1. Madras Cafe (2013)
Madras Cafe is a thriller about Sri Lanka at the time of Civil War & how this whole chapter of war & the socio-political aftermath led to the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi. In his best performance till this date, "John Abraham" plays the role of an army man on a mission assined by RAW in Sri Lanka. The film tells you an original story & it works because of it's political narration & superbly scripted suspense. It is a superbly scripted spy thriller which basically focuses on the working of intelligence agencies. Shoojit Sircar, has done an awesome job in giving us the movie that had a great story, even if we already knew it, but Sircar made it so compelling that you wouldn't want to miss a scene of it. In my opinion, it was one of the few Bollywood movies that looked like we are seeing a Great Hollywood movie. It just had to be on top of my list.
Cast - John Abraham, Nargis Fakhri, Leena Maria, Rashi Khanna, Ajay Ratnam, Siddhartha Basu.
Director - Shoojit Sircar
My Rating - ****&1/2
2. Queen
The movie is based on "Rani", a typical Delhi-girl played by "Kangana Ranaut", who is very shy & an obedient girl. She is a sincere girl, always listens to everyone. The only thing that she does by her self is "LOVE". She falls in love with Rajesh played by "Rajkumar Rao". They decide to get married. Everything was going well, Rajesh goes to "London" & just before 2 days before marriage he refuses to marry her because after returning from London, he thinks she is not right for her. But, the fun starts when she alone, goes to her scheduled honeymoon. This is the first time, a bollywood movie has emerged as a winner like this, the story was fresh, real & humorous. Kangana Ranaut, the backbone of the movie, single-handedly make this movie from "Excellent" to "Super-Awesome". Director, Vikas Bahl has not left a scope for a scene to be made fantastic. Everything is perfectly scripted & shot.
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Cast - Kangana Ranaut, Rajkumar Rao, Lisa Hayden
Director - Vikas Bahl
My Rating - ****
3. Highway (2014)
Actually to be honest, this is not just a movie, it is a POETRY. .This movie has a soul. A silent scream of a person that has nowhere to go and no one to speak to...and so life is just a HIGHWAY !! Two people from different economic strata, brought together by fate, yet having similar childhood of mistrust, trauma and abuse. There is that void..a deep hole within the soul that can never ever be forgotten and never be filled ever again. This movie has so many layers deep within it like how men react differently to traumatic childhood by being aggressive and secluded within, longing for the mother figure to comfort them, and women on the other hand become carefree, wanting to just run from it all and always longing for that father figure that can take care of her always. Imtiaz Ali has researched it so well that you can feel the pain, the inappropriate joy and the crazy feeling of comfort in the most strange circumstances. Brilliant piece of art with such a grey hue and painted on landscape of colors !! Alia Bhatt..has talent, plenty of it, and Randeep Hooda is brilliant. Imtiaz Ali knows the soul and heart of a woman and recreates it well in all its brilliance.A MUST watch Film !!
Cast - Alia Bhatt, Randeep Hooda, Durgesh Kumar
Director - Imtiaz Ali
My Rating - ****
4. Special 26 (2013)
The first Bollywood movie of 2013, that was really good. Just like his first movie, "A Wednesday", Neeraj Pandey has done it again by providing us one more gripping thriller set against a very unusual issue which to the fact, actually none of us knew & the icing on the cake was that, "All this is based on a True Story". Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher, Rajesh Sharma & Kishore Kadam, play the roles of 4 con men who pose as CBI officers who investigate about the black money with Politicians & Big Businessmen. But, the twist comes when the real CBI comes to know about this. A top team headed by officer Wasim Khan played by "Manoj Bajpayee" is sent after the conmen. It is an intelligent film making at his creative best. Acting performances are awesome, story is brilliant & yes, the last 10-15 minutes of this movie is just phenomenal. A Must Watch!!
Cast - Anupam Kher, Akshay Kumar, Kajal Agarwal, Manoj Bajpayee, Rajesh Sharma, Kishore Kadam, Jimmy Shergill, Divya Dutta
Director - Neeraj Pandey
My Rating - ***&1/2
5. SHAHID
The movie is based on a young man walking into riot-infested street hearing cries, only to watch the mobs set people ablaze. But, the movie is not based on "riots". The boy "Shahid" played by "Rajkumar Rao" grows up to be a Human Rights champion & a Lawyer who fights for those who are wrongly accused in terrorism cases. The movie takes turn when his family is victimised during Mumbai riots. The rest that follows is "One Of The Best Courthouse Drama" i have ever seen. Hansal Mehta is in top form with this movie, while his previous movies were all duds. But, this movie takes him into the big league. Rajkumar Rao, with the role of his career delevers a stellar of a performance. Hansal Mehta won The "National Award For Best Direction" & Rajkumar Rao won The "National Award For Best Actor" for this movie. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
Cast - Rajkumar Rao, Prabhleen Sandhu, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Kay Kay Menon
Director - Hansal Mehta
My Rating - ****&1//2
THESE ARE THE RECENT BOLLYWOOD MOVIES THAT I LOVED. WHICH MOVIES WERE YOUR FAVORITES? DO COMMENT WITH YOUR FAVORITES. :)
Madras Cafe is a thriller about Sri Lanka at the time of Civil War & how this whole chapter of war & the socio-political aftermath led to the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi. In his best performance till this date, "John Abraham" plays the role of an army man on a mission assined by RAW in Sri Lanka. The film tells you an original story & it works because of it's political narration & superbly scripted suspense. It is a superbly scripted spy thriller which basically focuses on the working of intelligence agencies. Shoojit Sircar, has done an awesome job in giving us the movie that had a great story, even if we already knew it, but Sircar made it so compelling that you wouldn't want to miss a scene of it. In my opinion, it was one of the few Bollywood movies that looked like we are seeing a Great Hollywood movie. It just had to be on top of my list.
Cast - John Abraham, Nargis Fakhri, Leena Maria, Rashi Khanna, Ajay Ratnam, Siddhartha Basu.
Director - Shoojit Sircar
My Rating - ****&1/2
2. Queen
The movie is based on "Rani", a typical Delhi-girl played by "Kangana Ranaut", who is very shy & an obedient girl. She is a sincere girl, always listens to everyone. The only thing that she does by her self is "LOVE". She falls in love with Rajesh played by "Rajkumar Rao". They decide to get married. Everything was going well, Rajesh goes to "London" & just before 2 days before marriage he refuses to marry her because after returning from London, he thinks she is not right for her. But, the fun starts when she alone, goes to her scheduled honeymoon. This is the first time, a bollywood movie has emerged as a winner like this, the story was fresh, real & humorous. Kangana Ranaut, the backbone of the movie, single-handedly make this movie from "Excellent" to "Super-Awesome". Director, Vikas Bahl has not left a scope for a scene to be made fantastic. Everything is perfectly scripted & shot.
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Cast - Kangana Ranaut, Rajkumar Rao, Lisa Hayden
Director - Vikas Bahl
My Rating - ****
3. Highway (2014)
Actually to be honest, this is not just a movie, it is a POETRY. .This movie has a soul. A silent scream of a person that has nowhere to go and no one to speak to...and so life is just a HIGHWAY !! Two people from different economic strata, brought together by fate, yet having similar childhood of mistrust, trauma and abuse. There is that void..a deep hole within the soul that can never ever be forgotten and never be filled ever again. This movie has so many layers deep within it like how men react differently to traumatic childhood by being aggressive and secluded within, longing for the mother figure to comfort them, and women on the other hand become carefree, wanting to just run from it all and always longing for that father figure that can take care of her always. Imtiaz Ali has researched it so well that you can feel the pain, the inappropriate joy and the crazy feeling of comfort in the most strange circumstances. Brilliant piece of art with such a grey hue and painted on landscape of colors !! Alia Bhatt..has talent, plenty of it, and Randeep Hooda is brilliant. Imtiaz Ali knows the soul and heart of a woman and recreates it well in all its brilliance.A MUST watch Film !!
Cast - Alia Bhatt, Randeep Hooda, Durgesh Kumar
Director - Imtiaz Ali
My Rating - ****
4. Special 26 (2013)
The first Bollywood movie of 2013, that was really good. Just like his first movie, "A Wednesday", Neeraj Pandey has done it again by providing us one more gripping thriller set against a very unusual issue which to the fact, actually none of us knew & the icing on the cake was that, "All this is based on a True Story". Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher, Rajesh Sharma & Kishore Kadam, play the roles of 4 con men who pose as CBI officers who investigate about the black money with Politicians & Big Businessmen. But, the twist comes when the real CBI comes to know about this. A top team headed by officer Wasim Khan played by "Manoj Bajpayee" is sent after the conmen. It is an intelligent film making at his creative best. Acting performances are awesome, story is brilliant & yes, the last 10-15 minutes of this movie is just phenomenal. A Must Watch!!
Cast - Anupam Kher, Akshay Kumar, Kajal Agarwal, Manoj Bajpayee, Rajesh Sharma, Kishore Kadam, Jimmy Shergill, Divya Dutta
Director - Neeraj Pandey
My Rating - ***&1/2
5. SHAHID
The movie is based on a young man walking into riot-infested street hearing cries, only to watch the mobs set people ablaze. But, the movie is not based on "riots". The boy "Shahid" played by "Rajkumar Rao" grows up to be a Human Rights champion & a Lawyer who fights for those who are wrongly accused in terrorism cases. The movie takes turn when his family is victimised during Mumbai riots. The rest that follows is "One Of The Best Courthouse Drama" i have ever seen. Hansal Mehta is in top form with this movie, while his previous movies were all duds. But, this movie takes him into the big league. Rajkumar Rao, with the role of his career delevers a stellar of a performance. Hansal Mehta won The "National Award For Best Direction" & Rajkumar Rao won The "National Award For Best Actor" for this movie. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
Cast - Rajkumar Rao, Prabhleen Sandhu, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Kay Kay Menon
Director - Hansal Mehta
My Rating - ****&1//2
THESE ARE THE RECENT BOLLYWOOD MOVIES THAT I LOVED. WHICH MOVIES WERE YOUR FAVORITES? DO COMMENT WITH YOUR FAVORITES. :)
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