Badlapur

Excellent story line with perfect execution.

Evey-time you think that this was the best performance by Nawazuddin Siddique, he surprises you by his next film, just as he did in this one.  Varun Dhavan also matches him quite well. And apart from these two there are cameos from other bunch of actors (Huma Querishi, Vinay Pathak, Radhika Apte and Divya Datta) who seem to be suited so well for those roles. The editing is perfect and the director keeps you at the edge of your seats till the very end. And last but not the least , the humor. Its amazing how he uses subtle humor throughout the movie without deviating from the main theme!

Kudos to Sriram Raghvan for this masterpiece. Johny Gaddar was good (and we have forgotten Agent Vinod), but this is a different level altogether.

P.S. Dont miss the beginning and the end. The climax is something which you would never expect.

P. P.S. In the past two months there have already two films with Badlapur in the title (The other one being Badlapur Boys). So Sriram Raghvan if you are coming up with a sequel please think about Ambernath as well!

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The Imitation Game

The movie is a biopic on the life of Alan Turing, the pioneer of computers and whose team helped the most complex of the German cryptic codding machine known as the Enigma. It goes to show there is so much to the war than just the actual battlefield. The movie is crisp and the plot hardly deviates from its main course. Benedict Cumberbatch proves what an excellent actor he is. Definitely a worth watch!

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Shamitabh

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The only good thing about the movie is you get double the dose of Amitabh's voice. What starts off as a good concept is ruined as we reach to the end of the movie. Amitabh and Dhanush act really well, but they can't do much when the basic story is weak. Even if we accept all the flaws in the plot, the climax disappoints and the director fails to put forth what exactly what he wants to say. Plus you have to bear with Akshara (who is like the Stuart Binny of Bollywood, you know why!). In fact if there is someone who needs a voice over its Akshara. She fails miserably. Her casting is totally out of place, especially for someone who plays a major part in the climax with monologoues. In fact at one point Amitabh asks her to shut up during one of her many monologues. Thats what we want her to do. Forever I guess,

Overall: Shamitabh -Amitabh = Sham

P.S.  One good thing about the movie is that Balki has these random Bollywood references throughout the movie, which are quite interesting.

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