Aswathi Prasobhan

The Burari Deaths. In 2018, a family of 11 suicided just because a man was not treated for his mental illness at the right time. Aakhri Sach is the adaptation of this real life incident. Tamannah Bhatia potrays the underrated police officer in a convincing manner and the rest of the cast have one their jobs to par of what was expected of them. Casting dirctor turned actor, Abhishek Banerjee has not shown his full or even half potential in this series yet, thanks to the loosely wove script. A new charecter which was not discussed by the news articles have immerged from this series. Aman, the fiancee played by Shivin Narang whi at times looks as confused as a viewer of his importance on the show. Am I lookin forward for the 5th episode? - Yes....but not the vey moment it is uploaded. Would you like the series? - Don't Know. I would suggest a 1 time viewing ....

Super 30 - Hrithik Roshans Best performance till date. Raja wohi banega , jo hakdaar hoga Anand(Hrithik Roshan) is the most brilliant mind in Patna. He is eldest of two son's of the postman of the area. He is in love with the most richest man's daughter in his area, Ritu(Mrunal Thakur). The movie starts with one of Anand's students Mr. Fugga Kumar(Vijay Varma) receiving an award at an International event for his contribution in aeronautics. In his thank yo speech, he thanks the people who made the same possible, and started narrating the story of the most important person in his life. On winning the 1st prize for a debate competition in the area, Minister Devraj praises Anand for his intellectual and promises any and all assistance for any requirements in the future. But, the time comes soon, when Anand gets an admission into the esteemed Cambridge University in London and they reach out to Devraj for financial assistance, but is turned down for the same. In the process of trying to acquire the funding for his education, his father (Virendra Saxena) passed away. With no food in the house, the family has resorted to selling pappad to make ends meet. It is then when Lallan Singh(Aditya Shrivastava) offers Anand a job to teach Mathematics at his IIT coaching institute in Patna callled the Excellance Coaching. This changed lives for Anand and his family. The coaching center started minting money and rising Anand as the authorized signatory of the institute. But then one night, he got a reality check from a cycle rickshaw wala about the unsaid patriarchy which intertwines the life styles and the education system. "Raja ka beta raja aur tangewala ka beta tangewala hi banta hai. Yahi duniya ka niyam hai." He remembers his father who used to stay "Ab raja ka beta raja nahi banega, raja wohi banega , jo hakdaar hoga". Anad quits his job at Excellance Coaching and with his savings he starts a coaching center with hostel servcies completely free for poor kids who cannot afford the education they deserve due to their pathetic living conditions. Being a biopic on Anand Kumar, the mathematician who won the Rashtriya Bal Kalyan Award, the rest of the movie shows his struggle to keep the institute up and running and the challenges he faces financially, physically and politically for the same. Cast & Crew. Hrithik Roshan - Know as the Greek god of India, Hrithik Roshan is like the portrait of perfection in a man. Now, imagine a 360 degree change to that image. That is Anand Kuamr for you. And Hrithik has fulfilled this character with perfection beyond belief. This will be probably the first time you see HR and not drool on his good looks but realise his acting potential which was not tapped for all these years. The little bit dance steps which he shows in the movie will also make you think if this was the electrifying dancer that you knew for all these years. In this movie, HR will make you fall in love with him for his acting and acting only. Mrunal Thakur - A Decent debut for the TV actress. Her screen time was very less as this was a movie on Anand Kumar. But the small part she played was done with perfection. She potrayed a cute, lovable, rich girl next door. Aditya Srivastava - Villian. A good performance. Direction Vikas Bahl - A much awaited come back as a director after Shandaar for Vikas Bahl. The movie is a good over look into the education business in our country and how a person is trying to change the same. The movie makes you feel the emotion and think about the education crisis in our country. This is where the director turns a winner with his story telling. Music Ajay-Atul duo is know for their music magic and the songs in the movie are already trending. In the movie, it is incorporated with ease hence it plays as though a character if the movie. Over All Rating Casting & Acting - 5/5 Direction - 4/5 Songs - 3/5 Overall Rating - 3.5/5

Kabir Singh - Toxic Love with Performance par excellence. A copy of a Telugu movie Arjun Reddy, starring Vijay Devarakonda and Shalini Pandey. The movie was a box office success and critically acclaimed. Hence like a lot of movies, the makes thought to remake the same into Hindi. Kabir Singh is the best remake of a South Indian movie after Wanted(2009) starring Salman Khan and Ayesha Takia. Kabir Singh(Shahid Kapoor) is a brilliant surgeon in Delhi with severe anger management issues along with alcohol & drug abuse and lives with his dog, Preeti. He tries to find a one night stand with one of his patients fiance. When she refused, he also tried to forcibly have sex with her but then shoves the plan. Kabir is a narcissistic man who has no interest in anyone's feelings apart from his burning heart. He has been the same since college, Delhi College of Medicine where he met Preeti Sikka(Kiara Advani) for the first time. He falls in love with her at first sight and starts giving her private sessions in Anatomy where he draws per bone on her body for illustration which came to and end with the Upper Thorax region. Kabir's name saves her from strip ragging and when he rebels violently when his rivals apply color on Preeti during Holi, she falls in love with him too. She expresses at the boys hostel during her stay there because of her leg injury and eventually move in together till the end of his house surgency. With such a crazy and bounding love story, yet they broke up and Kabir became the alcoholic and angry surgeon of today. Though a remake, the movie deserves to kept in the fold as this is a definite theater watch. Shahid Kapoor - Time and again this actor proves he is one of the most versatile and talented actors in Bollywood. Just when you think he cannot give a better performance, he comes out with brilliance which makes us wonder how underrated this actor is. Shahid Kapoor maintained a physic and attitude of a college going Delhite with utmost mastery. KIara Advani - Though the name Preeti playes an important charecter in the movie, Kiara Advani is seen comparatively less. But, her performance to her role extend was convincing for a timid First year to a dominant girlfriend. She too passes of a college girl with an ease and has given a upstanding performance with Shahid Kapoor. Soham Majumdaar - Plays an incredible role as the best friend at all times. He will remind you of Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub from Raees. All other actors, Suresh Oberoi, Arjan Bajwa, Nikita Dutta, Adil Hussain plays small but prominent characters in the movie. Direction, Screenplay, Dialogues. Sandeep Vanga has done a better job with Kabir Singh than with Arjun Reddy. It seems he has perfected what he missed in the first and then compiled a better version of his story. The dialogues of the movie is very delhite and raw when needed,i.e, most of the movie. Every second actually brings out curiosity in how Kabir is going to mess up more. The dialogues are spot on and funny when needed only. If you were a geek at college, the movie will effect you when you see Kabir pick on the becharas of the college. Songs: Mithoon - "Tujhe Kitna Chahne Lage" Amaal Mallik - "Yeh Aaina" Vishal Mishra - "Kaise Hua" Sachet-Parampara - "Bekhayali" & "Mere Sohneya" Akhil Sachdeva - "Tera Ban Jaunga" All the song incorporated with in the movie and dialogues in the movie. The songs are beautiful anf full of love. The music directors and lyricists have done an excellent job to complete the movie. Over All Casting & Acting - 5/5 Direction - 5/5 Songs - 5/5 Music - 5/5 Overall Rating - 5/5

Bharat(Salman Khan ), a show man, a laborer on oil field, a navy officer and now retired and a store owner somewhere in Delhi. Bharat's story starts with children playing kanche in a school in Mirpur when they happen to hear two teachers talking about the chaos and commotion during partition. Though determined to stay in Pakistan, Station master Gautam(Jackie Shroff) decides to move to Hindustan when a train filled with dead bodies arrive at Mirpur station. When the family boarded the train leaving Mirpur their second child Gudiya slipped from Bharat's shoulder on to the platform and Gautam also left the train to search for the child and promised Bharat to meet him at his aunty's shop next to Dilli refugee camp where he meets his best friend for life, Vilayati Khan who was orphaned during the same riots in India. Bharat takes his mother and siblings to his aunt's shop where they are greeted by an uncle who do not like them. In order to support the family, Bharat takes up any job on the road such as newspaper boy, shoe polisher, car washer etc It is during one of these days when he sees children doing road side circus and decided to join them as a source of livelihood. Bharat worked as a Well of Death Stunt man dressed as ELVIS PRESLEY. Salman rocks the costume with his bike stunts and dance number with Radha (Disha Patani ), who is his girl friend for the time. The relationship came to an end when Bharat's brother tried the same stunt and got injured and Bharat decided against it for ever. He meets Kumud Raina (Katrina Kaif) at his next job quest as an oil field worker and he falls in love with her. Katrina Kaif looks the personification of the 70's heroine in her curls and cotton sarees or even the white shirt with high waist khakhees and boots. Following an accident in the oil pipping mine, he comes home for his sister's wedding where also gets an approval of his mother for a live in relationship with Kumud making them the first live in couple in Independent India. Bharat is also seen as a mechanic in merchant navy vessels in the 1983 for the extra income so as to buy his aunty's Hind Provision Store from his uncle. Kumud, now the creative head of Zee TV designs a new show, Mere Apne , which would help the partition victims to meet their loved ones either side of Wagah border, where , Bharat along with many others reach to meet their long lost family. The movie is an exact inspiration of the Korean movie An ode to my father. Unlike many remakes, this is not something you will regret. The movie has a perfect balance of all emotions and a good flow of events through out the life of a 75 year old man, bit too fit one but still. There are many unique moments in the movie which makes it very desi and at times very dumb and stupid to digest too. (not giving out details) Sunil Grover rendered true justice to Vilayati Khan, Bharat's best friend and compatriot during all his journeys. His comic timings are impeccable and very fresh. Nora Fatehi plays a very small role of a dancer turned wife to Vilayati in the movie. The direction and writing of the movie is well educated and calculated. There are no slips or unwanted character stuffings any where in the movie. The movie has a message, love, friendship and patriotism in the right balance. The songs are placed accurately and resonated very well with the script of the movie. There is a perfect blend of the songs in the script and the movie. All in all, this was an Eid ki biriyani, seasoned very good for us. Rating - 3.5*

De de Pyaar de Let me open with a Javed Jaffery dialogue in the movie " Ek ameer buddha aur jawaan ladki mili. Ladki ko paisa dikha, Buddhe ko jawani dikhi." Ashish Mehra (Ajay Devgn),50, meets Ayesha (Rakul Preet), 26, at his friend's bachelor party(apparently his friends are almost half his age) where she shows up as a stripper trying to seduce the groom to be. After almost breaking the marriage and showcasing that the groom has an erection problem, she gets drunk and passes out at his house. The next morning realising she spent the night at his place she assumes to have a drunken mistake with him. At confrontation,she realises he is not interested in him which hurts her ego just like Poo in K3G. She throws her self at him on various instances and the end up living together. Then comes the Richard & Monica phase where she wants commitment and Richard..I mean Ashish thinks he is too old for it. They break up. Sad song. But she can't live without him, so patch up. I mean ladki ki koi izzat hai hi nahi. They travel to India to meet his wife and kids on surprise accidentally a day before his daughter, Ishika's boyfiend and his father comes home with an alliance. And also Ishaan, Ashish's son falls in love with Ayesha. Now, there is an anticipation that there might be some humor which is truly just a noun in the movie, but noooo...Prolonged scenarios and unwanted drama. You don't feel empathetic towards any of the characters in the movie, be it Tabu, Ajay or Rakul or any other who should deserve it. The movie promotes polygamy, matlab, Ashish is separated from his wife Manju(Tabu) for 18 years but never got divorce and now he has a girlfriend too. I mean, we are not judging him for a girl friend, but being a smart investor in SME's in London, he din't think of a simple matter such as divorce. The story line was fit for a RomCom, but the Luv Ranjan, Surbi Bhatnagar & Tarun Jain has not managed to captivate the audience. The screenplay is weak and the dialogues do not make any sense at all. The songs in the movie are good, especially the party numbers, Vaddi Sharaban and Hauli Hauli. The cinematographer has done a fine job with scenes but no extra effort was seen in capturing the locations through out the movie. Even if you are a Ajay Devgn or Tabu fan, we do not recommend you time and money for the theater. All in all the movie gets ⭐️1/2 stars for...well...the effort.

Student Of the Year - Karan Johar's version of Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander. Rohan (Tiger Shroff) gets into the esteemed St. Teresa's as an underdog from the slums sports scholarship which he had anticipated for a long time as his girlfriend of 12 years study in St T's. Mia (Tara Sutaria) is sweet and ambitious student who expect to ace her future with the upcoming dance competition. Shreya (Ananya Pandey) on the other hand is a college brat who think low of anyone but her as the men in her family treat her that way. Rohan,who is the underdog from Pishorilal Chamandas college starts his collge life under the mentorship of Manav(Aditya Seal), the College Stud who feels his reputation is at stake as Rohan is much better than what he thought of him. Rohan and Mia becomes college sweethearts but this interrupted when Rohan gets rusticated from college for a reason which could be anything. A scarred Rohan joins Pishorilal Chamandas College and return to St.T's to win the Dignity Cup as a pay back to Manav & the college that threw him out. There are a lot of guest appearance's in the movie namely, the previous students Alia Bhatt who does a item number with Tiger Shroff and last but not the least, Will Smith all the way from hollywood dancing to the tunes of Yeh Jawani Diwani song. With the story line such as the same, we wonder if the movie a Karan Johar version of the 1992 Aamir Khan starer movie, Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar. The first half of the movie till Rohan' rustication is a direct influence from SOTY 1 and the second half which showcases the run for the Dignity Cup is inspired from Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander except for the reason where here Rohan tries to win the Dignity cup for himself where as in JJWS, Sanju does it for his elder brother. Tiger Shroff was a perfect fit for the role of Rohan Sachdev in the movie. He can dance, good at sports and has the innocence and body which make girls like him. Out of the girls, Tara Sutaria shines like a true star on camera and Ananya Pandey is bad news that would you would like to party hard with but stay away from and also the lonely rich girl from the inside who just wants her father's appreciation for who she is...or at least an acknowledgement that she is also a member of his family. But kudos to Aditya Seal... A worthy opponent chosen wisely against Tiger Shroff. His attitude towards his charector was very genuine and he blended perfectly well too. He had a lot of characteristics from Rohan Nanda(role played by Varun Dhawan in SOTY) an ex-student. The execution of the movie was on the spot. The was no uncomfortable stretches in the movie. It was a quick paced movie with a lot happening. The songs were incorporated at the right "coincidences" and was maintained till the end of the movie. It was really refreshing to see Gul Panang in the movie as a very attractive gay physical education instructor. There is no surprise in who is the couple though the trailer suggests it is Rohan's call to make. The movie is a big college party which we all wish we were a part of through out where the all the actors look at best, even the streets where the underdog lives. Surprisingly, the song Mumbai dilli di kudiyan was not in the movie. Ratings Cast - 5/5 Direction - 5/5 Story - 2.5/5 Songs - 4/5 Choreography - 4/5 Execution - 4/5 Over All - 3.5/5 The movie is a one timer for all Tiger & Dharma fans. And for the other, you will find it similar to many plot lines, but not boring.

Kalank nahi ishq hai kajal piya... Very true.. Complicated and twisted love stories set in the pre-independence era. 1946, Dev Chaudhry(#AdityaRoyKapoor) is getting married to Roop(#AliaBhatt) as his ailing wife is dying from cancer. The marriage is her last request which is backed up by her egoistic and pragmatic Balraj Chaudhry. Being married against her wishes turns Roop into a rebel and demands to pursue her passion of singing but will only be tutored by Bahar Begum(#madhuridixitnene ) in a gully that has muslims in majority, where she meets Zafar (#varunDhawam ) and a simple friendship. Zafar known to be a ladies man and a good looking orphan who has survived on the streets and turned to be one of the best black smiths in the area. Roop finds a home away from home in the husnabad and Zafar. #Mere gusse mai liye gaye ek kadam ne hum sab ki zindagi barbaad kar di... This movie is about the anger and the repercussions of this young woman in this story. This movie is about the love a man had for his dying wife and his tensed equation with his father. This movie is about a 17 year old courtesan falling in love and loosing everything she had. Last but not the least, the movie is also about an orphan, who fails to see the good in anything in life and trying to correct all the wrong in his life the wrong way. Story Line - A revenge story story of an orphan against the most powerful man in the city, who is also his father. A story line which is a plot for many a movies in 80's & 90's. The Director Abhishek Varman has tried to create a beautiful picture but assertment of a Sanjay Leela Bhansali art work did not hit the mark as required. Rating - 2./5 Casting & Acting Sanjay Dutt - Characterised as special appearance, Balraj Chaudhry was hit on the mark with Sanjay Dutt's par excellance acting talent and the constant frown which he maintained to show an arrogant rich man. Madhuri Dixit Nene - Seemingly less of screen presence, 2 songs and a dance, Madhuri has showcased a good courtesan but I would want her to have more screen presence as she looked side lined in the story. Varun Dhawan - A good enactment of a black smith but had a boyish charm to lure the women folk. Alia Bhatt - Not one of her best performances. She did convince the audience that she was a teenager in distress but not the powerful nature of her character was not shown. She looked too young for the movie at many instances through out the movie. I have seen a much better performance by Alia in many movies over the past years and i felt she has done a better job in SOTY than Kalank. Aditya Roy Kapoor - Sri Ram Sonakshi Sinha - A decent job done, given to the fact that her character dies in the movie, she has a total of 20 minutes of screen time in the entire movie, which is may be 15 minutes less than what Madhuri Dixit had. Kunal Khemu - A very good sub antagonist,who plays at the whims and fancies of Zafar and turns against him when found out about his deceit. This movie shows a potential good villian yet to be discovered by many directors. ( Maybe it's his voice, but his acting definitely covers that up) Overall - 2.5/5 Songs Pritam - As usual, brilliant Background Score Sanchit & Ankit Balhara - Very Good Rating - 5/5 In all, I wanted to run out of the theatre in the first half but the movie picked up pace in the second half which gave the movie a comment in a phrase " Decent - but not really" Overall Rating - 2.5/5 I can pass.

Set in the back drops of Raunakpur in 1795, the movie starts as a revenge story of Zafira(Sana Fatima) , princess of Raunakpur, for killing the her family in front of her eyes but she was saved by the timely intervention of her bodyguard, Khudabaksh(Amitabh Bachchan). With a time leap, it shows how a conman Firangi Mallah(Amir Khan) who helps the British government in capturing bandits and pirates. Being the best at what he does, he is hired by the British to capture Khudabaksh, who is now commonly known as Azaad. Patriotism + Pirates of the Caribbean + Yash Raj Films + Big Names + poor VFX = Thugs of Hindosthan . An old revenge drama of the spilt family blood helped by the loyal sidekick and a lovable conman. Read, seen & heard a lot of times. You can see blank spots and loop holes in the storyline where you end up waiting for the interval. There are some twist and turns int he second half of the movie but nothing that makes you say 'wow'. Amitabh Bachchan - Age defying action scenes but has a tired look on his face through out the movie. Aamir Khan - Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean. Sana Fatima - Set to disappoint her fans with non-convincing acting. Her action sequences were impeccable, but her acting failed to hit the mark. Katrina Kaif - Cameo performance well done. Other names who had small but powerful roles Mohammed Zeeshan, Sarath Saxena, Ila Arun and Ronit Roy. Story - 2 / 5 Casting - 3 / 5 Acting - 3 / 5 VFX - 2 / 5 Dialogues - 2 / 5 Overall Rating - 2.5 / 5 Recommendation to watch - One timer. It wouldn't hurt if you see it at home when it comes on DVD or TV. Verdict - A blockbuster.