NH10

It takes some great reviews/ story line to drive me to the theaters ,especially when our friends at PirateBay have reached new levels, delivering high quality rips within 3 days from the release. NH10 did manage to do that. But at the end of 1 hr 45 mins , I was utterly disappointed. When I say this , I know I will be contradicting almost all the reviewers, but that's the way it is. NH10 definitely has a nice concept. A brave attempt. But as Siddhu paji would say it, "You are remembered for hitting the target not for aiming at it". And that's what NH10 does. Anushka has definitely given a good performance, but that's by her standards which aren't that great either. However, a single good performance isn't good enough to make a good movie. What starts off as a hatke concept goes haywire by the time we reach the end of the movie. Honor Killings is something which hasn't been highlighted in Bollywood. But NH10 does no justice to that. Plus the movie seems unrealistic at so many places. And the rest of the cast is very passable. So irrespective of what the (paid ?) reviews say its better that you save this one for your lappies.

P.S. I have stopped liking Anushka after a certain job she got (Read:Quack Quack!). And from the performance point of view , she was way way better in Band Baja Baraat

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Dum Laga Ke Haisha!

I have been eagerly waiting for the movie to be out. Although it hit the theaters quite sometime ago the guys at YashRaj did a great job to keep  the people from Piratebay at bay but then they did succeed in the end. Coming back to the movie, My initial impression was that its one of those competition oriented movie with a predictable ending, But then I was pleasantly surprised. The actual race is just the last 10min of the movie and is like the cherry on top of the cake.Its a simple story and the director doesn't try too hard to prove any point. Instead he has these sweet little moments in the movie which are so nice and believable at the same time, There is this song sequence where in the lead pair arent talking to each other but they play songs corresponding to their feelings. And the best one is in the end when both of them are about to the end the race and the way he carries her back all the way to their home. Ayushmann and surprise package Bhumi Pednekar (Jai Maharashtra!!) are cast perfectly and Sanjay Mishra and co are complimentary to the lead pair. The background music is nice with good use of the violin. And the best part of course is the music, For a change Anu Malik has composed a superb track reminiscent of the 90s music. Moh Moh Dhage is my personal favoirtie. And how can I forget this catchy number which is playing in the background as I type this post

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Classmates

This is remake of  Malyalam movie by the same name, but unlike the other Southie remaeks (read: All Salman movies), this one is a pleasant surpirse. It starts a present-to-flashback mode and I felt this is another "Duniyadari" wannabe , especially with Ankush Chaudhary in the lead as the college dude. But the similarity ends there. The flashback depicting college life is fun. The sets perfectly suit the 90s and so does the college life. The movie shuttles from forward - flashback mode and the director has managed to do that perfectly. All this happens on the backdrop of a suspense plot which is indeed interesting and unpredictable. Ankush, Sonalee Kulkarni, Suyash Tilak and Sachit Patil are upto the mark, Sai Tamhakar being overshadowed by these. All in all its a nice start to the calendar year for Marathi cinema. 

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