Vyshakh

Param Sundari is an enjoyable romantic comedy with stunning cinematography, beautifully capturing the charm of Alappuzha, Kerala. I particularly liked Siddharth’s performance. This is probably the first film since Hasee Toh Phasee that I’ve truly enjoyed watching him in. Romantic comedies definitely play to his strengths. However, the film falls short in terms of its plot and the female lead. The heroine is meant to be a Malayalee, but Janhvi struggles with Malayalam pronunciation, which isn’t her fault. The director could have either cast a Malayalee actress or used a dubbing artist for Janhvi’s lines. Overall, the depiction of Malayalees and Kerala feels inauthentic and more effort could have been put into making it realistic. That said, Param Sundari still stands out as one of the more enjoyable Bollywood releases of the year.

When I saw the IMDb rating of Gulabo Sitabo, I was quite disappointed. Upon watching reviews on Film Companion, I decided to give the movie a go. I must say this is one movie everyone should watch. The movie leaves you at the end with a similar feeling to that of reading Animal Farm. The entire movie explores the theme of greed and its consequences on the lives of various characters within the movie. Despite big-name actors such as Amitabh Bachchan and Ayushmann Khurrana acting in this movie, no character in this movie is irrelevant and less important than those two. In the end, all characters in this movie become the lead actors of the movie. Female characters are very strong and bold. All the female characters hold the fort whilst Mirza and Baankey plot various schemes to outsmart each other. Just be a bit patient and you will be left watching perhaps the best movie released in Bollywood this year.

This movie is ridiculous. If I had an option to give half of one star, I would have chose that. Right from the beginning, the action sequences are ridiculous. At one point, a truck goes right past the green Alfa Romeo Giulia. This results in the car being scratched and the side mirror being clipped by the truck. The scene following that the missing side mirrors magically reappear. A similar thing happens with the daytime running lights. Along with a poor man's Baby Driver, this movie follows a plot full of unnecessary twists and turns. I do not know how the producers signed off on this project in the first place.