Mukul Suryan

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Maula Jatt – 1979 Revenge to Humanity, Maula Jatt get it all covered in this all in one classical entertainer with lots of Drama, music, a pinch of comedy and mind-blowing performances by both on-screen and off-screen teams. Maula Jatt (Sultan Rahi) and Noori Natt (Mustafa Qureshi) are into a revenge story started by Daaro Nattni (chakori) as his brother being disparaged by Jatts against his ultimate status in whole Punjab for misbehaving with a woman. At any point, it doesn’t seem to be an ordinary story of revenge, but we see power and status going from one character to another from starting and it does not seem to be very elongated, as in the mid-story only, we get to see the strong fight between Maula Jatt and Noori Natt which doesn’t come to any result because of the intervention of police which doubles the excitement and makes the viewer think how it’s going to happen further, which is brilliantly oriented and written by director Yunus Malik and writer Nasir Adib. And here comes the powerful song very beautifully portraying the situation “eh te vella aap dassega, kon marda maidan”, which says, time will tell, who will win. Although all the songs are very pleasing and moving, composed by Inayat Hussain. And other than the satisfying story, what made it more dramatic is camera work and editing with those fast zoom in and zoom outs to show the real intense impact of the scene, those POV shots in the fight scenes and the fast camera shifts from character to character within a scene while they are delivering the dialogues, Oh yes! The dialogues, Oh my God! What a brilliant work with dialogues and Kudos to the actors delivering these powerful debating dialogues against each other with a wonderful body language. To some, it may look like overacting, but as all the characters having the same pace and energy, so it got covered. Revenge story turns into Humanity as the movie ends with the strong message in the dialogue “Insaniyat Inteqam nahi, insaaf chahndi hai” which says Humanity needs Justice, not Revenge.

Khuda Hafiz – 2020 No boundaries for true love. Not the first movie of the same concept, make you bore in starting but wait! It got all covered later on! Sameer(Vidyut Jammwal) goes over and beyond from India to Noman to save her wife and here starts the action and a good story as well, better than the previous movies based on the same concept. It is really very slow in starting, and that’s why the director decided to start it with the mid story but doesn’t help! But it's okay as it got all covered later on with good turning story and sensible action scenes that even looks good on screen. Camera and editing work is obviously amazing as seen in the action scenes but a very brilliant work with the camera in taking close up shots with different angles while actors delivering the dialogues made it more intense. This is one of the best work by Vidyut Jammwal followed by Annu Kapoor in supporting role as UsmanBhai taxi driver and Shiv Pandit as Abu Faiz Malik in a negative role, who did wonders to their characters. Although the action was good and violence is shown openly, but the use of blood in editing looks visibly fake, otherwise, it was a very sensible and watchable action. Also a special mention to the use of locations which added the stars to the screenplay which is stupendously written. Efforts by writer-director Faruk Kabir and team is widely visible and thus make it a sensible watch with no extra show off.

Bloodshot – 2020 If a human can think about it, he can make it. There you go with jam-packed science and action. What if technology takes over humans? Then humanity needs to take over the human technology, and that’s what we experience, Human technology vs. humanity. A technology that can rebuild the human blood tissues and make him so strong that he cannot die of any injury, and on the other side same person’s mind is controlled by technology as well which can take his mind to past or present and rebuild any scenario with any changes. That’s where the misuse of technology starts when a doctor puts in technology in another person to take advantage of both humans and technology, but obviously, technology cannot take over feelings and that’s what makes this movie so predictable. Yes! It goes with very common scenarios instead of having a vast imagination stage. No doubt the action, camera work, and editing is above all that makes it interesting especially the action scenes just before the ending. But it could have gone much vaster in writing and imagination. It also gets a little bit slow in between but the pace it takes after that is boom! That’s where the most interesting part is, those slow-motion action scenes and the victory of the humanity of humans. must try this as the story has some kind of newness but it doesn’t go at that hype level just because better than this has been made before. But obviously a great one time watch.

72 Hours: Martyr Who Never Died - 2019 A tribute to Rifleman Jaswant Singh Rawat who fought in 1962 indo-china war. It is a great topic for a war film, but how about the performances? The journey of Jaswant Singh Rawat from his childhood to the war zone is an interesting story and can be seen interestingly but only till a point and then turns out to be a not so good war film. A war film is a delight to watch but never an easy task for filmmakers and that’s what made it difficult too. The storyline is fine but we see a lack of performance and unnecessary addition of few characters which is not doing any good to the story but few good things are the locations and camera work. War sequence was fine till a point but they took it too long with the only warrior remaining in the war zone and that too with a local villager girl. At some places in the movie, it seems like this scene should have been short and sometimes seems like ok this scene should have been short. It could have been much better, but! It shows a great patriotism and the struggle of the characters. Giving it a try is an easy watch but not sure until the end.

Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl – 2020 Those are great who try to do something very first time, and that’s the struggle we see in “Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl” The inspiring real-life story of Gunjan Saxena, who became the very first Indian female air force officer and proudly served country in 1999 Kargil War by flying in the war zone. The real struggle of a girl to become a pilot in the time back then will take you to the journey of a girl’s struggle first to convince her family, then to get selected in the academy, then in the training and it continues till she proves herself first time in the war zone. An emotional connection of love and inspiration between the father and the daughter is a soft-hearted highlight shown very beautifully throughout as he supported her daughter first to keep trying to be in a position to fulfill her dreams and later by inspiring her to stay in the war of life against all odds. Viewers will really feel how was the struggle had been at that time for the only girl in the zone filled with men who don’t want to be under a woman and take her charge. But, an inspiring dialogue “jo log mehnat ka saath nahi chorte, kismat unka haath nahi chorti” made it all possible. It was a very amazing experience to see some technical aspects of flying and it's very beautifully picturized and made with the help of CG to show a real flying experience, especially in the mountains. The war and flying part is not that much in the movie, but it's more about the story of struggles that Gunjan Saxena made to be the first Indian female air force office. A very inspiring story and effort made by director Sharan Sharma, writing along with Nikhil Mehrotra and the whole team. Must Watch.

Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro – 1983 The powerful ambiance of corruption making it difficult for the common man to survive. Very serious topic yet performed with great sarcastic comedy. The story ahead of time was very accurately imagined and observed. Two common men trying to earn their bread and butter goes into the lap of corruption mafias in businesses and ministry, tries to control it somehow, but “Jaane bhi does yaaro” that’s what we feel in the end. From very starting we see the struggle of common man represented by Vinod(Naseeruddin Shah) and Sudhir(Ravi Baswani) who somehow gets the job but it turns out to be used for corruption only. Big business tycoons and powerful authorities of ministry play with the laws with the help of the black money and the one who pays for it is a common man. The movie takes a serious turn around interval but director and writers did a great job in turning out this whole serious combination of corruption and murder into a full sarcastic comedy. The ending is a whole different level which is a small theatre act turning the actual characters and story of the play upside down and full of laughter, and an unexpected but factual true ending leaving the viewer’s heart and mind saying “Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro”. Obviously, it was a movie much ahead of its time and will be forever the same in any situation in the future as well. Never say “jaane bhi do yaaro” to this movie, it is a perfect watch in the contrast worlds.

Dhadkan – 2000 A perfect combination of music and romance and none of them are ordinary. yes! It is an extremely powerful romantic combination powered by awesome music it is. Dev(Sunil Shetty), Ram(Akshay Kumar), and Anjali(Shilpa Shetty) going through the love and marriage clashes in their life and showing the value of limits and sacraments toward each other and families. The main highlight is the music by Nadeem-Shravan which almost covers the whole movie from beginning till the end and beautifully narrating the story. The way they used music is one of the rarest pieces of art which makes this film stand out. It took almost 3 years to prepare the music of Dhadkan which definitely made it a proud release. The story is also normally good with a new approach of characters and their performances; however we see over-acting at several places but its balances as all characters performing at that time are into that overacting space, which made even this thing a delight to watch. Locations are very beautiful, especially in all the songs, Switzerland is beautifully captured. A very special highlight is also the song “dulhe ka sehra” by Nursat Fateh Ali Khan, which makes you go wow, especially to the qawwali lovers. It is a simple and straight romantic musical drama which shows complications in love and families. I will recommend that nobody should miss this epic musical drama, and you get one thing for sure after watching it, the music in your heart and mind.

Pareeksha Better education to the present generation is the only thing that can help in the development of any country in the future, and Pareeksha totally describes this issue in a dramatic manner. A poor father, a rickshaw puller, living in the lower class, struggles like hell to provide the best education possible to his child. Director Prakash Jha brings another social topic this time, talking about the education system of the country and the struggles that poor families need to do in order to provide education to their children followed by the politics in school management or in ministry. A father goes from being good and honest to a thief, just to arrange funds to provide the best possible education to his child who is about to give board exams. This movie shows how partial is society and the whole system is divided on the basis of rich and poor, but perfectly shows the message that all the kids need to be provided with a good education system which will lead to the better future of everyone. Not a super entertainer, but its a good one time watch with a super social message with it.

Raat Akeli Hai - 2020 A good mystery but not a good murderer to make it a good murder mystery, confused ? Lets get into it. Inspector Jatil Yadav(Nawazuddin Siddiqui) investigating a murder mystery of a Rich Old man who got murdered in his mansion on the night of his second marriage. The story keeps the viewer engaged since the very beginning watching a few more violent murders related to the main murder and investigation takes some very interesting twists and turns, but somewhere it feels like there are too many characters in the story creating confusion in experiencing a murder mystery. For almost 2 hours, it keeps the viewer engaging but then happens the main climax, which is good, but feels like it came out of characters those were fitted forcefully in the story, making a sense of Just creating anything by putting whatever characters you want. An unnecessary love story, unnecessary characters, and unnecessary elongation of story, that's what made the ending of brilliantly going film bad. Although the performances are very good by each of the characters and there is a lot of dark theme and horror music throughout the film which is very catchy. The lighting done to enhance the dark themed scenes is amazing and a very briliant camera work when it comes to capturing the intense scenes. Give Raat Akeli Hai a try, that will be enough.

DEEWAR – 1975 "Aaj khush to bohot hoge tum", yes! That’s what your heart will ask you after watching this cult masterpiece. Salim-Javed writing duo and Yash Raj in direction get you extremely entertained. The destiny of two bothers brings them against each other as one becomes the police inspector and others go into the crime world, and we see a long journey of their life from good beginning till the better end. Creating such masala entertainers is a Salim-Javed thing only, and they got Yash Raj in the direction who did wonders with the script. Amitabh Bachchan and Shashi Kapoor in lead role delivering the extremely powerful dialogues, “tumhare saare usoolon ko goond kar ek waqt ki roti nahi banai ja sakti Ravi!”, like OMG, wow. As always, beautiful music by R.D.Burman, especially “keh doon tumhe, ya chup rahu”. But there was still some room for the more songs!, It was such a versatile production designing showing poor low-class designs to high end classic rich environment. Love, anger, revenge, emotions, it is all in one blockbuster for sure. This review is not enough to praise the amazing out of the world performances done on and off the screen by the team of Deewaar. Happy to see this cult classic again and again and again. This is a work that will be admired for generations and will be a filmmaking topic itself.