Movie Review - Lafangey Parindey

The Good - The umpteen number of smart ass comments throughout the movie, some of which are 'mildly entertaining' at best. However, I am sure the movie will go on to establish 'One Shot Nandu' as an awards category for Bollywood Awards.

The Bad- Abysmal acting, no story, and I could go on and on and on

The Ugly - The 'overenthu' guy who handled camera for this movie

The Plot - Plot, what is that? No honestly, I didn't even find as much as an iota of a storyline in the movie. Though I know that I said that this is a spoiler free review, but honestly I don't know how, even if I wanted, I could have told you anything about the movie that you haven't already guessed after watching the promos. Honestly someone should tell these kids who grew up on Manmohan Desai movies and thought that "Woaah, this is so easy, even I can do it" that it's not that easy to make a Masala movie. Masters of the art, like Manmohan Desai could do it, because they had a flair for it. It is not as simple as putting a Rahim Chacha in a frame and then a drunk Fernandez in another and a mosque in the background of a Matki-fod. And honestly I seriously have to say now that Aditya Chopra has become a 'One Formula Nandu'. Seriously Aditya give us something different, we are tired of the stuff being dished out to us in not so different formats.

The Acting - I think the director forgot to tell Deepika where she was supposed to act blind and where not; She just seems the same throughout the movie. She said in one of her interviews that she has not copied Rani Mukherjee and Kajol for this role, and guess what, she is right. Full marks girl, for your honesty. And well, Neil Nitin Mukesh was always a One-Shot-Nandu, he hasn't acted at all after 'Johny Gaddar'.

The Technicals- Well this is a serious request to all the Bollywood directors. STOP and I will say again, STOP giving your cameras in the hands of over-enthu kids who think that Body-Cams are still cool and would make audience go WOW. Sorry kids, hate to break your hearts, but that's just not true. And what's with this kid's obsession with yellow, I just cant describe it to you, everything yellow is just too bright and really stands out (in a bad way). Looks like this kid really misses his Jaundice days.

Verdict: Well, no surprise here that the movie is really really sad. The directory really tried to help the audience out towards the end when one of the characters says 'Achcha ye love story hai!!' thanks for helping us out there, dude.

Movie Review - Peepli Live

The Good - I think the best part of the movie is when you can't decide which part of the movie really stands out and deserves to be mentioned

The Bad - the "slightly" stretched last reel

The Plot : Even though it may sound a bit oxymoron-ish, but this movie stands out for the subtle nuances that it captures in all it's characters. Be it the gestures and husky voice of the English News Channel reporter, or the attempted alliterations of the Hindi News Channel reporter. Or the hapless and helpless DM-sahab, all the characters have been captured really well...

While some may say that the story isn't exactly taut, but then this isn't really a story driven movie, it's more character driven. While some of them may not really have too much of screen time, but still leave their impact, like the IAS officer..

The Technicals - Though the movie is so good in itself, that your attention is hardly diverted to the beautiful way in which the hinterlands have been captured, but credit must be given in the way the camera has been used to present the vivid shades of life in rural India. However, one thing which I have a grouse against is the overuse of 'Body-Camera' post Dev D in Indian cinema. Really guys, it is no more a novelty, so maybe you should move on.

The Acting - Ohh, the really tough part, as far as writing a review for this movie is concerned, because everybody has acted really really well. Kudos to the director for getting wonderful performances out of everyone, even the 'Extras'.

Verdict : I know the word has been used a bit too often, but I would still call it a 'Refreshing' movie, a must watch for lovers of Indian cinema.

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