A WALK TO REMEMBER- Movie  review  by 70mm Idiot Raju

Director :adam shankman

writers : Nicolas  sparks & karen janzen

starring : mandy moore shane  west and  peter coyote


Well in the  beggining just thought  it to be  a  simple  love story that would  be  a  bit boring  and  have  a happy end.. Finish!

But it was  a  slight  different.The movie starts with  a  scene of  a  group of  friends or a  gang giving a  task to other person for  entering  the  group. But somehow  the  task turns  into a  drastic  accident!! So it gave  me a serious look about the  movie.

But then it became  better than anticipated. Though the actors are  not big  names  but they have  done  fair  justice  to their roles. And  there's  a  good mixture  of  humor  with romance  which makes  it a  good  teenage love story.

The  hero is  a  brat and  the  actress a  middle class simple girl.. She is  quite  conserved  and  usually stays alone  most of the  time, till the  boy gets  punishment and  gets  into different activities  like  tutoring  and  taking  part in dramas.Its the drama  that gets them in touch of  each other  and  slowly they start falling  for  each other. The  actress  has  got  a  TO-DO list for  her life (which is  a  bit interesting) and  so the boy makes  efforts  to fulfill them.

But, it doesn't go as  smooth as  it seems, and  there's  something more  that meets  the eye  later on, which just enhances  it more. The scenes  are  captured greatly that bring out  the simplicity of the  relation.

A good story by nicolas sparks  who is famous writer worldwide! And after a  long time saw  a  love  story that makes  u smile  and  by the end brings  a  sweet lump down your  throat!

However i felt if  the  same  story would have  been picturised  with a  bit  mature  lovers  like  23- 25 years it could  have  given a  more  realistic and mature  impact and would  have  looked  better.A hindi version can surely be  made with young actors  and  actresses of  today..

Anyways its a  good movie! Should  try it atleast once!

my rating : 3.7/5

Shabri: Movie Review

IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2032530/

Directed by Lalit Marathe starring Isha Kopikkar, Pradeep Rawat and Raj Arjun

An open letter to producer Ram Gopal Verma

Dear RGV,

Where are you these days? Well, after your movie Department, I wanted you to take rest or vacation for a short period, and wanted you to first make a comedy or romantic movie for your relaxation and for viewers’ offcourse. :P

Anyways, you are coming back with Attacks of 26/11 and the first 7 mins of the film have again raised our hope in you. Meanwhile, I watched Shabri from your production house – factory, for which we had waited for some years, but it came in 2011 without much hype and went back without hype.

The movie, for sure, wasn’t that much great, but surely decent one compared to your last some movies. Performances by Isha Kopikkar, Pradeep Rawat, Zakir Hussain and Raj Arjun were fantastic. Especially, one must mention about Isha Kopikkar, the girl needed much more chances that she got, but anyways did  a fab job as Shabri.

The film, based on the real incident, is about a poor girl, whose younger brother gets killed in police torture and hence she becomes a lady don preceding some incidents. The story is typical, execution as needed, but the film lakes grippy dialogues and looses it’s pace most of the places.

Overall, for those who watch every movies, this one is not to miss, for those who just watch selected films, if you have missed this one, never mind.

And you sir, kindly make such more movies, and stop making crappy Phooonks and Departments.

Regards,

The 70mm idiot – rancho – Hardik Raychanda 

Khiladi 786: Movie Review

IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2166214/

Directed by Aashish Mohan starring Akshay Kumar, Asin, Himesh Reshammia and Mithun Chakraborty

An open letter to actor/producer/singer/music director/story writer Himesh Reshammia,

Dear Himesh,

How are you? Hope your nose is doing well.

Well, first of all, I would like to congratulate you for your home production film’s success and your vise decision both. Regarding your vise decision, well you announced, you wouldn’t be doing music in other than your films once, well everything didn’t go well in your acting assignments and we missed your melodious music. With Bodyguard, Bol Bachchan and SOS you corrected your self. All music were huge hits. So congrats. Here too in K786, the music is the most rocking thing along with the lead actor. Another congrats as mentioned is for success of your home production film. We always knew you would be a good (better say a profit making) producer, as we had seen your production house daily soaps’ huge success even when daily soaps culture was not that developed in India.

Coming to K786, it’s entertaining if one puts their brain outside the theaters. Though, it’s not that much possible for everyone, and though pre-warned one brings atleast 10% of the brain to the film, and hence it hams in parts. Akshay Kumar, whenever, is on screen, manages to steal the hearts and cheers, but whenever he leaves, the film falls flat. The concept, for such film, is meant to be like this. But the direction is quite childish and hence there are not much good one liners, not much of comic timings by other actors and hence the film remains half baked. Your comic performance, my friend was much much better in film Radio, but here you have overdone a lot. Though, fortunately or unfortunately masses are going to love you for this. Asin looks good and that satisfies the need of the role. Raj Babbar, Mithun Chakraborty, Sanjay Mishra, Mukesh Rishi, Johnny Lever or the guy who plays Aazad are okay. It’s just and just Akshay who is true khiladi. That's why it's his 8th film as Khiladi.

 

All tracks by you in the film are fantastic and well placed, be it peppy ‘lonely’, rdb style ‘balma’, sad ‘saari saari raat’ or ‘hooka baar’. Even the picturisation of the songs are quite better than the rest of the film. Lyrics by Sameer Anjaan may be his 504th or so movie, is pacable with music.

Scenes which I liked were, ‘chak de india’ parody, ‘gadar’ parody, super rafter by akki, some escapades of aazad from jail, some akki scenes and the songs (which were unfortunately all trimmed to one antaraas).

Though, we were not getting bored and didn’t felt disgusted but not enjoying that much, people in multiplex, where I watched the movie, mostly the family audience were cheering like anything for the movie, even though it was a second week, so well done.

2.5 cheers out of 5 from me, for akki and for your music only.

Regards,

The 70mm idiot – rancho – hardik raychanda

Aadukalam : Double Movie Review

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1821317/

Directed by Vetri Maaran, Starring Dhanush, Tapsee Pannu & Jayabalan

an open letter to actor Dhanush who plays the lead role in the film

Dear Dhanush,

Why all this Kolaveri di.. about such ordinary song? Anyways, as it’s not from this film, let’s not discuss it right now.

I had heard a lot about you, positive things off course. Had chance to watch your performance for the first time in this Tamil movie, and yes it was delightful.

The film is about two groups of villagers who by tradition believes winning in a cock(the male hen one :P) fight as the matter of respect. Yes, at the beginning of the film only the director successfully explains that the rooster fight is the traditional in many countreys, and in tamil culture it had a great value. Though as nowadays, it is restricted legally, the villagers have illegally continued to keep this art alive. One of the two major groups of villagers is headed by Ratnavelu who have won all the cock fights till date but have always lost to the other group which is headed by Pettaikaran. Ratnavelu’s only goal in life is to defeat Pettaikaran once in the cock fight. You as K.P. Karuppu are the jockey of Pettaikarn, who he believes to be a father figure.

The film in first half is a feel good film regarding your and tapsee’s love story and arranging the cock fight and all. Post interval it takes the dark turn regarding your and Pettaikaran’s distorted relations.

Performances by all the actors are marvelous, especially you, the guy who plays your friend Durai and Jayabalan. Performance of the lead actress tapsee is okay, she looks plain average too. Music by G.V. Prakashkumar is good to listen. Direction, story and screenplay by Maran is flawless.

Overall, the film is a must watch, even to non-tamil audiences like me. (one can always use subtitles)

Hope to see your more and more films in tamil and waiting for your bollywood debut Ranjaana.

Regards,

The 70mm Rancho – Hardik Raychanda

P.S. Your dance while you come to know that Irene also loves you, is fab. Loved it.

I haven’t watched  too many of  south Indian movies, neither  am i  a die  hard  fan of them.!  But being a  die hard  fimly freak, most of  the hindi movies  are  never  left, and  an overdose  of English movies  always  bores  me very quickly.!  So every now and then , a  South Indian flick seems  quite relieving.!

Prior  to watching  the movie, just knew  that it starred  Dhanush!  His  song kOlaveri  di was  unnecessarily so much over rated by people that it made  me  have  a  completely un personal anonymity with him.! Though did begin the movie.

The  plot is based  on the tradition(illegal) of cock fights  in southern states and  rivalry between two ferocious opponents Rathnavelu – a police  cop, tough respectful but always  a  loser  against , Pettiakaran- a  not so wealthy person,but a  master  in raising n training cocks  for  fight.! Dhanush, from the start is a “happy-go-lucky-fellow”, just full of enthusiasm ,zeal n keenness to learn cockfights.! He is a disciple of Pettikaran and has the utmost respect for  him.

But the movie  takes  an unprecedented  turn when things  fall apart between the guru and  the disciple.!  Personal vengeance overtakes the true image  of a guru and  things  get worse  from there. The  graphics  used  for  the  cock –fights  were brilliant. Also the emotions  of  everyone  were  beautifully picturised.

The  faithfulness  of a disciple, the  mixed  mental states  of a  guru when he  is  overtaken by the personal vengeance  and selfishness, and  later  when he  realises and  cant bear even the slightest of guilt, where all picturised  in a great influencive  manner.! The graphics  used  for  cockfights were  also highly advanced. Acting by everyone (especially Dhanush, in his  typical south Indian  look with a bit of ugliness, lungi n larger  than leg slippers :p) was  great. Peppy music too .Also great direction!

Rating : 4.1/5

By the 70mm Raju - Sidharaj Jadeja

(some  are  patriotic- I'm writiotic)

Delhi Heights: Movie Review

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0989633

Directed by R. Anand Kumar, Starring Jimmy Shergil, Neha Dhupia, Rohit Roy, Simone Singh

Dear Jimmy,

This one was surely a crappy movie, and I just watched as it had you in the lead role. Since a long time, you have been doing good works, choosing right scripts and performing very well. There’s nothing wrong in being wrong some times, so never mind. But watching this was a quite bad experience and ye baat tumpe udhaar rahi.

Apart from rabbi’s song ‘tere bin’, there was nothing good in the movie. Even the song was picturised so unintentionally funnily. Waste of such a nice track. One expects something different from a low budget multiplex movie, but this one had quite regular, done to death, story dealt with nothing new kinda direction.

You, Neha Dhupiya and Simone Singh did good work. Om Puri and Vivek Shauque were okay. Rohit Roy was misfit for the role. The boys of delhi heights were boring, the track was forcefully added.

Those who have skipped the movie, good work. Those who have missed the movie, it’s better not to visit it.

0.25 cheers out of 5 from me.

Waiting for Saheb, Biwi aur Gangster 2.

Regards,

The 70mm idiot Rancho – Hardik Raychanda 

Restraint - Movie Review:

Directed by David Denneen, starring Travis Fimmel, Teresa Palmer & Stephen Moyer

IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441782/

An open letter to director David Denneen…

Dear director,

We are done to death by the Hollywood plot – a hostage, two or more criminals, dead bodies, suspense, cheques, jewelleries, crime and more. Please spare us from more such movies. Though, the concept of Dale (Teresa palmer looking very much like Kirsten Stewart in the film)-a good by heart-stripper, trapped with the company of psycho criminal-loving but using dale, Ron (Travis Fimmel copying many styles of Leonardo Decaprio and Matt Dammon) and at the climax (*** spoiler *** in next line, doesn’t matter though) is trapped with another psycho criminal Andy (good performance by Stephen Moyer), but the film is quite slow to get progressed to the climax.

Sometimes, too dark doesn’t work. And that too, if it is quite slow. Restraint falls in that category. Nude scenes of Teresa Palmer are quite naturally cold, not seducing at all, may be as wanted by the director, doesn’t add any positive points to the film.

If one is regular watcher of Hollywood films, can avoid the film. If one loves this genre, can watch it once.

Overall, 2 cheers out of 5 from me.

Regards,

The 70mm idiot rancho – Hardik Raychanda

Student Of The Year - Movie Review:

directed by Karan Johar, starring Sidhdharth Malhotra, Varun Dhavan, Alia Bhatt & Rishi Kapoor

an open letter to Uday Chopra....

Dear Uday Chopra,

You might be surprised why I am writing the letter to you for SOTY instead of Karan Johar or Varun or Sidharth or Alia. It’s just I remembered you a lot while watching the movie. We would discuss the reason later but right now let’s discuss the movie.

When the first poster of the movie was declared way back a year or so ago, many of the fans including me were surprised about Karan’s decision for starting such project after making critically much acclaimed MNIK. The poster didn’t have any big name on it. But thankfully, it looked fresh and we expected KKHH kinda magic from the film, though our expectations were never much high. When the teaser  came out, it looked average kinda movie which had nothing new in store except the fresh pair. It didn’t excite us much, the only reason to see the movie was directorial credit of Karan Johar.

The film came, collected good word of mouth, went a hit as it was a low budget film compared to Karan’s other films. I wasn’t able to watch it as it didn’t release at my center and I was quite busy in our other idiot’s marriage function planning that couldn’t watch it elsewhere too. Finally watched it and found it ‘not bad’.

The movie is about a rich-popular-sporty-wannabe-rockstar boyfriend, a simple-high society-caring girlfriend, a middle class-ambitious-wanna be business tycoon-sporty-good looking-new entrant (offcourse who eventually falls for the girl and vice versa) and an over hyped-with strange rools-created by dean- traditional(since last 25 years or so)-competition-Student of the Year. Felt like JJWS? eh! It’s not.. it has the love triangle.. oh was that in JJWS too.. sorry man. Wait.. it has ameer-gareeb situation. Leave it..it was in JJWS too.. yeah.. there is a difference.. the ameeer-gareeb competitors are friends.. now that’s good. And yeah, KJo has tried to concentrated on that too apart from the glossy love story.

Your friend, KJo, has one quality. He can concentrate on many different topics in the single film going on parallel without creating havoc. Be it, the friendship – romance – college life – dean-coach gay romance – geek middle class fatty sudo track – sports – buttering middle class no iq jeet track – true friend turns rival shanaya’s friend track – preparation of SOTY track – the father track and many more. Kudos for that…

Performances of Varun Dhavan, Sidhdharth Malhotra and Alia Bhatt are decent. Not that good, not that bad also. Boman Irani’s son Kayoze marks a super debut as Sudo. Sahil Anand as Jeet is fantastic. Mansi Raachh as Shanaya’s friend is decent. Ronit Roy is compatible. It is Rishi Kapoor who wins hearts. Now here I reveal, why I remembered you, Mr. chopra.  You have been disrespected, thrown boulders for nonacting and everything always, as you are a star director son, and YRF has tried a lot to make you successful and we have heard after D:3, you are retiring as an actor. When I watched the movie, the statutory warning voice (I think it’s of Sidhdharth Malhotra) seemed like your voice, and that’s why through out the movie I thought about your career. You are nowhere less talented actor compared to the lead duo in SOTY. And you would have fit in any of the role if the movie might have made 10 years earlier. But it was you who got bad mouthed reviews coz you are a star director son. Anyways, it’s nothing in our hand, but it’s in your hand for sure, you can be here and do some good roles (they may be supporting ones) if you want, as we would want that. Many of the bad actors (e.g. Tushshar Kapoor) are still surviving in the industry, why cant you?

Anyways, getting back to the film, it starts well, ends well, passes the time well, makes you feel good quite well, but has nothing to be remembered.

2.95 cheers for the film out of 5.

Regards,
the 70mm idiot Rancho - Hardik Raychanda

P.S. - Music by vishal-shekhar is decent but not memorable. Dialogues are good but actors cant carry them well as they are needed.

TALAASH - Double Movie Review:


Though i knew  the consequence  or suspense  whatever u say, i was  gripped  to it right  from the very first second,!! In ordinary genres  we  can call it to be  a suspense thriller, or  maybe  even a  slight hinge  of fear.! But for  me  it was  some  real extraordinary grasping stuff.! And  i felt  maybe  sometimes  when you know what you are to expect makes  you watch it all the more  carefully and with  all the more  curiosity.!

Being a  policeman, sometimes  does  take  a  test of your patience, your  thinking power. How much do you fight to make  your  brain distinguish between whats real and whats not.. whats  luring you and  what seems  the unpleasant truth.!! Suri did really lie  between a  situation just jamming up even more ..
And well, for  me  the  most intriguing part was  the  guilt  that was  being shown by amir  as  a  father.!The  scene where  the  boat gets  turned upside down, and  amir  runs  through and  takes  a  leaping dive into the lake was just awesome..!
But what was  more  influencive  was the  time  when Amir  thinks  of different things  he could  have  said to his son, when he was  going for playing with his  friend. ! Each and  evry other  possible scenario makes  him drown deeper  into his  guilt, his  carelessness(which he feels it was) as a  father. And  isn’t it true, that seldom after we witness  some  particular  consequences we  think “if i had  done  this” and  repent on it.!
But losing a son is something heavier , something more  fearfull and  maybe  something more “phobic” . Some incidents  make  us  become phobic  of them.! The scene where Rani shares  with her  friend, that Amir  doesn’t even want to listen about having   a second  child, completely moved  me  and  made  me  ponder a little  deeper to how  much guilty a  person can feel.! And  the greater deal is to live  “a-normal-life” accepting it..! Amir’s tears  were totally a  simple  strong gesture  how  much guilt he had in him, how  much did a  single  decision haunt him each and every night that would  make  him sleepless.!  And  the case  of armaan kapoor too was  similar.! 
If we are  guilty of something and  our  conscious doesn’t allow  us  to accept it, then it surely will itself  find  a  way and  come to us for expiation.! 
And  as  the tagline rightly says, and  what even i have  experienced  most of the times personally,
whenever a  question rises , the  answer does  lie  within us...!!
Truly the  movie did take away a tagline that i had  in mind(wont mention it here :p)
The  way the concept of human trafficking and  women exploitation was  shown was  just brilliant.!
Amidst lakhs  of  daily “customers” , who cares  if a single  parcel goes  missing?? Afterall they do write *terms & conditions applied ,right?
Call girls  or prostitutes are never out of choice, its because  they “run out of choices”! 
Its a  huge  and damn complex  matter ,which is quite  above  my head at present, but nevertheless the  ruthless and  brutality with them was  shown greatly. And  like armaan kapoor, if a guilt does  stay in you, i can give  my word, that you never really can live calmly unless  you do get  a  way to quench your  regret, you get a ‘paschatap’. Then be  it just even a  true realisation or at times  maybe  some  bigger  deal. But also one thing that is sure is.. once  you’ve  realised  and  asked  for its  forgiveness  truly..(you are  bound to be  forgiven) and you experience  a divine satisfaction with yourself which becomes  soothing than anything...! Which was shown with utter serenity in the end  sequence  of Amir  sitting  alone  and  reading karan’s  letter !

No need to say fabulous perfoemances  by the entire  starcast.! Great direction..! not extraordinary but pretty fair job with music too...! And,, oh yes  i forgot.. To all who were/are  saying Talaas is  not a worth watch.. just STFU!!!

And as  for me , films  are  something that stretch out of the cinema screen, i review  this flick in a  bit deeper touch.. 

rating : 4.25/5

(just felt one  goof, when kejriwal watches  the news  channel at the airport , they said  “salman kapoor" & i feel it more  strongly coz even @hardik raychanda  felt the  same :p :D... hain main kya ji salman kapoor?? )


By the 70mm idiot - Raju (Sidharaj Jadeja)

Dear aamir,

Since long, I wanted to revive the 70mm blog, and what better than starting from your film.

We have seen you being cop once in Baazi, then in Sarfarosh and now as Suri in Talaash. Sir, you are awesome. What I liked here was your portrayal of suri the person. The kind of person suri was - really fearless cop but neck deep in guilty and sad by heart. Doesn’t speak his heart to any one but strangely with a ______. Wah!!! I would like to salute you for the bravura performance, but above that I would like to salute Reema Kagti for such a tremendous script and direction. Say my hii to her.

Rani as your co-star was fantastic. She shown the grace of the character, one cant even imagine losing her/his child at very young age. You and Rani shown it brilliantly. Kariena as your co-star was convincing too. Nawazuddin Sidique was fantastic as tahemur. Rajkumar Yadav and others did good too. But it was either your or a Reema Kagti film.

I don’t wonder why it didn’t earn more than crappy Dabangg or Singham (sorry yaar, I know sallu is your friend, we love him too, but the film was surely crappy), coz all mass want is masaala, and this was quite a serious stuff. Unlike 3 idiots, this was not for class and mass both, but was strictly for class and hence it would just cross 100 crores, not more than that.

Anurag Kashyap’s dialogues were fabulous.

“tum comedy achhi kar leti ho, lekin problem ye hai ke mujhe jaldi hasi nahi aati..”

“galat mat samajna, main sirf baatein karna chahta hun” – “saab aisa kahoge to galat to lagega hi na..”

Loved the details by Reema Kagti, but sir I believe, if Anurag Kashyap might have directed this movie, it might have much more height.

4.25 cheers for you and reema.

By the 70mm idiot - Rancho (Hardik Raychanda)