Review: Happy Bhaag Jayegi



Writer & Director:  Mudassar Aziz
Stars: Diana penty, Abhay Deol Ali Fazal Jimmy Shergill

Happy an Indian girl reaches Pakistan by mistake when she tries to run away with her lover on her wedding day. Her lover, her would be husband (who she left) try to get her back from Pakistan, while a young politician from Pakistan helps her get home.

Good:

• The positive message of the movie was the biggest plus point of the movie. it shows how there is nothing but love between the people of both countries, and how they are the same people.
• Star performance supported the movie a lot, specially Diana, she was really impressive in her role, her quirky, devil may care act was really appealing, plus she looks really pretty. Ali Fazal did a great job at times, specially the emotional scenes, he faltered a little with the drunk scene but it could be Ignored. Piyush Mishra as the COP Usman Afridi was brilliant, some of the best laughs I had was from his character. Abhay Deol did his part amazingly as well.
• It was a family entertainer, with clean comedy. for me it's a big thing, considering today's domination of vulgar comedies. it proves that you don't need to be vulgar to be funny.

Bad:

• I didn't care for Jimmy Shergill's character. not that his acting was not good, but his character was a lot like his character from Tanu weds Manu, and a lot of his acting seemed repetitive.
• At times the chemistry between Diana Penty and Ali Fazal just vanishes, mostly because Ali can't hold his end of the act. One minute they look good together and the next, it just looks like they don't belong together.

Final Word:

I really liked the movie, it was a fun family entertainer, and I would recommend it to all of you.

Review: Suicide Squad



Director: David Ayer
Writer: David Ayer
Stars: Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, and more.

*Spoiler Alert*

What if The next Superman is a villain/and wants to enslave us? that's the question that led to the creation of The Suicide Squad. Amanda Waller is concerned about the safety of human kind, in case someone like superman, comes to earth and turns out to be evil and endangers human kind? So she puts together a team of super villains to defend Earth. And one of the super villains (Enchantress) turns out to be the threat that wants to wipe out the Human race.

Good:
I don't know why this movie had such bad reviews, because frankly I loved it.
to be specific:

• For me The movie belongs to Deadshot. Will Smith has done an extraordinarily fantastic job. He is bad ass, He is witty, He has a sense of humour in a serious tone that just attracts you from the beginning, and I loved it. His emotional side will definitely attract you. His story with his daughter really adds to that.
• They have showed the emotional sides to Super villains, and that looks amazing. it really makes you feel for Them. and the way they portrayed it, is amazing. specially Harley Quinn, no matter how cold blooded she makes you believe she is, deep down she is soft and full of love.
• Chemistry between the Stars is another highlight of the movie. specially between Deadshot and captain Flag, its a different kind of chemistry when they hate each other, and its another kind of chemistry when they start to get along and even care for each other, but its always there. then there is the chemistry between Harley Quinn and deadshot, that appeals to you on a different level.
• Joker and Harley Quinn's story, is the new standard of love stories, They will do anything for each other and to be with each other. Its actually when Harley thinks she lost Mr J, that we get to see The Soft on the inside, emotional Harley Quinn. The Joker proves it more than one times in the movie, that he will always be there for her. 
• I loved the cameos in the movie, i-e Batman, and The Flash. I was hoping that The Batman that cameo in the movie would be Ben Affleck's Batman and I loved it when I found out  that it was. The Flash cameo was a surprise for me, and I must say a very happy surprise.
• I was kinda worried about the action, because in the past DC lacked good action, but I must say we don't have that problem here. the action in fact is really good. there is a scene where Deadshot kills every bad guy (except for his team) single-handedly, while standing on top of a car, that just blew my mind.
• The movie has a lot of comedy, and considering the fact that this is a DC movie, it's a really big thing. But what I loved was the fact that they had comedy, and they made the movie more fun, but they stayed true to DC, i-e the movie was still as dark as you would expect a DC movie to be.

Bad:

• First and foremost let's talk about The Joker. I really liked him. Jared Leto absolutely was amazing in his own way as the joker. but the thing is he wasn't given enough screen time in the movie.
• I din't care for the Villain ( Enchantress) at all. she was the same old cliched villain who as usual wants to wipe out humanity and rule the world.
• There is a time when you get confused about the villain, because Enchantress is kind of MIA, and the joker is acting like the villain, and then things go back to original, but in that time you can't help but feel that may be The Joker would have been way better as main villain than Enchantress, and may be they should have avoided Enchantress all together.

Final Word:

It's a must watch. I loved it and I would recommend it to you guys.

Review: Rustom


Director: Dharmendra Suresh Desai
Writer: Vipul K. Rawal
Stars: Akshay Kumar, Ileana, Esha Gupta.

Commander of the Indian navy is accused of murdering his wife's lover when he finds out she cheated on him. It gets interesting when the officer pleads not guilty. whats the hidden story? is he guilty? that's the story.

Good:
Let me say it first and foremost I loved the movie, it is nothing short of brilliant.

• Akshay kumar. This man has been doing brilliant movies lately, and Rustom is one of those. His acting, his expression, specially when he finds out about his wife's affair, reads the letters, and then couldn't understand what just happened, priceless!! His character is a true gentleman, and Akshay did it brilliantly.
• Ileana is amazing. I personally am not a Fan of hers, but this time she has really outdone herself.
• The story is amazing if you don't compare it to 'The Nanavati case" and it shouldn't be compared.

Bad:

There is not much you can dislike about the movie, but like any movie it has a few minor flaws. Like:

• It is supposed to be a serious court room drama, but in the curt room, there is an overall non-serious attitude. I don't know what they were trying to achieve, but it didn't go well for me. The prosecution lawyer is always objecting and is funny in his behavior, plus the judge is joking around with the lawyer, and everyone is clapping, I didn't care for all that "comedy?" they tried to shove in a serious court room drama.

Review: Mohenjo Daro


Director: Ashutosh Gowariker
Writers: Ashutosh Gowariker, Preeti Mamgain
Stars: Hrithik Roshan, Pooja Hegde, Kabir Bedi, and more.

Sarman is a farmer, who goes to Mohenjo Daro to sell his produce, but there he meets a girl, chaani, who is considered to be a blessing for the city, and he falls in love with her. when he decides to stay he finds out that the ruler of the city is cruel to the people, so he decides to stand for the people. Soon he finds out that his father was once the Ruler of that city and that the cruel ruler had him killed years ago.

Good:

• The biggest plus for the movie was Hrithik Roshan's performance. he completely sinks into his character. He acted brilliantly, and looks actually looks really believable as a poor farmer trying to earn an honest living. in many dialogues and a few dance steps he reminded me of Rohit from koi mil gaya, and I loved it.
• The non CGI part of Mohenjo Daro, i-e the actual set, looked really great, it gave a feeling of an ancient civilization. I don't know how Mohenjo Daro looked according to historians, but the set through which they showed it was pretty awesome.
• The music of A.R Rahman was awsome. it suited the theme and location of the movie perfectly. anytime time the music plays in the background it matches the scene. (what the scene represents)

Bad:

• First and foremost, I said in the "GOOD" part of the review that I loved the set of Mohenjo Daro, and now I feel obliged to tell you that the set was great, but they ruined it with CGI. anytime the city has been shown through CGI, mostly the look from above where the whole city is shown, is really bad. actually any CGI in the movie was really bad, it looked fake.
• They started the movie with a weird language, that sounded like it was blended with Hindi, but we didn't have subtitles I didn't get what they was saying and it bothered me. they only did it for like the start, and they came to the normal language, it didn't make any sense.
• Chaani was supposed to be a girl from an ancient city, but for that role she is way too "2016". her act, her way of talking everything looks out of time, and out of place. Pooja hegde is really beautiful and extremely good on the eyes, but her character could have been a lot stronger. All she did in the movie was look pretty, and talk like she traveled from the future.
• The Story is highly predictable. you see all the twists coming from a mile.
• I didn't care for the ending at all, firstly because, the ending showed us how Mohenjo Daro was destroyed, and highly doubt it that what they showed was historically accurate. secondly, the end looked to me inspired from the story of Moses, a hero leading his people across the sea to save them from an evil ruler where the evil dictator dies by the very sea. Am I the only who think it's exactly the same as Moses and the people of Egypt?

Final Word:

Its an entertaining movie,, but you could probably wait for it to come out on DVD.

Review: Coke Studio Season 9 Episode 1


Coke Studio season 9 is off to an explosive start, the first episode is full of amazing music and amazing vocals. Although it is way too early to compare it to the super hit season 8, but I gotta admit from the first episode its looking pretty good. lets have a look at the songs in the first episode of season 9. and this not at all the ranking of the songs, I am just typing as they come in to mind.

1- Sasu Mangay, Naseebo Lal & Umair Jaswal

Sung by Naseebo Lal, and Umer jaswal and music is directed by Shiraz Uppal. this one is a coke studio version of an old folk song.

music is what Coke studio is known for and they have done it again with this song. Naseebo Lal's part was the almost the same as the original song, and it couldn't have been a problem for an experienced singer like her, and she did good for her part, what was the deciding pat for me was Umair Jaswal's part and to be honest at first I was kind of disappointed but then he sang the "HOYA KI HAAL MERA, RAB JANDA" and I was sold, he nailed it perfectly, and after that he was amazing. plus the Studio's music specially the drums with that part is fantastic. and overall it was a good song.

2- Aaja Re Moray Saiyaan, Zeb Bangash

Sung by Zeb Bangash with supporting vocals and directed by Noori, it's on original song by Ali hamza from Noori. The song has a hindi touch to it and I must say when blended with coke studio's music it sounds really good. Zeb's voice like always is sweet and touching, and she did an amazing job with this song. the music is really good and complements the song perfectly.

overall for me this one was really good. 

3- Aaqa, Abida Parveen & Ali Sethi

For me Coke Studio's music has always worked best with sufi songs, and this song just proved that point. Gulzar sahab once said that "when Abida Parveen calls, Allha listens." when it comes to sufi songs, her voice is just made for it, fantastic job by the great Abida Parveen sahiba. but I should also mention that Ali Sethi was no way less in any way, he was right there with Abida parveen. and did an equally great job. This was my favourite track from the first episode.

4-Janay Na Tu, Ali Khan

This was the first time a heard Ali khan's Sweet and mesmerizing voice. I can't believe I haven't heard him before. I loved his voice and the way he sang the song. everything in this song was great, the lyrics, the vocals, the music (obviously), but it's a really different song than all the other songs in coke studio, you normally don't experience modern song like this in coke studio, we usually get new versions of old hit songs, or new songs in a really classical or sufi way, but this was different, and sadly I didn't like it as much as the other typical Coke studio songs. it is a great song with regards to the vocals and singing and music, but I think it just doesn't fit in coke studio. plus they started the song really good bit ended it only okay.( I hope that make sense).

Review: Sausage Party


Director: Greg Tiernan,  Conard vernon.
Stars:  Seth Rogan, Kristen Wiig, Jonah Hill and more

Sausage party is an adult comedy about stuff from the super market. Humans are believed to be like angels and the human world is believed to be like heaven among all the products from the supermarket. But of course that's not true, we human want to kill them and cook them and eat them. one young sausage takes it upon himself to warn other products and tell them the truth about the human world.


Good:

• A simple job like eating is shown to us from the point of view of the ones we eat, i-e the products. And I must say its Hilarious as hell. plus the occasional background commentary is kind of naughty in a funny sense and it's a contributing factor to the movie being so funny.

Bad:

• The jokes are hilarious but it the same time its offensive. some people might take it as a joke and laugh but others might get seriously offended.
• I didn't care for the ending of the movie. it was really over the top and unrealistically gross, even for an animated movie.

Final Word:

At the end of the day, the movie made me laugh as hell, and I would recommend it to all of you.

just bear in mind, although it is an animated movie, I would strongly suggest you not to take your kids with you.

Review: Pete's Dragon


Director: David Lowery
Writers: David Lowery, Toby Halbrook.
Stars: Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford, Oakes Fegley and others.

A boy named Pete has been living in the woods for 6 years, and A dragon named Elliot has been helping him survive in the woods. how the boy finds home and family is the story called Pete's Dragon..


Good:
People looking for a god family time would love this one.

• Its a heartfelt movie, filled with family love and emotions. and a little boy finding family. through out the movie you feel it.
• Its a good entertainer, and can be watched with family.

Bad:

A good entertainer, a good family movie, but sadly not as good a movie as I expected.

• The movie is called "Pete's Dragon" but the Dragon named Elliot is not in the movie that much. You see him in the beginning a little and then he is absent for a long time and because of that you don't care when he is absent. Contrary to the name the movie is not really about Pete and his dragon, but rather about pete finding a home and family.
• Because Elliot the dragon has so little screen time, Pete and Elliot's relationship does not really appeal to you.

Final Word:

I would say it's an avoidable movie at the theater. You can watch it when it comes out on DVD.