Movie Review - "Captain Phillips" - A Terrific Journey To Cry For..!!

With Hollywood releasing their most of the movies earlier in India than the release in USA or on the same date as USA, Hollywood has grown in India. This year with movies like Oblivion, Man Of Steel, Prisoners, Gravity, Hollywood has made a strong market in India & it's here to stay. The latest addition to the misery of  Bollywood is, Hollywood's "Captain Phillips". I watched this movie day before yesterday, to be honest, i didn't even see it's trailer, i went on google to see abut "Gravity" & there i saw its suggestion, i opened, then i saw great ratings about it. So, i thought why not go & see this. So, i went to see it & came out crying, now here's the important part, i was crying not that the movie was dull, i was crying because the movie was just too splendid.


( Tom Hanks as "Captain Phillips"(middle) & Barkhad Abdi as "Abduwali Muse" (left)

The first thing that encourages you to see this movie is one man,  "Tom Hanks" in the main lead & then, the bottom line "Based On A True Story", what better can we get. So, the film starts with "Captain Richard Phillips" played by Tom Hanks, a merchant mariner going for a expedition with his newly built team to Mombasa to deliever food & water & all the important supplies to African nations. In between, he learns that "Gulf Of Aden" is treated as Pirate's Paradise as Somalia is very close to it, so Somalian Pirates hijack the big ships & take ransom for it. After learning this, he orders security drills in the vessel to check that everyone is doing his duty, but as they start their drill Captain sees that, 2 skiffs of Somalian pirates coming their way but with his smartness, he outruns them. "Abduwali Muse" played by Barkhad Abdi, is the leader of the pirates. They come again next morning, but this only 5 pirates in 1 boat. Captain & its team perform various skills to make them go away but, finally they get into the vessel. Captain, orders all the crew to lock them up in the engine room & don't come out. Captain & his 2 crew member are captured in the bridge by pirates & order them to give money & search for all crew members. Other crew members, capture the leader of the pirates, when he goes alone for searching for them. But, when they are about to leave, they skilfully capture "Captain" in the life-boat in which they escape with the Captain. US Navy, gets to know about this & start an operation to rescue Captain, before they reach Somalia. Now, i'll go far from this as it would spoil all your fun.

The film occasionally seems like a battle between good vs evil. As it is a story of Phillip's ordeal, it is also battle between the fully equipped NAVY seals & four skinny Somali pirates with guns. The situation makes you feel bad for the Somali pirates. Director, Paul Greengrass has nailed it once again after making United 93 in air this time, he takes the route of Water. He has a habit of keeping the viewers on the edge of their seats with real drama captured in real time. With this one he has another winner up his sleeves. The movie is based on a true story when "Captain Phillips" was captured by Somali pirates in 2009. The emotion was needed to be there & it was all there.

"Tom Hanks", it's just so so difficult to say about a man like him, he has done it all, won Oscars, makes us smile everything. Tom Hanks & Captain Phillips is at its best in the first half, when they inter cut from one nail-biting situation to another. Hanks closing & nearly wordless scenes are the ones which you will see in the awards season. The last scene, where he is crying & shocked after the events that has happened to & around him, was a much needed one as it adds a human perspective to the events that has happened which has left him traumatized. With such a experienced actor, the newcomer Barkhad Abdi, makes himself heard in the movie with his big eyes & sunken cheeks, stained yellow teeth & a gun, he presents the Somali side of the story.

This One Is Not To Be Missded..!! For its story, emotions & TOM HANKS..!! & Oh yeah, in the last scene, please take some tissues with you, because you will cry for sure..!! I did..!! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED..!!


Cast-  Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Catherine Keener

Director - Paul Greengrass

My Rating - **** & 1/2   (1/2 for the last scene)   ;)

Movie Review : "Gravity" : It pulls you into it..!! A Visually Stunning Masterpiece

With 2013, Hollywood dominating the number of hits it has produced in India, the miseries of "Bollywood" has not yet finished. As, Besharam, bombed at the box office, the new hollywood release "Gravity" has taken the world by storm. Getting a universal acclaim. So, i thought why not watch this movie which is getting 5 on 5 stars in reviews, 8.7 on IMDB, 98% on Rotten Tomatoes & 96% in Metacritic. I can assure you, to get these types of reviews in sites like that is really tough.

So, The movies starts with a view of Earth from the space, in year 2014 where mission specialist & bio-medical engineer Dr. Ryan Stone played Sandra Bullock is on her first space shuttle mission which is named "STS-157", accompanied by a veteran astronaut Matthew Kowalski, who is the leader of this expedition. They are trying to fix something that is occuring a problem in Hubble Space Telescope, they get to know that they have to abort the mission as a result from a Russian missile attack on their own satellite has created a storm of debris, which has caused a chain reaction of destruction in the space. Well, this looks spooky as you're the only 2 in the space & the destruction from space is coming on you. The destruction kills all the shuttle crew inside. They are left stranded in the space. Only both of them, in "Space" going round & round.


(The astronaut in the left played by Sandra Bullock, in a scene from the movie "Gravity")

What follows after that is little predictable as they find ways to survive the storm, which is confirmed to hit back again in some time. But, what "Gravity" does best is, it explores the "survival" genre in infinite space, where the only thing that connect human is transmitted as voices on Radio from Earth, but the human rescue looks impossible. But, when you feel the tension building up on the screen, You're the first one to say, "Please, Somebody Help Them".. Then you think, what i was thinking, its Space, not a street that a guy walking around would save them. The director of the movie, Alfonso Cuaron, his creativity & masterful directing takes this movie into a whole new level as what was needed in this movie as to show that you are shooting in space with such beautiful, visually stunning pictures on screen, his creativity in the way he uses the silence of the space to build more tension in the mids of the viewers. Like, in a scene where the space debris demolishes a space shuttle, you expect to get a boom when it hits it, but what you get is stunned silence & it happens you get more tensed & on your edge of the seat. It takes the fear factor to a whole new level.

The movie is released only in 3-D, not in 2-D. The filming of the movie in 3-D is more than a gimmick. It has some of the most astonishing moments of 3-D you would even see. The director has used a very imaginative technology to make the thriller & suspense in this movie to the highest level. As i said, it has the most Stunning sci-fi moments you would have seen in a long time. But, that doesn't mean, it's only about space, it's all about the emotions of a human. the bond shared by two astronauts talking on their radios. Alfonso's brilliance in capturing the emotions in their voices & on face creates an impact.

The movie is not high about the acting honours, but Bullock & Clooney, nailed their performances..!! "Gravity" is a movie that when you see, it reminds you what the magic of the movies is all about. It makes you fall in love with cinema again..!! GO WATCH IT, FEEL THIS EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY..!!

Cast - Sandra Bullock, George Clooney

Director - Alfonso Cuaron

My Rating - *****    (it deserves even more than that)

The Best Of Bollywood - #1 - "Andaz Apna Apna" - An Addictive Laugh Riot, Which You Cannot Miss..!!

From today onwards i'm gonna start a new series, that will feature all the marvel movies in Bollywood. Be it an old movie or a new one, the movies which are always in our hearts & will continue to do magic on us. Bollywood has produced many Comedy movies, be it black comedy, simple comedy & the one which is famous nowadays, Adult Comedies. But, when we as people for their favourite comedy movies, one movie which is always on the Number 1 position on everybody's list is "Andaz Apna Apna". Oh god, how can anyone not like this movie, But, do you know, that it was a major "Disaster" at the box office, at the time it was released. I say, WHAT THE F?? How can this movie be a flop? I sometimes think, people at that time didn't have that sense of humor, that today people have.



The movie revolves around Two young conmen, "Amar" played by Aamir Khan & "Prem" played by Salman Khan, now i know, those who are thinking such big stars in the movie still the movie was a disaster. Well, at that time, they were not famous, like they are now. They were two lean, young men, trying to find a place in Bollywood. So yes, the story revolves around these 2 youngmen, fighting it out to be the groom of a very rich girl, coming back to India. They dream of getting married to the rich girl named "Raveena Bajaj" played by Raveena Tandon, the daughter of "Ram Gopal Bajaj" played by Paresh Rawal. So, both of them escape from their houses & meet each other in a bus going to Ooty. Soon, they find out that they have a common goal. But, after various attempts, they couldn't do their tas well. But, Amar gets a way to get into their house, by acting like he has lost his memory, after Raveena hits him with a stick on his head as he kept on irritating her. then, we come to now that Ram Gopal Bajaj has a twin brother "Shyam Gopal Bajaj", who is known as "Teja". He makes a plan to kidnap Ram Gopal to get ample amount of money to give the money back to "Crime Master Gogo" played by Shakti Kapoor, is being showed nephew of Mogambo.Teja, wants to enjoy his life. He has his 2 men, "Robert" played by Viju Khote & "Bhalla" played by Shehzad Khan, to keep a check on the girls. Teja succeeds in kidnapping Ram Gopal. Both the boys go to search Ram. but Teja maes them believe that he is Ram & he gets into the house. The guys find out about the real identities of the girls "Raveena" is not the real heiress of Ram Gopal, but "Karishma" played by Karishma Kapoor is the real heiress of the house.Well, many of the people would see the movie after this, so i better not tell the end.

Film's scene & dialogues are so famous that, we use them everytime something happens in our lives. Well, i must tell some, like, when you hear the song "Papa Kehte Hain Bada Naam Karega" you tend to remember the scene where, Amar is cutting the ribbon to enter jail. When someone asks you, what the teacher questioned & how your viva went, you say "Arre bolna kya tha, unka 1-1 sawaal, humaare 2-2 jawaab, sawaal 1, jawaab 2, sawaal 1 jawaab 2, sawaal-jawaab, sawaal-jawaab, sawaal-jawaab, Chup lambiiiii hamoshi". Ohh, this scene will get you laugh toyour core. Whenever someone asks you to sit behind the two wheeler, you say "Chap kar, neeche utarr, Godi waale". When you see, Bread & Omlete, you only think of this dialogue "Bread Ka Badshah Aur Omlete Ka Raja, BAJAJ!! Humaara BAJAAJ..!!" You can quote any dialogue of this movie, once you've seen it. Whenever you do a mistake you say, "Galti Se Mistake, Hogaya..!!". After you've seen the movie, you cannot pic your favourite character, as all are just super-duper funny in their characters.


( Shakti Kapoor as "Crime Master Gogo" in the movie)

I just want to say, Guyss..!! Please go & watch this movie, you'll get your stomach paining by laughing uncontrolably  You hear the dialogues which you can never forget like, "Teja Main Hoon, Mark Idhar Hai", "Haath Ko Aaya, Moonh Na Laga", "Crime Master Gogo naam hai mera, Aaya hoon kucch toh lootke jaunga", "Yeh Firauti Ki Rakam Hai Ya Maiyyat Ka Chandaa Hai" & the evergreen dialogue "Balki Main Toh Kehta Hoon Ki Aap Purush Hi Nahi..!! Mahapurush Hain, Maharush". Ohh, i can just go on & on

GO WATCH THIS ONE..!! YOU'LL NOT LAUGH HARDER ANY OTHER DAY, WHEN YOU ARE SEEING THE MOVIE..!! THIS MOVIE IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, NOT JUST HIGHLY, BUT DOUBLE HIGHLY..!! :D

Cast - Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, Paresh rawal, Raveena Tandon, Karishma Kapoor, Viju Khote, Shezad Khan, Shakti Kapoor

Genre - Comedy

Director - Rajkumar Santoshi

Rating - *****

Year - 1994

Movie Review - "Besharam" - Be Besharam & Skip this One..!!

Well, with all the hype to this movie & is being released worldwide with 3600 screens, which is till date, the biggest release for any Hindi movie on a weekday. So, it's estimated that it's gonna break some records & has also got the 3rd Biggest Opening. But, is it actually worth the hype. To, which i say, a complete "NO!!"
The reason is, when you have such great actors in your movie, the plot should be something that people can understand, only acting wouldn't do.


( The cast of the movie "Besharam" in a scene (from left) Ranbir Kapoor, Pallavi Sharda, Rishi Kapoor & Neetu Kapoor)

The movie revolves around, Babli played by Ranbir Kapoor, who is a small-time car thief, but has some charm in him that everytime he gets through in any work he does. He keeps on repeating his mantra in his life "Na sammaan ka moh, na apmaan ka bhaye". Well, actually if you get deep into this, it's a very good line. But, the change happens when he sees Tara played by Pallavi Sharda, but after seeing both, you can immediately judge that they both are not each other's type. Babli tries to confront her, follow her & does everything to make her fall in love with him & then, we see usual Bollywood movie romance, holding hands & singing songs. But, suddenly, the twist comes when Babli is chased by a Inspector Chulbul Chautala played by Rishi Kapoor & his wife, head constable Bulbul Chautala played by Neetu Kapoor (who still can kill any young guy with her beauty). Now, Tara wants Babli to change & we get to know that, as who would want to marry a guy who is really a besharam.

The movie is directed by Abhinav Kashyap, i sometimes think, what his brother is doing & what he is doing?? Anyway, he again tries to make a perfect masala movie but this he falls flat on concrete floor. Dabbang, was a hit, because he had "Salman Khan" in it, not im taking his name for his acting skills, but why that thing worked because Salman Khan, has the ability to pull of the most nonsensical scenes & dialogues given to him. But, the second thing is his fans love it. But, it does not work this time.

Performances are not bad, they are good & very good. Ranbir in the character of Babli is really a Besharam, but still is charming & you'll feel that he is trying really hard to make it worth & he is just getting better & better. The dynamic duo, Rishi & Neetu Kapoor, looks charming & they do justice to thier roles. Pallavi Sharda, is also good in her role & plays, RK's love interest is really good, but her role is not that long. But, in the end, it looks like all the actors are wasted as the plot doesn't give them much to entertain.

Abhinav Kashyap's masala mantra doesn't live up to its expectations, as all it did the first time. His lead actor did his bit to save the movie, but the director didn't do his bit.. You can completely, SKIP THIS ONE..!!

Cast - Ranbir Kapoor, Pallavi Sharda, Neetu Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor
Genre - Comedy/Romance
Director - Abhinav Kashyap
Rating - **