Jaswant Singh

I am quite tolerant of bad movies. Actually it’s my speciality to still find something good in bad movie. Unfortunately, this movies seem to have come from 2018 and being “bad” is just a starting point. Cheesy line were fine but not enough. The best ones we have already seen in the trailer which put together came out much nicer than the actual premise of the movie. The plot at times makes you think what’s actually happening. Where are these guys and why are they doing what they are doing on the screen. The whole emotional subplot that involves a dead character which links the two male leads falls flat and gets somewhat irritating at times. While there are Megs but there is a whole sequence about an Octopus which dint get enough time to explain its backstory and presence. The VFX looks dated. The heroic acts of lead actors have no impact. There are no wow moments. In nut shell, you get nothing at the end of the movie. Just the proof of endurance.

I watched the movie with subtitles. But still it was the finest piece of cinema I have seen in recent times. I have discovered my new favourite Indian actor - Vijay Sethupathi sir. What an artist! He played a very difficult character and is excellent in frame.

Dowager Countess is pure gold. That's it.

This is as real as life can get. The story is universal. Even though I am not from that culture, the society and surrounding film depicts is familiar. It will scratch the surface of your emotions till your heart comes out busting and you won't be able to control. Bless the directors and actors for such a gem.

It's a pretty much Yashraj movie and follows a very familiar template which Hollywood has been following for years and we have started seeing it in Hindi film industry mostly led by YRF. A feel good film about a small men/women or people. It gives you hope along side lots of uplifting entertainment. It's chicken soup for mind. When Mauji quits his job, you can relate to it if you work for someone else. When he and his wife, Mamta start something of their own, their struggle remind of your own if you have gone through the ordeal of starting a business in India from scratch. But all of that ends with hope. You just need to be "mad in India" and "Sab badhiya hoga". It belongs those simplistic style of story. Things just work out.They do have challenges but then not enough that your heart will cry out of the character you have fallen in love with. In fact you don't really fall in love with any character. You just like them - like them a lot actually. So when they finally win, you feel like cheering them but you can't because perhaps you had already cheered half way through the move (predictable climax). If you are looking for some motivation, a nice story, earnest performances and guaranteed good use of your 2 hrs, go for Sui Dhaaga. It won't disappoint you. But if you are looking for something more - perhaps it will disappoint. I still go with a thumbs up. Perhaps if there was no Pataakha, I would have liked it better. :)

So this is going to be slightly twisted! When I watched the trailer, I was somewhat curious. But then the trailer of Sui-Dhaga came and I had already made up my mind that I was going to watch it. Then around last Thursday reviews started to come and most of them were favorable for both the movies - less perhaps for Pataakha. So Pataakha was almost out of my weekend plan and Sui-Dhaga a sure shot in. So when my sister said she has booked tickets for Pataakha, I unwillingly followed. In one simple sentence, I thoroughly enjoyed Pataakha. It was like living through an experience. Being from Rajasthan myself, there was so much to relate to. Yes, there were liberties taken - but I don't mind that. Well if you have to ask, the story is very simple and perhaps they gave it away in the trailer anyways. I think the directors vision was to make it more about the characters and understand their conflicts and by reference, may be give us something to think about Indo-Pak relations (if you are able to draw the parallels). You need to unlearn a lot to learn to love this movie. Their fights may seem irrational to most of the urban viewers but then these are well rounded characters. They will share a smoke, a house, chores and hatch a plan to make their peace loving husbands fight with each other - all this while deprecating (for the lack of better word) each other. Mind you they are not just sparring girls. They have ambitions well supported by their father and husbands (in the provided context). Both the actresses have done a phenomenal job in the role which demanded great level of physicality. They dug in their teeth into a character for which perhaps they had no reference point. It reflects the hard work both the girls have put in to perform - from getting the diction near perfect to using the rural mannerism as the role demands. The film gets support from extremely able actors like Sunil Grover and Vijayraaj. The actors playing the role of husband also did well. The climax albeit predictable evokes emotions and nudge the soul. I feel that first half was little longer and the characters fights got repetitive - perhaps driven by the commercial compulsion of interval. If only they could trim some portions, it would be a much tighter film. Its not Vishal Bhardwaj's best film nor it will leave shaken and soul stirred like Haider did - but its way better then our most other average movies Hindi film industry dolls out every weekend. In the film, the warring sisters find peace in togetherness. Will India and Pakistan find theirs?

It leaves you with immense pain. Most espionage dramas leave you with a chest thumping message but this one would leave you agoney of a woman who was given a choice to chose between love and country. Yes, she chose country but the hate and it's cost she continued to pay for rest of her life. Meghna Gulzar handles the subject well. She was able to bring the emotions on the forefront instead of just patriotism. Alia is good in most parts.