Vedam Movie Review

I have to say, after a very long time the Telugu Film Industry, sweetly called Tollywood, has produced a wonderful movie. Vedam is a movie with content, message to carry home, action, a little romance and some very good comedy.

Padmashri Bhramanandam appears very early in the movie and has a short stay. However the remaining part of the comedy is attributed via the wonderful dialogues of Allu Arjun, our hero and few others. The comedy dialogues are actually punch lines which one cannot forget so easily.

The movie revolves around different individuals & their personal lives. Finally the story line connects everyone and shows how can everyone try and live together progressing towards prosperity. It also show how dogmas/prejudice can be proven wrong. Every human being should be considered by what they are rather than their caste/creed/sex/citizenship. That is the baseline.

According to me, it should be a career milestone for Allu Arjun and Manoj Manchu. Manoj Bajpai did wonderful however his performance in Rajneeti overwhelms most of his other performances. Similarly Anuskha's Arundathi is a top rank in her career ladder till date.

Anushka, put in a sleazy role did very well. However her role is mostly for the masala. Yes she was looking great just as usual. Moreover you get to see her hot bod in this movie; longtime after Billa. If that is what is the interest of the audience :-)

Overall the movie is very good and is a must watch for all those who understand Telugu language. After watching this movie one would understand how vital is money and how will your financial requirements change when you do not have the right attitude.

My rating: 4/5
My verbal rating: Must watch. Don't just watch, carry the message home.

Rajneeti Movie Review

For all those people who have watched the movie and are a little confused in comprehending it and for those who are yet to watch, Rajneeti, very simply to be put is a modern version of the Epic MahaBharatha. Also to remove the confusion/rumors that the movie is a resemblance to Smt.Sonia Gandhi or a Gandhi family story; no it is not at all. Not even a near match to it.

Now I am only wondering why the papers/critiques have not given either a 5 or a 4.5 for it. The movie is a perfect replica of what is going on in many countries like ours when it comes to political power. How far can insane people go just to retain/achieve power is perfectly shown.

I should say the director or whoever has chosen the right cast for each and every character. Ranbir, Nana Patekar were excellent. I felt Arjun Rampal has an unique personality and is something very similar to Anil Kumble's bowling. There is no bowler like him and similarly there is something very unique about Arjun Rampal. Each and everyone in the cast have put an impeccable performance.

This movie is highly recommended. Its a little lengthy; around 3 hours excluding the break. The best part of the movie is, there are no songs. I really liked it.

My rating: 4.5/5

My Verbal rating: Should watch at least once in the theater. It's lovely to watch the way the story turns.

My name is KHAN and I am not a terrorist - Movie Review

Hum Honge kaamiyaab hum honge kaamiyaab hum honge kaamiyaaaaab ...... Ek Din!

हम होंगे कामियाब हम होंगे कामियाब हम होंगे कामियाब ... एक दिन!!!!!!

Now have you ever heard this song??? If so ... then sing the below lines in the same tune.

We shall overcome we shall overcome we shall overcome ... One day!

Just keep singing and watch My Name is Khan, not one/some day, but today. In the movie Hurricane, where Denzel Washington casts as Rubin Carter, he says to a small boy, "Hatred for some society/creed/culture has resulted in me serving 25 years in prison; so do not develop that feeling towards anything". The movie completely runs on the same lines.

Till his last film, all of Karan Johar's films were so far from reality. They were full of love, heart breaks, songs and dances. But My Name is Khan is different from all those.

SRK plays Rizwan Khan ('Khan' from the epiglottis :D ), who suffers from Asperger's syndrome, a type of autism.  SRK's performance was excellent. The story revolves around him, his wife Mandira (Kajol) and his son Sameer, and how their lives changed after 9/11 attacks. Rizwan Khan travels from San Francisco to Washington D.C to meet the American President, and tell him that all Muslims are not terrorists.

The message of the movie is old, yet unrealized. No religion, including Islam, preaches violence against the innocent. If one sect/caste/religion/country is called terrorist then mind you there is a terrorist in everyone. Those people who have made fun of democracy and stopped the filming of this movie in some parts of the country are also terrorists. Those people who went into a pub and misbehaved with young girls there in the beautiful town of Karnataka on the name of Lord Shri Ram are also terrorists. The movie sends this wonderful message, "No one is a terrorist by his caste/sect/religion/country".

My rating: 5/5

My verbal rating: A must watch ASAP for everyone.

On a lighter note: Today morning when I saw Times of India giving 5/5 for this movie, I thought these guys are too much. But the movie proved me wrong. Its certainly 5/5

3 Idiots

3 idiots is an entertainer based on Chetan Bhagat's bestseller, Five point someone. The story is loosely related to the book. It is a story of three friends, Raju(Sharman), Farhan(Maddy) and Rancho(Amir), who join the country's best engineering college.

While Raju and Farhan are studious, Rancho is the odd one out. He is against the education system in India, and believes that learning should be passionate and practical. The movie is about how he explains the same to his friends and the director of the college Viru Sahastrabudhhe, aka Virus(Boman). Mean while he also falls for Pia (Kareena Kapoor).

Raju Hirani was all set to make the audience laugh and cry. The movie is a complete entertainer, and all the actors palyed their part well. The effort spent on deciding the casting did not go waste. Raju Hirani got just the perfect players for the roles. Personally, I liked the character of Chatur, aka Silencer.

To cut the long story short, the movie is a must watch for those looking for a complete entertainer.

My Rating: 4.5

My Verbal Rating: It's just awesome. Don't miss it.

Slumdog Millionaire reigns at Oscars

It was really a moment of ecstacy looking at all the awards showered upon the movie, Slumdog Millionaire at today's oscars. Broke down to tears, looking at a Indian movie, a Indian story making it to the big stage.

Here I would like to mention few ideas that spur to me.

1. AB sir, with respect, movies with reality exposing the horrible times a common man goes through in his life or something similar is what makes it to such award functions.
2. Aamir, if you got the secret, every movie you are trying for Oscars has one negative - "Language". May be you should think about making it in English too.
3. We should try to see that India is not producing such films by reducing the pain of the common man. We can miss Oscars, but we cannot have thousands of our brethren living such slum lives. Its time we act to bring them up.

Congrats to all the crew of SlumDog Millionaire.