Dr.Madhavi Mangat

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Ghoomer was the best decision I made to start my Diwali morning with! Early into the wee hours of the day, I found myself emotionally and perhaps even physically charged up after watching this beautiful story of a young woman and her dreams. The story of how dreams can come true in ways that you never thought imaginable. A quick paced movie with great work put in by all the actors. Predictable in many ways and yet it managed to strike a chord and make an indelible place in the heart. It is the right dose of positivity in the middle of so much negativity. It probably is the ideal reminder that there is always so much good even in what seems to be evil! R. Balki has always made movies with lovely stories within them and he always connects me to the people in them. Enjoyed my date with the people and their passion, the craze and the madness and the beautiful outcome of the entire team that made this movie! Congratulations to them for making us feel human again in a world that almost stole the romance out of life!

What a beautiful combination of emotions and action... It balanced everything that was trying to be portrayed- the role of so many professions was beautifully highlighted. Every character had its own place in the story and every character got its due share of respect and justice- because every character was real. I could not place my finger on any particular character that was the highlight. For me, Mumbai, the spirit of Mumbai, my connect to Mumbai and the memories of working in a general hospital as a student and an intern and the raw emotions displayed were the highlight! Goosebumps, tears, smiles, nostalgia- a completely relatable watch for me. Gratitude to the people who help us lead 'normal' lives and gratitude to the team of this series for depicting it so well!

Watched Baaghi 3 last evening. I went in with a lot of expectations. Needless to say, I was disappointed. The only solace was seeing how much Tiger Shroff resembles Jackie Shroff now.And that Jackie Shroff himself has a cameo in it! Gone are those girlish fair looks and one is allowed to eye his tanned, well built, believable physique. Tough to believe that the action is 85% real, nonetheless Tiger makes it closer to real than most other stars. Much of the movie took me back to the Arnold, Sylvester movies that I had grown up watching. The kinds you gave the action sequences cinematic liberty to just because you loved the heroes. Did that to Tiger too😉. Some of the dialogues seem to make a point, but probably not loud and clear enough for me. A couple of the characters whether comic or not seemed to have been shoved into the film. Riteish Deshmukh lent a fair support. I am not sure what Shraddha Kapoor, Ankita did in the film. The second half was a labour of something and some kind...for the audience. It reflected when the people started walking off in anticipation of the end. Probably I too should have just watched a compilation of Tiger's action scenes rather than endure the whole length film...it failed to deliver completely for me!

Ranveer's off screen antics are what I hate but his on screen performances always leave me awestruck. And that is what drew me along with names like Boman Irani and Ratna Pathak Shah. I hoped for the issue dealt with to be something too. Female feticide farcified! I was disappointed. Yes, Ranveer Boman, Ratna were reasonably good; but not enough to salvage the movie. Shalini was someone I could not care less about. It seemed like she was of only "pappi" value and showing an odd fake pregnant abdomen! Thanks to the OTT platform, I could skim through the film! I survived the attempt to highlight how Gujarat could become Haryana. Poor Puneet Isaar! But why??? The girl who plays Ranveer's daughter has a lot of spunk too. She deserves a mention. She was a literal and character saving grace! The scene of the hugging women and Ranveer could have been more powerful than ut happened. I pinned my hopes on it to change my interest in the film. But was "pappified"! You will not miss anything if you do not watch this!

I may be biased for I am an eternal romantic. Was planning to watch an old movie of Jennifer Lopez but I was pleasantly served this feel good story on Amazon Prime. Yes, everything about it is as predictable as it gets but it is still worth the while. The time feels like the 90s instead of 2022. It transformed me into the teenager just like my daughter who watched it with me! It was full of all the wonderful moments of oohs, aahs, awwws and smiles and love. I could not complain about anything. Even the songs provided relief to the ears in the music as much as the lyrics; I was actually listening to the song and not just music and it was beautiful poetry. The movie reminded me to romance romance again, 90s style! A must- watch for all the romantics out there. J.Lo is a treat to the eyes even as the age does show on her. Owen Wilson shines too as a believable, gullible and convincing character and quite adorable too! Enjoy this serving of hope, faith and love!

A conveniently placed weekend ensured that I was a less unwilling audience to Tanhaji-The Unsung Warrior. I was impressed to watch an Indian 3D film. Disregarding my general fascination for a cinema hall experience, the seats, sounds, darkness, the presence of the screen itself and the accompaniment of caramel popcorn...the movie was a good experience. Not looking at what history it presented and not trying to assess the magnitude of embellishments in the tale, I chose to enjoy it as a story of emotion, a tale of valour. Everyone did justice to their parts. Sheepishly loved that I could predict the Marathi dialogues,some quite historical and some not! A few things that stuck me-the soldiers of the time would have had such a high level of physical and mental agility and extra strong senses as.compared to people of the present times...we are so dependent on technology or gadgets that perhaps these natural endowments are dispelled or dismissed. The women in the Maratha homes even then enjoyed a fairly equal role in the households as compared to many of their contemporaries... And I loved the friendship depicted between Shivaji and Tanhaji. That was a surprise. And yes, hats off to the team and even the actor for being able to show tears in the eyes of the mighty Shivaji as he worried about and later grieved his friend...The same for showing Tanhaji as a soldier who had had an equally sensitive side as a husband and not being shy to show it... Surprisingly, I reacted and emoted a lot to the end. Should I give credit to the emotional impact of the reactions of Shivaji and Savitribai or simply being so strongly connected to the emotion of a loss of a loved one? Would definitely recommend this movie for a commendable experience! Great dose of history, story telling, emotions and reasonably good effects...also makes me hungry for more and enhancements on this genre in the days to come!

A definite watch! Vidya Balan does not disappoint. Neither does Anu Menon. Loved the befitting setting, the ideal twists and turns in the castle and the characters. All of them were plotted well and given the right amount of weightage. Nothing seemed overdone. Felt like a well written and executed English dramatic theatrical presentation. The story is paced such that one does not have much time to sot with any guess work...it plays along with the mind of the audience. Enjoyed that it did not lose interest in itself towards the end. It was crisp and spicy...the perfect taste for the film and thriller lovers' palate!