Divya Nayak

The Royals review : Good points : - Family dynamic especially siblings trio was really amazing. I liked their bond and the fun scenes around the family. - Ishaan! The charm he carried around the show made the show ! The dance, the vibe and screen presence is amazing. - Side characters were fun to watch especially the royal family. What did not work or made sense : - Prince is a chef starring in reality show but nobody recognises him 🤦🏻‍♀️ - Gay/Lesbian angle, not sure why and how this plot was relevant. - Ishaan falling for Bhumi. Honestly I understand why Bhumi fell for Ishaan but how and why did he fall for her? It’s not clear in the show. - I was expecting Bhumi’s character to be strong independent boss lady. They started good but they lost in between and made her juggle between two boys who honestly don’t care about her enough. Her life goals was a mess but she was still buttering Ishaan and taking his tantrums! I honestly felt he liked his horses more than her. - The chemistry between Ishaan and Bhumi really felt forced. Bhumi is terrific actress but she failed to deliver in this series. Her character being whiny and boring did not help her either. - Sakshi as Maharani ! I did not feel that she could carry the Maharani title , Simon Singh or Ratna would have been more fun.

The series is way too long and by the time you reach the ending you would have lost interest on who did what. Tried adding unnecessary twists and turns but all of them had no actual evidence. How did and why did Maya suspect Joe killed her sister? Detective took way too long to do initial investigation and seems like his detective partner had little crush on him and if you watch the series you will get to know why. Maya barges into people’s house, office demanding answers and surprisingly everyone starts blabbering the ‘truth’. Where is the actual evidence?! Maya and her friend ‘Shane’ broke so many laws and yet Shane is never questioned. How did no one noticed that Detective was talking to himself??! I swear everyone in the series needed therapy.

The hype I received for this movie was surreal. But it was okay type of movie. I felt movie was a little drag, especially first half. They took entire first half to build the plot and then it picks up in second half. It’s similar to 2 states but with extra budget and wokism. 1) The lingerie shopping was really unnecessary and I really felt the message they wanted to give did not reach the audience. Ranveer was forced to wear bra and made fun of so, I don’t think MIL should be preaching about objectifying here. 2) Infidelity is supported in this movie. How can they expect Jaya Bachan to be okay with to meet her husband’s gf? Shaba and Dharmendra even kiss infront of the family which I felt was so unnecessary. If he was so unhappy he could have left the marriage but they gave a sentimental value that ‘ ghar thoda nahi karte , 🤷🏻‍♀️ 3) Alia Bhatt is looking really beautiful in this movie, acting wise everyone did justice to their role. But Ranveer was looking little old in this movie when compared to Alia. Everyone spoke about chemistry between them, but I did not feel the chemistry and it rather felt forced with kissing scenes. And there are too kissing scenes! 4) Ranveer and his sister was very rich in this movie and I still did not understand how can he not know basic English? Like seriously they both nothing about education. 5) Songs are beautiful but felt they were forced in serious and emotional situations. Dialogues were cheesy and cliched . So if you want to skip and watch this in OTT is still fine. I don’t think you guys are missing anything much in this movie anyways.

Pairing from very first seemed very off! Few contestants knew each other before and others were total strangers, it’s really unfair pairing. The show seemed clearly biased towards Angel and Minju. Both are incredibly talented but they should have gone home in lingerie episode and R&R episodes. All their designs were oversized and repetitive . Those two black women were harshly judged in lingerie episode . It was clear that they dint wanted to let go Angel & Minju even though their designs weren’t sexy or practical. I felt final episode was useless! Both the designers were not that great. I felt I have seen better designs throughout the show than the finals.

Am quite surprised with the positive reviews this movie has received . I actually watched the movie because of those reviews. Bad aspects : 1) Movie is unnecessarily long. Like seriously, I just wanted to fast forward the movie. 2) The movie doesn’t have much logic. Main leads are shown as Superheroes! They get healed within minutes even after brutally beaten up. 3) Alia’s was not even necessary in this movie and role is just for 5 minutes in a 3 hour movie. 4) Motive of RamCharan doesn’t even make sense. And the obsession of British over a small girl is not even clearly shown. 5) The animal attack is a joke! Like literal joke and CGI is bad. 6) 3 hours movie with no much logic or even good script. You can easily give this movie a pass. Not worth the hype.

This movie had so much potential but I feel they ruined the movie with sequel. Bad aspects : 1) The movie was shot in Karnataka. They have shown KA boards and all but people speak in Malayalam and Tamil 🤦🏻‍♀️ 2) First half of the movie was very good but what ruined are the court scenes. They looked really absurd and dramatic. Judge is just a spectator and looks clueless. Dialogues were little dramatic rather than stating the points. 3) Court case was supposed to be Human rights case but it turned out to be murder case. 4) ACP did all the work and case research and handed over to Prithviraj .So basically, he only argued in court. 5) Liked few of the scenes portrayed about media but if they were talking about politics then they shouldn’t have shown only saffron party. This point should have unbiased. 6) ACP doesn’t have much role in second half. Sequel was unnecessary And climax is little confusing with too many points in just 10 minutes. 7) Why was Saba treated like god? That part is not shown clearly. Overal Prithviraj was preaching about justice and law in the whole movie but it looked like as if he took this case to take revenge on CM.

Gave this movie 2 stars only because of Tabu and Mere Dholna song! Bad aspects : 1) Karthik Aryan was surprisingly good in this movie but the dance in Mere Dholna was disappointing.It looked like as if he was just randomly dancing randomly! 2) Kiara Advani is always eye candy in this.She has caliber I wish she gets better projects. 3) Few of the comedy scenes were funny but most of them were cringy and PJs.Karthik Aryan can’t deliver jokes like AK. 4) Movie doesn’t have much logic. After hearing Kiara’s death , family doesn’t seem to care much.She completed MBBS in 4 years . Kuch bhi 🤦🏻‍♀️ 5) I felt Climax was most disappointing! If you have watched Alone movie then this is similar to it. Tabu was good but couldn’t match Vidya’s acting.