Raanjhanaa (2013) - Romance

One of those movies that we walked in with very high expectations and a made up mind that we are going to love it - come what may. My seven year old kiddo was so much hooked to its promo’s that she didn’t miss even one of them – whatever channel they kept playing it, she even went to the extent of recording one of the promotional videos and kept playing it again and again. Hence we had to see this one with her that too on big screen. First half - is something that flies off in flat 10 minutes and you totally fall in love with the characters - especially super cute Dhanush. Second half is a total disaster - made me think big time - why they had to do what they did with the story and it could have definitely ended on a way too better note than the way it does. Even my daughter was like “I didn’t like the second part as much as the first part was” she meant second half J. Oh my god! It just falls flat, nosedives in the second half, I guess the writers are to be blamed for the same as they should have thought of a better way for the twist especially the ending. I even forgave the makers for taking Sonam Kapoor in lead but I was glad that they were able to extract at least half of what was expected from her. With a very heavy heart I will have to rate it below par at 2/5. It’s still a good one time watch especially for Dhanush's heartfelt performance.

Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 (2013) - Comedy

Why O Why they make movies where one finds it hard to go beyond 20 minutes – disaster of first order with all the Deols in it together, I Guess it’s high time for them to retire and call it a day. Irony is – it became one of those rare movies which is coming on satellite TV before even I could get a print and watch. That was superfast from big screen to small screen and the biggest joke is that one of the channels is showing it like 3 times back to back same day. I hope I don’t switch to that particular channel that day even by mistake. Another bad thing about this movie other than no story, no script, no screenplay – is that it’s some foreign females debut movie too, my full sympathies to the lady in question, hope she gets some other movie to showcase her talent. I am totally sure after seeing the first 20 minutes that Director and his team has put no effort for this one and they decided what they are making over night and shot it as and when they could – hence the output. You don’t need a script or a story or even anything remotely connected to movies to make a mess like this one. Hence No ratings from me – it’s a total waste of time and money.

Shootout At Wadala (2013) - Action Thriller

One of those rare Sanjay Gupta movies – hard to believe that he indeed made this one. Barring two scenes and shockingly one of them is how John rescues Tushaar Kapoor and the Final Encounter – nothing more to remember from this one - full of item numbers (Worst in order and ever seen in one movie). Unfortunately movie is based on a real incident – the so called first encounter in the history of Indian Police Department – dunno how true that can be. Guess the main fun of watching this movie is with someone born in the 1950s – so they could actually confirm if these things really happened and how much out of the movie is fiction. One thing this movie proves yet again is that John can seriously not act – he has very limited expressions throughout the movie and I will call it - one and a half expressions, half is the confused look, second half is angry and remaining half is super angry. I actually had huge expectations from this one as I indeed read some positive reviews when it released and its unbelievable awful movie to watch. Give it a miss even if it comes on some TV Channel shortly. A definite 1/5 that too for the final encounter and some good one liners by Anil Kapoor.

Ankur Arora Murder Case (2013) - Thriller

Superb movie – a must for all movie lovers as it’s based on a true incident which happened not so long ago. One hell of a performance by 5 of the leading actors including supremely talented Kay Kay Menon (Watch out for his last outburst) a famous surgeon who commits a grave mistake and how it takes the life of an innocent child, Tisca Chopra as the single parent of the child is simply superb and I must say a perfect choice for the role, she totally balances out the performance and it never looks out of place, priceless expressions and superb body language, she big time deserves an award for this one. Even the guy who plays her boss and is totally with her throughout the bad times, deserves a mention. Both the Jr Doctors and their hottie lawyer Paoli Dam too do total justice with their respective characters. Do not miss this at any cost. A damn good movie with my ratings of a good 4/5 for sure.

Olympus Has Fallen (2013) - Action Thriller

Another average action thriller with beaten to death topic of America / American President in danger, movies like these make me wonder if President of United States is actually that important? Its predictable right from the very start but superb nonstop action – can’t call it a jaw dropping thing but yeah! Run of the mill stuff still it satisfies an action movie lover in totality. Why I had to see this one was because of three reasons (Read the leads), I can never miss a movie with “Morgan Freeman” in it – howsoever role he may have in it, like this one plus “Gerard Butler” – I totally love that guy and am a big fan of “Aron Eckhart” as well. No regrets that I missed it in theaters but I was sure not to miss it on small screen. Although it’s a little too long for two hours – they should have edited it by at least good 15-20 minutes to make it crisper but as long as it’s an action movie – I can surely live with a little longer length. If you haven’t seen it – you aren’t missing anything outstanding but if you like those guys with that kinda plot – check it out – you won’t be disappointed. My ratings a good 2.5/5 and will call it an average time pass.