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This movie is not for smart intellectual audience looking for a strong plot as this movie is fairly predictable. This movie is not for general audience who are looking for a fun time pass movie and certainly not for the audience looking for grand mass masala entertainer. This movie is strictly made for the caring and sensitive audience, especially for the parents of autistic children as they would connect the most with this movie. I cried buckets while watching this movie, as there are certain scenes and dialogues in this movie that moves you and steals your heart. The last time I cried like this was while watching Taare Zameen Par. I am a parent of an autistic kid and I am so happy seeing this movie which highlights the importance of creating an inclusive environment for kids with special needs. Thank you Aamir Khan and the director R.S. Prasanna for making such a wonderful movie. Although many people are cribbing that the movie is not original I have nothing much to say to them. It is an adaptation but it is very well executed.

Initially I was not interested in watching this movie but after seeing so many memes and articles written about this movie that I was compelled to watch and finally I decided to give it a shot. Let's talk about the movie first and later the thought behind this movie. While watching this movie I was immensely moved and felt emotions surging inside me. Sanya Malhotra has given a really sincere performance. Her portrayal of a girl caught in a good housewife / good daughter in law syndrome which eventually gets to her as she feels completely ignored and given no value is something to watch out for. Her silent suffering as she keeps trying to curb her passion and desire for her dance and getting accustomed to cooking and doing household chores which could be relatable to many women who after getting married tried hard to please their in laws but end up being nothing more than a doormat. The portrayal of her husband and her father in law is also realistic by Nishant Dahiya and Kanwaljeet where they seem to completely oblivious of her feelings and are highly insensitive. Although sometimes you may feel that few scenes are exaggerated but it was necessary to drive home the point. Let's now talk about the thought behind this movie. It's about lack of acknowledgement and appreciation. Kitchen and cooking shown here is just as a metaphor. You can compare something similar to a hard working employee toiling day in and day out for a corporate firm but gets eventually ignored or left out due to office politics and favouritism when it comes to growth in the organization, leaving with only choice as to decide whether to continue or to leave the organization for betterment. Here too the hard work and sacrifices of the character Richa is being completely overlooked as it is supposed to be her duty to prioritise and please her in laws over her own desire and ambition and she is not even valued and appreciated for the same. At a point she feels trapped and eventually vents out her frustration by throwing the bucket of sink water at her husband at the end and even scolds her own mom for discriminating between a son and a daughter. This movie is not generalizing all families as such. There are highly supportive Inlaws and husbands everywhere, but if there are some families still doing this they need to realize that things need to change and you need to be more sensitive towards your daughter in law and a wife who might be going through a lot emotionally in adjusting to a new environment. Be more human.

When the sequel was announced for Drishyam 2, I felt that why Bollywood is looking for remakes and should rather go for something original instead. Since I had already watched original Drishyam 2 (Malayalam version with English subtitles) on OTT, I felt whether the Hindi version will hold any interest. As already Bollywood was going through a bad phase I felt this was a big mistake. Thanks that I was proven wrong. Drishyam 2 in Hindi is simply mind blowing. I should not compare but this story looks more tailor made for Ajay Devgan rather than any other actor. He is perhaps the only actor who can deliver with his eyes and body language, and manages an instant connect with the audience. He is definitely one of the finest actors in Bollywood if given a right script. The problem which Bollywood is facing currently are good story tellers. So they are stuck with remakes. Then there is another super surprise in Akshay Khanna. The moment he appears on screen, he lights it up. His swag and dialogue delivery is simply scene stealing. With two rock solid actors matching wits on screen, others are easily sidelined. But still Tabu does manages to make her presence felt, along with Kamlesh Savant as Gaitonde. There is one more thing that I want to add is the background score. Drishyam 2 once again proves that how important is the background score in a movie which holds the story and creates the right atmosphere. It definitely provides an edge of the seat experience. Overall Drishyam 2 is an amazing movie to watch on big screen. Don't miss the experience. Specially I also want to give credit to the writer Jeetu Joseph who has written this amazing story and created an awesome sequel.

Whether the Biopic is really good? It depends on us as an audience what we want to see in a Biopic. If we are looking for realism, then a documentary on Saina would suffice, but if it's a movie then there has to be a great deal of emotions and adrenaline rush as it's based on sports. The movie does have ample of both. The beginning scenes in the movie feels less interesting or captivating, since my usual expectations on such biopics, is that there would be lots of struggle and self doubt, conflicts which needs to be resolved at earlier scenes. But here everything seems perfect. Her mother herself is a good badminton player who is encouraging her second girl towards Badminton. Her father too is very supportive. There is a bit of financial issue but her father somehow manages the same. Sania as a kid is a pro Badminton player and everyone is getting surprised at the talent. She does keeps her winning streak right from the beginning and shows her confident self, only a small scene where there is a slip and she loses and comes runners up, her mother slaps her upfront when she was being awarded. It makes you feel bad for the girl who is putting all her efforts. But apart from that glitch everything goes normal, and even later when Parineeti comes to the fore, even she starts to win. Not much struggle early on as she looks like a destined winner. But a story to be good there needs to be a twist. The twist comes in form of her coach Ranjan, excellently played by Manav Kaul. He is a no nonsense coach and has created an academy with a belief to create world champions and not to make money. His interaction with Saina works perfect. The coach student relationship is the highlight in the movie and the turning point as well, who helps her to rise in the game and let's her know the importance of sacrifices. However after a rise there is a fall as Saina gets distracted due to media attention and sponsors who consume her time in photoshoots and advertisement. The irks her coach Rajan, especially when she does not comes for practice as he has reserved a court specially for her. The coach does not forgives her and leaves Saina on her own. She starts to loose focus and keeps losing many matches and falls in world ranking. In a match she even injures her leg and is admitted to hospital. She feels depressed but she keeps her motivation. She feels the need to make a come back and she is advised by her boyfriend to meet her coach again to sort things out. But things doesn't goes well. Saina's emotional angst against her coach is superb where he snubs her even though she comes from the hospital with a injured leg to meet him. Parineeti is superb in the scene. You can feel the anger and hurt on her face even though she is calm and smiling. From here Saina moves to a new academy, and there she gets her foothold back in a very important and emotionally moving scene. She fights hard and improves her ranking, and she is hard willed to go the distance to be number one. But she and her family figure out that the task is bit too high as she has a worthy opponent by the name of Carla Martinez who has her own ways of unsettling her opponents. The climax match is a close one and has the adrenaline running and manages to give a very emotionally satisfying end with a background song that is worth it. Overall I would say this is a must watch movie which you can fully enjoy with your family. Go for it.

The Girl on the train which released recently on Netflix literally sums up of how Hollywood and Bollywood works. Hollywood picks up a book, creates a screenplay to match it, and makes the movie which resembles the book closely, whereas Bollywood simply remakes it while adding few songs and tampering the actual story to make it look their original version. To be honest I was actually waiting for Parineeti's version of Girl on the train, since I was mighty impressed with Emily Blunt performance in the original, and sort of expected Parineeti to pull off a stunner. Well I was disappointed, since Parineeti was nowhere close to Emily, in fact it looked as if Parineeti was trying too hard to get her scenes right, whereas Emily seemed to be effortless. Her expression was enough to determine her state of being drunk and amnesiac. Parineeti with her dark circles in her eyes, lots of sobbing, even going over the top in certain scenes looked crude. But my main problem was not Parineeti, but the double twist at the end. It was a bad idea. It actually ruined the movie like anything. I would recommend to watch the Emily Blunt version if you have not seen it and give this movie a miss.

Honest review : Zero is pretty good movie and especially a visual treat for Shahrukh Fans. The premise here is simple. A small town dwarf guy from Meerut (Bauaa) manages to woo two amazing women who are way out of his league (Aafia and Babita Kumari), and there are scenes which are cute, funny and adorable. The technology used here is amazing as Shahrukh Khan looks convincing as a dwarf in every single frame of the movie, especially his scenes with Katrina Kaif. The scene where Katrina manhandles him and throws him out of his house is itself clapworthy. The size difference between both of them is very real in those particular scenes. But the film suffers form lot of flaws. 1) How Bauaa singh manages to get so much money. In one of the scenes where he tries to impress Aafia with a song sequence, he claims to have spend amount of Rs. 6 lakhs. 2) Bauaa singh is 10th grade pass and jobless. It's ok to assume that he is born in a filthy rich family, which never really looks on screen. At best they look practically upper middle class. 3) Now he runs from his marriage, with minimal clothes, but still has money to buy a coat, expensive watch and lots of other expensive gifts to his muse Babita, which he sort of angrily displays in front of her at a party. Now you can assume that he must have won that much money in a dance contest. Later he also flies abroad by getting his passport from home through his friend. 4) Katrina Kaif's breakup, patchup and then again breakup is poorly shown. Although Katrina Kaif's cameo performance is one of the highlights in the movie. 5) The climax of Mars mission is overly stretched, which might have been unintentional, but eventually the patience of certain audience would be tested. At least 15 to 20 minutes could have been trimmed. The director and the producer with their cinematic liberties have taken audience sensibilities for granted. Hope they do not repeat such mistakes as now they are dealing with audiences who are very much aware. Overall it is still a watchable movie despite of the above flaws. Don't go by negative opinions and reviews. You might love this movie.

I had watched this movie many a times and might still watch this movie a few more times, as in my opinion Jeepers Creepers 2 works for me as the best all time great Horror movie. I simply don't know why this movie never comes up in the list of best Horror movies and why it is so underrated. I think it's people own perception of Horror movies and this movie doesn't seems to fit the bill as it has few action scenes rather than being only horror and scary. It does have lot of frightening moments, but it's the action scenes towards the climax that takes the movie to the next level. According to me this movie should also be featured in all time great sequels, since it is right up there.

There is a scene in the movie where Pravin's friend says to him that either you are great or completely crazy, to which Pravin replies with the smile that if he achieves success then he is great otherwise crazy. The above scene sums up on life. There are many people who have killed their passion at certain point of life as earning money become more important than chasing your dreams. You don't want to feel like a loser in your life by wasting your time running around things which looks almost impossible and feel it is better to give up as it makes sense. And then there is someone like Pravin Tambe. We have seen lots of biopics already and especially about sports where the protagonist goes through a lot of struggles and eventually he meets success at the end. But what makes this movie different is the one factor "Age". It's easy to say that "Age" is just a number, but in fact if you are unable to achieve certain goals or milestones at a particular age it is damn frustrating. But Pravin is so relentless that it's hard to believe. We might feel while watching the movie that it is better that he gives up as his career is not going places. But when eventually he makes it on a big stage and delivers it feels so satisfying. His story could be an inspiration for those who feel that sometimes giving up is a better decision. It's also one of the best movie ever made on never say die attitude. Watch this movie as it has lot of heart.

To begin with Gehrayian movie is meant strictly for an adult audience. This movie is not a family entertainer and hence for obvious reasons many people have criticized the movie which it didn't deserve. The movie may not be a classic, but I would say this is one of the best bollywood release in recent times. It's basically about the wrong choices which we make without knowing the horrible consequences. Alisha the protagonist is in a dead end relationship, but she is striving hard to keep it alive, being quite aware that it might be getting worse. She also has a traumatic past which makes her feel depressed alongwith having anxiety issues. She wants her partner Karan to pull up his socks and do something concrete in life. But it seems it is falling to deaf ears. Enter Zain her cousin Tia's fiancee, and it seems immediately as if they connect to each other. Alisha and Zain start liking each other, and they start a relationship unknown to their partners, although Alisha feels guilt pangs somewhere but Zain seems unfazed. He clearly knows what he wants, but deep inside he also aware that he is making a difficult choice. Alisha simply couldn't resist the temptation as her partner Karan is not acknowledging her efforts to make ends meet, and he stays within his zone of writing a book. He used to work in an advertising agency which he left for pursuing a more satisfying goal of becoming a writer. But his goal is nowhere reachable, as he is struggling to complete his draft. The relationship of Zain and Alisha which seemed to be started as casual flirting becomes more and more dangerous as the movie progresses. The story becomes more twisted and dark. As an audience you become aware that both of them are doomed but still you are caught off guard as the way the climax scenes unfolds. Deepika as Alisha has nailed the character and so is Siddhant as Zain. Ananya Pandey in the role of her cousin has played her part very well. The movie which is so well executed by director Shakun Batra, enforces how infidelity can ruin lives. Things look exciting to begin with but can get terrible when things go out of hand. The movie actually stays with you. A definite must watch for people who want different stories from Bollywood.

I went this movie with very low expectations as there was lot of bad reviews and ratings given to this movie. But once I watched this movie I felt there was nothing wrong in this movie. It was pretty good. The movie had pretty good visuals which was giving that prehistoric earth vibes. That's one big thing I was expecting and I was not disappointed. The other factor was how the dinosaur would be presented, and whether the action sequence would be be interesting enough. They were effective but I felt there could have been bit more longer sequences so that it would have been more thrilling. I missed especially Brachiosaur, no sign of it. All the dinosaurs shown were mainly carnivores. There are lot of emotional moments that slows down the movie, but still I felt that was required to provide depth to the characters. Otherwise this would have been very lame movie. So in all I would recommend don't go by negative reviews, this is a movie that needs to be experienced in big screen with family, so please go for it.