!!

PRODUCER: LORENZO BONAVENTURA

DIRECTOR: DEAN PARISOT

STAR CAST: BRUCE WILLIS, ANTONY HOPKINS, JOHN MALKOVICH, CATHERINE ZETA JONES

MUSIC: ALAN SILVESTRI

Red 2 is action comedy sequel to RED directed by Dean Parisot based on the comic book series of the same name.

Hollywood known to produce a lot of clichéd spy thrillers and to cash on its popularity by making sequels to exploit it. RED is no different. When compared to the RED, its sequel RED2 is superior in content, and the thrill quotient. 

Plot is no different from the spy action adventures, finding a bomb and diffusing it which may become a threat to the world. What makes it a decent watch is the racy screen play and performance of lead characters otherwise clichéd scenes and storyline.

Movie moves with speed and while coming to second half after the introduction of Antony Hopkins shifts the gears and thrills you.

Direction should be applauded for making this average story line told in a very interesting and thrilling way, and most credit will go to camera work and racy back ground score.

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Verdict: Watch this racy thriller!!!

 

HOTEL CALIFORNIA (2013) MALAYALAM MOVIE REVIEW

NEW GENERATION DISASTER!!!

PRODUCER: JOSEMON SIMON

DIRECTOR: AJI JOHN

STAR CAST: JAYASOORYA, ANOOP MENON, HONEY ROSE, MARIYA ROY, SHANKAR

MUSIC: SHAAN RAHMAN

Many movies released last few years in the name of new generation and new wave of young movie makers. Only few impressed audience, rest all were disappointments. Common factor in all these cinemas are the technical brilliance, but most fim makers forgets about the content and tight screen play.

Hotel California, the name taken from famous the eagle song of the same name which considered as cult classic from music l;overs. But this movie no way near to a decent one time watches. Plot deals with mistaken identity and multiple story line meeting in a common point. The biggest problem was the casting. 

There is nothing exciting in the story. Writers took many digs at some movie stars and tried to crack some satirical jokes which fell flat. Only few funny situations came from nandu and team from new faces (comedy stars program, ASIANET).

Plus points being camera work and back ground score. Performances from anoop menon and jayasoorya were ok. Others did not impress. Writing and direction needs improvement.

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Verdict: Give it a miss!!!

HONEY BEE (2013) MALAYALAM MOVIE REVIEW

NO HONEY ONLY BEE STING HERE!!!

PRODUCER: SIBI, JOBI

DIRECTOR: JEAN PAUL

STAR CAST: ASIF ALI, BHAVANA, LAL, BABURAJ, SURESH KRISHNA, ARCHANA KAVI

MUSIC: DEEPAK DEV

Malayalam cinema is in cross roads since last few years, old generation film makers not meeting their expectation when compared to their earlier hits and new generation movie makers churning out technically brilliant movies but no or little content. This is one of the movies which can be tagged as A New Gen Movie.

There is hardly any story here, and no innovations in the screen play. A single line story simply dragged for hours. To add little spice in to proceedings Cochin slang and some distasteful adult jokes and poor jokes stuffed in. very few counters worked while other joke failed miserably. Drinking and drugs promoted wherever possible, in the name of entertainment.

Performance wise everybody did their part well. Newcomers require little improvement. The only good thing is the camera work and back ground score. Direction, script writing needs lots of betterment.

Old or new generation movie clicks only if it has good content which backed by good performance along with good technical support. Cashing in by adult and cheap jokes along with some drinking and drug abusing stuff won’t stay for long.

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Verdict: AVOIDABLE!!!

24 (2013) TV SERIES REVIEW

EDGE OF SEAT TV THRILLER!!!

PRODUCER: ANIL KAPOOR

DIRECTOR: ABHINAY DEO

STAR CAST: ANIL KAPOOR, TISCA CHOPRA, MANDIRA BEDI, AJINKYA DEO

CHANNEL: COLORS

The Indian TV entertainment industry churning out the same formulaic and clichéd saas bahu never ending drama for long years. And then came the reality contests which took same path as the daily soaps. Tv was becoming more of boring thing in the age of super fast internet which has all the feature of TV and more. But 24, a series which is based the US series of same name, which is adapted for Indian TV stands out for its content and brilliant execution.

The trend of high budget series already gained more popularity in the west slowly Indian television houses adapting to the trend, it is very evident in this series.

The series id edge of seat thriller taking twist and turns in every episode. Story is told in actual time line. And what happens in that time period. There are multiple plots where an assassination , kidnapping, conspiracy, betrayal etc are involved. Non linear narration and multiple plot cleverly interwoven cleverly which give you the thrills which no other TV series gives at present in any channel.

The perfect casting is the main plus point of this series. There are some new faces and experienced actor like anil kapoor performing very well which makes it a must watch. The proction team should be applauded for their wonderfull work. Cinematography is alo superb which far superior than the other TV series. BGM is also adding some thrill element. 

                                                         24 HINDI SERIES TRAILER

Verdict: Don’t Miss it, Since they don’t make these kind of series very often!!!