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Post by MrB on Aug 12, 2018 16:42:54 GMT
Khoobsurat (2014). Enjoyed this quite a bit more than I expected, as I am not much of a Sonam Kapoor fan. But she did OK here, in a heavily Geet-inspired role; though a tiny fraction as well as Kareena Kapoor evinced the original in Jab We Met. The plot is entirely predictable, as she wins over the stuffy Rajput royalty she's billeted with, but it works thanks to not trying too hard, the personableness of Fawad Khan, and great support from the likes of Ratna Pathak Shah (the mother in JTYJN) and Kirron Kher. It's also beautiful to watch, with its Rajasthan palaces and catwalk-good-looks lead actors. Good Sunday afternoon entertainment.
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Post by MrB on Oct 10, 2018 13:46:03 GMT
Andhadhun. First time seeing a BW film in the cinema for some while, and well worth the trip. This is a blackly comic thriller with blind piano player Akash (Ayushman Khurana), who is hired by a yesteryear Bollywood actor to give a private concert for his wife (Tabu), where he is present at the aftermath of a murder. But it turns out he is not blind, so goes to the police to report the murder, and that's where his troubles begin. To say much more on the plot would spoil it, but almost everyone in the film is on the make, lying, double-crossing and blackmailing most of the time. After a slow start, the twists just keep coming as people are cheated, cheat back, and then get cheated again, literally up to the last second. Although not much seems to be happening in the first half, you later realise that nothing was wasted, as every character and every scene serves its purpose later on, in ways you could never guess. If you like your thrillers dark and humorous, Andhadhun is highly recommended.
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Post by chrisanthi on Oct 12, 2018 12:37:42 GMT
Qarib Qarib Single - I don’t really know what to say about this; first of all it’s always a pleasure to see Irrfan Khan. Secondly, I found the actress to be a bit annoying and she did this thing where she would look at the camera either to comment or just look - now I’ve seen this done in other movies and it’s felt natural there but here it just took me out of the movie. I got each of them individually but I didn’t get them together - I suspect that I missed a lot because I was relying on subtitles rather than the dialogue. One of the reviews I read said that it was reminiscant of the “before” movies by Richard Linklater but I kept on getting Bachna Ae Haseeno vibes. Overall I liked it; I just wasn't wowed by it.
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Post by dancelover on Oct 12, 2018 16:46:38 GMT
The actress is Parvathy, who has been very successful in Malayalam, Tamil and Kannadan films, getting many awards. She was born in 1988, the same year as Anushka Sharma and Parineeti Chopra. QQS is her first Hindi film. D. Qarib Qarib Single - I don’t really know what to say about this; first of all it’s always a pleasure to see Irrfan Khan. Secondly, I found the actress to be a bit annoying and she did this thing where she would look at the camera either to comment or just look - now I’ve seen this done in other movies and it’s felt natural there but here it just took me out of the movie. I got each of them individually but I didn’t get them together - I suspect that I missed a lot because I was relying on subtitles rather than the dialogue. One of the reviews I read said that it was reminiscent of the “before” movies by Richard Linklater but I kept on getting Bachna Ae Haseeno vibes. Overall I liked it; I just wasn't wowed by it.
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Post by emily on Dec 5, 2018 23:42:13 GMT
Thugs of Hindostan -
It was okay. Not great, not horrible. Not anything we haven't seen before, though. I want to see Aamir in more dramatic roles. He looked great, but I'm tired of this comedy-drama bug-eyed shtick. It gets old quite quickly.
Great to see Big B kick butt, though. The warehouse scene reminded me a little of Deewaar.
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Post by patapin on Dec 13, 2018 14:41:43 GMT
Rustom (2016) by Dharmendra Suresh Desai: a good story, where you don't know the truth until the end. But is it the truth really? Very interesting trial, full of twists.
Hichki (2018) by Siddharth Malhotra: touching movie, even if Rani Mukerji is sometimes irritating with her tics. Anyway, she is very comfortable with kids, and very moving with her efforts. You know of course what will happen in the film, but you want to see how.
Pari (2016) by Prosit Roy : a commonplace horror movie. Anushka Sharma tries something new, but still forget to breathe. This makes the film too long.
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Post by patapin on Mar 31, 2019 9:37:18 GMT
Thugs of Hindostan (2018) - I found it pleasant. 7/10
24 (2016) (Telugu version) - Interesting. 6/10
Begum Jaan (2017) - It's worth a watch. 6/10
Alibaba Aur 40 Chor (1980) - Why not? 6/10
Howrah Bridge (1958) - Not bad. Good musics. 6/10
Zero (2018) - Flop... 5/10
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Post by patapin on Aug 19, 2019 16:16:23 GMT
Padmaavati, and English Vinglish, two good movies.
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Post by patapin on Aug 24, 2019 12:17:59 GMT
Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year (2009) . A good surprise, with a Ranbir Kapoor that I can stand. I must admit he plays very well. Just forget the end of the movie, completely botched.
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Post by dancelover on Aug 26, 2019 16:03:13 GMT
Patapin, regarding Ali Baba and thieves, You might take a look at this Malayalam 1975 version, Alibaba and Forty-one Thieves. The 41st is a Captain of Thieves, invented by screenwriter S. L. Puran Sadanandan and played by K. P. Ummer to critical acclaim. Prem Nazir plays Ali Baba, paired with his 82-times co-star Jayabharathi, and a lot of the best Mollywood actors. Dancelover [snip] Alibaba Aur 40 Chor (1980) - Why not? 6/10 [snip]
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Post by patapin on Aug 27, 2019 13:11:15 GMT
41 thieves ? That's fun. Thanks, dancelover Found it there, without subs alas:
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jjake61
Dancing in the chorus
Rreyy! I had 6 stars before!
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Post by jjake61 on Oct 1, 2022 23:14:42 GMT
Ponniyin Selvan. I made a Non spoiler thread in the Beyond Bollywood boards. It is in theaters now. Go see it if you can. It was Fab!
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Post by ShantiSal on Oct 2, 2022 4:24:06 GMT
I haven’t seen an Indian movie in the cinema for years - even before Covid hit. They haven’t been screened near me for ages so everything I watch is streamed through Netflix, Prime or another app.
Last week I watched Sonchiriya. It was a good movie but not uplifting and it doesn’t end well for nearly all the characters.
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Post by Dil Bert on Oct 2, 2022 5:06:50 GMT
Watched RRR because of the buzz. Then I went back and watched Baahubali and Baahubali 2. When it came out I had tried Baahubali but it didn’t grab me and I stopped watching early in the film. Don’t think I have anything original to say about these three films.
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Post by Dil Bert on Oct 2, 2022 5:09:16 GMT
On a whim I watched Raazi. Standard spy tropes made interesting by having a sheltered young woman as the spy.
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